Fishing Quiet Lake in Custer County, Idaho

• Overview

  Quiet Lake is a Custer County water, in Idaho. The water sits 9,262 feet up. With some 27 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Size puts it in the front rank of our Custer County list. Supplies mean a trip to Sun Valley, 27 miles off. Boise is the closest city, 86 miles away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Quiet Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Custer County list rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and Chinook salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Quiet Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 50°F; by December the average is down near 16°F. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Winter locks it down, and early June brings it back. The water is typically free of ice between early June and early November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Quiet Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Scree Lake is 0.5 miles off. Confirm before you fish Quiet Lake.