Fishing for Giant California Golden Trout | Backpacking in the Sierras | Lucky Tides Fishing

3 day backpacking trip up into the remote wilderness of the Sierra Nevadas. Gnarly hike to our campsite and ran out of water. Took about 6 to get there, which was much longer then expected. We caught lots of Brooke trout on day one. Day 2 we hiked another few miles to our second lake. We heard a rumor that this lake might hold the elusive golden trout and we were not let down. I caught the biggest trout I’ve ever caught and it was a golden! All around it was an awesome trip and one of the hardest, most rewarding, and most beautiful hike I’ve ever done in the sierras. No catch and cook this time by next time we will be eating lots of trout. Come along and watch the journey. Let me know what you guys think!!

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[ervinslens]

Outstanding presentation my friend. Shots are beyond amazing here😮

[Californiaupland]

Those are cut throats maybe mixed with goldens
Definitely not strait up goldens.

[seantaylor]

Love your vid quality but, catch and release techniques, wellll...

[mmfruitveg]

That nice trout that bounced his head off the rock did not live, should have just kept it to eat!, , no shame in eating trout

[corbfisher]

Beautiful country, nice video. I'm glad you didn't eat a mushroom you couldn't identify. That thing looked a lot like an old panther cap which is an amanita variety and very toxic.

[johnriess]

Love the video showing the beauty of my back yard

[kenturner]

You two are f-ing AWESOME
Proud to be your family.
Happy to be your friend.
OneLove ❤💛💚

[troutntrails]

Awesome video man, you captured the adventure really well. Just found this channel and subscribed. Golden trout are some awesome fish. Looks like some beautiful scenery as well!

[Californiaupland]

You should go single hook and barbless. If you truly want to cat h these beautiful fish for generations to come you should think about the fish and less about the photo. Wet your hands please. Thank you.

[MuddyBootsOutdoors]

Looks like a great time, did you guys encounter any other campers/fisher up there when you were there?

[erindunebuggy]

The reclusive and elusive Golden Trout. Thought these wiley Trout were only in Kern River on fishing dude.😅

[OddBall]

Did I miss the name of this place or is another secret that millions of people already know about? It looks familiar just can't place the name. Haven't been to the sierra's in some time now. I've got about 25000 miles invested in to the sierra's. Used to spend all my free time there and actually live up there for a year and a half just wondering around. It's definitely the only place I miss about Ca. Well, maybe the ocean too as I love scuba. Thanks for the memories. I'll get back there again before I die.

[adloutdoors]

Cool video! What camera are you using? Thanks!

[charliehustle]

Oh that's definitely around lee vining cause that breathing sounds real familiar walking from lake to lake hahahahahahahahahahaha

[thomasobrien]

There's a lot of rookies up there too

[dsavells]

This for sure looks like the Hilton lakes out of rock creek. I recognize those mule steps on the hike.

[cadthunkin]

Ha Ha, that was not a golden. Likely a mix of something with the larger rainbows that have been planted here and there. They are fat, it's surprising to catch them. Goldens will have a very bright red belly, and really yellow sides, and are typically 8 inches or so in a lake. I've hiked the whole JMT and the rivers and lakes along it have tons of them, they are not hard to find. Evolution Lake had lots, and would not bite my fly. EVERYTHING bites my flies, what the heck! lol

[madeinusa]

You need to purchase a California trout baking license if you plan to bake trout not less than once every 12 weeks.

[dictationdubstep]

That wasn't a golden trout tho. very different

[russmahan]

Time for you Boys to backpack in Montana !!!