Chris and I headed off into the Washington backcountry to look for some trophy trout holding in the high country lakes.
The first lake we tried out was a series of small, seasonal bodies of water that are formed by water freezing in a lava tube, holding the winter snowmelt until the ice in the lava tube melts and releases much of the lake’s water into a stream below.
The lake was an awesome place to fish and paddle; green forests and meadows surrounding a lake made out of a basin of prehistoric lava rock.
Bushwacking around the woods here is not all fun and games. There were numerous blown down trees across the roads, we finally hit one we had to chop up with my Boy Scout axe and clear the road. In the photo below, Chris chops away at a fresh, green blown down tree.
While traveling to the next lake we got stuck in the snow and had to dig the truck out with our kayak paddles. The snow finally got deep enough so we could not get through to the lake.
At the end of that snow covered road there is a lake full of hungry trout. We’ll be headed back soon, probably in a 4X4 next time.