03-25-2012, 08:30 PM
Hi koko - while I have never fished Heenan Lake it is apparently known for it's Lahontan cutthroat trout. ie:
Heenan Lake is renowned among catch-and-release trout anglers for its abundant Lahontan cutthroat trout, a native species of the east side of the Sierra Nevada that it is listed under the Federal Endangered Species Act as a Threatened species. The Lahontan cutthroat trout has been eliminated from over 95 percent of its historic range. Cutthroat trout in the lake are a strain originating from Independence Lake north of Lake Tahoe. The excellent fishing for large Lahontan cutthroat trout warrants the selection of Heenan Lake as one of the state's first Heritage Trout waters. Heenan Lake is also used by the Department as an egg source for stocking waters in California and Nevada with Lahontan cutthroat trout. The Department takes up to 2 million eggs annually from the cutthroat in Heenan Lake. A few thousand yearling cutthroats, reared from these eggs, are stocked back into the lake each year.
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Heenan Lake is renowned among catch-and-release trout anglers for its abundant Lahontan cutthroat trout, a native species of the east side of the Sierra Nevada that it is listed under the Federal Endangered Species Act as a Threatened species. The Lahontan cutthroat trout has been eliminated from over 95 percent of its historic range. Cutthroat trout in the lake are a strain originating from Independence Lake north of Lake Tahoe. The excellent fishing for large Lahontan cutthroat trout warrants the selection of Heenan Lake as one of the state's first Heritage Trout waters. Heenan Lake is also used by the Department as an egg source for stocking waters in California and Nevada with Lahontan cutthroat trout. The Department takes up to 2 million eggs annually from the cutthroat in Heenan Lake. A few thousand yearling cutthroats, reared from these eggs, are stocked back into the lake each year.
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