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By: Husky
Posted: 9/11/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/9/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got out to target some Kokanee. As always Mica Bay produces. Started fishing around 5:30pm headed south across the mouth of Mica Bay. I had 3 fish in the boat before I even got my second rod ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/9/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterdays short trip to Cda almost didn't happen, due to family being in town. However, on Friday evening, they all ganged up on me, put my arm behind my back, and made me commit to being on the wate...
By: Packernut
Posted: 9/4/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2018
Hot Spots: 0
My brother in law was up from Boise for the weekend and I was able to take him out pike fishing Sunday morning for a few hours. He caught his first CDA pike on his fifth cast followed by a nice 6 pou...
By: AverysAdventure
Posted: 8/25/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Here is another late report from a few weeks back. We fished CDA lake for 5 days, July 31 - Aug 4. Mostly just fished for a few hours in the morning and bit in the evenings. Everyday was a new adven...
By: Husky
Posted: 8/23/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
This is a rather late report, but was able to spend some consecutive early mornings on Lake CDA in early August prior to the heat wave. I was on the water at daybreak (nice and peaceful). I'm looking ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/20/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good but not great day fishing pike again on Cda lake. I took my brother again the rookie pike fisherman. Unfortunately for him all he got again on this trip was experience. He claims he had f...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/14/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day on the water on Sunday. My daughter was in town and wanted to net and photograph a few pike, so I gladly took her along. ;)
Started the day with a nice fat fish. She was only 32" lon...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/5/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I hooked up with a friend from the Idaho Falls area Saturday to do some pike fishing.
You know, it never fails. Every time I go pike fishing when one of the local bass clubs is hav...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/5/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I hooked up with former poster Lucious, an old friend that now lives in the Idaho Falls area.
You know, it never fails. Whenever I'm pike fishing, and there is a bass tournament go...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/29/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/28/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I was actually not planning to fish this Saturday, but at the last minute things changed, and I got out to Cda with a friend I haven't fished with since early last year, and his son. We were on the wa...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/22/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday got off to an amazing start. On his second cast of the day, the Packernut stuck a fat 9-10 pound pike. I promptly netted the fish and declared the day a 5 right off the bat. The fish gave on...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/14/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We were on the water by 6:15. We fished the area where I saw that monster last weekend but were unable to locate any active fish so off we went to hit a few other spots.
We got our first fish at 8...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/8/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
OK. I'm giving this trip a 4 but it could easily have been a 5 with a little more cooperation from the fish.
I fished several locations on the main lake and found fish in 6-12 feet of water. The rat...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/2/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
My daughter is in town and had been planning to ride along with me on a fishing trip. She doesn't fish, but much like my wife, she can manage to get some extra shut eye in while she's on the boat.
W...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/25/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Once again I'm giving this trip a 5 because of quality fish not for numbers. I had to fish alone yesterday. MY wife had planned on coming along but wanted to go visit her dad in the hospital instead....
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/18/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I got out on Cda again yesterday for time after missing the last couple of weekends.
Started the day fishing in the location that has done well for me this year and managed one din...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/28/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Cda Lake again yesterday with the Packernut. I'm giving this trip a 5 rating, not because of high numbers of fish, but because of quality fish. I caught 6 pike on the day. At one point got t...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/23/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I'm giving this trip a 5 because it was very short and nicely productive. I got out to Cda last evening after work. I had promised to get one of my co workers out to catch some pike once they started ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/21/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I'm rating this trip as a 5. Not for the amount of fish but for the incredible action. I did catch 8 nice pike. One dink 25"er and the rest were 29-33 inches and weighed in from 6 to 10 pounds. I fish...
By: wilcam47
Posted: 5/18/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
caught a few smallies, nothing big, didnt find a good bait they were biting or any good numbers. Ended up in Mica bay and my wife and I caught 1 pike each. We saw multiple pike but only had two lande...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/14/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on Cda and the chains for a short day Saturday to celebrate AJ's Birthday. He would have been 29 years old.
Started out getting blanked for the first hour and thought things were going to be...
By: mdw80
Posted: 5/8/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day on the lake not to many boats water temp is rising so fish are starting to bite 3 on the boat almost 3 limits fish are bigger than last season all in all great day
By: goinfishin
Posted: 10/26/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I was out on CDA, Bennett Bay - Higgens Point area yesterday fishing for Kokanee. Marking solid schools from 40-70ft. Water temp 51F. All caught at 50ft on the down rigger 50ft back at 1 mph on a 4” ...
By: goinfishin
Posted: 9/29/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/28/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Put in at 10-30 am at Bennett Bay area. Trolled Bennett Bay to Higgens Point and back. Many boats on the water in procession. Prob' taking advantage of the hot bite and the impending spawn. The bite w...
By: goinfishin
Posted: 9/25/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled Bennett Bay to Moscow Bay on Lake CDA for Kokanee. The bite was hot. Forgot my downrigger and had to improvise with some split shot in order to longline. Had fun boating 11 10" on average. L...