i hiked into lake twenty two today, it was pretty good except the last half mile or so of the trail is entirely in snow and maybe only one fourth of the lake has thawed out. After hiking to the top with the extra gear i thought id go ahead and give it a try. I tried a bunch of spoons and spinners then fly fished for a while and never saw a single fish. Other than the fishing it was a great day and ill be back as soon as the snows gone

The hike was worth it...beautiful lake. Not much luck at the back of the lake by the boulder field, found a hole in the front, and caught fish non-stop for about 2 hours. From 8"-12"...and one nice one about 17".

I went up to lake Twenty Two for something to do and decided to bring my pole along to do some fishing once I got up there as well. The hike was pretty easy until I ran into snow about 3/4 the way up and that slowed my progress down as the trail got narrow, covered with snow and was right along a dropoff so I had to take my time so I didn't slip off into the river that it was along.

Once you get to the lake you will be amazed by what you will see. The whole place is covered by about 5-6 feet of snow in some places. Almost the whole lake is covered in ice so there really is no point of fishing until it thaws out because the good fishing hole was iced over. I tried to fish in this on thawed out area but not one bite. It is dangerous because you have to walk out of ice to fish. The ice I was standing on caved into the lake and I barely jumped back on land! It would have been a VERY miserable hike back down if I hadn't gotten back to shore in time. But, for just a hike it is awesome. The view is great up there and they lake view is awesome. It is crystal clear.

I would wait until August to start fishing this lake, the fish aren't active and the lake is frozen over.