Heading over to Boise for next week for some business training. Gonna be busy from 8 to 5 every day but after that I wanna do a little fishing. Can anyone give me a heads up on a place near downtown Boise that is open right now? It'll have to be close, I wont have a ton of time to fish (gotta go to some dinners and stuff) but there's a few nights that I got nothing better to do than harass the local wildlife! Any help would be great!
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The river is high and fast but there are several stocked ponds around downtown.
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The rivers are all either blown-out/flooding/closed, unfortunately.
Urban ponds for stocker trout and warm water species will be your best bet. There are a bunch of them around Boise.
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Bring your warmwater gear. There are some decent bass in the local ponds.
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Thanks for the info guys! I knew I would get some good help from the folks on this site. It looks like i'll be trying some of the local ponds if I get a chance since the river is blowing out.
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I was there this past week, and wanted some places close to Eagle road.
I went to Swan Falls and fished below the dam for a bit, water is high and muddy but I did see some fairly large catfish (dark shadows) and some carp along the bank in the willows and shrubs.
Walked around the Nampa ponds, didn't see anything in the normal ponds or the trophy pond. Plenty of people there to fish out the stockers so by mid week it probably wasn't too good.
Fished for a bit at Parkcenter pond in Boise, had one good bite and watched one follow, both trout.
Also fished Lucky Peak reservoir, still only one good bite, but saw a few other people catch some. And it wasn't too far from Boise.
All of these were while my girlfriend was at work, so I would have liked to do some of the fishing in the evening as the sun was setting, maybe next time.
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