[jackchinook]

So I've got the next two days off and I know it's supposed to be bloody cold at night. Has anyone been up say around 5000' or so lately? I was planning on perhaps visiting a lake I've heard about which is around 4500' and allegedly has some nice rainbows. Anyone have any very recent experience with highlakes around that elevation?

Thanks guys,
Jack

 

[jackchinook]

Damn Hatchmaster!
Where do you go to get those beasts! Anytime you want an experienced bc hiker you let me know. I've got a few little secrets as well (mostly little pretty goldens and that sort of thing). [email protected]

By the way, I just got back from an alpine lake today but I didn't fish. I hiked in to the saddle above this particular lake...about 6900' and saw the lake and access. It was totally ice-free but the boulder field above it was WAAAAY scary and I was alone so I elected not to risk it.

 

[jackchinook]

HM,
the elevation may indicate that it wasn't one of the snoqualmie area golden lakes. I believe I've been to the one you've mentioned (twice as well, in fact) and actually hooked my first golden but lost him. I was actually quite a bit further north (Hwy 20) and decided against the boulder field because it was about 500 vertical feet of large, snow-covered boulders and I was alone and figured a few trout and bloody cold wasn't worth the risk involved.

If we're talking about the same lake, my recent diagnosis is that some of the goldens have now hybridized with the cutts in the lake. Last August I caught a very westslope looking GT and about five minutes later caught a very standard looking westlope cutt. I proposed this to the regional biologist who confirmed it as a possibility as there is a fair amount of natural repro. in the lake. Who knows...

Tomorrow another lower lake will be investigated. Hopefully some good results will be reported.