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Get yourself to the Shell Creek Trailhead (Forest Service Rd 17 to 271 will get you there from Highway 16) and then hike in the few miles on trail #32 to Shell Lakes. The sweat and effort will be worth it when you hook fish after fish after fish. You see, Shell Lakes are in the Cloud Peak Wilderness. Wilderness fish – as wilderness areas can only be accessed via foot or horse – are not that used to seeing fishermen. (Sadly – but good for you – the majority of fishermen prefer waters with easier, i.e., no sweating required, access.) You can fly fish or use bait here. Spend a night or two and enjoy trout for breakfast and dinner. There are few things in the world better than catching, and cooking, your own meals, miles away from the nearest paved road and without another person in sight.