Crater Lake boat tours to Wizard Island The boat tours to Wizard Island are accessed via the Cleetwood Cove Trail, a 1.1 mile, 700 foot switchback descent down to the lake.

Both lakes are at about 6,500 feet in elevation. According to Beartooth fisheries guru Pat Marcuson's book "Fishing the Beartooths," both lakes were fishless for a while.

Around me, people were swimming and fishing. Crater Lake has no native fish, but kokanee salmon and rainbow trout were introduced to it. No fishing license is required to fish within park boundaries ...

Learn the top 3 lake trout fishing techniques — vertical jigging, trolling, and casting — and discover the best lures for each method to land trophy-sized fish.