Idaho Fish Report

Mark at the Wild Horse Resort (775) 758-6472: The weather was gorgeous over the weekend, it was warm and sunny. We still have a good 2 feet of ice on the reservoir. Saturday, 3 fishermen caught a bucketful of perch and 4 big trout in only 1.5 hours. Sunday morning, 4 other fishermen caught over 100 fish. Ray Frederick and Richard Bell of Carson City and their 13-member fishing party were here for the entire weekend. They caught lots of fish, and I cooked a whole bunch of their filleted perch and trout for their dinner on Saturday night. The best bet for catching trout, right now, is a party-sized marshmallow about 1-1.5 feet down from your sinker. Drop it to the bottom and just wait for the trout to bite. The perch are down on the bottom and the trout are shallow (in about 3-10 feet of water, along the shoreline). The biggest Perch have been 11 inches, and the rainbows are running up to 20-21 inches. You can also fish with small Kastmaster lures or small, white-colored, lead-head jigs with a plastic tail, together with a tiny piece of worm, mealworm or cocktail shrimp on the hook. Drop that combination down to the bottom, bring it up about 1-2 turns on the reel handle and slowly jig, up and down.