Alpine Hiking & Fishing for Golden Trout in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2021
- The Sierras never get old to me🤠 A classic hike and fish in the Sierra, this time in search for the elusive golden trout at Crystal Lake.
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I love that lake. I know the spot well and a day there never disappoints.
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Absolutely beautiful out there! Thanks for sharing your experience
One of my favorite classic hikes in the Eastern Sierra!
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Great vid as always Scottie! It's always a good day when you get out in the sierras. 😁
Best day ever each day in the Sierra!!🤠
Thanks for dropping us in the water scottie LOL Funning stuff, Hope your Muff is ok
Haha too funny…for some reason I’m now craving pizza from Big Pine 🍕
What an absolutely stunning lake! I'll have to do some sleuthing and plan a trip out there! ;) Hope you, Mrs. Sheety, and Lil Sheety are doing well!!!
Thank you 🙏🏻
Great vids keep up the great work.
Thank you!🤠
Love the content - keep up the hard work!
Thank you!
Water heats up in a drought year, O2 levels drop and trout are sluggish mid-day. Only likely bite in early morning. Perfect little stream for a tenkara set up thought.
Wish I knew about tenkara at the time ✌🏻
Hey Scottie, pro tip: Always go in with a backup rod/reel. One mishap, or a simple gear failure and the fishing part of your day is practically shot. The minor extra weight is always added insurance. That last shot there at Schat’s sent my taste buds into Roast Beef sandwich shock 👊😎...
BigDuke you’re always dropping good tips - thank you as always!!🤠
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Amazing video ! :)
Thank you!🤠
For an area like this I would have tried some Adams Flies first thing in the morning OR early evening. Still a great hike & unlike me you're in the Sierras... so it's a Win-Win!
Great hike ! You may want to expand your fishing skills to using flies.
I got to this lake every year in my birthday! Well I camp at the bottom lake but for the past couple years I’ve hiked up to the upper lake and it’s definitely one of my favorites. Absolutely gorgeous views. I am curious as to when to recorded this video because if it’s the same trail I’m thinking it is I’m surprised there would still be snow in the trail in June and July.
Great video Scotty. Still hoping you do a how to video setup video using a water bobber and flies.
Awesome lake for sure! Filmed the first week of June….I know I know, I’m behind! Blame fishermanslife!🤠
@actrujillo1982 Looking at the map, there is a smallish looking unamed pond above crystal. Is that what you are referring too, or are you talking about TJ Lake? If so, have you seen any fish in there? I actually want to go there for my birthday as well. I dont think either lake will be available until at least late july
@@chowboy44 yes the lake above. Whether it has a name or not I’m unsure, but it was small. If that’s the lake then nope, never seen a fish.
Great video 👌 I know you’re just starting to get back into fishing but I recommend you get a ultralight set up or start fly fishing because it’s a more natural presentation and you don’t need to buy a $1000 fly setup to catch fish. Fish don’t look up and say “oh snap he has an Orvis!” Lol but great video and love the scenery!! Have to find out where that it is and hike it!
Thanks Jozy!
Perhaps try the same location at a different time, like dawn or dusk. Normally, in the shallows, I'll fly fish; but if there is a dropoff, I'll use a crankbait and toss beyond the drop in order to get the fish that are lingering on the edge of the drop.
Love it. Thank you for the advice and guidance. I’m learning every time I go out and am enjoying it so much.🤠
Exactly
Awesome trip Scottie! Which Osprey pack is this? Really like the way you have your rods secured.
The Osprey Daylight Pack - my fav day hiking pack. A bear got to it a while ago and tore a portion of the zipper, but overall the bag held up very well and would purchase one again.
@@Sheety33 Glad you're ok! 🐻❗ We've been running the Talon but found that the straps frequently got caught for fishing trips. We'll give the Daylight a go - thanks for recommending!
Great looking lake! What is the name of that lake? There a ton of Goldens at Cottonwood lakes.
It’s crystal lake near Mammoth
Sweet video! Such a beautiful spot, but with cabins that close to the lake i'll bet those fish see pleeeenty of lures. Always next time.
i LOVE this lake lol😉
I'm surprised to hear that there are supposed to be pure Goldens in a lake like Crystal Lake. Seems unlikely, Golden/Rainbow hybrids maybe?
