Day hike near Mt Baker

[Bscman]

My lady and I made a day hike up around Blue Lake and Dock Butte yesterday...spent some time fishing, and hooked up with a few EBT's. There was a school of 16 brookies piled up at the outlet creek in ~15ft. of water...I got refusal after refusal. The fish hanging around the inlet were more cooperative. Fish were caught on de-barbed rooster tails and nymphs. All C&R'd.

As you can see, Blue Lake is still 80%+ covered in ice (4,000ft). About half the trail up to Blue Lake is snowpacked. Dock Butte is doable, but barely.

I just figured I'd share a couple pictures of the trip.

















Caught this little guy in the middle of building a new den. He gave me plenty of time to watch the construction, and gave me several poses. Fun to watch.

All shots taken "hurriedly" with kodak Z700 and Z712 point-n-shoots.

[klickriverchromer]

Cool pic's. Love the fish, especially the one on the fly.  Keep'em coming!!!

[searchnfor]

Looks like a great day trip!

[saylean]

Looks like an awesome day...great panoramic.

[Michelle_Nelson]

Nice pic's thanks for sharing.

[bucklucky]

I love the water shot with the fish, the blue water makes me want to jump in . Im sure its  ice cold water!

[Vek]

Black rooster tail is a killer for me in mountain lakes.  It always gets thrown first!

[boneaddict]

A very cool set of pictures.

[Bscman]

Black rooster tail is a killer for me in mountain lakes.  It always gets thrown first!

Funny...me too!
I buy out my local sportsman's wharehouse every time they get in a new shipment of 1/8oz. roosters with a black body and silver blade. I usually have 3 or 4 with me on any given trip--debarbed, of course.

The lure in the picture has probably caught 25-30 brook trout.

[Jackjr]

Nice pics