Boise River, ID
Barber Park
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 3:00pm to 5:30pm
- Best Fishing Time
- -
- Rating
- Poor
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- 37.0°F
- Water Clarity
- Slightly Stained - 3' to 5' visibility
- Water Level
- 260cfs
- User
- Jason Hansen
Fish Caught
Mountain Whitefish
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13" | #16 Green Rockworm |
Fish Depth: 3' - 6' Water Depth: 3' - 6' Water Type: end of run |
| 1 | 12" | #20 Black Brassie |
Fish Depth: 3' - 6' Water Depth: 3' - 6' Water Type: middle of run |
| 2 | 12½" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly Sunny | X | ||
| Mostly Cloudy | X | ||
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | ||
| Wind | |||
| None | X | ||
| Very Light - <5 knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 50.0°F / 46.0°F
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 14% Full (Waxing crescent)
Other Patterns Tried
- #10 Olive Whitlock's Near Nuff Sculpin
- #18 Pheasant Tail
- #8 Muddler Minnow
Hatches
- #20-#22 black Midge Diptera
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
No fishing partners were saved with this outing.
Waypoints
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Notes
Remembering catching a couple steelhead 3 years ago at Barber Park in February on a green rockworm nymph, I decided to once again hit Barber Park. This time I brought along a few sculpin imitations as well. I started at the end of the run where I caught the steelhead before and nymphed my way up with a Near Nuff Sculpin and a variety of small dropper nymphs. I caught 2 whitefish with this method on the droppers, but nothing on the sculpin.
After awhile I walked downstream a ways to the concrete diversion dam and fished upstream in the slower water for about 100 yards, casting a conehead rabbit-strip muddler to the banks and moving forward 3 feet or so each cast. I had hoped to maybe stir up a strike from a brown but nothing happened. It was pretty cold so after that I called it a day.
There was a pretty good midge hatch going on during the afternoon. I saw zero rises, though, and talked briefly to another fishermen who hadn't had any luck.