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Re: Questions about fishing subalpine lakes
« Reply #30 on: November 12, 2019, 10:21:25 AM »
Chesterdog is that a WA lake? Nice fish!

It was caught on a small lake in a Hancock forest management property in Washington.  Our research showed that this lake was stocked pre-1950 by someone who had to hike them up in a pack.  This fish is a remnant survivor.  Super cool!

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Re: Questions about fishing subalpine lakes
« Reply #31 on: November 12, 2019, 10:23:00 AM »
Awesome fish, way to go.

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Re: Questions about fishing subalpine lakes
« Reply #32 on: November 12, 2019, 11:15:25 AM »
Chesterdog is that a WA lake? Nice fish!

It was caught on a small lake in a Hancock forest management property in Washington.  Our research showed that this lake was stocked pre-1950 by someone who had to hike them up in a pack.  This fish is a remnant survivor.  Super cool!

I don't believe (could be wrong) that they were stocking Golden's pre-1950. They didn't start releasing all the stocking data to the public until the last decade. So there is a really good chance it's been stocked recently.

Nice golden by the way.

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Re: Questions about fishing subalpine lakes
« Reply #33 on: November 12, 2019, 11:48:58 AM »
Groups like TBers or the state do not stock on any Weyco property. Also a fishes life span in these lakes is around 8 8 yrs give or take some
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Re: Questions about fishing subalpine lakes
« Reply #34 on: November 12, 2019, 01:23:32 PM »
It was more than 3 miles from any dirt road or established trail, way up in a timber resource.  The last mile was all deer trails and bushwhacking.  Looked like no one had been there in a long while (I'm sure a trail cam would prove me wrong though).

Please educate me.  What are the TB'ers group?  Is that stocking from a plane?

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Re: Questions about fishing subalpine lakes
« Reply #36 on: November 12, 2019, 01:55:00 PM »
They stock fish all over the place.  Sometimes even unnamed lakes, with as few as 50 fry.  That’s how they get big with limited food supplies.  I’m not aware of any naturally reproducing Golden’s in WA, but there could be.
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