Fishing near Pocatello, Idaho

You will find Pocatello in Bingham County, Idaho. About 54,441 people live here. Counting outwards from town: American Falls Reservoir out at 16 miles, Big Hole out at 17 miles to the west, Little Hole out at 18 miles then Jensens Lake out at 23 miles to the north. Jensens Lake rewards a slow walk along the bank rather than a long cast into nothing. No two of these fish quite the same way. Stony ground fishes better than mud in the cold. Winter shuts the surface here. Snowmelt colours the inflows for a fortnight or so. American Falls Reservoir sits nearest and covers some 76.9 sq miles. On climate averages, local water clears around late March. Fish documented across Bingham County include rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, brown trout, channel catfish and bluegill. What you have close by is mostly dammed water. All of the above sit within reach of Pocatello, which is the practical point....