Idaho Fish Report
Howard Prairie Reservoir Fishing Report
by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
8-16-2016
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With the warmer weather fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass should be good in the mornings and evenings. Fishing for trout has been slow and this will likely continue until temperatures cool a bit. The lake is now 56 percent full. Visibility in the lake is down due to increased algae in the lake. For best results under these conditions, get an early start when the fish are more active. Try using a threaded nightcrawler under a bobber or powerbait fished off the bottom. When water clarity is good, trolling with a wedding ring/bait combination and sliding sinker is a tried and true method on this lake. Legal-sized trout have been stocked to complement trout stocked last year and a good number of 15-20 inch holdovers.