07-30-2004, 04:02 PM
Summer is one of the best times to get out there and fish the alpine lakes. The temperatures are enjoyable and the fish are vulnerable. Action can be fast and furious. Use attractor patterns like stimulators, royal wulffs, irrisistibles, humpies, madame X's or try ant patterns, caddis and mayflies. Be aware that high lakes can be fickle but things can change in twenty minutes. Check out our website for alpine lake stocking information, look for lakes stocked a number of years ago for larger fish or with the species you choose to target.
The Salmon River is open all year to trout fishing. Only adipose fin clipped rainbow trout may be harvested. Try fishing some of the deeper pools and pocket water along the river's edge for rainbow trout. Give the area from Challis to Cow Creek a try for large, wild rainbows. Use flies or spinners. Concentrate on the feeding lanes where water pours over a riffle into deeper water. An Adams #14 can be effective in this scenario.
Near Salmon, Williams Lake provides good summer fishing for rainbow trout 12 to 20 inches in length. Fish the upper 10 to 15 feet of water with small baits or lures. Rainbows feed heavily on scuds throughout much of the year. In the Challis area, try Buster Lake for some larger brook trout. Also, Mosquito Flat reservoir holds a rainbow and brook trout combination fishery. A black wooley bugger seems particularly effective.
Fish Yellowbelly Lake in the Stanley area for "really nice" brook trout (limit is 25) and cutthroat. This lake has been stocked with westslope cutthroat from a new Conner Lake strain reared at the Hayspur Fish Hatchery. These cutthroat have the potential to reach 20 inches. Help the cutthroat by harvesting the brook trout. Cutthroat are catch and release. And getting there is half the fun!
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The Salmon River is open all year to trout fishing. Only adipose fin clipped rainbow trout may be harvested. Try fishing some of the deeper pools and pocket water along the river's edge for rainbow trout. Give the area from Challis to Cow Creek a try for large, wild rainbows. Use flies or spinners. Concentrate on the feeding lanes where water pours over a riffle into deeper water. An Adams #14 can be effective in this scenario.
Near Salmon, Williams Lake provides good summer fishing for rainbow trout 12 to 20 inches in length. Fish the upper 10 to 15 feet of water with small baits or lures. Rainbows feed heavily on scuds throughout much of the year. In the Challis area, try Buster Lake for some larger brook trout. Also, Mosquito Flat reservoir holds a rainbow and brook trout combination fishery. A black wooley bugger seems particularly effective.
Fish Yellowbelly Lake in the Stanley area for "really nice" brook trout (limit is 25) and cutthroat. This lake has been stocked with westslope cutthroat from a new Conner Lake strain reared at the Hayspur Fish Hatchery. These cutthroat have the potential to reach 20 inches. Help the cutthroat by harvesting the brook trout. Cutthroat are catch and release. And getting there is half the fun!
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