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Me and the wife hiked into white pine saturday afternoon. Got around 20 brookies between the two of us in four hours of fishing. Just trailing fly behind sinking bobber-double renegade, olive damsel fly worked the best. around 7 when they started jumping caught a few on a masquito fly. It was a great little hike and the fishing was a pleasant surprise.
Don't go alone, Take a wife fishing!
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Sounds like you guys had a blast! Question, how difficult is the hike? I have a 4 year old and a 5.5 year old and I am looking for some new scenery for them.
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it is posted as a 3 mile, and it took us an hour and 15 to get in and about the same coming out. Plan on a couple hours atleast if you take your kids-the last 3/4 mile is steep switchbacks, but probably 10 kids around 4-5 yrs hiking out while on our way in, so I'm sure they could make it, but don't be surprised if they end up on your shoulders part of the time
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Thanks for the info porta_homer.
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How big were the brookies? I have been thinking about making the hike myself. I have always heard there were fish in there. I have been to the lake but never fished it. I figured the water would be drawn down pretty far each year so I was not sure how many fish remained each spring.
Thanks for the good report,
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ranged from 8-15" with average at 12"
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Wow. Sounds good. Thanks.
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[#ff0000]Is this the Tony Grove area White Pine Lake? It sounds like it. I was going to take my mountain bike up from the bottom on the bunchgrass trail for a change. Have you ever been on that trail? I hiked down it a half mile from the bridge just to look around once and looked to be a good bike trail from what little I saw. Still looking for someone that likes a good mountain bike/fishing adventure! [/#ff0000]
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sorry never been on that bottom trail, but we saw several bikes on the trail from tony grove
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