Little Redfish Lake is a mountain lake along Redfish Lake Creek in Custer County, Idaho, about downstream from the larger

Redfish Lake Redfish Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, just south of Stanley. It is the largest lake within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The U.S. Forest Service has developed some facilities for hiking, camping, and water sports on ...

. It is located on the northeast edge of the Sawtooth Range within the

Sawtooth National Recreation Area The Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA) is a national recreation area in central Idaho, United States that is managed as part of Sawtooth National Forest. The recreation area, established on August 22, 1972, is managed by the U.S. Forest S ...

, south of

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along State Highway 75. The lake drains to the Salmon River. Little Redfish Lake has a surface

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, while the main Redfish Lake sits at . Both lakes are named for the red-scaled

sockeye The sockeye salmon (''Oncorhynchus nerka''), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Pacific Ocean, Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This ...

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that returned every year to

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via the Salmon River prior to the construction of dams on the lower

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. Besides the red-scaled salmon that come to this lake, Little Redfish Lake also has a

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, located at the bottom of the lake. In 1961,

Richard Brautigan Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. He wrote throughout his life and published ten novels, two collections of short stories, and four books of poetry. Brautigan's work has been publi ...

wrote portions of his novella ''

Trout Fishing in America ''Trout Fishing in America'' (1967) is a novella written by Richard Brautigan. It consists of short pieces linked by recurring characters. Technically it is Brautigan's first novel, as he completed it in 1961. But his book '' A Confederate Ge ...

'' while camping near the lake, which is featured in several chapters of the book. Image:Mountains in the Sawtooth Range reflected on Little Redfish Lake near Stanley, Idaho.jpg, Little Redfish Lake Image:Little Redfish Lake.JPG, Little Redfish Lake barely visible from the Alpine Way Trail

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Sawtooth National Forest - Redfish Lake Recreation Complex
Lakes of Idaho Lakes of Custer County, Idaho Glacial lakes of the Sawtooth National Forest {{CusterCountyID-geo-stub

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