Moose lake Brook Trout

Moose lake Brook Trout in 2013

This last Saturday i headed up to Grand Valley in the North Olympic National Park for a two night stay at moose lake. With fishing pole in hand i packed in a couple lures for some spin casting.
Three beautiful fish were caught. All three were Brook Trout. The bellies of these fish are slight red to deep red. It almost looks like their bleeding from the hook in their mouth until you reel them in closer.
I love packing in a light fishing set up with low weighted test line to feel these guys fight.
The teeth on these reds are quite impressive for small 6 to 8 inch trout. One can feel a little pain and last year one fish actually drew blood from my thumb.
After the hike out i stopped by the Hurricane Ridge Visitor center for a quick question about the brookies in the Olympic National Park's Moose lake and other lakes. Are they native?
Nope their not.
How did they get their?
The Ranger told me that they think someone planted them their. He said catch as many as you want!
What about other lakes?
Nope, no native brooks in any lakes.
There's one native Trout though, the Beardslee Trout!!!
More coming on the Beardslee!





Brook Trout caught by Jeff Wheeler from moose lake in 2012