Lake Pend Oreille Rainbow Trout

2021-03-28 Rainbow revival at Lake Pend Oreille The fish that made Idahos largest lake famous are getting back to trophy form.

Lake pend oreille rainbow trout. Predator and prey species are out of balance in the lake resulting in the closure of a once popular kokanee salmon fishery. Our second day out on Lake Pend Oreille in search of big Kamloops Rainbow Trout was filled with gnarly weather and several lost fish. The fish can become quite large and are prized by trophy anglers.

The Clark Fork River has a vast amount of species of fish including Rainbow Trout Cutthroat Trout Brown Trout Lake Trout Kokanee Bull Trout Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass Northern Pike Walleye and White Fish. While fish over thirty pounds have not been seen for several years mid-twenties are not unusual and Jeff has caught them consistently ever year. 2019-10-21 Lake Pend Oreille is the home of the world record for the Gerrard rainbow trout non-genetically engineered class.

2010-10-04 The result is a rainbow trout that averages 3 to 8 pounds in size with double-digit fish refreshingly frequent and fish in the low- to mid-20-pound ranges a real possibility almost every day on the lake. The Lake also claims the World Record Rainbow Trout a 37 lber. Anglers on Lake Pend Oreille are asked to watch for tagged rainbow trout they may catch during 2021-22 and report tagged fish numbers to Fish and Game.

2019-11-08 Gerrard rainbow trout are unique to the Clark Fork River drainage which includes Lake Pend Oreille. Also the world record bull trout. Lake Pend Oreille is also the home of the 37 pound state record Kamloops rainbow trout caught by Wes Hamlet in 1947.

The study is dependent on anglers reporting where and when they catch tagged fish and whether the fish was harvested or released. 2021-03-30 Most anglers who fish Lake Pend Oreille say that the jewel in the crown is the trophy rainbow trout population something Dux spoke on in regards the growth of. Fish ever taken from Lake Pend Oreille a 43 lb.

Biologists are launching a new research program to study the angler use of the fishery. One reason these fish historically and today get so big is the abundance of kokanee a small variety of landlocked sockeye salmon commonly called bluebacks. One reason these fish got so big was the abundance of kokanee a small variety of landlocked sockeye salmon commonly called bluebacks or silvers that are the prey-base in their food chain.