A closed sky with even light today, with almost no wind to speak of and a rising glass. The fish at Maple Lake are likely to sit near inflow corners and shaded margins. Expectations low today; if anything moves, it will be in the night. Lower the pace and stay patient. Shortening days concentrate the feeding into fewer hours.
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Maple Lake is one of the Idaho County listings for Idaho. The country here is rolling bush. This is a pocket water of some 4 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. On size it sits at the modest end of our Idaho County list. For supplies, Hamilton is 29 miles out. The nearest city of size is Spokane, 157 miles away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.
Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Idaho County names rainbow trout, Chinook salmon and cutthroat trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Maple Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.
Seasonal averages run from 18°F in December up to 56°F in August. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Maple Lake.
The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Porphyry Lake is 1.6 miles off. Confirm before you fish Maple Lake.
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| 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 9 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
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| 29.82 | 29.79 | 29.78 | 29.76 | 29.72 | 29.72 | 29.71 | 29.7 | 29.69 | 29.67 | 29.66 | 29.63 | 29.62 | 29.59 | 29.56 | 29.55 | 29.55 | 29.56 | 29.57 | 29.6 | 29.62 | 29.64 | 29.63 | 29.64 |
| 45 | 46 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 56 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 49 | 45 | 41 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 40 | 45 | 51 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 78 | 82 |
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