big dan
01-06-2008, 10:04 PM
Spent a couple weeks over Christmas in the Boise area. Received some Cabela’s gift cards so I picked up some new waders and a 10ft Cabelas Whuppin Stick. They look similar to Ugly Sticks and for $25 I figured I’d try it out.
If you are into outdoor activities Boise has the store for you-2 Sportsman Warehouses, Cabelas, REI, Sierra Trading Post Outlet, GI Joe’s-pretty much everything but BPS.
I fished the Barber Park section of the Boise River right outside town. Flows were low, pools were hard to find. I threw bait and spinners for a couple hours for nada and went back to the house to warm up with some Black Butte Porters. Next day took the nephews sledding near Lucky Peak Reservoir. Fished a shallow part of the lake for about an hour, no takers.
One morning I wake up and it’s dumping snow so I figured I wouldn’t have a lot of company at the local ponds. I was right-went to Quinn’s Pond in downtown and had the place to myself-picked up 4 small stocker rainbows on nightcrawlers. Next day I go back for 1 rainbow on NC and then started throwing a RoosterTail-brought in 9 small trout in 40 minutes. They weren’t like the others I caught, they had a green tint and were smaller. Went back the next day and the pond had frozen over. I found a good sized hole in the ice but my lures kept getting hung up. I had a nasty cold by then and gave up on fishing for the rest of the trip.
Going back in July, hope to fish up in the Sawtooth Mountains.[attachment=6:94131]006.JPG[/attachment:94131][attachment=5:94131]012.JPG[/attachment:94131][attachment=4:94131]015.JPG[/attachment:94131][attachment=3:94131]033.JPG[/attachment:94131][attachment=2:94131]Picture or Video 001.jpg[/attachment:94131][attachment=1:94131]014.JPG[/attachment:94131][attachment=0:94131]016.JPG[/attachment:94131]
If you are into outdoor activities Boise has the store for you-2 Sportsman Warehouses, Cabelas, REI, Sierra Trading Post Outlet, GI Joe’s-pretty much everything but BPS.
I fished the Barber Park section of the Boise River right outside town. Flows were low, pools were hard to find. I threw bait and spinners for a couple hours for nada and went back to the house to warm up with some Black Butte Porters. Next day took the nephews sledding near Lucky Peak Reservoir. Fished a shallow part of the lake for about an hour, no takers.
One morning I wake up and it’s dumping snow so I figured I wouldn’t have a lot of company at the local ponds. I was right-went to Quinn’s Pond in downtown and had the place to myself-picked up 4 small stocker rainbows on nightcrawlers. Next day I go back for 1 rainbow on NC and then started throwing a RoosterTail-brought in 9 small trout in 40 minutes. They weren’t like the others I caught, they had a green tint and were smaller. Went back the next day and the pond had frozen over. I found a good sized hole in the ice but my lures kept getting hung up. I had a nasty cold by then and gave up on fishing for the rest of the trip.
Going back in July, hope to fish up in the Sawtooth Mountains.[attachment=6:94131]006.JPG[/attachment:94131][attachment=5:94131]012.JPG[/attachment:94131][attachment=4:94131]015.JPG[/attachment:94131][attachment=3:94131]033.JPG[/attachment:94131][attachment=2:94131]Picture or Video 001.jpg[/attachment:94131][attachment=1:94131]014.JPG[/attachment:94131][attachment=0:94131]016.JPG[/attachment:94131]