08-03-2010, 10:50 PM
There have been several threads recently about fishing in the Boise area, and more specifically the Boise River. Several posts have suggested getting away from the city area. Those of you who have been around for a while will remember Ed Hodges who noticed a large fish while walking across "Friendship Bridge", the walking bridge that connects BSU and Julia Davis Park. He ran home and returned with a rod and reel. Soon after, he hooked a brown trout that the Fish and Game weighed in at 20 pounds, 6 1/2 ounces. It was a spawned out female, and the F & G stated in the Statesman that it would have weighed about 1-2 pounds more two weeks earlier. The fish was 35 inches long, with a 21" girth. It took 15 minutes to land. More recently, another brown was spotted off the same bridge, and was considered to be another monster. How many larger cities can boast of this kind of fishing in the center of the city? So, the moral of this story is that you shouldn't overlook your own back yard!!! Mike
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