This is a really naive question but how did the lakes of the high sierra get populated with fish? Can't imagine they are native.
Many years ago, I saw a plane dumping what I’m sure was fish into Third Lake (North Fork of Big Pine Creek). I would guess that this was once a common practice.
On the other hand, last summer, we met two people at Lamarck Col. Their job for the summer was to net and kill as many trout in high altitude lakes as possible. Somebody had decided that the trout were screwing up the ecosystem.
