Hello everyone!
I decided to start a little competition with a few fishing buddies of mine to see who could catch the most species in a year. I mostly fish for trout and have not ventured too far off Highway 20 so I was hoping to get some help from all the experts on the forum.
I would like to know where you can catch different species other than trout and everything in Ririe Res. I am hoping to get a little map going of where the different species are and then go out and "hunt" for them.
Thanks for all the help!
I will do my best to post pics as I progress through the year.
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all these locations I'm about to list are around preston idaho area..
1 deep creek, rainbows, cuthroat, lmb..
2 condie res, lmb, smb, perch, bluegill, and white crappie
3 lamont res, lmb, smb, rainbows, pumpkinseeds, perch, bluegill, tigermuskie.
4 alexander res, perch, cutthroat, rainbows, carp, channle cats
5 onieda res, rainbows, perch, carp, walleye, channle cats, lmb, smb
6 bloomington lake, arctic greyling, 3 different speicies of cutthroat..
I'm sure I forgot somthing oh and bloomington isn't in preston or near it.. But if you want to go there ask me in a PM and I'll tell you how to get there.. Don't want it to get over ran with people.. I mean alot of people don't and won't go because it's a jeep trail in then about a 2 mile hike in to the lakes...
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I didn't know there were Channel cats in onieda? has anyone here had any luck with them? also are they above or below the dam? Ron
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actualy both. we have seen some people pull some out every once and a while... there are also wall eye, rainbows and browns in there with the later two being few and further between
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When cats are caught there is it more of a one time event or is there a breeding population? Ron
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i cant answer that because i dont know. the last few times i went up there we saw some folks bank tanglin' and catching a few.
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Thanks for the info. Hopefully I will have some time to get down to the Preston area. I drive to Utah quite frequently so I guess I will just have to plan to stop and make a fishing trip out of it a few times.
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Ron, I think there were some post awhile back that were talking about catching cats in the Bear River in the area down toward the Utah state line.
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Catfish were stocked in the 70s to the 90s. So now it is a breeding population as far as I know. Where exactly they stocked I don't know, but I am assuming the lower river.
I have also heard that there is a good population of Cats in the lower Malad River (the one below Malad!) before it goes into Utah also.
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You could try for sturgeon in the river above Gem Lake. (They were planted in the John's Hole Bridge area.) They are probably still small but close to your area. Larger sturgeon below AF dam. You might get a sucker and carp there too.
Goldfish are in Rexburg City Pond.
Catfish are stocked in Robert's pond but I understand they get fished out quickly.
There are catfish also in McTucker ponds, along with bass, bluegills, green sunfish, banana trout, and carp. Whitefish should be easy as they are in most of the rivers.
Bull trout in the Little Lost River drainage.
Edited to put the correct area for sturgeon in. Thanks for catching that!
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Did they plant Sturgen below Gem Lake ? I thought they planted them at John Hole Bridge . Curt G.
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Greyling in Grebe and Horseshoe Lakes
Golden trout in the Wind River mountains, or Baker or Golden lakes, and some others higher up.
You could go for the different species of cutts. Snake River Finespotted and Yellowstone (same -sort of), Westslope, and Bonneville.
Chubs in American Falls res. or small ones in Chesterfield.
Northern Pikeminnows in Anderson Ranch Reservoir. They are probably in some other areas too, but that is the only place I can remember where I have caught them.
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I was thinking or had heard some were below Gem, but it was actually downtown. Sorry about that! Does anyone know if they did another planting that was below Gem???
