Avondale Lake Fishing near Hayden, Idaho

• Overview

  Within Kootenai County, Idaho, you have Avondale Lake. The setting is mixed woodland. It runs to roughly 58 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The bank runs about 1.5 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Most waters listed here for Kootenai County are larger. Supplies mean a trip to Hayden, 1.5 miles off. For a city, Spokane is 32 miles off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Avondale Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Public occurrence data for Kootenai County names rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and sockeye salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Avondale Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year August sits at 67°F and January at 28°F. A long season, with weather mattering more than the month. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Time your trip to Avondale Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It is tagged for fishing in public mapping. Public data has parking about half a mile from the shore. Fishing from a pier is possible half a mile away. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lake Hayden, 2.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Avondale Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.