Louis Lake and the Sweetwater River
We left for Louis Lake early today, in hopes of fishing for a while and then getting back in time for a 5:00 excursion to the Sweetwater River and a ride along the Emigrant Trail (Oregon, California, and Mormon trails).
Connie caught a couple of splake within 20 minutes of our arrival and then had little action afterwards. Fishing started out slow for me. I had one hit and then lost the first couple of fish I had on. Eventually I caught four fish- two rainbows and two splake. It was a bit chilly and the wind picked up after 10, or so. I was ready to go, but Connie was not. I think she had her mind set on a fish dinner tonight.
I wandered off for a bit and spent a few minutes talking with a couple of other anglers. They pointed toward Connie and said that she was handling a fish. Indeed she was. I walked back to our fishing spot- she had caught a nice splake, a little over 15-inches in length. After we put it in the ice chest, Connie announced that we could now leave. And so we did. We caught a total of seven fish- the biggest are pictured above.
The after hours field trip, led by Joe Ellis for SPC staff and volunteers, was enjoyable. We drove down to the Sweetwater River (below) and Joe discussed how early prospectors would have worked the river, panning for gold, which eventually led them to the Carissa Lode, which resulted in the establishment of South Pass City. We then drove along and parallel to the Emigrant Trail for some distance, coming out about a mile from the South Pass where the trails crossed the Continental Divide.
Sweetwater River, Wyoming.
This drive was all out in the sticks. Along the way, we saw at least 60-70 pronghorn antelope, three elk, and a few wild horses.
We got back into SPC a bit later than planned. I didn’t want to rush cooking the fish, so we headed to the Miner’s Grubstake for dinner and a couple of celebratory glasses of wine. This was a full and thoroughly enjoyable day.
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