awhuber Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 https://www.wideopenspaces.com/idaho-is-paying-anglers-to-help-thin-out-south-fork-rainbow-trout/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=buffer&utm_term=wosfeed&utm_campaign=wosfeed
Quillback Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 Wow, 6,000 trout per mile. Wish they would've mentioned what average size is.
JestersHK Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 I have 2 Idaho rainbow under my belt, but never caught a cutty when I was out there for my 1 half day off fishing I got to do... Might possibly get another trip to job site out there again this year and hopefully I can take a few personal days an dedicate them to this. Thanks for sharing. awhuber and Johnsfolly 2
ZigJigman Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 I can tell you from personal experience that those South Fork of the Snake River trout where it comes out of Palisades Dam will hammer a Zig Jig. Me and a buddy fished all three sections of on 3 different days about 15 years ago. It was great fishing and all we threw were jigs. The biggest fish we caught was a 24” Snake River Cuttie. They were trying to get the rainbows out even back then. Beautiful area out there in the Swan Valley!!! Johnsfolly 1
BilletHead Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 Catch a non native and whack it's head off! Save a native cutthroat. I like the sound of that. Out of all our trips West never fished in Idaho but drove through it on a couple occasions. The rolling hills and potato fields are pretty neat to see. BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Quillback Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 Would be a great destination for a Jigfest, except for the long drive. ZigJigman, BilletHead and JestersHK 3
Johnsfolly Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 22 minutes ago, Quillback said: Would be a great destination for a Jigfest, except for the long drive. Only if it was catch and keep rainbow feast 😁. Smokers need to be used to process those rainbows to get everyone to eat those fish. I'll eat stocker or nonnative rainbows.
Johnsfolly Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 1 hour ago, BilletHead said: Catch a non native and whack it's head off! Save a native cutthroat. I like the sound of that. Out of all our trips West never fished in Idaho but drove through it on a couple occasions. The rolling hills and potato fields are pretty neat to see. BilletHead Get up there and do your part buddy 😁!
Quillback Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said: Only if it was catch and keep rainbow feast 😁. Smokers need to be used to process those rainbows to get everyone to eat those fish. I'll eat stocker or nonnative rainbows. We could convince MDC to loan us one of those hatchery trout tanker trucks, drive it up to Idaho, fill it full of wild rainbows and stop by Taney on the way home and dump them in the river. Or deliver them to a hatchery to use as brood stock as those fish sound like they are very prolific and could be an upgrade to their hatchery brood stock. JestersHK and BilletHead 2
BilletHead Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 48 minutes ago, Quillback said: Would be a great destination for a Jigfest, except for the long drive. Might win some money in the rainbow bounty hunt. BilletHead JestersHK 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now