05-06-2004, 05:08 PM
Hi Eric-
Boy, it sounds like you tried about everything. I can't think of anything different I would have thought to try.
As far as lake trout in Eleven Mile are concerned, I have an old lake bottom map (from Hydro Surveys, I think) that lists lake trout as being present. I also saw a pic this winter on one of the Eleven Mile bait place websites that showed someone holding what looked to me to be a small lake trout. It had a deeply forked tail. Now I suppose it could also have been a splake that was trucked down when they drained Antero. I remember thinking "lake trout" when I saw the picture, and wondering whether there is still a small population of them in Eleven Mile. I wasn't thinking about splake. When I get home tonight and have more time I'll see if I can find that picture again.
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Boy, it sounds like you tried about everything. I can't think of anything different I would have thought to try.
As far as lake trout in Eleven Mile are concerned, I have an old lake bottom map (from Hydro Surveys, I think) that lists lake trout as being present. I also saw a pic this winter on one of the Eleven Mile bait place websites that showed someone holding what looked to me to be a small lake trout. It had a deeply forked tail. Now I suppose it could also have been a splake that was trucked down when they drained Antero. I remember thinking "lake trout" when I saw the picture, and wondering whether there is still a small population of them in Eleven Mile. I wasn't thinking about splake. When I get home tonight and have more time I'll see if I can find that picture again.
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