Congrats! It’s been several years but I’ve done that trip with a friend a few times. We went with a local guide and it was great. It’s an incredible fishery. Have you been going yearly?
No, first time I’ve fished there. My son in law befriended our fishing guide when he went ice fishing with him on Granby Lake last February. The guide Rhett lives in Granby and is a great guy.
I’m glad to see there’s still big fish there!
Yes. It’s hard to imagine with a lake as gigantic as Flaming Gorge that there’s a food shortage for the fish, but that’s what we were told. They want fishermen to release the larger fish as they’re prolific breeders, but keep the smaller ones as they tend to eat the Kokanee salmon fry which has led to a food shortage for the larger fish. I guess they want the lake to keep its status as a trophy Lake trout fishing destination.
Oh yeah and he STILL elk hunts with us and can walk up the mountain. He's the best elk hunter I've ever known and taught me how to hunt elk. He has two 340 bulls that he got on public land without a guide. Back in the late '70s, he would take his horse and a mule and spend two weeks in the Salmon River Wilderness in Idaho by himself archery hunting for elk. He's been to Alaska four times and has taken a moose and several caribou on a DIY hunt and also a Dall sheep with a guide. He was and still is quite the hunter but I couldn't get him to go with me to Africa last year. Go figure!
