September is an awesome month for Idaho anglers. Just about\nevery kind of fishing is available this time of year, and with cool mornings\nand daytime temps in the 70s, it\u2019s a beautiful time to be outdoors. As you plan\nyour fishing trips, here are some tips and destinations to keep in mind: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trout <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If trout fishing is your game, September just might be the\nbest month of the year. As water temperatures cool, reservoir fishing heats up.\nStocked rainbows are biting on bait rigs (from shore) or trolling setups (from\na boat) at places like C.J. Strike, Horsethief, Cascade and Lucky Peak, and\nmore fish will be planted in the weeks ahead. River fishing is good, too. Rainbows\nare biting on flies, bait, spinners and Rapalas in the Boise and Payette\nRivers, while browns are fattening up for their autumn spawn in the Boise and\nOwyhee Rivers. Minnow patterns like Rapalas, spinners and streamers are usually\nthe key for targeting browns. River flows are angler-friendly overall, although\nit\u2019s worth noting they are lower than usual this year because of the drought. The\nBig Wood River, in particular, could be tough because of extreme low water. I recommend\nreleasing brown trout this time of year so they can spawn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Panfish <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fall is an excellent time to chase panfish. In large\nreservoirs like C.J. Strike and Brownlee, they tend to school up in deeper\nwater (30-50 feet) as the temperatures drop. Vertical jigging is the best wat\nto target these fish, although trolling with downriggers might also be\nproductive. Strike remains far and away the best panfish destination in our\nregion, as it provides both numbers and size on crappie, perch and bluegill\nalike. Brownlee remains in a down cycle for crappie, although big fish are\nalways possible there. Lake Cascade is alarmingly low, but the Blue Heron boat\nlaunch remains usable and the perch are schooled up in 15 to 30 feet of water\nif you can get them to cooperate. Trolling with perch-colored cranks or jigging\nwith twisty-tailed grubs are good tactics for Cascade jumbos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bass <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cooling temperatures serve as a dinner bell for bass\u2014they know\nlean months are ahead, and start feeding accordingly. Having said that, my last\ncouple bass trips have been decent, not dynamite. I picked up a few nice\nlargemouth at Lake Lowell, and some decent smallmouth at Swan Falls Dam.\nTexas-rigged plastics were the ticket both times. Weeds are really bad this\nyear because of the hot summer we had, so crankbaits and other retrieve lures can\nbe difficult to manage. I predict we will hit a sweet spot here come early October\nwhere the weeds are down and the fish are still active. Tight lines! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September is an awesome month for Idaho anglers. Just about every kind of fishing is available this time of year, and with cool mornings and daytime temps in the 70s, it\u2019s a beautiful time to be outdoors. As you plan your fishing trips, here are some tips and destinations to keep in mind: Trout If…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1373,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions\/1373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}