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I fished the Boise River again and had an even better day today than yesterday. I arrived at another one of my old spots around 12:00. It was a little windier today but the fishing was still excellent. Right away I hooked into a fun little brown. I snapped a quick pic and continued upstream. As I moved upstream I caught a couple average rainbows and a couple of whitefish. I continued moving on in search for a bigger fish. I found another nice run and cast out. Right away my indicator went down. I thought I was snagged so I pulled up to try get it undone. Then my line started shooting out real quick so I knew I had hooked into a decent fish. I saw him roll a couple times and could tell it was a real nice fish. As I brought him in a little closer I started thinking it was maybe one of the steelhead that had been planted in November. I finally landed him and turns out it wasn't a steelhead, just a really nice sized beautiful rainbow. Fish was somewhere between 25"-27". No idea about the girth but it was definitely a porker. Snapped a couple pics and quickly released it. What an awesome way to end my trip to Boise. Every time I fish the Boise I have a really great time.
Tight lines...
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Nice job. Sounds like a great weekend.
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Nice looking fish. Looks like a great day of fishing. That big one looks like a CutBow with the white tipped fins. Very good looking fish.
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That fly you're using, is that a bead head pheasant tail?
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ya, size 20 bh pheasant tail emerger i think.
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I am very impressed. That trout is HUGE!! I catch quite a few browns around town all the way down to Star. I have picked up a few 18" rainbows here and there but nothing like that. Well done.
The Boise river is quite a gem. The little ponds along the river also hold some big fish of different species.
Many consider the whitefish a garbage fish but you should post some of your whitefish catches on here, too. I can post some of my 2 foot sucker pics but I am afraid of the backlash of putting one of those ugly faced critters on this site...
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There is a tournament for one of the best sport fish around is that the one your referring to?
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could be. I'll have to look into the specs on it.
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[laugh] That was a clever way to put that, let's not open that can of worms again![sly] I might enter in that tourney this year too. My buddies do it, it sounds like a blast.
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FFF,
On your comments, and being short on time, I decided to give it a try. I started at the Linder bridge (north) and headed down stream as there were several guys/gals bank yanking right at and under the bridge. I wadded through a deep slow hole almost to the top of my waders before I made it through and found a nice little run where I caught a white fish on a Pheasant tail.
Moved to a new run and picked up 5 more right away. Then I hooked up on some debry in the water and lost my last PT. I put on a bead head Prince but didn't get any more out of that run, so I moved on. Just about lost confidence in the prince since I hadn't caught anything on it when I finally started catching again.
Moved back up to the bridge and found that everyone was gone, so I tried under the bridge but didn't get anything. Kept moving up and picked up several more white fish right near the bridge, then finally caught a three trout (smaller, about 10-12 inches) and a few more white fish.
Ending up catching at least 16 fish (and lost several more) in about 4 hours. A good portion of the 4 hours wasn't even fishing. It was spent moving from hole to hole, getting lost, etc. Anyway it was a lot of fun and is something I will try again soon.
FFF, let me know if you are interested in hitting it as a duo. I am thinking I'd like to try near the Star bridge. Or, that floating in the drift boat from Linder to Star sounds like a lot of fun also.
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Glad to hear you made it out and got into some fish. The Linder area has some nice bows and rainbows but it gets hit really hard by a lot of people. Like you said I have mostly caught little rainbows and whitefish down there, but I have hooked into a couple nice sized browns. I usually stick to the river a little bit higher up than that. Next time I am in town I'll definitely let you know so we can hit the river. The Boise River is a lot of fun to fish and you can always have a fun day with the whities if the trout aren't real cooperative. Nice report.
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[laugh] I will see you at the tourney if you go up!
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