05-07-2014, 06:26 PM
A couple larger lakes/reservoirs relatively close to the interstate are CJ and Walcott. They are your typical Snake River fisheries loaded with multiple species from Bass, Trout, Perch, Crappie, etc. If you can find someone willing to take you out on a boat that would probably produce the best results.
Some places I can think of to fish from shore and produce results would be Oster Ponds which are just out of Hagerman. Stocked with trout and I have seen some monsters pulled out of there. Also further north off of 55 you have Cascade Lake. Bank fishing has treated me well the last two times up with some nice limits of trout.
You can always go further on 84 and go up 95 instead. Taking that route would let you fish the Snake in several areas. You could go to Steck Park, Brownlee, etc. Also Mann Creek Reservoir is just off the highway.
Once up in Moscow you can always zip over to Spring Creek Reservoir. It is 15 minutes from town and loaded with planter rainbows. There are a few bass and some other species, but the majority of fish in there are rainbows. I did manage to catch a few bass years ago.
If you had a boat I would point you in the direction of CDA Lake and the multiple smaller lakes up in the area. Great time of year to get on the smallmouth and largemouth up there.
I am sure you will get others to chime in as well...you will have a wide variety of fisheries you can hit travelling in this great state!
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Some places I can think of to fish from shore and produce results would be Oster Ponds which are just out of Hagerman. Stocked with trout and I have seen some monsters pulled out of there. Also further north off of 55 you have Cascade Lake. Bank fishing has treated me well the last two times up with some nice limits of trout.
You can always go further on 84 and go up 95 instead. Taking that route would let you fish the Snake in several areas. You could go to Steck Park, Brownlee, etc. Also Mann Creek Reservoir is just off the highway.
Once up in Moscow you can always zip over to Spring Creek Reservoir. It is 15 minutes from town and loaded with planter rainbows. There are a few bass and some other species, but the majority of fish in there are rainbows. I did manage to catch a few bass years ago.
If you had a boat I would point you in the direction of CDA Lake and the multiple smaller lakes up in the area. Great time of year to get on the smallmouth and largemouth up there.
I am sure you will get others to chime in as well...you will have a wide variety of fisheries you can hit travelling in this great state!
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