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Hi BFT'ers - I have a friend that is retiring on Jun 16 in Idaho Falls, He loves fishing and I was wondering if Ririe would be worth dragging the boat up from Salt Lake to enjoy a morning of fishing (maybe for Kokanee) and an afternoon relaxing in the Hot Springs at Heise.
I have already purchased the non-resident AS boat stamp and second pole permit and was hoping for a little intelligence.
Thanks for anything you wish to share and hoping I can get a ticket on the retirement train sooner than the 10 years I have to go....
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I'm not sure on the distance differences, but if you like bass, perch, crappie, then cj is another area to look at. Good luck
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CJ Strike is more than 200 miles from Idaho Falls . Are you trying to do everything in one day ? It is very hard to learn a new body of water in 1 day . One good thing is Juniper Boat Dock on Ririe resivior and Heise Hot Springs are less than 20 miles apart .
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Kok's,
Have never been easy to catch. Pop gear, might work. Drag'in worm. Oh yeah. Leaded line. Color coded. For the Depth. Old School.
Idaho
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Juniper and Hiese is doable. Koke fishing this spring has been slow. I've done the best mid-lake and the power lines. Pink and green wedding rings tipped with corn has produced fish. Pink\green\whiite hoochies with corn also works.
Most fish have been 20-30 fow, so a down rigger or leadcore line is necessary. I've caught a few 16 inch ones this spring though.
Hope this helps. Enjoy the retirement party.
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Thanks for the information - much appreciated - I'll hope to make the trip as I have to buy some new boat trailer tires and might as well get some miles on them right away.
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Another suggestion is a dodger with either a green or pink hoochie. Three feet on front of your dodger put a swivel with a bead and an ounce to an ounce and a half of lead at 1 to 1.5 mph will get you 17/22 feet 2 Oz at that those speeds will get you to 30 ft or so.
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