North Fork VS South Fork --- Snake River

[REAL_RAT_FINK]

I'm wondering what everyone's opinion is on this. Which river is the better river for fishing?

It seem like everytime I fish the South Fork (Heise, Twin Bridges, Lorenzo) I can always catch a bunch of fish in the 10" - 16" range.

Whenever I fish the North Fork (Fun Farm Bridge, Chester Dam, Ashton Reservoir, and farther North) I always catch a few fish, but they are ALWAYS big fish. I prefer the North Fork over the South Fork any day of the week.

What do the rest of you think?[fishin]
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[iliketofish]

I'll put in a vote for ol' Henry, But I've fished it more than the South Fork. And I agree with you I catch a lot more big fish on the Henry's Fork, not saying there's not monsters in the SF, I just can't seem to get them to come out and play [shocked]
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[sloppyjoe]

I prefer the South Fork, but I think it is because I am not familiar with the North Fork. I will have to expand my horizons and hit the North Fork more.
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[prontotp]

I'm still learning on both of them but right now I think that I like the south fork better. probably because I tend to be over in that area a little more often. I have caught bigger fish on the south fork myself
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[windriver]

It just depends what I want on that particular day.

If I want willing cutts I go to the South Fork.
A chance at big browns South Fork.
Hard fighting rainbows North Fork.
Stocker rainbows for kis North Fork.

I have caught some big browns on the North Fork, but not in a while. I do know of some really big ones that have been caught there by other people.

Truth be told I find the Teton as interesting as both of them.

Windriver
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[tob04002]

Put me down for the North Fork (Henry's Fork). I seem to catch a lot more fish there. I also catch way bigger fish there as well. Some of the biggest fish I've caught in Idaho have been out of the North Fork.
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[tob04002]

Oh, and every time I go fish the South Fork I get skunked or only catch a couple tiny fish.
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[jimpete525]

My vote is for the south fork. I have not fished the north fork much. Try fishing from palies dam down to conant there are good numbers of big fish there. But there is a lot of competition there also.

jim[fishin]
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[FishingRookie]

I am really torn here but I will have to vote on the North Fork just because of shear size of fish i have caught there. I have pulled in some nice browns and cutts around 20" and over 2lbs on the north fork. But those are few and far between.

I agree with everyone else on the fact that you can catch a lot of fish on the south fork and if you know where to go and have the right gear (ie boat) you can catch some monsters. But like I said I have caught my biggest fish on the good ol' Henry's fork.

I guess i just need to get away from rexburg more and search the rivers further north and closer to palies. I just always get distracted driving by Ririe Res and have to catch some smallies!
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[REAL_RAT_FINK]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who favors the North Fork!

Interesting take on Teton River, I have been successful there as well, but I am probably going to take it more seriously once the waters drop a little bit. Plus the Teton Dam area is really beautiful, that's probably where I'll go next.
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[Bardic]

I really need to go down to the Teton there on power plant road by Felt. It's been way too long.
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[tob04002]

Bardic that hike back up from the plant could give you a heart attack. Trust me, it's a steep long hike.
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[Belasko]

I generally like the N. Fork. I catch more consistently there and depending on the section the size is usually better. However when I do catch on the S. Fork they are almost all larger fish, but I don't think I really know it very well. I would love to learn the Teton though. I know next to nothing about fishing it and have only caught smaller fish there so far.
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