** Hi all, Hey I was just wondering if there any lakes or reservoirs with lake trout fishing in Idaho?**
AFDan52
Check out this article. Looks like you could get a little of your gas money back if you want to fish Coeur d’lene for Lakers. http://www.magicvalley.com/…/ID_KOKANEE_BAN_IDOL-
Link doesn’t seem to be working … Here’s the pertanent paragraphs:
He said a temporary ban is needed to keep Lake Coeur d’Alene from having a kokanee crisis like Lake Pend Oreille or Priest Lake.
Kokanee fishing was permanently banned on Lake Pend Oreille in 2000. The fish began to decline in the mid-1960s when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dropped the winter lake level. Combined with a boom in lake trout, which eat kokanee, the species tanked.
Today commercial fishermen are netting lake trout and the state is paying a $10 bounty for every lake trout or rainbow trout longer than 12 inches that an angler catches. The goal is to revive kokanee by getting the predator-prey ratio in balance.
** Geez, if a guy could go up there and spend a little time on that water and have a good day fishing it might just be worth the while and drive up there. Good idea.**
AFDan52
I believe Warm Lake east of the town of Cascade has them.
** Thank you Kodiak, Thats the kind of stuff that I was hoping to hear. I need to make some notes on these places and go check them out one day soon or next year.**
AFDan52
As far as I know Palisades and Bear Lake are the only places in Eastern Idaho that have lake trout. There is also the occasional laker caught in the South Fork below Palisades Reservoir. A few other reservoirs (?Ririe, Deep Creek and Devil Creek?) in Eastern Idaho were planted with lake trout years ago but as far as I know do not have lake trout currently.
Here is a website for the Lake Pende Orielle area http://bayview-idaho.com/ There are some forums there and lots of imfo that can help u out if intrested-good fishing! fishinotis