The Snake river is really a bummer! Weather is great, water temp is great, but the flows are out of control and the water is muddy. It's been over three weeks of flooding and I'm sure its effecting the fishes spawning. Hopefully it will slow down soon and the fish can do thier thing. On the bright side, we had a few bites and they got away, some bass and a couple cats. Brooke brought in a nice cat off a bass grub and we had a great time. Ticks and mesquitos are coming out so watch out!

Brownlee was a producer! Water levels were way down, but the motorhome pulled it off and the fishing was pretty good. The water is pretty muddy and they are still dumping water, so levels may even go down more. Camp hosts said it will be two weeks before they start filling. Clint did his rape the lake and we worked the rocks for bass. The bass have moved up and are warming up near the rocks. Most all the bass were over 12" so they were a lot of fun to catch. The crappie are pretty nice sized too many in the 12" range. Seemed like near all the fish had eggs. I'll be heading back asap!

Back to Brownlee for more fun! Weather cooled off a bit and it was actually pretty cold the first day. Weather warmed up and so did the fishing. We all shacked up in the tent and had a great time.

Great report from Frank at C.J. The sturgeon were biting good and a couple nice ones won the fight. Ripped the swivel apart on 80lb line! Flows are up and the hole below the bridge is a mud hole, but up the camp site still produced. The dam is being opened up sunday and cameras are in place to view just how many sturgeon are going through the dam from the lake. Last year, quite a few tagged sturgeon ended up from the lake to the river, so this year a more detailed look is in place. Fish and game states the large sturgeon are in the resevoir. The trout were also biting good on the res from shore by the dam. Nice size trout were biting early pretty good. Some bank fisherman had 62 trout and multiple stringers full!! Wonder if fish and game ever caught up with them?? Seem like the year of the trout for C.J. now that the past year of the crappie has died down.

A couple of the nicest days I've seen at C.J. Until Sat that is. The perch were biting worms off the bottom and a few crappie were hitting rapalas and spinners as we trolled through the narrows. We never really tried to fish the crappie clouds, so unsure how they are biting. The boats were packed in there friday pretty thick and trolling everywhere. Fishing seemed better thurs with less pressure and sat morn, a huge storm almost blew us out of there. Glad we didn't leave and we manned up and trolled the white caps. We were the only boat on the lake and caught two of the nicest trout I've seen off C.J. Dang near lost a pole to one of em'

This report comes in from Frank and Brook. A catfish was pulled in and a nice sized bass off a crank bait. Rumor has it it jumped from the water after the thing weighing nearly 10 lbs. !! Thats enough to get me back over to the swamp!! Flows are up and its muddy so watch out!!

The Jet boat is running great!! First time out this year and she fired right up. Cloudy cold and windy on the snake but we found a cove and the carp are hungry!! They were biting grubs left and right. We managed to get two in the boat, the others had thier way with us. On up to Clints old secret spot we hooked a decent sized 6-7 lb cat. A quick pic and back in the water for Clint to find!! Micheal's first fish and one to be proud of.

A few trips to the old ponds and the trout are hungry. We had to get out and fix that fishing itch and the ponds seem to do a fair job. Only takes a little while and the little trout are on. That fishing can only hold me over for so long though! The kids sure like to get out though and its a good spot for them to fish.

We fished the park area under Lucky peak in the rain for hours- no bites! Moved on up to Arrowrock and fished right by the dam. The ice was just melting there and half the lake was thaw. Frank was the man that day with the only Pike Minnow.

Woodhead was awesome!!! Perfect weather and the fishg was pretty good. Bass were a little slow and on the smaller side but the bite was on and tons of nice sized crappie. We fished up the powder river and around the area and it was nice and peaceful. Not a bite on catfish but we really didnt fish for them.

Made it out to the snake by 5 and fished for a couple hours to test the waters and the boat. Boat ran great!! The water was really high, fast, and muddy. Dangerously fast! I had one real nice fish on for a minute or two and it got away. Either a cat or carp?? Tyler had fun and fished for awhile. He can hold the pole and reel himself!! I think we'll keep him.

