Took the family to Mirror lake today. Man I love that place. Feels like you can reach up and touch the clouds!!! Only fished for a few hours before a thunderstorm chased us away. Was using Crawlers on the bottom and only got a few small trout, but my boy loved it and my wife was taking pics galore for her scrap book thingy! Was a nice break from the heat of the valley thats for sure!
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Great report and awesome idea to get out of dodge. I am hoping to get my kidos up there one day soon.
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Oh yeah, Do take them, they would love it!!!!
Almost forgot. If anyone was wondering, Echo is way down but still launchable and Rockport is about 5 ft below full!!!!! (think anyone would notice if I ran a garden hose from Rockport to Willard[pirate][
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DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!!! I have yet to catch a Wiper, caught everything else from that lake...
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I'm heading up their this sunday but driving up farther to Alexander lake! I love it up their so much! I'm taking my wife and mother inlaw and my 1year daughter and having a fishin/picnic outing[
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Sounds like a great time!!! Is Alexander Lake past Mirror?? What kind of fish are in it??
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Teroy,
Alexander is before Mirror if your coming from the Kamas side. Just past Shady Dell campgroud you will see a dirt road off to the left. You'll go up a short series of switch backs (not hard) and continue along. When you get up top the road will fork (about 2 miles from the start), go right. There used to be a sign but I haven't been up there in a couple of years. There are Brookies and Cutts. It's back in the woods and not many people go there. #16 mosquito or Chernobly ant fished on a bubble. Bring bug spray.
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Well went to Alexander sunday just late posting sorry!! But it was such a perfect day! my first cast with gold panther martin got hitted hard on second retrieve and what a beauty! a nice big brookie! but it was a real good day!
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Thought I would drop in some info also. I have been hitting the Uintas every weekend for the past month. I've spent most of my time on the Bear River side of the mountain with lots of good fishing. The roadside lakes are always stocked and these fish are great for the kids (easy to catch on baits!). Pass, Butterfly, Moosehorn, etc. can each provide catch rates of 2-4 fish per hour. If you don't get them at one move on down the road, they are hitting some where.
Whitney Res. has been hit and miss, mostly because they have dumped almost 40 feet of water in a period of 3-4 weeks. Ouch! Typically when this happens there are a lot of hungry fish, easy to catch on spinners. I've also hiked into Ruth and Cutthroat Lake. Ruth has some nice brookies in it but it wasn't as quick, maybe when it cools down. Cutthroat is named for a reason, lots of 4-10 in cutts that don't see a whole lot of lures.
My best luck has been the streams and rivers. I mean its been awesome, and no one hits them. The Hayden, Stillwater, and East Fork all have good flows right now and these fish will drill dry flies all day long. You can catch brookies, bows, and cutts on dry flies like Parachute adams, Royal wulffs, humpies and coachmens, and of course caddis. Also try small Panther Martins, I like the black with gold blades. Its awesome up there and they have been getting rain almost everyday for the past couple of weeks. Escape the heat and catch a limit! Enjoy, Ryno
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great report ryno ! makes me want to drive there this minute! Great Helpful Info!
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