Fern Lake is a beautiful alpine lake, but the trail to it is very steep.  I was first here in 1982 with Troop 24.  We carried our packs up to the lake where there were very few sub standard camping spots.  

In 1982, I had no luck with the fishing as I had no strikes.  One scout (Corby Miller) caught two or three.  We did have fun with a round of "Nugee Blasters" into the lake (I'll leave that to your imagination).

On this trip, the fishing was great.  I caught and released about 30 fish.  It was so ridiculous that Roger tied a lure onto a line tied to a stick and trolled by swimming in the lake.  He actually caught a fish as shown on this video.