Bit of an ironic hobby for you Burks, seeing as your other hobby is keeping an aquarium



Thats what happens when you fish in another man's pond.

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Heading out in four hours for our first sunrise muskie hunt. I have 12 new baits to toss at them and see what happens.

Haven't slept in 24 hours.......NCLEX left me mentally exhausted but my mind can't rest. Might as well fish...

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Update:



43", estimated 27-30lbs.

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@burks -- looks like one of those 12 new lures worked! camera focus is getting better too!

@bluecoat/muffin -- as promised only a month ago, here's some poop on Redfish Lake/Stanley

Redfish Lake is at the headwaters of the Salmon River, whose waters flow north to meet the Snake River and continue to the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean. As late as the 1950's, more than 4,000 sockeye salmon made the annual 900-mile (1,440-km) pilgrimage from the ocean to their spawning grounds in the Sawtooth Valley. However, in recent years only 2-20 have returned each year. In an effort to save the endangered fish--whose bright red color gave Redfish Lake its name--the National Marine Fisheries Service established a local hatchery. Since 1999, the lake has been stocked with sockeye salmon. Bull trout, steelhead and Chinook salmon can also be spotted in the area. Between Little Redfish Lake and Redfish Lake there are commercially operated showers, a gas station with propane, a dump station and horse rentals. Little Redfish Lake does not allow motorboats. Stanley has a population of 100 and no paved streets.

Other than Redfish Lake there are numerous other lakes in the area as well as fishing in the Salmon River. If you get tired of fishing, there is mountain biking in the area as well as white-water rafting/canoeing/kayaking on the Salmon.

Here are some incredible pictures of Stanley and surrounding area:

http://www.sawtoothcamera.com/guest.html

http://www.sawtoothcamera.com/guest2.html

The chamber of commerce has a nice website with lots of info.

If it was me, and i had some spare cash, i'd probably stay here, at the Sawtooth Hotel... it's on Ace of Diamonds Street in Stanley.


There are also RV parks (see the CofC website) and tons of campgrounds, since Stanley and Redfish Lake are in the middle of the Sawtooth Wilderness Area/Recreation Area.

Go here for info on Forest Service Campgrounds.

There is also a pretty incredible lodge on Redfish Lake itself.

You can also contact the Redfish Lake Visitor Center – 208-774-3376.

To get there from Oregon-

1. From I-84 (Or/Id Border), Take exit 9 for US-30 toward New Plymouth/Emmett 0.2 mi
2. Turn left onto U.S. 30 E 3.2 mi
3. Turn right onto ID-72 E 2.0 mi
4. Continue straight onto ID-52 E 7.3 mi
5. Slight left onto W Idaho Blvd/Letha Rd Continue to follow W Idaho Blvd 0.3 mi
6. Turn right to stay on W Idaho Blvd 1.1 mi
7. Turn left to stay on W Idaho Blvd 6.8 mi
8. Turn left onto ID-52 E/N Washington Ave Continue to follow ID-52 E 1.0 mi
9. Take the 3rd right onto ID-52 E/E Black Canyon Hwy Continue to follow ID-52 E 20.4 mi
10.Turn left onto ID-55 N 14.2 mi
11.Turn right onto Banks Lowman Rd 33.3 mi
12.Turn left onto ID-21 N/Ponderosa Pine Scenic Route Continue to follow ID-21 N 57.7 mi
13.Turn right onto Wall St 213 ft
Stanley, ID

And yes, I'm available for expense-paid accompanyment.

hope you can make the trip! have fun!

Burks is a pro Muskie Fisherman...

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Awesome sig made by Goten!

Well I am going to enter a muskie tournament later this year at the reservoir I fish at. Then hit the one in March next year. If I get a chance to hit a few other lakes in the area this year, I'll enter their tournaments next year as well.

Decent prize amounts too. $50 entry, $2500 top prize and a bunch of other prizes (first fish, biggest fish, etc). I can't wait.

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