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Taken by a CU student doing glacier studies in Patagonia.
Last edited by LostHighway; 04/01/16.
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I'm thinking very few bugs so not very good. Wouldn't keep me from casting all day though.
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Never know until one tries it. Some alpine headwaters can be damned near sterile. I know of one in our region that has lots of brookies, but food is so scarce one never picks one up that's over 4 inches.
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Most of the lakes in Montana that are around around 10'000 ft. plus look a lot like that one and they usually have Brookies less than 10" long, more than likely average about 4". They stay small due to lack of feed and over producing. Many of these same lakes are stocked with Cutthroats that don't spawn and just get bigger and are usually hard to catch. I have never caught one that weighed more that 3 lbs. though. Some look like big snakes with huge heads. Not much food obviously. The mountain range I am talking about is the Beartooths.
How high do you suppose that lake is in the picture? Beautiful shot by the way.
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Ship Lake, right behind Anchorage, has a huge population of stunted Dolly Varden (goldenfins) that are incredibly beautiful little fish! Dying glacier at one end of the lake is almost gone... tiny lake, too.
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Hi LH,
I have been there, two years ago. This is a the glaciar lake at the feet of Torres del Paine, TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK, Chile.
There are no fish in this lake.
PH
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