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By: SsendaM
Posted: 4/27/2014
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The Lester V. Smith Pike Tournament was held this weekend by Fins and Feather Tackle Shop on the south end of Coeur d' Alene Lake and I needed a break from Hayden so off we went. Saturday we made our...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 4/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I think it would be fair to say that "the cat's out of the bag" I've never seen so many boats on Hayden Lake in one area. The majority seemed to favor trolling off of Clark Point, I would assume they...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 4/15/2014
Species: Catfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Had to take a break from Hayden, so went to Fernan Lake over the weekend to start off the camping season with a friend and his kid. My main goal was to get an early start on Morels but it was still t...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 3/26/2014
Species: Crappie
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
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 ...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 3/14/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Kokanee bite was in full swing last weekend and and most of February. The snowy picture was the week before this report with my brothers wife. We did exceptionally well, getting one limit of 15 in ...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 2/9/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't been to this lake in a number of years, the ice was an impressive 14". Had a few trout rods shallow and a few for Perch. Ended up catching one trout during our short visit. Swedish Pimple...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 2/1/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We had an exceptionally warm month of January here in North Idaho and fry could be seen leaping for insects most of the morning. I would normally not be fishing this lake at this time but since the ...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 1/7/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Perch fishing has been pretty good all around this lake. We fished in 22ft of water off points with a mud bottom. Although there are not a lot of big perch there are enough dinkers to keep ya busy al...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 1/6/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing this lake is always a challenge due to the large amounts of food available. Today was a pretty good day considering this lake is well known for producing and not from day to day, it's never c...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 8/19/2013
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took the trip from CDA, ID to Mcnary Dam for the weekend with the intention of landing a oversized Sturgeon and we did just that. I found some shad floating down the river a few weeks ago after work,...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 6/24/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
As I mentioned before the once little Kokanee are growing at an astonishing rate and beginning to resemble their larger cousins. The largest today was 17.5". They are beginning to show signs of what...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 5/14/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Mothers day is always enjoyable when your Mother would like you to take her out fishing so we did just that. The Bass are starting to move in to the shallow and protecting their spawning beds. We us...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 4/14/2013
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The weather kicked off the derby in Idahoan fashion, 45mph gusts with sideways rain and snow/hail and made for some interesting fishing. We camped at Mowry state park boat in site and made it out on t...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 4/12/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This was a trip last year but I couldn't help myself, it was this same day and I just found these pics so I am posting them now. Mainly to show what we used and to show that winter months aren't the ...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 4/7/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Sportsman's Access north end around 3pm and motored over to the Crappie hole and threw out two poles, both with Rocket Bobber's and Ratso jigs, one white glow and one green/brown. Both pro...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 3/31/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great time on the lake with my Grandpa. We put on a show for all the other Crappie anglers out there. Boating 100+ fish, 90% of which were Crappie with the largest measured out to 13". The wate...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 3/16/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/16/2013
Hot Spots: 1
The rumors are true folks, Fernan Lake pre-spawn perch fishing is on the rise which can one mean one thing, Hayden Lake jumbo Crappie will soon follow. I counted over 20 people at the end bay near t...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 3/11/2013
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the weekend pretty strong and came out with a decent catch of Walleye and Burbot. Mainly walking the bottom with a worm harness in the 50ft range over gravel and sand beds worked well for u...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a day it was on Hayden Lake. We trolled the shallows with deep diver rapalas and crankbaits and landed this beautiful Cuttbow weighing in at 10.3lbs. After 2 hours of trolling we headed to see ...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 4/7/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I've been working in Othello the past few weeks and I couldn't leave without trying a lake or two. Lake Soda is suprisingly deep for it's size, over 115ft in places then jumping to 8ft within a matte...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 3/23/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
There aren't many days on Priest lake that you can see the reflection of Mtn. ranges on the lake but this was one of them so we took advantage of the glassy water to do some jigging with glow squid ti...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 2/12/2012
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing was tough on Lake Umatilla over the weekend. The weather and getting a fishing buddy his first Sturgeon made it well worth the effort. We fished Sat-Sun with only 2 bites and one fish to...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 12/4/2011
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Big One Winter Chinook Derby on Lake Coeur d' Alene over the weekend with my neigbor. Saturday 4 fish were caught in my boat all about 20" except a 6.70# Chinook that I turned in placing me...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 3/2/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Camped out on the shoreline, fished for walleye and lings. Started off productive, we boated at least 25 walleye and one ling through out the trip. Second day was pretty slow but the weather was exc...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 2/22/2010
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
From recent reports at this pool we did'nt do so well but I'm no longer a sturgeon virgin and came home alive so I can't complain. Fished by "the dip" in front of White Salmon River mainly. Most were...