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Been looking for new areas close to boise to go ice fishing and i thought of sagehen Just wondering if any one has tried it in the past i have never even been there so i know nothing about i know you would need a snowmobile later in the season to get in but as little snow as there is in the hills right now i am sure i could get in their with my truck how big do the trout get up there are they just little tiny things like horsethief just looking for some info
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I'd seriously doubt you could get there in a truck at this point. If so, you'll likely need chains for all 4 tires and I wouldn't go in a single truck. A caravan of trucks would be better so you'll have some help when you get stuck. Unless you're just looking for an adventure, the fishing there wouldn't be worth the effort.
If you're looking for big trout close to Boise, Cascade or CJ is your best bet, but they are few and far between. If you don't mind traveling a bit further you'd have better success at Magic or SFCR.
That's my opinion any way. FWIW.
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thanks didn't really know any thing about sagehen i have done well at cascade for trout but very few big ones i think my largest last year was 3.5lbs i just stick by the dam usually but did try surgarloaf and blue hairion last year with only perch caught i just dead stick a worm and power bait any tips as far as jigs and bait or rigging goes would help greatly
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I personally don't catch a lot of big ones at Cascade, but I don't really target them much either. I do know they are there, though. When I go there I'm usually targeting perch. I have caught them on accident, though. My personal best through the ice is in the 20-21 inch range. I saw a couple of guys a few years ago that had 2 that were 26 and 28 inches. I'm not sure how they were rigging or what they were using.
If you are catching bows up to 3.5 lbs you're not doing too bad. I believe, though, that if you want to target the trout and are looking for big ones, you might try shallower water. If I was targeting big trout at Cascade, I'd fish in water no deeper than about 10 feet and I wouldn't steer away from water as shallow as 3 or 4 feet. Also with the trout, I'd put out as many lines as I could and try a lot of different depths.
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thanks for the help this is only my second year on the ice in idaho i ice fished with my dad when i was a kid in wyoming in fact i am still using his old 6inch mora auger and last year was cut short for me because i crashed the quad after tackle toms derby and spent 3 months in a wheel chair how far away is magic form boise i have been told there are some big trout up their
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Also, with the low snowpack we had LAST winter there's probably not too much water left in Sage Hen at this time of year to freeze /fish anyway! That little reservoir is pretty much drained dry by Aug /Sept every year.
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As stated, Sage Hen is too diffcult to get to plus it would be a dink fest.
3.5 lb trout thru the ice close to Boise is about as good as it is gonna get. (Cascade)
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[quote Oskolkoff]how far away is magic form boise i have been told there are some big trout up their[/quote]
It's really not that far, but always seems to take me 2.5-3 hours to get there.
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