Slag-a-melt Lakes Fishing near Salmon, Idaho

• Overview

  Set in Lemhi County, Idaho, this is Slag-a-melt Lakes. This is lake country bush ground. At roughly 13 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is high ground by Idaho standards. Nearest place of any size is Salmon, 15 miles away. Boise sits 171 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Slag-a-melt Lakes

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Survey and observation records for Lemhi County include rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and Chinook salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Slag-a-melt Lakes repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 52°F in July and bottoms out near 18°F in December. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about late May, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages suggest open water from about late May through to roughly early November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Slag-a-melt Lakes runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lena Lake, 0.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Slag-a-melt Lakes should be assumed from this page alone.