OK, I live in Utah and am heading up to Cascade for a family reunion (kill me now)[pirate] in 2 weeks. The only way to stay sane while I am there is to fish, soooo I need lots of help from you local guys that fish it all the time.[
] All I know is there are Kokanee and Coho in there and perch. Only interested in catching bigger fish so no perch info please.
Do I need a boat to catch anything decent, if so do they rent them there? How about tackle, technique, depth and location of the salmon this time of year and so on. Any and all info will be greatly appreciated as I am going there blind pretty much. I already do have quite a bit of tackle.
Thanks in advance.[fishin]
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Did you notice my recent post on Cascade? Yes, you will probably need a boat at this time. Trolling does best this time of year, and you would need either downriggers or lead core line. Fish are at about 15-19 feet. There are fish from planter size on up to some lunkers. If you want some truly large trout, go to Payette Lake and fish for mackinaws as I do frequently. Our last fish was 32 pounds. They must be released. Also, you really do need to know the lake, because it is very technical in terms of knowing where to fish. Once again, boats with downriggers are a must. Contact Tackle Toms in Cascade to see if there are any guides at either lake. I am not aware of any, but then again I am never looking for them!! Any questions, please reply. Mike
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There are smallmouth also in the 2 to 4 pound range but a boat would be the way to go. I'll be up there next Thursday the 17th thru the 23rd. If your going to be up there at that time I could take you out in my bass boat. Let me know.
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I searched for Cascade reports but must have missed yours. How did you do?
How far is Payette lake from Cascade?
You guys are already being a big help, anyone else feel free to chime in.
Thanks
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The report was on 07/09 on the Idaho forum, just below this one a ways. It is lableled "Cascade". We caught 6 trout, four planter size, and two larger fish, one 2.5, and one 4#. 5 were caught on a Jack Lloyd 2 blade flasher in hammered silver, with a wedding ring tipped with a little night crawler, and the big one was caught on a watermelon colored spoon. The fish were between 15 and 19 feet, although about noon they came up to the surface.
Payette Lake is only about half an hour from Cascade, or two hours from Boise.
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You might give a try down near Crown Point. I've fished there in the middle of July the last couple years and have done quite well.
I troll in the boat, concentrating on the foam lines or hugging the bank and fishing about 15-19 feet deep. I troll dodgers and worm-tipped spinners, but rapalas work too.
Upstream of Crown Point is a culvert sticking out of the hillside below the walking trail. I saw a guy pull up there one time in a boat and tie up. He caught a limit of nice trout in the 16-18 inch range by throwing out unweighted worms as far as he could. You could walk there if you are willing to walk about 1/2 mile.
The original channel is right there up against that steep bank and it gets late morning shade there too.
Fishing seems to be best there between 7:30am and when the sun hits it about 11:30.
If you troll, don't waste your time fishing deeper than about 20 feet. The dissolved oxygen goes to near zero below that. Too shallow, and you're in too warm of water for the trout.
Good luck...
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I just looked for rentals on Cascade. I hadn't thought of Tamarack Resort. They rent Polar Kraft fishing boats for $60 for 4 hours, and they pay for fuel. Not bad. I am sure they don't provide downriggers, so you would need lead core line. Mike
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Thanks a lot, I read some things about Tamarack but didn't think they did anything with boats, I will check into it them more.
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We just got back from four days of camping at Crown Point campground. We caught lots of bass along the shoreline from Crown Point past the culvert to the bay to the North, including a couple around 16 inches I released. The area is easily accessible by a footpath made out of an old rail line. Had some fun topwater action in the mornings just using a floating blue and white rapala. The path starts at the entrance of the campground with free parking. It's about a 1/4 mile walk to the Point, then fish the rocky bank Northward.
We also caught a few trout while trolling the same shoreline. I broke my line at the knot after a ten minute battle on something huge that kept swimming under the boat from one side over to the other. I casted my tube jig over to where he surfaced (jumped?) and the fight was on! Most of the fish we caught were within casting distance of the shore.
Good luck and have fun!
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