Follow up Question: How come there are no brook trout lakes identified in the Sawtooth area?

A number of the lakes in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area have brook trout populations.  You are not finding them when searching in the Southwest Region because they are all on the Stanley side of the Sawtooths and in the Fish and Game Salmon Region. Here is a list of lakes in the Salmon Region with Brook Trout populations from the Fishing Planner: Your searchIDFG Region = Region 7 - Salmon,Cold water fish species = Brook Trout, Returned the following Waters:     Alpine Creek   Tributary of Alturas Lake Creek Alpine Creek Lake #14   Upper Salmon Basin Alturas Lake   Upper Salmon Basin Alturas Lake Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Anderson Creek   Tributary of Dahlonega Creek Arnett Creek   Tributary of Napias Creek Asher Creek   Tributary of Marsh Creek Banner Creek   Tributary of Cape Horn Creek Bayhorse Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Bear Valley Creek   Tributary of Middle Fork Salmon River Beaver Creek   Tributary of Marsh Creek Beaver Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Big Casino Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Big Creek   Tributary of Pahsimeroi River Big Springs Creek   Tributary of Lemhi River Birdseye Creek   Tributary of Silver Creek Bohannon Creek   Tributary of Lemhi River Born Lakes   Upper Salmon Basin Burnt Creek   Tributary of Pahsimeroi River Burnt Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Buster Lake   Upper Salmon Basin Cabin Creek   Tributary of Panther Creek Cabin Creek   Tributary of Perkins Lake Cabin Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Camp Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Camp Creek   Tributary of Marsh Creek Cape Horn Creek   Tributary of Marsh Creek Casino Lakes   Upper Salmon Basin Challis Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Champion Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Champion Lakes   Upper Salmon Basin Champion Lakes   Upper Salmon Basin Crooked Creek   Tributary of Valley Creek Crystal Creek   Tributary of Beaver Creek Dahlonega Creek   Tributary of North Fork Salmon River East Fork Valley Creek   Tributary of Valley Creek Eddy Creek   Tributary of Challis Creek Elk Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Elk Creek   Tributary of Valley Creek Fisher Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Fishhook Creek   Tributary of Redfish Lake Flat Creek   Tributary of Marsh Creek Fourth of July Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Fourth of July Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Fourth of July Lake   Upper Salmon Basin Frenchman Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Garden Creek   Tributary of Hannah Slough Garden Creek   Tributary of Panther Creek Goat Creek   Tributary of Valley Creek Gold Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Goldberg Creek   Tributary of Pahsimeroi River Hell Roaring Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Hell Roaring Lake   Upper Salmon Basin Horse Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Huckleberry Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Hull Creek   Tributary of North Fork Salmon River Iron Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Iron Creek   Tributary of Valley Creek Iron Lake #1   Middle Salmon-Panther Basin Knapp Creek   Tributary of Marsh Creek Knapp Lake #10   Upper Middle Fork Salmon Basin Knapp Lake #11   Upper Middle Fork Salmon Basin Knapp Lake #3   Upper Middle Fork Salmon Basin Knapp Lake #9   Upper Middle Fork Salmon Basin Lake Creek   Tributary of Middle Fork Salmon River Lake Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Lemhi River   Tributary of Salmon River Little Casino Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Lost Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Lost Creek Lake   Upper Salmon Basin Marsh Creek   Tributary of Middle Fork Salmon River Marten Lake   Upper Salmon Basin Meadow Creek   Tributary of Valley Creek Meadow Creek   Tributary of Goat Creek Morgan Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Mosquito Flat Reservoir   Upper Salmon Basin Moyer Creek   Tributary of Panther Creek Opal Creek   Tributary of Panther Creek Pahsimeroi River   Tributary of Salmon River Panther Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Perkins Lake   Upper Salmon Basin Pole Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Porphyry Creek   Tributary of Panther Creek Prospect Creek   Tributary of Warm Springs Creek Rabbit Creek   Tributary of Napias Creek Rainbow Creek   Tributary of Pole Creek Rapps Creek   Tributary of Arnett Creek Redfish Lake Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Rough Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Salmon River East Fork Salmon River to Headwaters Tributary of Snake River Salmon River North Fork Salmon River to East Fork Salmon River Tributary of Snake River Sharkey Creek   Tributary of Napias Creek Silver Creek   Tributary of Camas Creek Slate Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Smiley Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Smithy Creek   Tributary of Dahlonega Creek Squaw Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Squaw Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Stanley Creek   Tributary of Valley Creek Stanley Lake   Upper Salmon Basin Stanley Lake Creek   Tributary of Valley Creek Swamp Creek   Tributary of Owl Creek Texas Creek   Tributary of Lemhi River Thatcher Creek   Tributary of Marsh Creek Thompson Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Threemile Creek   Tributary of Dahlonega Creek Trap Creek   Tributary of Meadow Creek Upper Hell Roaring Lake #1   Upper Salmon Basin Upper Hell Roaring Lake #2   Upper Salmon Basin Upper Hell Roaring Lake #3   Upper Salmon Basin Vader Creek   Tributary of Marsh Creek Valley Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Valley Creek Lake #1   Upper Salmon Basin Vat Creek   Tributary of Alturas Lake Creek Warm Springs Creek   Tributary of Salmon River West Fork Morgan Creek   Tributary of Morgan Creek White Valley Creek   Tributary of Challis Creek Williams Creek   Tributary of Salmon River Williams Lake   Middle Salmon-Panther Basin Winnemucca Creek   Tributary of Beaver Creek Yankee Fork   Tributary of Salmon River