Lindeman Lake Rainbows

[keoke]

Hiked up to Lindeman lake this morning for a day of fishing. It was a little drizzly in the morning but then around 11am the sky broke open. The worst part of the day was when I was half way into the hike I remembered my fishing rod was still leaning against the truck tire. Hiking with a fully inflated float tube on a tight trail is not too fun but I made it to the lake in 45min. When I got in the water it was really slow I was using my spinning rod with wedding bands, tried worms, talked to another guy who had nothing trying flys. Then I see one guy from the shore pull some nice fish out of the lake and I asked him what he was using. He yelled back power bait! Lucky for me I had some buried in my kit, I only had it cause it was a gift. I ended up getting some good pan fry and one 15" that put up a decent fight, not bad for a small lake. Going back down was a lot easier because I was able to deflate my tube and tuck it between the batwings of my 2800, made it to the truck in 20 min. I never believed in power bait until today.:-o

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[pnbrock]

nice fish where is this lake?

[keoke]

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[scoutlt1]

Love those little alpine lakes!
Nice fish!
When I hike into lakes like Lindeman I pack a fly/spin combo...and always throw in powerbait and the like..
I love fishing interior lakes, rivers, etc.....but there is something pretty "magical" about hiking up into the mtns and hooking up with some of those little guys! :-)

[keoke]

I use an ultralight trout rod and reel with 6lb test main and a 4lb leader. It makes it so much fun when your rod is bent over on a 15" fish. Can't wait to hook into a 2-3lb trout with this set up lol

[LOC]

Greendrop a bit further down the trail has some good fishing too! I use to love hiking the float tube up into those two lakes :)

[BimmerBob]

By the look of the sat photo's you might be able to drive almost to Greendrop via the Skagit, has anybody tried that route?

[keoke]

The road on skagit side has a nasty wash out, I got passed it on my bike before but you come up to a sign at a bridge that says no motor vehicles beyond this point.

[Fella]

Awesome lake. Love the views, and the fishing is pretty good too.

[keoke]

Skipped out of work today and decided to go back to the lake. Managed to pull three more into shore and had 3 others on the line. I wish I let the one in the middle go, she was stuffed to the gills with eggs.




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[shadowhunter]

Looks like some great fishing! Gotta try that lake sometime it looks nice.