Mormon Reservoir, ID

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Outing Information

Date
Start/End Time
3:00pm to 6:00pm
Best Fishing Time
-
Rating
Poor
Classification
Public
Water Temp
48.0°F
Water Clarity
Stained - 1' to 3' visibility
Water Level
-
User
Jason Hansen

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Fish Caught

Rainbow Trout

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
0 0"
0 0"
Total: 0 fish Top Patterns: Unspecified (0)

Weather

SkiesMorningAfternoonEvening
Cloudy X
Precipitation
None X
Rain - Light X
Wind
Very Light - <5 knots X
Medium - 10 to 15 knots X
Air Temp High/Low
50.0°F / 42.0°F
Wind Direction
-
Weather Front
-
Barometer
-
Moon Phase
65% Full (Waning gibbous)

Other Patterns Tried

  • #10 Brown Mohair Leech
  • #14 Red Copper John
  • #12 Black California Leech
  • #10 Light Olive Stayner Ducktail
  • #18 Griffith Gnat
  • #14 Black Disco Zebra Midgeling

Hatches

  • #16-#20 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

A few days ago, weather.com said the forecast for Boise for the weekend was: 78F, sunny, and breezy for Saturday, and 75F, partly cloudy, and calm Sunday. I figured I'd fish on Sunday because of the wind. Ha! It was raining when I left Boise and rained for most of the way up to Little Camas Reservoir. I drove around Little Camas for a bit but it was real cold, sprinkling, and blowing pretty hard, so I decided to head on to Mormon to check it out. Huh, same thing when I got there. I sat in the car eating my lunch for 20 minutes trying to decide if I wanted to expend the effort to assemble the pontoon boat and fight the winds. I finally decided to try fishing. Huh. I trolled for the better part of the 3 hours I fished and never came close to getting a hit. I did find a small little cove that had a 10-15' high hill on one side of it blocking the wind, and there were some little fish (not sure what kind) rising to midges buzzing along the surface. I switched to my 3wt with a Griffiths Gnat and a zebra mideling dropper and had nothing close to anything. I took the midgeling off and tried skating the GG across the surface to mimic the naturals and nothing. Not the trip I was hoping for. It was quite cold.

On the drive home I did see 3 hawks perched on telephone poles. By far the highlight of the day.