04-07-2013, 06:02 AM
Here you go, see page 7 of the F&G annual report for a real lunker in the 27" range.
[url "http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/docs/fishReportsNewsletters/upperSnakeReport13.pdf"][/url]http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/docs/fishReportsNewsletters/upperSnakeReport13.pdf[/url]
They are in there just not in high enough numbers to really catch yet. I hear there are really two age classes or sizes at this point. Not a lot to fish for yet. But as soon as these larger fish have the right conditions to get off a good spawn things will change big time within a couple of years.
As far as them being stocked by IDFG by accident when they were stocking some other fish. That's plausible though only if they were stocking other warm water species. There stocking record show no recent history of stocking warm water species. so I don't believe it was fish and game by accident.
Best methods I hear are bouncing a worm tipped chartreuse jig off the rocky points. They rate above kokanee as far as the eating goes if you happen to catch them.
Tightlines!
[url "http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/docs/fishReportsNewsletters/upperSnakeReport13.pdf"][/url]http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/docs/fishReportsNewsletters/upperSnakeReport13.pdf[/url]
They are in there just not in high enough numbers to really catch yet. I hear there are really two age classes or sizes at this point. Not a lot to fish for yet. But as soon as these larger fish have the right conditions to get off a good spawn things will change big time within a couple of years.
As far as them being stocked by IDFG by accident when they were stocking some other fish. That's plausible though only if they were stocking other warm water species. There stocking record show no recent history of stocking warm water species. so I don't believe it was fish and game by accident.
Best methods I hear are bouncing a worm tipped chartreuse jig off the rocky points. They rate above kokanee as far as the eating goes if you happen to catch them.
Tightlines!