Desolation Wilderness 7/7 - 7/10

The first picture is lake aloha right above heather lake used to make a hike in 1 or 2 times year but haven't gone in awhile take a minnow trap next time we caught Brooks up to 17 inch and browns up to 24 inch nonstop brook action with the natural minnows dead or alive caught 50 fish 1 year packed them in the snow kept fresh miss that place.

live bait is a big no no,only tahoe,donner and fallen leaf are they legal and they must be caught in the lake that they are used.I have seen a few lakes where fishing used to be awesome but now nothing because of the introduction of minnows,they eat all the food that the young trout need.

Nice Camp/hike/fish....I know that a trip like that you almost have to plan every hour of your adventure so that you dont take too much or not enough stuff.Sounds and looks like it all panned out well and makes the trip that much sweeter when you HOOK into the targets.Thanks for the report and pics!

That's why you should bring a minnow trap catching the natural baitfish,minnows what ever you want to call them from heather lake rangers never had a problem with it and don't forget your wilderness permit and desolation wilderness map  from the ranger station plan to hike 2 to 4 hours depends on you easy to get lost up there be carefull