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Posted on: June 11, 2007

By
Dave Langston

It seems as if largemouth bass only want to eat in the morning and evening hours at Winder reservoir located 13 miles North West of Preston. In fact, anglers are reporting one fish every two hours during the mid morning and afternoon hours.

James Butler and Cody Witt of Pocatello have been pounding this fishery hard over the past two weeks from float tubes and scoring on bass in the 12 – 15 inch range. “It was slow going during the day, once the sun went down though the water came alive,” says James Butler of Pocatello.

Butler and Cody Witt, both of Pocatello report that evening hours is a complete top water spectacle. “It is definitely the most fun we have had in any of the reservoirs this year,” says Witt. Floating rapalas did the trick to coax a limit of bass to the net for both anglers.

Concentrate on the extreme east side and south side of the reservoir. These areas receive very little fishing pressure due to tough access. “The west and north ends of the reservoir are pounded hard by anglers since these areas offer the best access for bank anglers,” says Butler.

He also adds that this year campers have been coming out in full force and filling any available camping spots. He attributes this to the article I wrote for Fishing & Hunting News back in March when Cody Witt landed a six and ¾ pound largemouth and a few others in the 3 and 4 pound class.

Winder also holds a tremendous amount of perch and bluegills’. Although keepers are tough to find, you can expect to have a good day landing a large number of small pan fish using worms, grubs and micro jigs in pink, white or chartreuse colors.

Good bets for bluegills are brushy areas and weed beds, but with the spawn coming up in late June look for pebble based flats to hold spawning bluegills. The lake is surrounded by plenty of cover so finding gills should not be tough. Concentrate your efforts near the dam for perch.

For more information contact Region 5 Idaho Fish and Game at (208)-232-4703.

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