05-24-2011, 12:08 PM
we made it up and fished for 6 days. Every day seem to have wind, rain, sun clouds or a combination of all of them. We managed fish every day, between storms.
Fishing is slow compared to other years, but really nice crappie. Most of the fish we caught were just off the rocks in 20-25 foot of water. Bass and Crappie. caught a few smaller bass in shallower water. i would say if the water levels and the weather mellowed out, it will be really hot fishing in 2 weeks.
the cleaning station was really busy most of the time. not a lot of time to take a lot pics. and the wind was usually bad enough if you left the trolling motor for more than a split second, you were in the rocks, so not much time for boat pics either.
We did do our part and took a couple of limits of 12-14inch smallmouth out to eat.
As usual the facilities were awesome, the camp hosts were great. The C and D loops filled up and emptied daily. Thursday night, we had some friends come up late in the afternoon and there was only 2 spots open. Friday and Sat nights were packed. After the monsoon and wind storm Sat night, the place was a ghost town Sunday by 11:00 am.
Water is coming up 1-2 foot a day. posting a pic of an island just below our camp. the first shot is Tuesday night. the second pic of the island is Wed night. it was completely gone by Thursday afternoon.
back in Utah now. great trip back to Idaho, lots of good friends and a great time.
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Fishing is slow compared to other years, but really nice crappie. Most of the fish we caught were just off the rocks in 20-25 foot of water. Bass and Crappie. caught a few smaller bass in shallower water. i would say if the water levels and the weather mellowed out, it will be really hot fishing in 2 weeks.
the cleaning station was really busy most of the time. not a lot of time to take a lot pics. and the wind was usually bad enough if you left the trolling motor for more than a split second, you were in the rocks, so not much time for boat pics either.
We did do our part and took a couple of limits of 12-14inch smallmouth out to eat.
As usual the facilities were awesome, the camp hosts were great. The C and D loops filled up and emptied daily. Thursday night, we had some friends come up late in the afternoon and there was only 2 spots open. Friday and Sat nights were packed. After the monsoon and wind storm Sat night, the place was a ghost town Sunday by 11:00 am.
Water is coming up 1-2 foot a day. posting a pic of an island just below our camp. the first shot is Tuesday night. the second pic of the island is Wed night. it was completely gone by Thursday afternoon.
back in Utah now. great trip back to Idaho, lots of good friends and a great time.
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