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I am assumming that you are refering to the soutern part of Oregon, right? I ask because there is an AWESOME hike up in the Olympic National Forrest in Washington called Seven Lakes Basin. It actually has 8 lakes but it is just amazing!! The lakes are full of wild cutts, brookies, and bows. Not the same place as what you are talking about, right?
-Spydey
When was the last time you were up to some of these? not saying you are incorrect but I've been hitting a lot of lakes and ponds up on Hood this year. The directions are fine but my catches have been much different.I figured I would start a thread about how to get to some of the high mountain lakes.. I will update this as I have time and explore more this summer.. Anyone willing to contribute would be welcome.. I will be adding more for Olallie area in the near future..
These lakes are up behind harriet lake
Buck Lake - bout 8 acre lake /w a couple camp spots, bout 1/2 mile hike in.. You take NFSR 57 past harriet lake and hang a left on NFSR 58 go up a mile or so and take a right on NFSR 5810 and ride it for about 8 or 9 miles then you will see a road take off to the left this is NFSR 210 it is barely marked but usually has spray paint in the intersection up this road about a mile there is a large pullout on the left hand side of the road enough to put like 10 cars in.. trainhead is right there.. good rainbow and cuttie lake bank access is rough but fishes well..
Pyramid Lake - bout 6 acre lake w/ 8 or 10 camp spots, bout 1/2 mile hike in.. You take NFSR 57 past harriet lake and hang a left on NFSR 58 go up maybe 5 miles, make sure to stay right when you get to the fork with NFSR 5830 to stay on 58.. you take a left on NFSR 210, this road is unimproved.. a subaru can make it but with some good driving.. take 210 to the end, it will dead end at the trail head in a parking area big enough for like 10 cars... good rainbow lake but rough bank access
Hideaway Lake - bout 8 acre lake 1/8 mile hike at most.. You take NFSR 57 past harriet lake and hang a left on NFSR 58 go up maybe 3 miles, make sure to take a left when you get to the fork with NFSR 5830 to get on 5830.. keep going on it for like 8 miles, stay to the left when you get to the fork with NFSR 130 to stay on 5830 until you see a turnoff on your left for the lake, it should be marked.. good rainbow lake and decent bank access
When was the last time you were up to some of these? not saying you are incorrect but I've been hitting a lot of lakes and ponds up on Hood this year. The directions are fine but my catches have been much different.
Buck was all wild rainbows with no cutties
Pyramid was 100% wild cutties though caught plenty and some of good size too!
Hideaway was just wild cuts too but I only caught 2 so not ruling the bows out.
Also hit Dinger which is all wild brookies
my goal is to fish as many of the lakes and ponds (especially the unnamed ones) up on hood/clack as i can this year
Lol I wish it was bragging! There's so many lakes up there I've yet to visit! I do most of my trips out of Fishing in Oregon(9 yrs out of date come on guys!) and forest service maps. I've been surprised on many occasion to find completely different fish then what was/is listed to be in there. But as long as there is fish that's all that matters right! I'm having fun just driving around finding fishies! lol.@socaaron Was that really a question or just a round about way of bragging?I've fished a lot of the spots on this thread over the past couple of years (thanks eggs!) and it seems like any lake that gets stocked up in those alpine areas has a chance of producing bows, cuts or brookies or even some weirdo hybrid cut-bows. I think they stock all three in various locations but I have never been able to get any info on exactly what they plant where.
odfw does not stock cutthroat trout.
Neither Did I until HeBeGB posted that link so don't feel bad! All the cutties I've caught have been nativesthanks for crrecting me,i apologzie for my ignorance. never knew there were hatchery cutties.
let me know if you can't company I'm running up there every time I get some time off. Usually off thursday/friday@Socaaron yeah it was cool to find out that some of the lakes on this thread are the same ones that get those limited numbers of brookies and cutthroats I wonder if it has to do with their ability to handle warmer (shallower) water because some of those "lakes" are more like glorified puddles.I can't wait to get up there in a few weeks!