Lahontan Cutthroat Trout California Heritage Trout Challenge

This report is from the summer . I hope that is ok...

My cousin and I have decided to go for the California Heritage Trout Challenge.

We decided the first fish we would go after was the Lahontan Cutthroat. We did our research and found a high sierra lake that qualified. It was about a mile or so in and we both had a couple of free days so we decided to spend the night up there. We walked around the lake to just check it out and we saw lots of bait fish and even saw a Lahontan about 18 inches cruising the shore. We were jazzed .We pumped up our float tubes and put in. We fished the lake for what seemed like forever with out even a bite. We were starting to wonder if we were going to have to pack up and try another lake.  I had a Lahontan from a previous trip so I wasn't to worried, but I really wanted Andy to get one. Andy decided to switch from the Sheep Creek special and put on a purple wiggle tail. His first cast he nailed a nice Lahontan. I reeled my line in and paddled my butt over to him to get a picture and congratulate him on his first heritage trout. Andy caught another shortly after that, and I had only one bite. I was starting to wonder what was going on , then I felt something. It fought a little strange and when I got it up to my tube I realized I had caught a sandal, nice....... I finally did catch a couple and Andy Caught two more. We ended the day with six Lahontans total.