06-20-2007, 10:13 PM
You have already been given some great ideas but I thought I would put in my opinion as well. Shore fishing for LMB would be good at Winder, Condie, Weston, McTucker Ponds and Devil Creek. If you’re willing to wade Twin Lakes would a option. Others like Glendale, Johnson, Lamont and foster have more difficult shore access for bass fishing. You are going to get your feet muddy while fishing from the shoreline and sometimes getting your feet a little wet will allow you to be in a better possition to catch bass. Just make sure that you’re careful when wading in the shallows not to step on any spawning beds.
Walleye are found in Oneida, Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir and Oakley Reservoir. Catch rates are typically low and most walleye will be smaller fish but there are a few nice ones pulled out of Salmon Falls Creek every year.
There are Crappie in Twin Lakes and Glendale with a few showing up in Foster once and a while. There is much better crappie fishing in SW Idaho.
Perch fishing can be good at most of the reservoirs around Preston. A boat or float tube would help though. The Blacktail end of Ririe Reservoir can offer some decent perch fishing from the shore or docks. I use to fish for the perch in the blacktail area a lot in the mid 90's. Last summer the perch fishing wasn't bad when I tried it at Blacktail.
Milner and the Snake River would be my top picks for numbers of Smallmouth in this part of the state. Shore access isn't all that great in most places though.
Keep asking questions and read some of the old reports and you should be able to come up with more ideas of places to fish than you have time to fish.
Good luck.
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Walleye are found in Oneida, Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir and Oakley Reservoir. Catch rates are typically low and most walleye will be smaller fish but there are a few nice ones pulled out of Salmon Falls Creek every year.
There are Crappie in Twin Lakes and Glendale with a few showing up in Foster once and a while. There is much better crappie fishing in SW Idaho.
Perch fishing can be good at most of the reservoirs around Preston. A boat or float tube would help though. The Blacktail end of Ririe Reservoir can offer some decent perch fishing from the shore or docks. I use to fish for the perch in the blacktail area a lot in the mid 90's. Last summer the perch fishing wasn't bad when I tried it at Blacktail.
Milner and the Snake River would be my top picks for numbers of Smallmouth in this part of the state. Shore access isn't all that great in most places though.
Keep asking questions and read some of the old reports and you should be able to come up with more ideas of places to fish than you have time to fish.
Good luck.
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