Options abound for fishing Idaho waters in November. Warm weather on the western side of the state has led to great conditions for river and reservoir fishing, while ice fishing season is under way at legendary Henry’s Lake. Here are a few ideas for your next fishing trip: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Henry\u2019s Lake (Ice Fishing) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For those itching to get on the hardwater, Henry\u2019s Lake\nin eastern Idaho is open for business. Henry\u2019s is a trophy lake known for producing\nhuge cutthroat, brook and rainbow-cutthroat hybrid trout. It is also one of the\nfirst places in Idaho to freeze every year, thanks to its high elevation just\noutside Yellowstone Park. As of this writing, there is a solid six inches of\nice across most of the lake, and anglers are catching trout on small jigs\ntipped with worms, cut bait, Power Bait and shrimp. On a recent trip, my group\nof three iced 48 trout, including lots of nice fish up to 18 inches, but no monsters.\nBut if you are catching fish, stick with it\u2014any bite at Henry\u2019s could be the\nfish of a lifetime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Horsethief Reservoir (Trout, Kokanee) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Located just outside Cascade, Horsethief is a popular\n\u201cput-and-take\u201d trout fishery, stocked generously by Fish and Game with rainbow trout,\nKokanee salmon and even a few brown trout. Anglers have been experiencing good\ncatch rates on pan-sized rainbows this fall. It has been a few years since the\nlake was drained and re-stocked following a perch infestation, so anglers might\neven have a shot at a big fish. Trolling with spinners and pop gear or bait\nfishing with worms and Power Bait are the most popular tactics. Casting flies,\nspinners, spoons or Rapalas can also produce some fish. As of this writing, the\nlake is ice-free, with shore access and boat launches open and available<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boise River (Trout, Whitefish) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fall is a beautiful time to fish the Boise River, and I\nam seeing some gorgeous brown trout in full spawning colors being caught all\nthough town. Rainbow trout and whitefish are also abundant. For the fly crowd,\nnymphing is the most productive method this time of year. You might also try\nswinging a streamer, and keep your eyes peeled for dry fly hatches on sunny\nafternoons. Traditional anglers are catching fish on spinners, crankbaits,\nspoons and natural bait. As always, I recommend releasing large, wild trout and\nkeeping a few hatchery rainbows for the frying pan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Salmon\/Steelhead Update <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With fish counts down and several popular fisheries closed, I haven\u2019t written much about anadromous Chinook salmon and steelhead. But anglers are still out there putting in the effort on the Snake and Salmon rivers. To date, the best fishing has been on the Snake, where steelhead anglers are averaging between 10 and 18 hours per fish according to the latest Fish & Game data. I have also seen some nice B-run steelhead getting caught in the Salmon River near Riggins. Check the Fish & Game website for the latest updates and harvest reports. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Options abound for fishing Idaho waters in November. Warm weather on the western side of the state has led to great conditions for river and reservoir fishing, while ice fishing season is under way at legendary Henry’s Lake. Here are a few ideas for your next fishing trip: Henry\u2019s Lake (Ice Fishing) For those itching…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-725","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\/725","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=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}