I have a brother that will be taking some scouts to Cascade ice fishing. He is new to ice fishing and I can't go with him to help him. I have never been there. Any advice would be great. Where to fish, how to fish it, and any dangers to look out for would be great. I am not sure what you fish for at Cascade. Any help would be great. Thanks.
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This forum is of great help if you frequent the waters of East Idaho. Not a lot of help regarding Cascade Reservoir.
I fished it on New Year's Day. It was 15 below and pretty tough fishing. So tough I could get about three jigs in before the surface would freeze again. There was plenty of snow on top of plenty of ice. The Nils did its job well. I fished the northern part of the Res. Many anglers swear by "Sugarloaf." I have not fished that part of the Res. I used the Boulder Creek Day Use opened by IDPR. I hunted the water fowl opener in October and the there were hundreds of little perch within 40 feet of the boat ramp at Boulder Creek.
The trick is to get out there and put some hooks in the water.
If there is still a lot of snow I'd suggest snow shoes or a large internal combustion sled.
Tell'm good luck.
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I fished the south end near Blue Herron on Saturday morning and caught 3 Kokanee and a Coho in about 15 FOW, fish were moving around and all were caught about 5-6 feet off the bottom. The bite was pretty much completely over by 9:30. They were hitting any type of jig tipped with a worm.
Left there about 11:30 to try some other places. Finally settled in at Poison Creek. Fished in about 22 FOW, for about 2 hours. Caught 1 trout (14 inches or so) and 4 perch (ranging from 9-12 inches. Same jigs and baits. Also caught those 5-6 feet off the bottom. There were some guys fishing closer in, don't know the depth of water or what they were using. I think they were there all day. They had several perch and a few trout. 2 of the trout they had were about 24 inches plus.
I'm pretty sure a guy could do well at Boulder or Sugarloaf as well. Like it was pretty much already said, just gotta get out there and get some lines in the water.
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Thanks for the info. This is a really great forum and thanks to all who have contributed to this post and many other posts.
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I was at Cascade on 1/17/11. We went out and fished by Sugarloaf. I did well there last year, large trout and a few perch. This year, the temp was 38 degrees and there was about 3" of water and slush on top of the ice. It was a real mess. We fished for about two hours and got nothing, but wet feet. I'll go back when the temp drops a bit and freezes things up. Ice was about 12".
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