# Rainbow Lake Fishing REPORT **URL:** \ **Category:** Idaho Fishing General\ **Created:** [July 7, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/rainbow-lake-fishing-report/171712 "2010-07-07T07:07:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tob04002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tob04002](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/tob04002)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/rainbow-lake-fishing-report/171712/1 "2010-07-07T07:07:32Z")
I fished Rainbow Lake in Rexburg this past Friday and we did really well. Between two of us we caught over 50 smallmouth and largemouth bass. All of the fish were between 12" and 17". We did lose a couple small mouth at the bank that were 20 plus inches and were in the 4-6 pound range. Needless to say we needed a bigger net. The fishing was really on fire! We were using 3" chartreuse jigs with bright chartreuse 1/4 ounce jig heads. Attached are some pictures..enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![bovis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@bovis](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/bovis)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/rainbow-lake-fishing-report/171712/2 "2010-07-07T12:47:17Z")
AAAAHHHRRGGHHHH !!! AAAHHRRGGHHH!!! why did you kill all of those bass !!! i almost vomited !!! keep perch, crappie, blugill, catfish…what were you thinking. is there no limits there??? if there are no limits congrats a lot of good eating but man…thats a lot of fun that wont be back…bummer. but i bet you had a blast. dont want to be a mean guy but didn’t see to many bass over 12 " ---
**Author:** ![REAL\_RAT\_FINK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@REAL\_RAT\_FINK](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/REAL_RAT_FINK)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/rainbow-lake-fishing-report/171712/3 "2010-07-07T14:51:05Z")
Ummm, you ok there Bovis? People can eat a few fish you know. My question is, how can I fish rainbow lake!? I’m a student at BYU-I, wonder if there is a discount or something for being a student… ---
**Author:** ![Cotton\_Released](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cotton\_Released](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Cotton_Released)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/rainbow-lake-fishing-report/171712/4 "2010-07-07T15:06:25Z")
Stocked private lake = keep as many as you can pay for or have permission to take. Don’t have a conniption. ---
**Author:** ![fishforanything](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@fishforanything](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/fishforanything)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/rainbow-lake-fishing-report/171712/5 "2010-07-07T19:01:11Z")
tobo pm sent ---
**Author:** ![tob04002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tob04002](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/tob04002)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/rainbow-lake-fishing-report/171712/6 "2010-07-07T22:39:48Z")
bovis - Hey, we were told to keep as many bass as we could catch. I guess they are over taking the lake and need to thin them out so they won’t kill off all the trout. I would believe that they are over running the lake because we had one on every cast! ---
**Author:** ![bovis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@bovis](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/bovis)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/rainbow-lake-fishing-report/171712/7 "2010-07-07T22:53:00Z")
ohhh man sorry guys !!! i really put my foot in my mouth !i shouldn’t wig out, i am at the other side of the state . please except my appology ---
**Author:** ![tob04002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tob04002](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/tob04002)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/rainbow-lake-fishing-report/171712/8 "2010-07-08T04:56:45Z")
no problem bovis ---
**Author:** ![windriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5daacb/32.png) [@windriver](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/windriver)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/rainbow-lake-fishing-report/171712/9 "2010-07-08T13:43:14Z")
Just so everyone knows what is going on. One of the owners of Rainbow Lake is my friend. He told me a few days ago that they are taking the bass out so they can concentrate on raising big trout. Tobo did nothing wrong. Thanks Windriver ---
**Author:** ![REAL\_RAT\_FINK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@REAL\_RAT\_FINK](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/REAL_RAT_FINK)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/rainbow-lake-fishing-report/171712/10 "2010-07-08T15:21:15Z")
You should see if he will give bigfishtackle members a disount [;)] Or maybe we can have a bigfishtackle fishing day with group rates ---
**Author:** ![sloppyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@sloppyjoe](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/sloppyjoe)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/rainbow-lake-fishing-report/171712/11 "2010-07-09T01:55:23Z")
So I am confused from one of the earlier posts about Rainbow Lake. I thought the owners were only allowing friends and family on the lake. Are the owners allowing anyone who is willing to pay the fee the opportunity to fish on the lake?