I had been over this pass once before in early July of 2011 – a huge snow year – and was scarred by having to hop across 2 foot wide and 3 foot deep suncups for nearly two miles. The trail started quite mellow before kicking in to gear with some nice switchbacks. We got an early start hoping to carve out plenty of fishing time at our destination for the first night. In fact, I ended up catching my personal best Golden and was lucky enough to share it with the same crew from the previous year – my dad, brother and best friend Jeffrey. Well, as you can probably tell from the banner image, the skunk did not return. After 14 trips into the Sierra backcountry, you’d think I would have seen it all from a fishing perspective, but that’s just not the case – a testament to the number of lakes that can produce big fish in a mountain range that is typically not renown for producing them.Īs the trip inched closer and the desert heat ratcheted up in Arizona, the skunky feelings from the prior year started to return, especially after seeing some early reports of lakes completely thawed by Memorial Day. When I started planning the 2021 edition of the annual Sierra backpack, I was tempted to loop in some of the lakes that produced the skunk of 2020, but I resisted and instead targeted 3 brand new lakes to me. The fishing was similarly up and down, including a complete skunk and a personal best golden trout. We spent 6 days hiking up and down mountains in an attempt to catch some trophy fish. Hiking through the backcountry of the Sierra Nevada can be both humbling and exhilarating.
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