When I was at Rocky Ford Creek last week, it struck me that spring is coming our way. There was very little snow left on the ground here and daytime temperatures are climbing throughout the region. If you want to hit some of the ice fishing lakes, better make plans to do it soon. Nighttime temperatures are still just below freezing, and ice will be getting thinner. You can expect to be walking through puddles of water when leaving the ice as the sun melts the top surface during the day. I checked on the lake level for Lake Roosevelt and there is good news for fans of fishing or big kokanee and rainbow trout on the big reservoir. The lake level is dropping much faster than it did last year. This will really improve the opportunities for anglers to find the big kokanee further down the reservoir now. The launches at Keller and Spring Canyon will get busy now. Only the real die hard anglers have been out in the very chilly weather we’ve had this winter. As the snow disappears more anglers will be uncovering their boats and hitting the water. Spring fishing is just around the corner!
Lake Roosevelt is dropping faster than it did last year. Fishing for big kokanee and rainbow will really improve.