Small mouth in strawberry

[Fishrmn]

I hope that the growing season is too short, and the smallies don't take hold in the 'Berry. As to the shield lakes and the growing season there, remember this, Strawberry lies at roughly 7600 feet above sea level. The water remains cold well into July, and is mostly over 30 feet deep. The shield lakes are mostly 1000 feet or less above sea level, have lots of shallow water to warm, and are in the land of the midnight sun. They're also so remote, that lots of the fish in them never see a hook.

Either way, I wish people would quit trying to decide what kind of fish I get to pursue. If I have to drive a couple of hundred miles to go after my favorite fish, isn't it fair for you to have to do the same? Aren't there enough smallmouth waters around Strawberry already? Deer Creek, Jordanelle, and Starvation aren't enough?

Fishrmn