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Title: Day hike near Mt Baker
Post by: Bscman on August 04, 2008, 04:55:59 PM: 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.

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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.
Title: Re: Day hike near Mt Baker
Post by: klickriverchromer on August 04, 2008, 07:11:35 PM: Cool pic's. Love the fish, especially the one on the fly. Keep'em coming!!!
Title: Re: Day hike near Mt Baker
Post by: searchnfor on August 04, 2008, 10:49:18 PM: Looks like a great day trip!
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Post by: saylean on August 04, 2008, 10:54:06 PM: Looks like an awesome day...great panoramic.
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 04, 2008, 10:54:25 PM: Nice pic's thanks for sharing.
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Post by: bucklucky on August 04, 2008, 11:00:07 PM: I love the water shot with the fish, the blue water makes me want to jump in . Im sure its ice cold water!
Title: Re: Day hike near Mt Baker
Post by: Vek on August 05, 2008, 02:46:19 PM: Black rooster tail is a killer for me in mountain lakes. It always gets thrown first!
Title: Re: Day hike near Mt Baker
Post by: boneaddict on August 05, 2008, 04:43:44 PM: A very cool set of pictures.
Title: Re: Day hike near Mt Baker
Post by: Bscman on August 05, 2008, 05:50:59 PM: Quote from: Vek on August 05, 2008, 02:46:19 PM
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.
Title: Re: Day hike near Mt Baker
Post by: Jackjr on August 05, 2008, 09:37:48 PM: Nice pics