10500' Lake fishing

DeerMadness · Jul 7, 2015

Going to the highest lake in Idaho tomorrow. I'm stoked to take pics and slay some fish. Going to try a solo overnite trip.

elkassassin · Jul 7, 2015

You Riding Your Wheeler right up to it?

We laugh, we cry, we love
Go hard when the going's tough
Push back, come push and shove
Knock us down, we'll get back up again and again
We are Members of the Huntin Crowd!

eelgrass · Jul 7, 2015

You're taking bottled oxygen, I hope.

Eel

DeerMadness · Jul 7, 2015

Sure bess a Kawasaki will climb 2000' in one mile.

DeerMadness · Jul 7, 2015

I weighed the pack at 28 lbs eel. I didn't even take much. I guess I need to trade the Big Agnes sl2 for a lighter tent.

DW · Jul 7, 2015

Bivvy sack

elkassassin · Jul 7, 2015

>Sure bess a Kawasaki will climb
>2000' in one mile.

Just Sayin DM!

Most of Our High Lakes are Higher than that!

Brook?

Cutts?

Let us know!

We laugh, we cry, we love
Go hard when the going's tough
Push back, come push and shove
Knock us down, we'll get back up again and again
We are Members of the Huntin Crowd!

Zeke · Jul 8, 2015

I hate bivouac sacks. I sweat in them and wake up wet!
No, DW, I didn't pee the bed (this time). haha

Have fun at the 10500' lake DMad ane post up some more pics.

Zeke

BeanMan · Jul 8, 2015

Gee, Eel, 10500 seems kinda low to this Colorado Boy for oxygen.

Zeke · Jul 8, 2015

>Gee, Eel, 10500 seems kinda low
>to this Colorado Boy for
>oxygen.

I'll bet that seems low for oxygen to me and you, Beanman, but Eel isn't from around "these" parts!
I'll be spending 10-12 days at 10-11,000' hunting sheep this year and will probably wish I had oxygen! lol

Zeke

DeerMadness · Jul 9, 2015

Great time and plenty of fish.

Zeke · Jul 9, 2015

That's awesome!
Helluva fish too.
When you couple the fishing with the beautiful scenery it looks like you had a successful trip.
Zeke

sageadvice · Jul 9, 2015

That one fish alone would be worth the hike. Outstanding!

Joey

"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"

BeanMan · Jul 9, 2015

That must have been a great trip!

DW · Jul 9, 2015

LAST EDITED ON Jul-09-15 AT 08:51PM (MST)[p]Sweet madness! Thanx fer takein us along. I sweat in em too zeke but there's nothin lighter. Summer trip like that I'd just take a tarp, a few nails, some rope, and some spring clips. I did it on a solo elk hunt 6 years ago in october. Was a 1 night deal, killed a bull in the am, threw it on the horse and walked out. Back to the pickup before dark.

DeerMadness · Jul 10, 2015

I like the last pic as you can see the fish rising. I used a grasshopper fly with a casting bubble. The big fish smashed 2 bubbles in half so I didn't even get to fish the second day. It was an awesome trip and the sore feet from scrambling all over rocks worth it.
Elk and the 2 Wolverines were a treat. I slept in a Big Agnes Seedhouse SL2, a Big Agnes Q-CORE pad and a Big Agnes Boot Jack down bag.

DeerMadness · Jul 10, 2015

LAST EDITED ON Jul-10-15 AT 12:09PM (MST)[p]My tent is in the extreme left of the pic . I wish I could have caught a Golden - I did have one strike on a Kastmaster.

NVBighorn · Jul 10, 2015

Thanks for sharing the pictures. Beautiful place. Sawtooths I assume? I went on a goat hunt in that country and it was an experience of a lifetime for me.

[font color="blue"]I don't make the soup,I just stir it.[/font]

DeerMadness · Jul 10, 2015

Three things I learned from the trip :
1 - always take extra fishing gear and an extra spool of line.
2 - double check your gear and use stuff sacks for every thing and triple check your list as I missed a couple things.
3- Don't let your wife give you Fiber bars to take because they turned my down sleeping bag into a Fartsack. Lol

DeerMadness · Jul 10, 2015

NV BIGHORN it is the Pioneer Mts but they are close to the Sawtooth Mts. What kind of hunt did you go on ?

NVBighorn · Jul 10, 2015

Oh. I googled Idaho's Highest Lake and got Goat Lake in the Sawtooths.

My son had a mountain goat tag in 2008. I went along with him. Breath taking beauty.

[font color="blue"]I don't make the soup,I just stir it.[/font]

DeerMadness · Jul 10, 2015

I think both Goat Lakes have been claimed as highest. Did your son get his Goat ? I wish I could go along on a trip like that. I never wanted to shoot a Goat but I would like to help someone.

DeerMadness · Jul 10, 2015

http://www.idahoalpinezone.com/index.php?p=2_42

NVBighorn · Jul 11, 2015

He killed a nice goat. I did a little write up with pictures and posted it on the seep forum but it was in 2008. I can't find it on a search now.

[font color="blue"]I don't make the soup,I just stir it.[/font]

DW · Jul 11, 2015

http://www.monstermuleys.info/cgi-b...397&forum=DCForumID8&archive=yes#.VaFKLsvnbqB

DeerMadness · Jul 11, 2015

Wow NV I can't even begin to express how cool that is. Thank you for sharing as it really did make a great read and I can barely understand how grueling those hunts are.