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Hayden Lake Report
Kootenai County, ID

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02/23/2014
46° - 50°
Other
Crappie
Maggots
Glow
Mostly Sunny
Other
Evening
Under 40°
03/26/2014
2
2052

Tried a little of everything that day, powerbait in honeysuckle, trolled some J-plugs and flies for bows with no luck. Ended up in the Crappie bay but wasn't expecting much although I did manage to land a few nice Largemouth Bass with the Ratso jigs and bobber but that was short lived. I doubt it will heat up till the water reaches 46 degrees or so. . Finished the day trolling a small Kastmaster and fighting a few Kokanee. They are schooling up heavily right now and spook easily. The highlight of the day was at dusk when I spotted a small bird just laying in the middle of the lake, as I came closer I said to myself "what the heck, is that a Quail?!?" sure enough, I switched back and pulled up right next to it, backing the kicker up it swam as fast as a Quail can swim(not very) up onto the swim deck! It stayed there all the way back to shore then flew off onto a stump. I'm glad I was there at that moment, it made up for the crappy Crappie fishing=) Good luck out there.


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eat-sleep-fish
3/26/2014 7:12:00 PM
That's really cool! I have never seen a quail hitchhiking on a lake before.
Slacktime
3/26/2014 8:33:00 PM
thats awesome !!!
downriggeral
3/26/2014 10:30:00 PM
What a great story...good job! Alan
MotoBoat
3/27/2014 10:00:00 PM
Upon showing the quail so much compassion. You might find the little guy on your front porch, in the morning. Very nice thing to do!
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