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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: SWHUNTER on March 29, 2009, 03:10:53 PM

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Post by: SWHUNTER on March 29, 2009, 03:10:53 PM: :)
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Alchase on March 30, 2009, 11:32:57 AM: Nice pics
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Bscman on March 30, 2009, 11:46:31 AM: A handful from last year.

My girlfriend and I fished at least 12-15 high lakes and at least a dozen other "back country" lakes that technically don't fit into the high lakes category...but are still well hidden and preserved.
We caught fish in every lake, and have about a gig worth of pictures to prove it. Here are some quickies I posted on another forum.

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Catch and release only for us on these high-country lakes.
No powerbait or any of that junk. Mostly barbless, single hooks.
Many of these high lakes can't sustain a lot of fishing pressure--the populations are too small and the growing season is too short.

Keep 'em clean!

FWIW, the pictures of the frozen over lake are from the end of August...and I'm sure many of you could name it.
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: turkey slayer on March 30, 2009, 05:22:20 PM: This is a high mountain lake my dad and I hiked in to a few years back. We took are float tubes in and killed them
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: coonhound on March 30, 2009, 08:48:23 PM: I posted these last year but they fit this post nice. This little gem of a lake is an easy hike but doesn't look like it should even hold fish. The brookies run 15" - 20", unlike most high lakes full of overpopulated 6" - 10" trout.

Coon
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: ABMGENERAL on March 31, 2009, 03:17:44 PM: Man o Man. You are killin me! That is soo beautiful...
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: popeshawnpaul on March 31, 2009, 07:26:38 PM: Here is a "hidden" little gem I burned a lot of calories getting to. Too bad when I got there the reported golden trout they planted no longer lived there... No fish. :(
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Wea300mag on March 31, 2009, 07:30:37 PM: Great pics guys!!!

I don't have any fish pics but here is one from a high lakes I hiked into last fall.

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Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: rainshadow1 on March 31, 2009, 07:49:01 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi234.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee99%2Frainshadow1%2Fn1543485619_30019499_9392.jpg&hash=95286c2d6fb61e0aec0fb19b7bff79493a893f19)
I've seen this lake empty, full of 6"ers, and containing about 150 20"ers. Never caught much of anything in it. The twin lake down the hill however, always produces 10" brookies!
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 31, 2009, 11:31:02 PM: Those are some NICE lookin' brookies there coon... :tup:
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: finnman on April 02, 2009, 02:37:10 PM: I remember that log and that brookie Coonhound! :chuckle: That log is always good for one lunker!!!!!! :drool:
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: RyanD on April 02, 2009, 08:30:54 PM: Me and my buddy!!!
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: gasman on April 02, 2009, 08:36:55 PM: When my son was in Boy scouts, we used to take hikes to nearby lakes (Greenwater Lakes and Sheep Lake to name a few) for an over night hiking trip and the boys used to fish the lakes for dinner. Sheep lake only provided "finger lings", so they had to eat hot dogs.

Never got any pic, but wish i did, they had lots of fun fishing the higher lakes, and learned they don't bite (some) on the same bait as the lowland lakes do.
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 02, 2009, 09:05:38 PM: Sometimes I fish sometimes I just take in the views!!
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: American Rattlesnake on April 02, 2009, 09:07:01 PM: Quote from: rainshadow1 on March 31, 2009, 07:49:01 PM

I've seen this lake empty, full of 6"ers, and containing about 150 20"ers. Never caught much of anything in it. The twin lake down the hill however, always produces 10" brookies!

Interesting, I'll remember that. Was in there a year and a half ago...some of the most beautiful country I've ever seen, but I didn't fish the lakes.

Even though I live in Idaho now, I miss the Olympics and Cascades. :) I'm crazy, I know. :chuckle:
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 02, 2009, 09:11:51 PM: Sometimes I fish as I hike thru!!
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 02, 2009, 09:23:41 PM: Sometimes you can't keep the fish off the line!!
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: fc2038 on April 03, 2009, 09:10:21 PM: Those are some great pics. Boy I cannot wait until summer!
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Alpine Mojo on April 07, 2009, 08:29:28 PM: No pics of fish, no hero shots, no giving up names...just get revved up for the summer and ready to find your own adventures.
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Hunting Cowboy on April 07, 2009, 08:45:28 PM: From a couple years back.....
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: robb92 on April 07, 2009, 09:27:46 PM: Great pics to all who posted them!!! Sure miss the high mountians!!! Thanks for posting them!!!
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Alpine Mojo on April 08, 2009, 07:47:23 PM: ...and don't forget to to do some scouting for the september high buck season while you're up there.
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Bob on June 02, 2009, 08:54:27 PM: has anyone been able to make up into the mountains for any fishing yet ? :drool:
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Post by: ratherhunt on June 02, 2009, 09:11:35 PM: Great pictures Thanks For sharing
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Post by: huntnphool on June 02, 2009, 09:27:05 PM: Those brookies are awesome
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Post by: Houndhunter on June 02, 2009, 09:56:21 PM: heres a one i got, cant post most of em ;)
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Bob on June 20, 2009, 05:23:21 PM: What elevation were you at ?
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Wanttohuntmore on June 21, 2009, 08:45:33 AM: That very last pic reminds me of fishing high country lakes, they always seem to be fogged in, iced over, and brushy on the sides when I make an attempt to fish them. By time they are ice free I'm usually scouting or fishing the rivers. I'll have to scan some lake pics from the few sunny days I've fished high lakes.
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Whitenuckles on June 28, 2009, 05:17:46 PM: Here some of the ones I hit last summer.
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Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: TribalDragon911 on July 11, 2009, 11:24:38 PM: I live in Walla Walla on the eastside. Any suggestion of lakes I could hike into that aren't too far from here.
Just starting out in this kind of activity so I know nothing .

Thank You
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 11, 2009, 11:28:03 PM: TribalDragon, probably the closest thing to us would be the lakes in the Wallowas down by Joseph, Oregon. Nothing in the Blues to speak of.
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: TribalDragon911 on July 11, 2009, 11:38:10 PM: I'll check into that, thank you.

Your name looks familiar, do you teach at the hunter safety classes?
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 11, 2009, 11:46:38 PM: Yes, that's me. When did you take it?
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: TribalDragon911 on July 11, 2009, 11:48:40 PM: The spring class at WaHi with Dutch and Sgt Taylor.
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: sooperfly on July 17, 2009, 02:53:57 PM: Yup, it's that time of the year! Time to get out and get up in the high country.

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Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: Branden on July 17, 2009, 03:45:41 PM: Nice pics everybody. I pass so many lakes while scouting and never bring a rod. :rolleyes: I should probably start.
Title: Re: High mountain fishing
Post by: teal101 on August 05, 2009, 08:21:54 AM: Very nice High mountain fish! :drool: