My daughter and I ran up to Chesterfield from Bear Lake area last weekend just to check it out before making the trek up there with the boat. Saturday I plan on dragging the boat up and was wondering if any of the great BFT members could offer up any advice to a newbie at the location? It is a belated father's day gift to my dad, and I would love to land a few fish. Thanks
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If you fly fish, Chironomids[
] 27'
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I am more looking at trolling. I am not an avid fly fisherman, but I do dabble in it a bit. I will have to make sure I have some in my box. Thanks for the advice
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I've had luck with chironomids type patterns as well. If not chironomids something small moved extremely slowly or under an indicator. By the amount of boats I have seen up there when I have gone, fishing hasn't been that good for very many people. I personally don't troll around that much so can't offer advice on that. If it were me I would locate some fish, either deep or 10 - 12 feet of water and park it. If nothing, move on to the next spot.
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I don't hear of much from trolling, so please let us know how that goes.
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Sorry, not much advice on the trolling, and I only know flies too.
The flies I would try slow trolling would be wooly buggers in green, black, and brown, damsel flies, and small minnow imitations.
Good luck, hope you have a great time.
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I will have to grab a bunch of wooly buggers before I head up. I depleted my supply on the last trip to Strawberry in May. Thanks
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We had a great trip up to Chesterfield Saturday. We launched about 8am and had our limit by noon. Most fish were in the 18-20" range and bit on a worm floated off the bottom with a marshmallow or powerbait pellets. We also had the unique experience of watching a small buck swim across the reservoir.
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Thanks for the report! Are you sure that was in Idaho? That water looked like glass! Nice fish as well. During hunting season I might have to take my boat to Chesterfield and troll for a buck. That is something you don't see every day!
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