golden trout

[travislikesfishing]

ive been wanting to catch a golden trout since last year and i was wondering if any1 could tell me were to catch them on the east side of the state and what they bite on and all that good stuff

[kavykid2k6]

we hiked up to a lake by stevens pass that had them, sunset lake

from what i remeber it was a pain to get up there but you could see bottom all the way around the lake and it was probably the most beautiful place i have ever been too. i will find the pics and post them

[The Quadfather]

Travis,

Since Golden trout are an alpine lake fish, I posted a link in the alpine lake section to a ton of Snohomish county alpine lakes, one of which is Sunset lake which was mentioned above to have Golden trout. Then I realized that you are in Spokane.... if you look at that link closer I would be there is a way to search within the link for alpine lakes in your area of the state,, maybe.
Look under the alpine lake section for the link.

[beerman1981]

[beerman1981]

As has been pointed out, they live in high altitutde lakes. The official Washington State record on these beauties is 3.91 pounds (I'd love to see that fish). I investigated the stocking of Golden's in Washington last year, and came up with several lakes in the Northern Puget sound area (see wdfw's web page). These lakes included Crawford Lake, Crystel Lake, Edd's Lake and Jake's Lake. Also, some were planted last year in Sidle Lake in Okanagon County. I don't know which lakes are going to be recieving Golden's this year, but I sure would love to catch one. Here is a picture of one:

Beerman

[travislikesfishing]

thx for the help guys hopely ill catch one this summer i think im goin to camp some near one of those lake over the 4th of july weekend if i do catch one im getting it mounted

[Jake Dogfish]

I also want to catch one someday. It doesn't look like any lakes have been planted with Goldens yet this year.
I wonder if they reproduce naturally here or if there are any holdovers?