# Bass Fishing in Rexburg, ID REPORT **URL:** \ **Category:** Idaho Fishing General\ **Created:** [May 25, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684 "2010-05-25T00:27:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tob04002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tob04002](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/tob04002)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/1 "2010-05-25T00:27:15Z")
I fished a private lake (Rainbow Lake) on Saturday and did very well for how bad the weather was. It was raining, snowing, and the wind was blowing hard! I ended up catching 5 nice smallmouth bass and 9 largemouth bass. I only fished for about 4 hours and had a fish on about every other cast. I did end up losing about 15 which included 1 monster. Here are some pics! Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![fishinjunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@fishinjunky](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/fishinjunky)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/2 "2010-05-25T00:41:29Z")
Nice work IV always wanted to fish there. If you don’t mind me asking how much does it cost to fish there ---
**Author:** ![tob04002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tob04002](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/tob04002)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/3 "2010-05-25T00:57:43Z")
Hey, it’s about $75 per day unguided for the public unless you know somebody.. ---
**Author:** ![windriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5daacb/32.png) [@windriver](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/windriver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/4 "2010-05-25T03:06:35Z")
I have fond memories of fishing Rainbow Lake as a kid. My dad was so busy he sometimes would pay to let us fish there for a little while and bring home dinner. Back then it was just trout. How long are the bass? I can’t really tell from the pics. $75 isn’t too bad when you consider how much gas it takes to go all the way down to Preston or American Falls to get into the bigger bass. Windriver ---
**Author:** ![tob04002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tob04002](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/tob04002)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/5 "2010-05-25T03:22:32Z")
All of the bass, smallmouth and largemouth, were between 11"-18"…I don’t think that is too bad considering the bass weren’t even active when I went. The guy’s that own it say that there are state record smallmouth bass in there…I would believe it too!! I was just using chartuse and pumpkinseed jigs with a chartuse colored jig head…I lost about 2 monsters that really took me for a ride. The only thing that kind of sucks is that you can only use a single barbless hook, so that doesn’t help landing the big ones… ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheFish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ChrisTheFish](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/ChrisTheFish)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/6 "2010-05-25T03:58:31Z")
Maybe I’m just a cheapskate but 4 hours of fishing for 75$ seems a bit pricey! Glad you got into some fish though. I hardly ever see people on that little bit of water. ---
**Author:** ![tob04002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tob04002](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/tob04002)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/7 "2010-05-25T04:00:18Z")
Oh, I didn’t pay $75. LoL.. ---
**Author:** ![fishinjunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@fishinjunky](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/fishinjunky)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/8 "2010-05-25T04:09:52Z")
Well who do I need to no LOL hook me up with some connections ---
**Author:** ![SF\_Austin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@SF\_Austin](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/SF_Austin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/9 "2010-05-26T14:49:55Z")
You need to be a student at BYU-I. They take a group to rainbow lake for about $10 per student. I think they go twice during the summer. Probably worth it for $10. Atleast until most the rivers and streams are open this weekend! Woohoo!! ---
**Author:** ![scorsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scorsi](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/scorsi)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/10 "2010-05-27T04:53:07Z")
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**Author:** ![dublmmz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dublmmz](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/dublmmz)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/11 "2010-05-28T23:57:05Z")
I sent an email to ask a couple of quick questions on Rainbow Lake to the address you gave. Here is a cut and paste of the response I received to my questions on the fishing and its current availability for anglers. Thought you all might like to know. **“I own rainbow lake and we have changed it to strictly a friend and family lake. It isn’t open to the public any more. We don’t even allow campers who camp there to fish there.”** ---
**Author:** ![tob04002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tob04002](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/tob04002)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/12 "2010-05-29T00:39:45Z")
I must be lucky then… ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheFish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ChrisTheFish](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/ChrisTheFish)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/13 "2010-05-29T01:41:59Z")
[http://www.flyfishingfrenzy.com/rainbow-lake-outfitters/](http://www.flyfishingfrenzy.com/rainbow-lake-outfitters/) ---
**Author:** ![chrome\_junky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@chrome\_junky](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/chrome_junky)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/14 "2010-05-29T02:04:05Z")
none of the fish in the pictures resamble anything they are talking about in the small article then they have a video of somebody catching a tiger muskie somewhere else probably in the midwest and they say this is a good example of a tiger muskie you could catch at rainbow lake. im not really buying though. i will stick with ririe and the snake river. all are close and a lot cheaper than 50 to 90 dollars a day. apparently tob has a hookup. ---
**Author:** ![tob04002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tob04002](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/tob04002)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/15 "2010-05-29T03:06:37Z")
Yeah…I definitely didn’t catch any trophy size fish. I did get a lot of fish in the 16" range and I did have a hit about every other cast which is fun…I don’t think I’d pay cash money to fish it..I’m sure there are big fish in there though, I just don’t know how many. ---
**Author:** ![chrome\_junky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@chrome\_junky](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/chrome_junky)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/17 "2010-05-29T05:51:44Z")
??? ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheFish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ChrisTheFish](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/ChrisTheFish)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/18 "2010-05-29T06:20:57Z")
You’ve yet to let us in on how you got hooked up… ---
**Author:** ![scorsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scorsi](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/scorsi)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/19 "2010-05-29T16:55:48Z")
What I posted was misinformation so I deleted it. You know what they say about when you assume things. ---
**Author:** ![chrome\_junky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@chrome\_junky](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/chrome_junky)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/20 "2010-05-29T18:24:08Z")
forsure! ---
**Author:** ![scorsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scorsi](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/scorsi)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/bass-fishing-in-rexburg-id-report/169684/21 "2010-05-29T03:42:45Z")