07-04-2011, 02:35 AM
Thanks, I saw your response on the way out the door. We went up but made a little side detour to avoid the crowds. Worked out well. Hit a lake a bit higher up and it was totally ice and people free. Caught those "fun sized" brookies but at least most where brightly colored. Had a hunch we might get a golden trout. I manage to catch about an 8 inch golden trout in spawning colors. Unfortunately the camera was about 20 ft behind us and by the time my son got the camera ready to take a pic it got off the hook and swam away. We didn't have a net with us. I was bummed not to get the pic but this was about my 6th trip hoping to a get a golden in Utah over the past 3 years so I was quite happy to finally get one. I'll just have to catch another one for the picture. Just imagine me holden the golden in the same place as you see my son with the brookie in the first photo. I have yet to encounter a single person fishing while I have been fishing (not just hiking in or leaving) this year in Utah. So the next 2 are pictures of an empty lake except my dog in the last one.
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