Made my first trip to this alpine lake up on Steven's pass with my buddy Jason. We started about 4 in the afternoon so we knew we needed to get a move on and hike fast to get back to the car by 8. Well, we ran into a STEEP hike, and the "trail" was muddy and quite slick. Anyway, took about an hour to get up to the lake, and once we did we started fishing ASAP. I threw my line out with a yellow and orange roostertail and had a fighting Cutt on the first cast. Only about 8" but not bad for the first cast. Given the first fish on the first cast, I thought it would be a bumper fishing trip, but it turns out we only caught 15 fish between us in 2 hours. That is still pretty good, but other remote alpine lakes usually reward a little better than that. Jason and I each caught 13" fish that were fat and healthy and actually put up a pretty good fight. The best place to fish from shore is the left side of the lake right as you arrive where the logjam is. My bet is that if y!ou hike in earlier in the year, the place to fish would be the 4-5 feeder streams on the back side of the lake. However, this dry year as reduced those streams to nearly a trickle. Anyway, this trail and lake is for the adventurous, strong lunged hikers. Have fun.

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