'It's a great time for anglers': Spring fishing in Idaho

FRIENDLY OUTDOORACTIVITY THATANYONE CAN DO?THEN FISHING..

MAYBE FOR YOU!OUTDOORREPORTER LYNSEYAMUNDSON SPOKEWITH A LOCALFISHING EXPERTABOUT SPRINGFISHING AND HOWYOU CAN BE ASUCCESSFULANGLER...IN TODAY'SIDAHO BACKROADS."SPRING IS A GREATTIME TO GOFISHING,"NOT ONLY IS THEWEATHER GETTINGWARMER.."FISH AND GAME ISVERY ACTIVE INSTOCKING RAINBOWTROUT IN THE LOCALPONDS, RESERVOIRSTHINGS OF THATNATURE BECAUSEOF THE COOLERWATERTEMPERATURES THESURVIVABILITY ISBETTER WHEN THEYSTOCK THOSE FISH,"ALONG WITHTROUT...BASS ANDBLUE GILL ARESTARTING TO GETACTIVE...AND A GOODPLACE TO START?"SOME OF OURBIGGER MOREPOPULAR FISHERIESINCLUDE C.J STRIKE,WHICH IS WELLKNOWN FORCRAPPIE, PERCH,TROUT, BASS ALSOWHEN IT BECOMES ALITTLE BIT WARMER.AND THAT IS A VERYLARGE RESERVOIR,AS WELL AS LUCKYPEAK AND ARROWROCK RESERVOIRAND TO GETSTARTED IT CAN BEPRETTY SIMPLE."WITH BASS FISHINGA COUPLE OFSPINNER BAITS, ACOUPLE OF CRANKBAITS, AND SOMESOFT PLASTICLURES, THAT CAN GOA LONG WAY.

WITHTROUT A COUPLE OFSPINNERS AND SOMEEQUIPMENT FORSETTING UPDIFFERENT TYPES OFBAIT FISHINGWHETHER IT BEUNDER A BOBBEROR AT THE BOTTOMWITH WEIGHTS."FOR TROUT HERECOMMENDSFISHING AT THEBOTTOM WITH AWEIGHT AND A WORMOR POWER BAIT.

TOCATCH BASS, IT'SBEST IN COVEREDAREAS WITH WEEDSAND GRASSES."THAT CAN CATCH ALOT OF FISH JUSTWITH THOSE TWOTACTICS."BUT THE KEY FORANY ANGLER IS TO BEPATIENT."PATIENCE ISASSOCIATED WITHFISHING, ESPECIALLYWHEN YOU AREFIRST STARTING OUTNO THE PATIENCE TOJUST SIT THERE ALLDAY AND NOTCHANGEEVERYTHING BUTTHE PATIENCE TOTRY DIFFERENTMETHODS TRYDIFFERENTTECHNIQUES TRYDIFFERENT PLACES."AND THE BEST THINGABOUT IDAHOFISHING IS THERE'SSOMETHING FOREVERYONE.WHETHER YOUPREFER FLY FISHINGIN THE HIGHMOUNTAIN STREAMSOR CATCHING 10-FOOT-LONG WHITESTURGEON IN THESNAKE RIVER..IDAHOHAS IT ALL."WE ARE VERYFORTUNATE IN THATREGARD TO HAVEACCESS TO PUBLICLANDS, TO HAVE AVERY OPEN POLICIESWITH FISH AND GAMEAND TO HAVE BOTHAN ABUNDANCE OFSPECIES TO CATCHAND DIFFERENTPLACES ANDENVIRONMENTS TOFISH."LYNSEY