mt whitney..goldens?

[Spike/Hunter]

OMG that thing is the biggest golden trout i have ever seen man that guy is lucky

[pole'npants]

golden.....must be the boyscout luck...sweeeeeeet
fish on

[slief]

Ive caught alot of native trout in my lifetime and that fish is by FAR the best looking trout I have EVER seen! All I could think is OMG!!!

[Granny Fish]

That is a beautiful fish you got there. Thanks for sharing.

[slief]

I did a little digging and there are a number of lakes it could be but there happens to be a pair of "boyscout lakes" on Mt Whitney..

To me it looks like it could be one of the Meysan Lakes.

I found this: http://http://outdoors.webshots.com/...43715150SQnNRO album online that has names and pictures of a number of lakes in that area and they all look worthy of some nice fish!

[TroutBass]

That's a great catch.... It's a Volcanoe Creek Golden Trout
check the link for more info...

http://stevenojai.tripod.com/goldtrout.htm

[aboos]

ok, i just talked to my brother and he said it was from crab tree lake.

[Fear No Trout]

That is a specie of Golden. My biologist friend from Bishop, Phil Pister used to work for the DFG for over 30 years and I shared a photo similar looking to that trout below and he said it could be hybrid but most definitely a type of "Golden". Congratulations on catching such a trophy.



Reminds me of "Heihachi Ishikawa" the 53 old guy who was in Manzanar who used to slip away for weeks at a time to catch "Goldens" in the Diamond Mesa area behind Mt. Williamson.



Photo by Toyo Miyatake while in Manzanar relocation camp.

Fear No Trout
Docent Manzanar National Historic Site & Interpretive Center

[Liteliner]

awesome trout. Its like a lightning trout body topped with a brown trout. Or something like that. Very nice fish. Isnt that the state fish???

[troutdog]

What an incredible fish...great picture too! Did your bro catch that on a lure or bait? There is one in the lodge up at Virginia Lake that was caught on a fly by the owner Carolyn, it looked very similar in size...maybe a tad bigger. As previously stated that looks to be fish of a lifetime!


TD