Fishing Noseeum Lake in Clearwater County, Idaho

• Overview

  Noseeum Lake sits in Clearwater County, out in Idaho. It lies 5,515 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 5 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. 35 miles away sits Osburn, the nearest town. The big place round here is Spokane, 89 miles distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Noseeum Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Clearwater County names rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, Chinook salmon, Arctic grayling and brook trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. On Noseeum Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 58°F; the cold one sits at 22°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Count the season from break-up, usually mid April. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It holds true on Noseeum Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Steamboat Lake sits 0.7 miles off and takes the overflow. What applies at Noseeum Lake may have changed since it was mapped.