06-21-2016, 04:14 PM
[quote Trout_Man] I've heard it's good. Can anyone tell me for Warm River has been fishing? I'll be wading and also would appreciate some tips on access points besides the Warm River campground. Thanks[/quote]
I've fished it twice this year. It is ok if you are satisfied with small fish. It gets a lot of harvest because it has general regs and it's easy to access. Most of the bigger fish get taken out and eaten. Ten years ago, I used to routinely catch 14-18" browns in there but not anymore. It is still chock full of 6-12" fish (bow, brook and brown) with the occasional 14-15" brown. Once in a blue moon, you might see a flabby pig that wandered upstream from the feeding station. I got one, once.
There's lots of access, too much to consider this backcountry fishing; except for the bottom 1/2 mile, the whole stream is public. You've got a rail-to-trail running along the lower six miles; it is accessable at the top, middle and bottom of the canyon. There's a road running directly to rentable forest service cabins at the springs. Above the springs, a road runs within walking distance of the "river" for miles and then crosses at Pole Bridge. It's a small creek with mostly small brookies and bows (10" is big) above the springs. Partridge creek comes in at the bridge; above Partridge creek, the stream is tiny. I picked the heck out of the morels up there two weeks ago, got around 50-60 gallons.
ps. I have found grizzly tracks along the Warm. It's bear country, fer sure.
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I've fished it twice this year. It is ok if you are satisfied with small fish. It gets a lot of harvest because it has general regs and it's easy to access. Most of the bigger fish get taken out and eaten. Ten years ago, I used to routinely catch 14-18" browns in there but not anymore. It is still chock full of 6-12" fish (bow, brook and brown) with the occasional 14-15" brown. Once in a blue moon, you might see a flabby pig that wandered upstream from the feeding station. I got one, once.
There's lots of access, too much to consider this backcountry fishing; except for the bottom 1/2 mile, the whole stream is public. You've got a rail-to-trail running along the lower six miles; it is accessable at the top, middle and bottom of the canyon. There's a road running directly to rentable forest service cabins at the springs. Above the springs, a road runs within walking distance of the "river" for miles and then crosses at Pole Bridge. It's a small creek with mostly small brookies and bows (10" is big) above the springs. Partridge creek comes in at the bridge; above Partridge creek, the stream is tiny. I picked the heck out of the morels up there two weeks ago, got around 50-60 gallons.
ps. I have found grizzly tracks along the Warm. It's bear country, fer sure.
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