During our 2025 annual sampling of fish and salamanders in Mack Creek, we encountered a remarkable survivor: the largest trout we captured that year, measuring 213 mm total length (over 8 inches). We first PIT-tagged this fish in 2021 in the second-growth reach below the gauge station, when it was only 100 mm long.  Over the following years we recaptured the same fish repeatedly as it moved through the lower, middle, and upper sections of the reach in 2022, 2024, and 2025. Now, likely 5–6 years old, this trout has persisted through the years—and the Lookout Fire—making it a proof of resilience in Mack Creek.