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Any ramps open at CJ? Black sands perhaps?

Not likely anything open there as everything is Idaho power owned and they closed everything even to day use for now.

I don't believe black sands is owned by Idaho power. It is private. Might be worth a call to see if they are open. I heard the state park ramp was open.

(03-30-2020, 09:26 PM)forgiven Wrote: [ -> ]Any ramps open at CJ? Black sands perhaps?

Sorry for the late reply but yes Black Sands was open as of 4-6-2020 and I have heard nothing to change that.   I will warn you that the word is out and the conditions are crowded for such a tight bay.   The sheriff said they were thinking about restricting the total allowed boats to 50.   I personally would not go there on the weekends.   What I experienced on the two weekdays that I went were as crowded as I would want to be under current levels of covid.   

Oh, the fishing you ask?    It was pretty darn good and I think it should be better by now.   The crappie were loaded with eggs and water temp at 49 F so could be spawning anytime.  I caught 15 crappie one day and 10 the next but the second day was only for 4 hours or so.   They averaged 10" and one was pushing 12".    There were a surprising number of white crappie, making up maybe 40% of the catch.   I was using various jigs in combinations of two per rod, baited with crappie nibbles and fished 10' and 20' under the boat, trolling with wind energy maybe 0.3 mph, using a water sock to slow down the troll if the wind was over 5 mph....

I'm sure with the nice weather this weekend everywhere will be a madhouse. Nice to see they are going to restrict boat numbers instead of shutting the ramps down. Sounds like a couple good trips.