Backpacking Little Lakes Valley - John Muir Wilderness - Eastern Sierra Trout Fishing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- We backpacked into Little Lakes Valley in the John Muir Wilderness for 3 days and 2 nights. We stayed the 2 nights at Chickenfoot lake and fished all the other lakes in the valley.
We fished for rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, and golden trout.
There is still a lot of snow up in the Eastern Sierra from the 2017 snow season.
To get permits to backpack in the valley, you must reserve them many months in advance online at the reserve usa website.
Right below little lakes valley is Rock Creek Lake.
Thanks for taking me along. Awesome country.
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video, thanks for sharing your adventure with us.
Thanks for watching!
Outstanding! Def a bucket list trip, thanks to y'all for sharing.
Thanks Don! It was a blast!
So beautiful,🌲🌳loved the views🐠🐟 of the lakes👍🏻
Thanks for watching!
Mr. Huck, I appreciate your image capture (including time lapse sessions), editing and commentary on this video. My family and I lived 8 years in Bishop during which several back country adventures were had every summer. We actually backpacked our 6 month old daughter into Little Lakes Valley on an overnighter just to say we did it and then used a mule train to get our supplies up to Pine Lake (up Pine Creek trail) when she was four. I might also suggest Dusy Basin (South Lake trailhead) as a fishing and exploration base camp. Now a subscriber.
Thanks Grant! Sounds like you had a blast while living up there! I'll check out Dusy Basin and thanks for the Sub!
Wow! Amazing views, but one thing I can't get my eyes off was the hat.. lol.
LOL That hat is just a sample.
Excellent video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
You guys are hittin all the cool spots this year well done sir great video Hip hip
Thanks bud! Lets get you up to this spot next year!
Wow that is amazing bro totally amazing
Yes it was
Wow! I have to go! Thank you sir!
It's such a peaceful area.
The hard part for me on a trail like that would not be the hike it would be not stopping every 30 ft to fish. I would never get to the campsite
Believe me that was tough for sure!
Very Cool Video! Never visited the Little Lakes Valley area! So many different breeds of trout in the Sierra! Huck Outdoors version of the Heritage Trout Challenge lol!
You got to go sometime! Maybe I do have to do my own trout challenge!
Definitely! My next trip will be into Death Valley, once the temperatures cool off! Last time, during July 1st trip was 109 around Owens Lake!
This high sierra scenery never gets old. I assume the "wilderness waggle" was used many times.
Yes many times for sure!
In 1976, I was 18. My dad's buddy took me over the Mono pass into the 1st and 2nd recess, into the Pioneer basin. They warned us the rodents may have the plague. Caught mostly cutthroat and brookies. Very small but tasty fish
Oh man that must have been one heck of a trip!!! Any goldens?
What more could you ask for?
Keep em coming..
Not much that's for sure!
Amazing views, Huck, thank you! I'm really impressed and happy that there's still so much snow up there, should keep those legs nice and full for a while. I haven't been back for a little bit over a year, I think I caught a small golden hybrid in that stream going into Chickenfoot Lake, of course I forgot to take a picture. Thanks again for the video. was there a lot of mosquitoes up there?
Dude I couldnt believe how much snow was still there! With all that water it is a bad year for mosquitos! Lots of them out in the meadows!
Thanks for the video👍🏻 after I saw this I instantly told my buddies and reserved us a spot. One question do I have to reserve a spot for my dog?
When you call in to get your permit, they will ask if you have any dogs. Just let them know then.
Looks like a beautiful place. How far in advance did you get your permit to overnight there?
I want to say it was about 3-4 months out.
Awesome time Jason! Nice fishing you guys had. I'm already thinking about heading back up. How did the msr skillet work out this time?
Thanks bud! The Skillet worked great! No sticking at all.
Just wondering what the process is for getting a permit for this trip? Are you able to get it via walk in?
All the permits for LLV are done online now.
Do you always cook in the middle of your camp like that? I thought you're supposed to prepare meals at least 100 feet away from your camp to avoid attracting bears. Or is the altitude too high?
At this location we were very careful with our food and after talking to the rangers there hadnt been any bears seen up that high in a couple years. For some reason they stay down low in the car camps. Usually we will cook 100-150 feet away from camp.
If my memory serves me, Heart lake is near the end of the trail ? I remember cutthroat trout there
Actually towards the middle. More rainbows and brooks now days.
Did you bring a bear can or PCT hang your food? I'm thinking of heading up there in the next few weeks.
I used the Lil Sammy Bear Can.
Any big trout up there?
Oh yeah!
Why does no one in your group ever went their hands before handling fish they're gonna release. You take their only defense against bacteria
Some fish are kept for dinner. With barbless hooks some are not touched at all and are released. If I myself are handling the fish and they need to be touched my hands are wet.
awesome
Need to get back up there soon!