08-08-2006, 06:24 PM
I have known my wife for almost 9 years now and we have gone to Waterton every year we have known each other (at least once, and twice the year we got married because that is where we were married). I am lucky enough that my inlaws actually live in the park above their store and we stay in their motorhome in the campground. It is a pretty sweet setup and basically the whole trip costs us the gas money to get there. I am pretty lucky to do that--not to mention the inlaws have an ice cream store so, you know, unlimited ice cream too!
Anyway, we biked from the parking lot at the end of Red Rock Canyon to the Goat Lake trail head (about 5 miles or so) then hiked in to Goat (no way you could take a bike up there, even if it were allowed). When we went to Twin we biked all the way to Snowshoe Cabin then hiked the 2 1/2 or so miles to Lower Twin Lake (not as good of fishing and smaller brook trout than the good sized cuts at Goat but still very fun).
We fished Cameron a couple of time but very slow fishing and lots of people (of course lots of people up there is not like lots of people down here at, say, Trial Lake). At Trial Lake or Washington Lake lots of people means someone fishing about every 15-20 feet if you are lucky along with several canoes, tubes, toons, and other watercraft; up there, lots of people means about 8 rental canoes way out in the middle of the lake and a fisherman about ever 500 yards to 1/2 mile. Up at Goat you will be alone except for the goats and maybe a roaming bear.
Also, while we were there I finally talked to someone who seemed to know about fishing (which they are very tight lipped about anyway) up in the park. Ask most of the locals and they will tell you not to even bother fishing in Upper, Middle, or Lower Waterton Lakes, what they are not telling you is that, while fishing from shore is often fruitless, if you have a boat and some trolling equipment you can catch gigantic lake trout, and, if you drive out of the park you can catch gigantic Northern Pike (both things that I did not know about and will have to pursue next year).
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Anyway, we biked from the parking lot at the end of Red Rock Canyon to the Goat Lake trail head (about 5 miles or so) then hiked in to Goat (no way you could take a bike up there, even if it were allowed). When we went to Twin we biked all the way to Snowshoe Cabin then hiked the 2 1/2 or so miles to Lower Twin Lake (not as good of fishing and smaller brook trout than the good sized cuts at Goat but still very fun).
We fished Cameron a couple of time but very slow fishing and lots of people (of course lots of people up there is not like lots of people down here at, say, Trial Lake). At Trial Lake or Washington Lake lots of people means someone fishing about every 15-20 feet if you are lucky along with several canoes, tubes, toons, and other watercraft; up there, lots of people means about 8 rental canoes way out in the middle of the lake and a fisherman about ever 500 yards to 1/2 mile. Up at Goat you will be alone except for the goats and maybe a roaming bear.
Also, while we were there I finally talked to someone who seemed to know about fishing (which they are very tight lipped about anyway) up in the park. Ask most of the locals and they will tell you not to even bother fishing in Upper, Middle, or Lower Waterton Lakes, what they are not telling you is that, while fishing from shore is often fruitless, if you have a boat and some trolling equipment you can catch gigantic lake trout, and, if you drive out of the park you can catch gigantic Northern Pike (both things that I did not know about and will have to pursue next year).
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