02-03-2017, 04:59 PM
It's a long drive, but worth it once you get there. Its 6 1/2 hours to Boise then another 1 3/4 hours to Cascade. Good place to stay is the Birch Glen Inn. You will need to stop by Tackle Tom's on Main Street for the latest information on where they are catching them and some bait.
My advice is to not try it without a snowmobile because the distance from shore to best water is a long way and slush is terrible this year. North of the island is best and Poison Creek is probably the closest access point to that area, but its still 3 or 4 miles out to the good water.
Yes, they have great trout fishing as well. While we were there the trout would come thru at about 10'. When I got bored waiting for the perch to bite I sometimes went up to that level for some excitement.
Virtually every perch we caught regurgitated pin worms, thousands of them. The worms were about 1" long and very small diameter, maybe about 1/32". There definitely does not seem to be as many perch this year as in the past. Everyone locally thinks its on a down cycle. From my point of view one 14" perch has a lot more meat than 10 of the smaller ones.
If you decide to go I recommend taking some snowshoes, ropes and a shovel. Best of luck to you.
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My advice is to not try it without a snowmobile because the distance from shore to best water is a long way and slush is terrible this year. North of the island is best and Poison Creek is probably the closest access point to that area, but its still 3 or 4 miles out to the good water.
Yes, they have great trout fishing as well. While we were there the trout would come thru at about 10'. When I got bored waiting for the perch to bite I sometimes went up to that level for some excitement.
Virtually every perch we caught regurgitated pin worms, thousands of them. The worms were about 1" long and very small diameter, maybe about 1/32". There definitely does not seem to be as many perch this year as in the past. Everyone locally thinks its on a down cycle. From my point of view one 14" perch has a lot more meat than 10 of the smaller ones.
If you decide to go I recommend taking some snowshoes, ropes and a shovel. Best of luck to you.
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