06-04-2017, 04:49 PM
We got there Saturday afternoon (opener) but didn't get to fish until early evening because we had to set up the camper etc. The lake wasn't too crowded at all, none of the horror story stuff I was expecting. No line at the SP ramp of boats coming in or out, we got right in. Headed directly over to the other side (hundred yards or so offshore of the county park) and set out 4 rods, two with silver panthers, two with leadcore line and black leaches. (This was to be our setup for the following 4 days). Had our limit of fish averaging about 3 lbs. in about 90 minutes, and went back in. We could have thrown some back and went for bigger fish but we were tired from the drive from Boise. The trolling bite was ON every day after that; every morning from 6am-8:30am or so and every night from 6pm - til dark. All other times the fishing was OFF in a big way, but we picked up a few here and there. Biggest fish of the trip was a 5#er caught on worms and corn about 50 yards offshore of the cliffs, anchor/bait was SLOW to say the least, so we went back to trolling. It was a great time, came back Wednesday with a nice haul of fillets for the canner and have been having fun with new recipes for canned cuttie this weekend. Reports at the ramp suggested most people were having trouble finding fish, but that was not our experience.
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