Catch And Cook! Fall Backpacking With Perry To A Remote Trout Fishing Spot.

I love it up here. It's so beautiful. I talked Perry Peacock from Wilderness Innovation into coming with me. Perry's over there sniffing that tree. He says ponderosa pines smell like butterscotch and look at this beauty. Just amazing. I've got this log here that's keeping me from turning wide and then I was starting to go around this tree but then I slid on a rock and it and it pushed me right into the tree. We're gonna cut this deadfall a little bit and see if we can't go straight over this. Perry's making quick work of it. We find ourselves up here on top. So we'll be sleeping at Lost Lake tonight. I had a scout master that every time we would start walking down the trail again he'd start singing on the trail again. It's funny how stuff you remember from decades ago. Yeah you can see these right here close to me but if you look past this tree you can see it on the trees behind it as well. Now that's what you call standing deadwood right there or at least it was standing. That's enough to build a house out of. Yeah it's huge. We just got to the line where the fire damage starts. I think we're getting pretty close to Lost Lake. Oh wow look at that view out there. You're gonna have to go around this Ash. Should you go right through it? Pretty amazing. Just the color of all those trunks. There's our first track. Well we just came out of the burn area just as we're reaching, I think we're reaching, Lost Lake. If we turn around you can see the contrast. Here we are Lost Lake. Hey Perry I just saw a fish jump. Wow I'm excited. Oh that's just the right size. That is beautiful. Oh this is living Perry. I wish we had an extra day now that we're here. I've seen some jumping but I haven't seen any swimming. It's crystal clear. You can just see right into that water. We might be eating potatoes tonight. I can hear an elk bugling. Oh and did I mention there's a beautiful lake right here too. Well I still haven't caught any fish. Ash come here show us your coat. You get a little more width but yet a little less weight. So there it is all set up. Looks comfy cozy. Perry just got our fire going for us. Perry was up here collecting some wood and noticed that there's a little pond down here. Doubt if there's any fish in this little pond but it sure is beautiful. Yeah there's a fish but it snagged. He's stuck in these reeds and he's snagged under his belly somehow. He got tangled up in there. He's not huge but he's pan size. You know he's a cooker. There's our fish. I skinned this one. He's broken up. See how it just popped out of position but what I can do is if I actually hold that spot right there then I've got all the strength I could need and I can use it as a pretty serious tool hoping to perfect this meal. This fish and potatoes meal. So that's why we're eating it twice on this trip. Let's see if that's enough. I'll just go ahead and put them all in. Last time Perry and I camped together I don't think I've ever eaten so much food in one night. We really did didn't we? We really took care of ourselves. What do we have? We have three stoves going right? I'm going to try just putting the fish in now even though that's not boiling or not up to temperature. What I found is my fish always seems to need a little more cooking than what I think it's going to. So I'm going to put that in there now and then I'm going to cover everything. Well the dog's cozy. Yeah I think she's doing pretty good with her down jacket. She is. She's just quite a cocoon there isn't she? Get some butter underneath these spuds. These are some nice slabs. That's all trout really needs is salt and pepper, butter, and if you're lucky a little lemon which I did bring some. These are browned up a little more. Oh that looks so good. You can't get any fresher fish less than an hour ago. Well you know this fish this fish wasn't brightly colored on the outside but it sure was brightly colored on the inside. It's really nice pink. There's some brownness on your spuds but yeah I really like those potatoes like this. Potatoes are nice because they really fill you up you know. That's good. A little too much pepper? I put quite a bit of pepper. I can eat the lemons good. A little bit of garlic in there. Oh yeah that's nice. This has a really good flavor. The fish is nice. It's a little weight you don't have to carry. There is some risk involved but last time I came up here I brought a steak just in case. Oh did you? Oh that's right. Which worked out nice. Yeah because you said something about it. So then I ended up cooking it for lunch on the last day and that was good. But I brought up bacon and eggs for breakfast. I didn't bring up anything on this trip. Good morning Lost Lake. Perry just told me it's 25 degrees out here. Feels like it. I got one. It feels pretty good too. Yeah. I've got my fish cleaned and skinned. Look what beautiful meat that is. I'll kick up the fire grate and I'll just drop my sticks. You can see our Swedish fire torch is going really nicely. Go ahead and add the water. Beautiful brook trout. Wow the fish is taking off. Flake off. And there we have the bones. Won't be needing those. It doesn't feel like I've got quite as much heat going on. Yeah we're almost just a hot coals down there. That looks like an excellent breakfast right there. Salmon pink trout. Yeah it does look just about like salmon doesn't it? Yeah. Yeah the fish is still nice and moist. That's a pretty big meal to cook on that little nano. Yeah it is. Ashy boo. Quite a while we didn't catch anything. Get something. He's got another one. This one looks pretty good. Yeah it's about the same but a little prettier. This one's got some really pretty colors. Not the bright red like the one I caught at Donkey Reservoir but much prettier than the other two or three fish I've caught so far. He's got another one. Oh he's about to take it. There you go. See how they just immediately look for a place to hide. You never know why they start biting. I don't know if it's just because I was in just the right place. If it was the time of the day or what. Well we're saying goodbye to Lost Lake. We're on our way. They weren't trophy fish but they were fun. Well look at that. There's the gate. I hope the truck starts. That's right.