05-01-2009, 02:54 PM
Welcome Rob, I too came from Alaska and moved to Mountain Home. I wish I had known about this forum before I moves as you do. Alot of great people on this site who are always willing to help out. Long Tom Res. is "fishable" the best part is not alot of people want to make the treck out there. With all the other options around Mt Home that are easier to access. Long Tom is not hard to get to but certain times of the year you need 4 wheel drive. The lake is very open with hardly any trees around it. Windy is the weather here at Mt Home, so you can imagine the open water wind on that lake. Everyone here has there favorite places to fish and you will soon find your own depending on what your looking for. I'm a trout/salmon/Steelhead fisherman so I fish CJ Strike in the fall & winter along with the Snake just below CJ Strike. It's close to home and convenient... I concentrate on Anderson Ranch in the spring/summer for trout & Kokane, again close and convenient. Kokane go deep in summer to depths of 100ft. so if you don't hit them in the spring and fall you need a downrigger. Anyway good luck, this is a great place for a family and the fishing/hunting is good.
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