07-16-2007, 03:35 AM
The Buffalo River is right next to the East end of Island Park Reservoir. The Buffalo River mostly has small brook trout but there are a few rainbows in there as well as some brook trout that break the 10" mark. The Buffalo River is a good place to take people that are learning to fly fish. Henry's Lake is about 15??? miles north of Island Park Reservoir. There are many free online maps that will give you a better picture than I can explain. The head waters of the Warm River are close to the Island Park area. The larger part of the Warm River is about 10? miles east of Ashton. I've never noticed the Warm River being unusally warm. I would expect the water temperture on the lower warm river to be close to 70 degrees and upper warm river closer to 60 degrees right now but that is only a guess. You aren't going to get cold if you get wet floating a 70 degree river on a warm sunny day. I have floated the Henry's Fork on hot summer days around Ashton when the water was 79 degrees. When the water is that warm it is better to fish somewhere else if you want to want to release any of the trout you catch. The lower warm river has a good population of rainbows as well as a chance at catching a few brookies and browns.
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19 inch fish are fairly common at Island Park Reservoir. The average size and the number of fish caught can fluctuate significantly. Some years most of the fish I've caught are 14" or smaller. Other years the fish will average over 16" with fish over 20" being fairly common. I know guys have been catching a few fish over 20" at IP res this year but I think most of the rainbows will be in the 1/2 -2 lb range. For the past 5 years Island Park Reservoir has also been a popular place to get skunked but I think the fishing this year is a little better than it has been the past few years. Take my information with a grain of salt because I haven't fished either place this year. Maybe someone else with up to date infomation will post.
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Quote:my cousin caught a nice fish out of ip reservoir about 19 inches is that normal or is it mostly smaller fish[/size]
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19 inch fish are fairly common at Island Park Reservoir. The average size and the number of fish caught can fluctuate significantly. Some years most of the fish I've caught are 14" or smaller. Other years the fish will average over 16" with fish over 20" being fairly common. I know guys have been catching a few fish over 20" at IP res this year but I think most of the rainbows will be in the 1/2 -2 lb range. For the past 5 years Island Park Reservoir has also been a popular place to get skunked but I think the fishing this year is a little better than it has been the past few years. Take my information with a grain of salt because I haven't fished either place this year. Maybe someone else with up to date infomation will post.
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