Walupt and Tahklakh Lakes

These lakes are in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.  Tahklakh lake was TERRIBLE fishing.  I saw one dead fish (someone probably chucked it back as it was pretty small) and I heard someone catching something, but I never even had a hit, and that was with two poles out.

Walupt...  This lake rocks.  If you want to limit out on trout, you can do it here really quick.  I caught 9 fish in about two hours.  Biggest was 14 or 15 inches, but the lake is above 4000 ft elevation.  Keep in mind, it's a selective gear fishery.  I killed all the fish on the same wedding ring (red/silver with a red/silver spinner) and one of those mac's flasher things that have the plastic blades. 

There was still snow on the ground when we were up there this weekend.  Snow in July is just wrong.

Note:  Do not stop and eat in Randle.  VERY expensive, and very bad food.

Nice stringer of trout Lee.  Thanks for the pics.

That is a beautiful area up there.  My daughter and I hike behind Tahklakh up in the basalt cliffs area last summer.

Oh, if your ever need to stop for a bite to eat out that way again, I here there is a pretty decent pizza joint in Packwood.

Nice fish!   I thought I would add on to your post since I went to Walupt lake last July. The lake is amazingly crystal clear.  I did not know it was such a good fishing lake I should try it next time.  I did how ever find out it is a great Crawdad lake.  I was able to use my yak to drop two pots I brought with and caught about 25 Crawdads over the weekend and they were great on the BBQ.  Next time I will drop the pots and try some fishing.

Nice stringer of fishies Lee. Beautiful location!

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing!

thanks for the report man.  We are looking for a good spot to camp in the coming weeks and this looks like a good spot.