Very beautiful. What time of the year did you go? Thank you.
Try Onion Valley sometime. Salmon Egg & 2lb test. Those fish don't bite during the day.
Onion valley trailhead is amazing for 🎣 !
No water coming from the outlet now. On my way down, EASILY 50 people passed me going up to go swimming!
What lake is this? Great vid!
Crystal lake near mammoth
Is this big pine lake?
Was hike 3 miles round trip?
Yes about 3 - 4 miles
A silent reel is good for sneaking up on prey 👊🐠🎣💯🤙 try a tiny plastic on a tiny jighead or a fly next time 👌🔥🎣💯
Thanks! I need to grease my reel!!
Can anyone tell me the trailhead and lake so I can enjoy this beautiful landscape
Crystal lake near mammoth
It's Crystal Lake and the traihead is at Lake George in the Lakes Basin near Mammoth, CA. I hiked by it on my way out a few years ago and thought I recognized it.
Crickets, meal worms and night crawlers if gold spinners don’t work!
There are named mountains in this range, but it's called "The Sierra Nevada," or "The Sierra." It's "The Sierra Club," not "The Sierras Club." Just saying . . .
I know, but will still call it the sierras (:
the fish can hear your squeaky reel...
Funny... That's what I just posted lol
You’re right!😛
Which lake js this ?
Crystal lake
"my muff is wet" 😲
You need a fly line
There's no place I'd rather be 😎
You got it🤠
What is the trail head
Crystal lake in mammoth
I really liked your videos where you give all of the logistical details to give me hiking ideas. These secret location fishing videos are losing their appeal. I'm not sure why you would hide the location since you haven't had much success (ha, ha)
I liked your channel when you were just hiking and would describe your location. Now with fishing you think you need to keep that a secret and don't answer subscribers who ask.
hahaha
This is crystal lake near Mammoth
When did you go? I'm surprised at the amount of snow in the ground.
Early June
Yu may wanna check regs as any structure holding Golden Trout probably isn't going to allow you throw that Panter Martin with that barbed treble hook. Those treble hooks kill fish fairly easily half the time. Check your regs especially when you're posting on social media....just sayn. Further, if you have nt heard of fly fishing with your spinning outfit ...it's very easy and really fun. Flies work when nothing else does. You'll catch browns and quite often bigger fish!
You should start a fishing channel. I came here for hiking and would like to know where the destination is. I don't care about your "secret" lake locations and fishing. I'll be unsubscribed as of this video.
You ever think about just... not watching his fishing videos? lmao he just put out a backpacking trip last week. Relax.
@@michaelf2404 I did think about that. I Like fishing and if I was there with a pole I'd fish all day. I just don't like watching other people fish. That's boring to me. Because of the UA-cam algorithm if I am subscribed to him and he posts videos with a topic of fishing, UA-cam thinks I like fishing videos so I start getting fishing videos. I don't want to have fishing videos on my UA-cam home page that take the place of the topics that I want to see. In order for me to avoid the fishing videos I have to unsubscribe from his channel and delete his history. It's just my way of having some control of what videos I see when I start UA-cam. I will see him occasionally because he does hiking and I get a lot of hiking videos so it stands to reason I'll see him popup now and then. If I like what I see I might click on it but I won't subscribe. It's too bad because I like the guy and his videos.
@@brianbrumfield3330 pretty reasonable.
Sorry to see you go, but I get it. No worries, see you again someday🤠 Take care and happy trails!
It’s crystal lake near mammoth
You really ought to learn to fly fish. You’d have been far more successful with a light fly rod and a dry fly.
Agree! Any videos you recommend watching for me to learn?
@@Sheety33 check out The New Fly Fisher. They do a lot of how-to videos.
@@Sheety33or as I said you even start with cheap ultra light spinning rod and a bubble! A bubble is a clear plastic bobber that gives yu a little weight to cast that tiny light fly and it also acts as an "indicator" just like a bobber does. And you will find that you'll catch alot more fish with a midge or a nymph style of fly......now git after it !