Cj Strike was windy Saturday, but beautiful Sunday. We fished up at Cove arm by the lake and did some Sturgeon fishing. We had one on but it got away. Crappies were bitin there and I managed to catch a couple smaller bass, but bass fishing was slow! Gerald, Z, and Donald went up Monday up the snake arm further and caught 30 or so and some nice keepers. Crappie were still biting best in the narrows, but not at all midway up the arm. We had boat races, swam, and sunbathed.Then had a great time and good dinner at the bar.

Gerald says the fishing is slow still at Brownlee. It was a nice day, but the fish are down still.

Friday was WINDY! Sure is windy place over there. We fished out of the truck friday, then that night I hooked into a big catfish or carp? Almost landed him. Saturday the wind calmed down finally and we caught a bunch of crappie. There were smaller this time and biting a little slower. Maybe all the boats are catching them all. There a slew of boats there again in the narrows.

Waiting on the news. --News is, windy!! When the wind is off, crappie are biting! They caught around 30 or so? Didn't hear much other news.

Back To C.J. after a good fishing trip last week. We trolled for trout for a while with little luck- a few crappie. Lots of boats into the narrows so we drifted a crappie fished. Fishing was red hot!!! We all caught fish and had a great relaxing day. Levi left his phone and wallet at the camp site and remembered half the way home. He went back the next day, faught the winds on his little pontoon boat and was stranded alone for hours!! He was rescued by a couple nice guys sent by his wife.

Headed to CJ!! Had to get out fishing on the nice day. We didnt expect to catch much and just wanted to get out and run the boat. Turns out the fishing was pretty good. We trolled the whole time and caught fish steady all day about every 45 minutes or so. Fished for jus the day about 5 hours.

This report comes in after the news of the last two reports of the good fishing at CJ. Drew decided to go out and fish below the dam. Winds were HIGH and no fish. Shane and Joe also went a day later and fished below the dam, hig winds also and no fish. Joe said he fished top side by the dam and tried everything, no fish.

Wow, these pictures really make me want to head to Lucky Peak!!

I sure love the snake river! We showed up at close to 9 pm. We bass fished to the cat spot and caught bass the whole way. Some small, some descent. The snag is really bad! You have to know how to fish the river to even bait fish. It took us till midnight to figure it out, and pulling 10 lbs of weeds off our line. But then Mike caught a 7lb, and I faught my biggest cat yet at 10 lbs for over 5 minutes. He was almost as round as he was long! When we took off (at two) to head back, a swarm of bugs took to the vessle. Thousands!! I had to drive lightless to even make it back. P.S. I let the big cat go, he's still out there!!

Deadwood was beautiful once again! The wind picked up every day around 2 though. You could still head across the lake and hide in a cove though. Kokanee were not to be found. I did catch a couple, but they just seemed sparce, or really deep. Trout fishing was good, but they were on the smaller side. The nightime festivities were interesting with the fireworks and all. Its a sad day when your camera is broke at deadwood!!!!!!

Our party of 17 included 8 of our close friends from Singapore.  It was their first experience camping and fishing.  We drove to Owyhee Reservoir on Friday morning.  Fishing for Crappie on North Side of reservoir was spotty- some holes holding lots of fish.  No Crappie found on points.  Between Friday afternoon and Sunday afternoon we boated at least 150 Crappie and 5 nice sized Bass, large and small mouth.  Most of the crappie were small- no lunkers on this trip but it was a great weekend on the lake.

Fishing was slow at Farewell. Camping was nice and the campgrounds were full. Geralds crew caught a couple nice catfish, and crappie. Matt hooked into a big carp and dragged him in. The water was all the way full, and you could drive your boat pretty far up the river way past the dunes.

The mayflies hatched, and the river was full of em'. The bass seemed to have slowed off a bit, but were still biting. More males than females, but we did catch a couple big ones that looked like they had eggs. All bass were released so I'm not sure. The ticks were in force, so beware!! The ants were trying to take over also, but no mesquitos! Two catfish were taken bass fishing, and the rest bait fishing in the evening, and night. Levi hooked into a big carp, and faught him down for quite a while.

