Got back Saturday night from a 4 day trip. Was suppose to be 5 day, but between my injured knee and the howling wind we decided to head out a day early.
Started in at Meeks Bay.
Hit Genevieve first. Got there around noon. Didn't see any fish working. Didn't stay long.
Permit had us at Crag for the first night. Very pretty. Not a lot of fish working but did manage a brown. Tons of red-sided shiners in the lake.
Hidden lake looked devoid of fish. Shadow might have had a couple but all we saw in the outlet area were more shiners and perhaps one small brookie.
Stoney Ridge was awesome. Caught a few more browns. Brother broke off a big fish. Saw a carcass that someone had filleted that must have been about 18" - think the one that got away was similar in size.
Rubicon was a nice surprise. Nice campsites and some willing little brookies until the wind came up. Unfortunatly the wind never stopped after that night. Plus, I injured my knee when we climbed down to check out Grouse. Wasn't worth it, looked devoid of fish as well.
Brothers fished Phipps the next day and found many willing brookies in a pretty little lake. I passed on fishing it due to the knee and got a head start on the pass. Heading down to the Velmas.
We stopped at Middle Velma but with the wind coming up it was very tough fishing and seemed and exposed place to camp. We decided late in the day to move down to Lower Velma. Bad idea. Bum knee made the cross country hike down to find 2 groups camped in the only good location on the west side. We hiked back up - ouch. Stayed at Upper Velma. The wind blew harder. Thought the trees were going to fall on us during the night. Still managed a few brookies as dusk.
Wind was still blowing hard the next day and made fishing tough. Knee was hurting so we came out a day early. Hike down Bayview trail on a bum wheel was NOT fun.
Still, a good time was had by all.
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