Living in North Idaho has it's advantages, many of them outdoor activities. My favorite place to fish is at the high mountain lakes found north of the Silver Valley, in mining country (I also love to explore old mining areas) Here are a couple of pics of a dad-and-son fishing day:
Click to zoom, click again to dismiss
We are able to drive right onto the shore of the lake - in it we find native brook trout with flesh so pink you'd think they are small salmon. Fish and Game also stocks this particular lake with rainbow trout, which is the species we are after today
Caught one! In fact, we almost never leave the lake without our limit
My son also has one - almost enough for breakfast! We typically clean the fish as soon as it is caught, and then immediately on ice.
Time to cook; we start by frying half a pound of bacon and use the drippings for the frying fat
The fish are fried so that the fins are crisp - so crisp we can eat them like potato chips. The flesh of the fish is pure white, and because it was fried in bacon drippings, it required no seasoning of any kind. The fish is the most delicious you will ever eat - fried within minutes of being caught.
It is not well known, but at the far end of the lake (the far side in the first image) is an old abandoned prospect. The miners must have hit water, because a good amount of it constantly flows out into the lake. Nearby at the bottom of the tailings are old ore car rails, and even an old ore car (unfortunately crushed)
