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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Good grief I had a blast camping at 12,000 ft in a 4 by 7 tent. No trees 10F wakeup and had to bury stuff in the snow to keep from freezing. Golden Trout fishing. For 30 years I horse packed.
Yep ... been approximately their, done approximately that.
The last Golden Trout myself and BIL ate were 9 or10 Goldens that we fried up after catching them at Sandpiper Lake while backpack camping at only around 10,000+ feet. I may hold-it-and-not-know-it world's record for largest Golden Trout ever caught on 2 lb. test line. I caught one 13 inches long at Sharp Note Lake above Sandpiper ... pouring down rain but keeping dry by standing under a rock outcrop while dropping a line in the freezing snow runoff lake water.
How many of you have ever heard of this - commercially available Golden Trout? I have a packing crate label bought at an antique store that is hanging up above the door in our RV that reads "U.S. No. 1 - Sawdust Pack - Wt. 34 lbs. Golden Trout".
I wish I could get our RV up to Sandpiper Lake or Sharp Note Lake - maybe a heavy lift helicopter could make it happen? The Onan probably wouldn't run the A/C, though, once the RV set down.
