This last couple of weeks marked the official beginning of Spring fishing in Idaho. The Boise River main is blown out from below Lucky Peak but the reservoirs above are providing some good Kokanee and Trout fishing. Arrowrock has been dropping about 1-2 feet a day recently so you might have to move around to find them each day, but you can still grab a limit. I recently pulled in some nice Kokanee, the biggest at about 18”, along with a handful of Trout topping out at 19”. Lucky Peak has been filling up slowly which should be good for fishing as the rising water picks up food off the exposed lakebed.

Down at Anderson Ranch the ice and snow have receded from the Curlew boat launch as of 4/23 but at 74% capacity the docks are out of the water. The fish are definitely active in the 40 degree water and there is a bug hatch out already. If you are looking for some Trout point your boat to where all the swallows are skimming the water and there will be fish hitting the top feeding on the same bugs. Trolling worm and corn through the dive bombing birds at about 5 feet deep produced some nice fish out there the other evening. I’m planning on heading back out there and targeting the Kokanee, but it may be hard to resist taking a shot at few trout if I see the birds back out chasing the insects.

CJ Strike would be another place to consider, the Trout fishing there should be pretty solid and fishing right below or above the dam could get you a limit. I am still waiting a bit to go there to target panfish and bass but with the upcoming warm weather that is not far off. That said, the month of May typically brings in great crappie fishing out at CJ and also some awesome perch fishing on Lake Cascade while they are still in shallow and can be clobbered from the bank.