So I got done with my classes and headed right to Rigby Lake hoping to hit the trench and have some fun. Got there nothing--jigged nothing--Vexilar nothing--other poles nothing. Came home looked at stocking records-- wow they planted nothing--considering Rigby Lake dries up every winter and with no stocking that equals nothing! Being from Rigby this makes me the true village idiot[crazy] I hope this post at least saves some people from going there considering there are other places to fish.
Nice full moon rising though!
OvidCreek
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Headed for Mud Lake in the a.m. Hopefully better results then last year![fishin]
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Oh' I hope you get into them!
OvdCreek
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Surprised to hear you didn't have any luck. There were definitely fish planted in there this summer. I took my toon there a couple of times this summer and caught plenty of planter rainbows. I can't imagine they are all fished out of there.
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I'm surprised there wasn't anything. I drive past it all the time to school and could see fish rising in the evenings. I wonder if there's a particular little spot they are holing up, other than the deepest point by the white floats.
I've been wanting to make it over there, so I'm glad you gave a heads up! Finals are almost done and I can get out some!
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I fished it earlier this week with the exact same results. Thought it might have just been an off day. Glad it wasn't just me. I fished it in fall a lot and had nights where I caught 30-40 really quick out in my float tube. When The ice was first forming I saw a pretty nice sized trout swimming around, so I know there is at least one in there. Hopefully when the water drops some more it will pick up.
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OK at least we established there are fsh in there; it does not say it on the stocking records, but I trust this forum! I wish you caught fish, however, I am glad it is not me either. Where I fished always produces good results--ths is really a puzzle to me.
OvidCreek
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There isn't a Rigby Lake listed. Does it have another more offical name that its stocking records are listed under?
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I believe the city of Rigby stocks it......i am pretty sure thats who collects the fees in the warm months also.
i could be wrong but thats what some of my buddies from Rigby say. just going off them
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I believe it is listed as Jefferson county lake.
Windriver
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Not listed as "Jefferson" either...I had looked several times at the stocking report this last summer to see what was put in there...too bad...I never went because Fand G never had it on their web site as being stocked [frown]
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Took my daughter there for a couple hours this afternoon. We saw 2 fish on the flasher and we caught and released both of them. Couple other guys there fishing who caught a few but there isn't many fish there this year.
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