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Little Redfish Lake

Little Redfish Lake

Lake in the state of Idaho

This article is about the lake on Redfish Lake Creek downstream of Redfish Lake and south of Stanley, Idaho. For another lake, see Little Redfish Lake (White Cloud Mountains).

Little Redfish Lake in central Idaho is in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Custer County.

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Little Redfish Lake is a picturesque mountain lake (photo) on the northeast edge of the Sawtooth mountain range in central Idaho, five miles south of Stanley in and less than mile from State Highway 75.[1]

Its surface elevation is 6,489 feet (1,978 m) above sea level, and is about a mile (1.6 km) downstream from the significantly larger Redfish Lake (6,547 feet (1,996 m)). Both were named for the red-scaled sockeye salmon that returned every year to spawn via the Salmon River. The lakes flow into the river via Redfish Lake Creek.

Besides the red-scaled salmon that come to this lake, Little Redfish Lake also has a clay pit, located at the bottom of the lake.

In 1961, Richard Brautigan wrote portions of his novella Trout Fishing in America while camping near the lake, which is featured in several chapters of the book.[2]

  • Little Redfish Lake
  • Little Redfish Lake barely visible from the Alpine Way Trail

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Sawtooth National Forest. "Sawtooth National Forest" [map].1:126,720, 1"=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998.
  2. [2]
    "Richard Brautigan > Trout Fishing in America". www.brautigan.net. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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