Good times at CJ Strike! We were a part of the zoo for sure out there. I hope everyone got all the ticks off!? I'm surprised all the boats made it back with em floating away and running up shore and all. There were a ton of crappie, and few bass but many were small. I managed to get one good size bass though. Clint and Tracy brought in some trout, and Clint also caught one catfish. Aaron and Cam had a good load of bass them. Gerald and Cam went coyote huntin, and chased one clear up shore with the boat!! Didn't see either of them till morning.

Snake river was producing again! It was a pretty hot time out there, but not to bad. The snag is pretty bad in some spots! Bass seemed to bite better in the evening rather than the morning. The carp were spawning, and after many shots, I finally nailed one. Cassandra managed to catch the big bass at 3lbs, 18".

Thurs not spectacular. Got a 14 incher. Lots of crappie!! Bass were kinda slow. Fri was worse, got a 16 incher though. Bob Z. comes in with a whopping carp!!!! 16lbs 8 onces. That goes to the Hall Of Fame!! Bet that one was fun to catch!! Hey, who was the netter?? He deserves a pat on the back eh!

This report comes in a little late from Bill, Sponsor of the Cam & Aaron fishing team I'm told. Sure are some nice fish here!!

Tried a new spot on the snake for a couple hours. We fished from 1 to 4, kinda the slow time. I spent most of the time exploring, and have to say, be real careful going down river from Marsing. I dont think you can get a boat past down there. Up river seemed to be better.

Snake River bass were biting pretty good! We fished from noon to 11 pm. We caught most of our fish in the first three hours, even the cat. Patty showed off her fishing skills coming in at 8 fish! She had a big dog carp that got away after several attemps of me trying to net that sucker. But the snake proved again to have some big bass after Diedra pulled in a 3.25 lb. bass!! I also caught a few in the 2+ lb. range. Eric and Trix met up with us, and we managed to fit all 5 of in the river boat!! We cat fished after night fall with no bites!

Gerald And Zee strike again!! They tried Salmon falls for 31/2 hours with no luck so they headed off to Strike. Guess people weren't catchin much over there, but the crappie bite is on at Strike!! Gerald said go up the bruneau arm. They caught a couple bass as well but I suspect they were having to much fun catching crappie too bass fish real hard.
Gotta stay MOBILE!

13.5 lb catfish first thing friday morning while setting up! Drew new record!! Fishing was slow the rest of that day, pretty windy. Sat morning caught another catfish around 8 lbs. Fishing was great that day. Everyone decided that we would have much rather been WORKING rather than fishing due to all the hard work @$%#&&!! LOL!!

Spectacular weather at the snake! No bugs, no wind, not to hot or cold, and minimal snag. Snag is starting up out there though. Catfishing was a little slow, Mike got one.The bass were biting the next day early. Slowed up as the day progressed. I caught my biggest bass yet at 3 1/2 lbs. Caught another biggie at close to 3lbs. soon after that. Mike hooked on to 2 lb also. We carp hunted for a while and think we got it just about figured out. Next trip we know what to do. Levi wounded a few, and hooked into one for a while. The arrow wasn't set in enough though. All in all it was a lot of fun. We had a hard time leaving, but the provisions were out!

Friday night was ON for catfishin'!! We had a good turn out of people, Drew, Shane, Patty, Deidra, Ashton, Lindsey, Hailey, and me. We showed up at about 8pm and I caught a 7 lb. within 10 minutes. Drew caught a nice 10 lb and the others. There was a few lost fish and many other nibblers. Patty took a flying back dive into the snake, I give that a score of 9. A must see for that area of the snake with its 5 foot steep bank. I thought she was gone down the river for minute.
Mike and I went back saturday night and fishin was slow. Someone turned off the catchin switch! We did get one though, and I caught a 20 lb. carp. 8lb. line again!