Gabes Bathtub, Idaho: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Out in Valley County, Idaho, sits Gabes Bathtub. The water sits 7,057 feet up. It covers about 8 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The nearest town is McCall, 33 miles away. Boise sits 57 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Others close at hand: 2.4 miles away is Blue Lake, Willow Creek Reservoir 4.2 miles, 6.9 miles away is Joes Creek, Tripod Reservoir 10 miles and 11 miles away is Davis Reservoir. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Gabes Bathtub

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Valley County include rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and Coho salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Read Gabes Bathtub before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 59°F, while December sits near 23°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. The season on Gabes Bathtub follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Blue Lake, 2.4 miles away. Check the current arrangement for Gabes Bathtub.