04-30-2004, 05:18 PM
Looks like plenty of people have check this post out already. If there are some of you out there that are reading this that have fished Henry’s add your 2 cents and make the Idaho board a better place.
Here’s a few more things about Henry’s. If any of you have any specific questions just ask or criticize what I have written so we can all learn something from you.
Most guys can catch more fish trolling because it is much more difficult to successfully bait fish (at least in my opinion). Like I said before all of the big ones that I have heard of are caught on bait fished on the bottom or flies even though a large percentage of guys that fish at Henry’s are trolling. I think the main reason for this is that the bigger fish are more boat shy. I think a noisy trolling motor and large boat easily scares the older fish because you are trolling in less than 20’ of water. I'm sure if you used a side planer it would increase your success trolling. I have also done fairly well on a downrigger at Henry's but I've only used the downrigger because there normally isn't room for my second pole when trolling (4 guys with 2 pole permit in the boat = 8 poles). I have caught fish on fly rod from a 19' boat and a canoe at Henry's but I've had much better luck in a float tube. If I'm going to be strictly fly fish at Henry's I like to be in a float tube because I believe the extra stealth it gives you is more than worth the extra leg work.
On the opener I have never done very well in 15'+ water or with bait. If I fish Henry's on the opener this year I will stick to the shallower water that warms up quicker and fish with reaction baits (spinners, rapalas, spoons, jigs and larger flies like crystal buggers). After the first week or two of June through the end of October I like to fish in the deeper water (15+ feet) and have had better luck with bait and nymphs but I still catch plenty of fish on reaction baits. I wouldn't fish in less than 15 feet of water at Henry's during the summer unless I was fishing damsel fly nymphs or fishing near an inlet or spring.
About 10 years ago the F&G found chubs in Henry’s and almost everyone thought that the chubs would soon become overpopulated and ruin the fishery. I haven’t heard anything about chubs in Henry’s over the last 5 years and I haven’t ever caught one or know anyone that has caught one so it looks like the big hybrids and cutts have keep the chub numbers from getting out of control (at least so far). I know that a handful of brown trout have also been caught out of Henry’s but I haven’t heard of any in recent years and I haven’t personally meet anyone that has caught a brown out of there.
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Here’s a few more things about Henry’s. If any of you have any specific questions just ask or criticize what I have written so we can all learn something from you.
Most guys can catch more fish trolling because it is much more difficult to successfully bait fish (at least in my opinion). Like I said before all of the big ones that I have heard of are caught on bait fished on the bottom or flies even though a large percentage of guys that fish at Henry’s are trolling. I think the main reason for this is that the bigger fish are more boat shy. I think a noisy trolling motor and large boat easily scares the older fish because you are trolling in less than 20’ of water. I'm sure if you used a side planer it would increase your success trolling. I have also done fairly well on a downrigger at Henry's but I've only used the downrigger because there normally isn't room for my second pole when trolling (4 guys with 2 pole permit in the boat = 8 poles). I have caught fish on fly rod from a 19' boat and a canoe at Henry's but I've had much better luck in a float tube. If I'm going to be strictly fly fish at Henry's I like to be in a float tube because I believe the extra stealth it gives you is more than worth the extra leg work.
On the opener I have never done very well in 15'+ water or with bait. If I fish Henry's on the opener this year I will stick to the shallower water that warms up quicker and fish with reaction baits (spinners, rapalas, spoons, jigs and larger flies like crystal buggers). After the first week or two of June through the end of October I like to fish in the deeper water (15+ feet) and have had better luck with bait and nymphs but I still catch plenty of fish on reaction baits. I wouldn't fish in less than 15 feet of water at Henry's during the summer unless I was fishing damsel fly nymphs or fishing near an inlet or spring.
About 10 years ago the F&G found chubs in Henry’s and almost everyone thought that the chubs would soon become overpopulated and ruin the fishery. I haven’t heard anything about chubs in Henry’s over the last 5 years and I haven’t ever caught one or know anyone that has caught one so it looks like the big hybrids and cutts have keep the chub numbers from getting out of control (at least so far). I know that a handful of brown trout have also been caught out of Henry’s but I haven’t heard of any in recent years and I haven’t personally meet anyone that has caught a brown out of there.
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