07-17-2011, 05:04 PM
My wife and I got there 7:45 AM thanks to a stalled train at the crossing on Simco Rd that had lost it's air. We lost a half hour waiting.
I would NOT recommend the Strike Dam Rd. They put gravel on the 3 miles of unpaved road and it is extremely washboarded. I hope they get it paved one of these days. Until then I will be going thru the Simplot area and back toward Strike.
I ended up catching 5 legal bass, 3 Large and 2 Smallies. My biggest Large was 16 3/4 inches, definitely spawned out, no belly to it at all. My Smallie was 15 1/2 inches. I figure I had 8 to 10 lbs if I had been fishing a tourney. Probably not a winning weight but not too bad. We gave up at 12:30 as it was getting quite warm with no breeze.
I had quite the scary experience, we were down the Snake River arm by the big balls when I had a hit that jerked my rod right out of my hand. Luckily it fell in the boat right on the edge and I jumped on it before it went out. I still had the fish on and reeled it in and it got off right at the boat. Looked like a pretty nice Smallie. I was looking at losing my favorite Shimano Compre rod and a fairly new Curado reel. Thank the lord I was able to grab it even tho I half killed myself jumping on it. My wife was laughing and wished she had a movie of it. I didn't think it was that funny.[:/]
As Forgiven said we got to meet at the ramp. I was looking for him out on the lake as I knew he was going to be there. I talked to another green Nitro owner thinking it was Kevin but it was a Snake River Bassmaster member prefishing for his tourney next weekend. Idahojeep probably knows him, I told him about our forum so maybe he'll join us.
I hope Forgiven figures out what is wrong with his motor cause that Nitro is one pretty looking boat. A lot brighter and flashier than the pictures. We had a great time meeting him and his wife. We need to have another get together with the western members like we did a few years back now that there are a lot more of us. It's really great to put faces with the names on here.
I'll throw in a couple of pics of my two big fish.
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I would NOT recommend the Strike Dam Rd. They put gravel on the 3 miles of unpaved road and it is extremely washboarded. I hope they get it paved one of these days. Until then I will be going thru the Simplot area and back toward Strike.
I ended up catching 5 legal bass, 3 Large and 2 Smallies. My biggest Large was 16 3/4 inches, definitely spawned out, no belly to it at all. My Smallie was 15 1/2 inches. I figure I had 8 to 10 lbs if I had been fishing a tourney. Probably not a winning weight but not too bad. We gave up at 12:30 as it was getting quite warm with no breeze.
I had quite the scary experience, we were down the Snake River arm by the big balls when I had a hit that jerked my rod right out of my hand. Luckily it fell in the boat right on the edge and I jumped on it before it went out. I still had the fish on and reeled it in and it got off right at the boat. Looked like a pretty nice Smallie. I was looking at losing my favorite Shimano Compre rod and a fairly new Curado reel. Thank the lord I was able to grab it even tho I half killed myself jumping on it. My wife was laughing and wished she had a movie of it. I didn't think it was that funny.[:/]
As Forgiven said we got to meet at the ramp. I was looking for him out on the lake as I knew he was going to be there. I talked to another green Nitro owner thinking it was Kevin but it was a Snake River Bassmaster member prefishing for his tourney next weekend. Idahojeep probably knows him, I told him about our forum so maybe he'll join us.
I hope Forgiven figures out what is wrong with his motor cause that Nitro is one pretty looking boat. A lot brighter and flashier than the pictures. We had a great time meeting him and his wife. We need to have another get together with the western members like we did a few years back now that there are a lot more of us. It's really great to put faces with the names on here.
I'll throw in a couple of pics of my two big fish.
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