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ruppell
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BG
Go up and hook into a few of those Cutties and you might change your mind. I think they're a great thing for the lake. There's plenty of food to go around.
The Chief and Stimbo
You got me checking the map. lol I know of a lake out of the South Lake drainage that has some big brookies but it's not even close to 4.5 miles in. Way less than that. It's not that deep either. Wonder if it's the same lake?.
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ruppell
climber
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Nice The Chief.
I like this game. My alpine memory sucks so I'll have to take a hike up there and take a better look. I've spent a lot of time looking for bigger fish in alpine lakes and have a pretty good list going but it's always nice to add to that list.
It's not the lake I mentioned earlier. I'm sure you've heard of the lake I'm talking about. And yes there are some very big brookies in it. And yes it is closer to the trail head.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Rick, I hope you know I'm just kidding around with you....
I will be out there Thursday or Friday but in all honesty, I have no clue where it is exactly that you are referring to. Your clues are enticing. There are some gems in that drainage as you know... which makes me want to keep poking around for more. Too much water, not enough time.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Yo Rick, I stopped by the shop today but it was all closed up. Looks like a Friday assault somewhere in the canyon, perhaps Saturday as well. Thanks for the beta.
Check out the lower O below the Power Plant. It is ragin' now AND it is fishing well.
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Festus
Social climber
Enron by the Sea
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Aug 10, 2014 - 03:18am PT
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Ron: thanks. Hopefully the next one will be twice as big.
Festus: Cottonwood Lakes up by Mt Langley? I've slept up near lake #5.
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Festus
Social climber
Enron by the Sea
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Aug 10, 2014 - 09:36am PT
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Yep, we did Langley the next day, via the chute behind lake 5. We stashed fishing gear there to fish on the way back, but a hail storm ended the fishing part of the plan.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Aug 11, 2014 - 07:04pm PT
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Caught this this nice cutthroat in the mountains in Wyoming last week on Jack's Tenkara. What a fight. Jack had one on of similar size and he broke the line when pulling it on shore. We had a lot of fun with that Tenkara in the small streams between lakes with many decent sized Brookies.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Aug 11, 2014 - 07:23pm PT
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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My son learning to cast lures on a spinning reel.
(perfect tech holding the line in hand etc)
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Just got back from Alaska. Caught some nice silvers.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 11, 2014 - 09:51pm PT
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alaskan rainbows
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sep 11, 2014 - 10:27pm PT
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Not big, but beautiful.
another
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 12, 2014 - 11:08am PT
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nice brookies!
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 12, 2014 - 09:11pm PT
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My wife and I hiked in to this Alaskan backcountry lake in the heart of bear country. In one afternoon of float tubing, we caught and released well over a hundred of these diminutive arctic grayling.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sep 12, 2014 - 09:14pm PT
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^^ whoa, incredible eyes on that dude.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sep 12, 2014 - 10:02pm PT
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Chief...
a certain Lk with many aretes staring you in the face begging to be climbed?
yep, I'm sure we have the same place...blocky along the west shore?
And those Goldens...a little lower in elevation but not by much...
I love that area.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sep 12, 2014 - 10:13pm PT
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Hey Festus, nice Golden, but if you are going to catch and release please consider sh#t canning those treble hooks and use single barbless instead.
Your photo reminded me of this one caught out of the same place as those brookies.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Sep 13, 2014 - 07:38am PT
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Good Lord! Chief's brookie on the previous page is probably the most stunning specimen I've ever seen. The colors and patterns on that fish are magnificent!!!
Ron, I have found that smallmouth bass, pound for pound, are the hardest fighting fish in freshwater. Which is why I'm mostly a bass fisherman. That, and I've never gotten into fly fishing. Once you figure out how to detect a bite on a plastic worm (rubber worm), which is usually very subtle, you'll never need another lure in yer arsenal.
When I visit my folks in Florida, the Snook And Redfish (Red Drum) are incredibly fierce fighters, especially the Snook. Tarpon is a whole different game. I hooked up with 2 with in 2 hours, probably 4 footers. Never got them to the boat. When those f*#kers jump, it just gets crazy. One straightened my hook out, and the other wrapped me around a bridge pilon.
Fun, fun stuff though. And THAT is what it's all about.
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