Northern Pike are usually landed best around early spring when the water level rises and they begin to spawn. Pike are enticed by the movement of dare devils, spoons, spinner baits, and smelt.
Fishing for tiger muskie is not easy, but sunset, deep weeds, and your favorite top water bait
are a deadly combination.
Warm Water Fishing
Ponds, lilly pads, weed beds and shallow bays provide excellent habitat for perch, crappie, channel cats, bluegill, bullhead, large and sometimes small mouth bass, and other spiny ray species. During late spring and summer, fishing for the above species is very good.
Perch will usually take jigs, a occasional worm, or hooks tipped with corn. You will have lots of fun catching these guys just about any where.
Crappie usually like to hit jigs early in the morning and again as the sun starts to set. A good place to find these fish is in weed beds or under any cover
type such as downed trees or under docks.
Large Mouth Bass are taken quite frequently up here around the neighborhood of 6+lbs. You can use everything from the old classics to the new high tech bass baits to land these lunkers. Look for these guys to be lurking in the weed beds, lilly pads, and under structures. The peak time to hit is in mid to late June when the water warms and the "big boys" move in to spawn. |
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Charters
Go Fish! Charters
Sandpoint, Idaho 83864
(208-597-5020)
(Office: 208-267-3934)
Go Fish! Charters provides scenic cruising and
hands-on, multi-species fishing on Lake Pend
Oreille and the Clark Fork River. Boat captain
and fishing guide Chad Landrum targets bass,
trout, walleye, crappie, and more depending on
the season, and promises plenty of action aboard
his fully equipped 18' Lund Fisherman.
Diamond Charters
P.O. Box 153, Hope, ID 83836
(208-265-2565) or (800-487-6886)
Full or Half Day Charters on Lake
Pend Oreille
Eagle Charters
P.O. Box 101, Hope, ID 83836
(208-264-5274)
Full or Half Day Charters on Lake
Pend Oreille
Full Spectrum Tours
405 N 4th Avenue, Sandpoint, ID 83864 (208-263-5975)
Lake Pend Oreille Cruises
427 Fry Creek Road, Sagle, ID 83860 (208-255-5253)
Toll Free: 1-888-726-3764
Seagull Charters
PO Box 217
Clark Fork, ID
(208) 266-1861
seagullcharters@gmail.com
www.seagullcharters.net
Links
Idaho Fish & Game
Idaho Fish & Hunt
Lake Pend Oreille Web Cam
US Forest Service IdahoSportsman.com
Solunar tables for fishing (used to find the best fishing times and peak feeding periods for fish).
Priest River Stream Flows
Moyie River Stream Flows
Kootenai River Stream Flows
Yaak River Stream Flows
Fisher River Steam Flows
St.Joe River Stream Flows
Coeur d'Alene River Stream Flows (North Fork)
Spokane River Stream Flows
Idaho Stream Flows
Montana Stream Flows
Washington Stream Flows |
