Wvbrookie, we are about the same age, and congrats on summiting Whitney (I went with a group via the mountaineer's route in spring 2004).
I've been going to the east side of the Carson-Iceberg since the early aughts, before I was interested in fishing. I usually go in late season, October-ish. I was last there in 2018. Here are a few shots.
Posted near Silver King Creek
The creek drainage is off-limits to fishing, but there is a lake with brookies that is legal.
I think I caught this one on a red copper john
Another lake -- I don't know if they poisoned this one or not, but I saw no sign of fish here
A few shots of Silver King Creek. I think this is while they were still "sterilizing" the drainage of non-native fish.
It was cold enough in some of the valleys by then that the smaller tributaries were frozen solid in places.
It's a pretty place to visit in its own right.