2 Video Views·May 31, 2019
(Remix)This is a shortened version of "Father Daughter Backpacking To Remote Wilderness Lakes For Brook Trout"
I'm willing to go to a lot of effort for the experience of catching a native brook trout. If that native is also trophy sized I'll go to twice the effort!
I love backpacking, but honestly the hiking aspect is a means to an end. The real draw for me is the camping experience once I arrive at my destination and I love when I can spend two nights giving me a full day to soak in the epic wilderness spot for which I worked so hard to achieve.
A big part of that camping experience is camp cooking using my Firebox Stoves. For these very high elevations trips I prefer using my Nano, which has been modified into the Overkill Nano. This mod can be achieved two ways, we make a kit that allows you to have two functioning Nano Stoves which can be combined into the Nano, but I prefer the DIY version which makes the Overkill with fewer parts and still allows two functioning Nano Stoves but one only has straight peg pot stand which works fine for the cookware I use. Here's a link to the product page which includes a video illustrating the details of both methods:
https://www.fireboxstove.com/index.php?route=product/product&keyword=overkill&product_id=190
In this video I also use our new Ultra Cook Kit. In fact, I had just received the pre-production prototypes the day before the trip and had hoped that using them without first seasoning them would be okay, but it was clear that the seasoning is necessary to achieve cast iron like performance from this lightweight set.
Here's a link to the Ultra Cook Kit:
https://www.fireboxstove.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=Firebox%20ultra%20cook%20kit
In this video I'm using the 8" version. When camping with my family I use the 10"
Thanks for watching, liking and commenting. I love learning from all of you, thanks for all the feedback and encouragement!
I'm gonna put this on my video by the way.
Good morning.
Now Isla knows why I brought her along.
Because Ash can't grind coffee.
Butter for me.
This is the first time I've done that.
Put butter in my coffee.
Is it good?
Ready to go.
Hit the trail.
Junie's got her bear bell on.
Nice.
Yummy little treat.
Oh no.
Look at that one.
Bright red.
Okay let's kind of pick our way through over here.
Found the trail.
So it's a little easier going.
Wilderness therapy.
We're coming to our first lake.
Okay I just caught one.
Beautiful little brookie.
Wow amazingly beautiful.
Let's get him back into the water.
We're just hiking along.
This is like a Japanese garden or something.
Yeah the water is so clear.
We made it to our destination.
It feels big.
Feels really big.
Whoa it's taking my drag.
Wow.
Come on baby.
I hope it doesn't get off.
Wow.
Looks like this is a good spot.
You ought to come down and see this fish.
It looks really big.
Oh my goodness.
It's huge.
Oh that's a few.
Oh my goodness.
That's a beauty.
Wow.
Wowza.
Gotta get up here and get my net.
Holy smokes.
Wow.
Wow look at that beauty.
It barely fits in my net.
Look at those beautiful colors.
Look at that beauty.
Am I centered in frame?
Yeah.
Okay I'm gonna let him go.
Look at that guy.
There he goes.
Wow.
He had lots of strength.
I don't want to do the trick.
Light it from this edge.
Yeah let's just cook them off.
Wow.
Is that water boiling already?
I knew that maybe the other one would defrost.
I'll give you most of the steak.
I'm really not that heavy.
Okay let's go ahead and pour the steak off.
Potatoes in.
Oh gosh.
That's a lot of potatoes.
Yeah.
It's tender though.
Yeah.
Steak flavored potatoes.
Look like they're nice and brown.
Well we caught that big fish but I let it go.
I just couldn't keep it.
We were so tired when we got here.
I did my best with camp but it's a little ramshackle.
I lost my whole box of lures not too long ago so I had to replace them all.
This is a cast master with a rattler.
Maybe I'll try that one too.
I tried all of those lures.
Three or four casts each and I didn't get a single bite.
Quite a bit more than I need.
Let the fire die down a little bit.
I'm just gonna put one stick in.
Add another stick to my fire.
Cook our eggs.
I have a fork and this fork.
I'm gonna cook up our other steak.
Um I didn't catch any fish.
I think this lake is pretty much fished out.
Let's rotate the pan so it heats evenly.
Oh that's what we're looking for right there.
Start some hash browns going.
It's gonna have very browned buttery flavor.
I guess we'll find out.
Go ahead and add water till it pretty much cover the hash browns.
I think we can pretty much just let that run.
Pretty much guessing.
No thermometer.
Oh maybe it's not too bad.
Once it has a chance to rest the color might come up a little bit.
You wanna try some?
Yeah.
This fork doesn't work so good for picking up steak huh?
Oh look at that.
Perfect.
Beautiful little fire.
Steak flavored hash browns.
Let's give these a try.
All right there you go.
Wow that is good.
Lila it's about 7 30.
It's really good.
So good.
We'll make one more stop.
Fill up all of our water bottles.
This little sand won't kill you.
Take a break.
Oh there goes a duck.
This is awesome.
We kind of need a break so.
Oh I got one.
That's fun.
Hope I don't lose it.
First cast.
I love that.
Yeah he's little.
Perfect size for eating.
Kind of skinny.
Kind of snaky.
There she goes.
This one doesn't look as snaky as that other one.
Yeah a little bit.
We made it back.
