I am on Spring Break right now and I want to get the Pontoon out and use it. Does anybody know how the lakes around Preston are? We have had some really warm weather this week. Also if you have any info on how they are fishing. I wanted to go to the Narrows but they keep raising the water.
C&R
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i havnt hit any of the lakes sense ice fishing but i have been up the narrows a couple times a week for the last month the water lvl has been good for the last week. If your going to float it i realy have never done that so not much help there but the fishing has been good.
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Treasureton might be ok for trout. The other Bass and Bluegill lakes are still too cold for really good fishing. The magic water temp seems to be 62-64 degrees. I usually hit it on Memorial Day weekend and for the two weeks following.
Windriver
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hey jigs,
Any eye reports??? been hearing GOOD reports im heading down this weekend and going to tough out the rain if there is any. Just wanted to know if there is any "back up" to the stories im hearing pm if you would like or reply..... If you wanna hook up and join us let me know...........thanks
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I know Foster is totally open, and on Saturday I saw that Treasureton had quite a bit of open water. I'm sure it's mostly, if not all the way open now. I hit Deep Creek on Tuesday. It had quite a bit of ice in the middle, but along the dam, and some of the coves were totally open. I had a couple of hours to fish before I had to leave for work. Well, I got six really hard hits on leech patterns, but for some reason no hookups. I think I'll head back on Sunday armed with some chironomids and scuds to mix it up a little. Oh yeah, Weston has some open water at the upper end, but it was fairly shallow and really off color.
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It's chromonid time right now- I do it- I am not enthused about it. I understand it- I have watched and read all of Chans stuff- I have done it for quite a few years now and it works- just a fly fishermans version of bank fishing though. But it is the most effective way of fishing So. Idaho lakes right now and in reality a lot of the year.
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I talked to a guy who fished tresurton tuesday and he did ok 5 fish all over 16 inches he said but that was between 3 of them. Foster is open but DONT FISH IT!!! They drained it last fall there are no fish. And from what i have heard the f&g may not plant it. They are going to drain it again this fall and it ticked the f&g off.
I have caught a couple eyes but i have been hitting the narrows I was going to go down river yesterday but the weather hit. I have heard they are doing ok but a ton of ppl and only a few fish still. I just hope the weather stays cool enough the river doesnt blow out again. But the weekend of the 15th they are doing that kayaking up at grace so that will muddy the water up for a while.
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That's kind of how I feel about chironomid fishing. I haven't actually tried it before because it does sound boring, but if it will get me into some fish, I'll try it. I really don't like getting skunked.
I didn't realize that they drained Foster again. I knew they did it in 2007, and then restocked it, but I can't believe they did it again. It's a shame as there aren't many places you can tube without worrying about the boaters. Stupid canal company.
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i guesse when they drained it in 07 they were working on the damn. In 08 they were going to put there pipe there canals but for some reason or another there funding fell threw and they are hoping they can get funding for this year which means they will drain it again this fall. Thats why the f&g doesnt realy want to plant, but thats just what i had heard after the funding fell threw so maybe they have rethought things sense then.
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Okay, that makes sense, I wouldn't want to stock it either knowing they were all going to die shortly.
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Treasureton is completely ice free. I only fished for about 45 minutes and got fed up with being blown all over the lake. Water temp was 44 by the dam. I checked Glendale while I was out and found open water toward the inlet, but the main lake still has a lot of rotten ice floating in the middle. Didn't try fishing it as the area was getting hit pretty hard by thunderstorms.
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