[black][size 5]Sturgeon arrive in Idaho Falls after 150 million years[/size][/black] It only took about 150 million years, but the white sturgeon has finally arrived in the Snake River in downtown Idaho Falls. White sturgeon are native to parts of the Snake River in Idaho, but Shoshone Falls near Twin Falls proved too great a barrier. With a boost from the Snake River Sturgeon Cooperative - which includes the College of Southern Idaho, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and the Idaho Aquaculture Association - the great fish finally reached Idaho Falls Tuesday, October 23. A Fish and Game hatchery truck hauled 74 white sturgeon from the CSI hatchery to the stretch of the Snake River that runs through the center of Idaho Falls. Within their natural distribution in Idaho, Snake River white sturgeon, once considered a species of special concern, are classified as game fish. Strict catch-and-release rules the past 36 years have helped increase wild populations in longer river reaches, and hatchery sturgeon have been used to boost populations in other shorter reaches. "We go through a pretty rigorous process any time we introduce a new species outside their native range," Upper Snake Regional Fish Manager Jim Fredericks said. "We had to insure that introducing the white sturgeon would not negatively impact existing fish populations, habitat conditions and even microscopic invertebrates." Similar introduction efforts, begun in 1990, on the Snake River below American Falls have proven successful. "Sturgeon are large-tackle fish, and we're excited about being able to offer this type of recreational fishing opportunity," Fredericks said. All sturgeon fishing in Idaho is strictly catch-and-release, with barbless hooks required. Because of the unique body structure lacking a skeleton for support, it is illegal to even lift a sturgeon from the water. The 74 fish brought to Idaho Falls ranged in age from 3 to 7 years old and were 18 inches to 3 feet long. White sturgeon can easily live 30 to 40 years, with some fish reaching 100 years. Their size is also impressive. In a few years some of the fish released will easily be 5 or 6 feet long. The current state record white sturgeon caught on a rod and reel, in 1956, is 394 pounds. A fish weighing 675 pounds was caught in 1908, using a set line. The stretch of river near the falls in downtown Idaho Falls was chosen because of its relatively slow flows, cooler water and bottom depths upwards of 70 feet. All of the fish released were implanted with Passive Integrated Transponder tags, similar to those now used for pets. These tags can be scanned without harming the fish so that biologists can track the progress of the introduction. Vital information specifically linked to these tags will identify individuals and allow the growth of each fish to be tracked. Anyone wishing to learn more about one of Idaho's oldest native species can go to [url "http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/fish/fish_id/sturgeon.cfm"]http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/...fish_id/sturgeon.cfm[/url].
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there are also sturgeon in salmon river.. Never caught one myself but have heard of it being done.. As well as northern pike minnows aka squafish... And ling come out of the salmon as well.. Once again never caught one myself but have herd of it being done..
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Golden trout in the Wind River mountains, or Baker or Golden lakes, and some others higher up.
Northern Pikefish in Anderson Ranch. They are probably in some other areas too, but that is the only place I can remember where I have caught them.
The Baker Lake north of Ketchum near Easley and south of Galena? I had no idea there were Golden trout in there. How about Prarie Lakes?
Anderson Ranch, where is that? Northern Pikefish, as in Norther Pike, half of a Tiger Muskie?
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Tiger Muskie were put in Mud Lake. Does anyone know if they are still there? Also in Lamont and Johnson, but I haven't seen them or know anyone that caught one. Going to Newton in Utah seems like a good choice for this species.
Tilipia in Barney's hot spring and in the little stream outside of Indian Springs Resort (tiny 2 in buggers!) The larger ones are in some places on the Snake River from Twin Fallsl to Boise area. One was caught in Oneida last year. They are also in Blue Lake on the Utah and Nevada border.
Sunapee Trout in Sawtooth. Rare, so you should probably release it if you catch one.
Lake Trout - Pali
es, Yellowstone Lake, Flaming Gorge, Stanley Lake
I seem to remember some splake being in the upper Ririe and Willow Creek area, but I could be wrong there. It was a while ago.
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Yes, Baker Lake above Ketchum has been stocked with Goldens for years. The ones I caught were pretty small though. Not in Prairie Lakes that I know of.
Sorry, not Northern "Pikefish" it is Northern Pikeminnow. Not a pike relative at all.The politically correct name for what was previously known as Squaw fish, because it was an important Native American food staple. Anderson Ranch Reservoir is on the Boise River.
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I'll be darned. I have been in to Baker Lake and have seen fish swimming and never could catch anything but mostly just messing around. Other family members have been in on other trips with the same thing. I had no clue those may have been Goldens we were seeing swim. I will be hiking back up there again this summer for certain.
Pike minnows, I didn't know those were squaw fish. I knew of Pike minnows, they sell those and even jumbo ones for bait at some of the shops in Minnesota.
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There used to be some really nice cutthroats and browns in Baker too. That was mostly what I caught, but I haven't been there in at least three or four years. Last planting of goldens was in 2008. They will probably plant again this year. The goldens seem to disappear some years. I think they are snacks for the bigger fish!
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Tilipia in Barney's hot spring and in the little stream outside of Indian Springs Resort (tiny 2 in buggers!) The larger ones are in some places on the Snake River from Twin Fallsl to Boise area. One was caught in Oneida last year. They are also in Blue Lake on the Utah and Nevada border.
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If your meaning Barney hot springs in the little lost I know that spot well. But I don't think they are tilipia In fact I am sure they are not. I think, well I am sure they are Oscar Fish. That pond used to have sword tails and some other exotic fish that were so thick you could hardly believe it, but the Oscars have almost wiped them out. I used to go there to take a bath when I was hunting. I haven't swam in there for about 12 years. I do take bread over there to feed them when I am up there. Ron
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