Cabins are $53/day at Blackburns with a free boat stall. range are being caught . Your first boat stall is free with cabin rental. The walleye are a little deeper near the bottom. Why pay more? Things are just a little slow coming around but will get there. Look for shad with broken schools and not just blobs. Bass spawn continues throught most of the summer here. I do not do either but a lot of people do. i do not chase the open water fish in the winter much but a lot of people do. Dragging night crawlers around the islands are getting walleye. The creeks are stained and the visibility is about 5-6 feet down on the main lake. From the headwaters of Yuba Pass down to Bullard’s Bar reservoir the river is filled with pocket water, long runs, and deep pools offering over 40 miles of river access along Highway 49. You do not have to get close to anybody if you do not want to. Feel free to call with all of your fishing questions 870-492-5113. The surface temperature is still in the mid 50's and does not want to rise. The top water fish are the best bite now with the best time to get them is just before sunrise. Current Flow. The lake in general is in very good condition for fishing. The river fishes best March through the end of October. Ivan Orsic / Mar 18, 2013. Many undersized bass but some very nice walleye and also many bluegill. Blackburns resort and Boat Rental is full now but have a few openings next week. Smallmouth and Kentucky bass are off steep banks on the ledge at 25-28 feet and are schooled. When the main lake hits 60 degrees things will really break open. When the top water fish go down try casting a spoon where they were last seen and hopping it back to the boat allowing it to go about 20-feet down. One day the fish will be in the North Creeks and the wind shifts and they move to the south creeks. Why pay more? Cold fronts are coming through every week slowing the fishing and then it picks up again as the high pressure hangs around for a while. Gunna be cold and icey on the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River. Spoons, jigs, grubs and worms are the best bait. STAY UP TO DATE. There is no closed season and you can not walk on our water or drill holes in it. Crappie are in their normal places for the end of September and have not moved from the open water for the fall yet. The lake was brown from Missouri to just south of Robinson Island but is settling out nicely now. There are a lot of bait fish out there but not as many as there will be with the bass spawn also being slow this year. I am not much on crank baits but they are catching smaller fish now. Blackburns has many good brush piles but few are holding fish now. They are coming up all over just before dark. Good time for panfishing with crappie numbers good with several in the 13-inch range coming in but most are about 11-inches. Go to www.blackburnsresort.com and click on scuba Steve's blog for a daily report. Hummingbird Hideaway Fishing Report. The other fish will also move shallower to cover and stay there. Be carefull out there on the river. The fish seem to be shallower early and then move out to deeper water. Things have been the same for a while. This is a good way to help fishing and the habitat. The ones I am catching are recently spawned out and still bloody and roughed up. Many times the stripers are under the shad but not always. North Shore Fishing Reports. Why pay more? Look for shad part way back in the wind blown creeks in 45-ft. of water and the fish are 30-ft. down suspended. After the surface water cools down with the short days the open water fish will school and  come to the banks to feed at night and move further out during the days. Many fish are spawning with most of the larger crappie and bass spawned out and some smaller ones still staging and some guarding beds. Some big crappie are with them on brush but the schools have not moved in yet. $53/day for a one bedroom. There are many small fish with hundreds of them and white bass about 8-inches long. Walleye and bass are the best bite now with spoons for the walleye and soft plastics for the bass. I have seen no fry yet. Binks did catch some White Bass yesterday along with Walleye and that is the first that I have heard of anybody catching very many. Most of the fish will be 12-15 inches. The crappie have moved to the shallower brush in 22-25 feet on the main lake near Blackburns Creek and in the  area around Briar Creek and the brush near the launch near Red Bank. We are located on the Big Creek arm of the lake, about two miles east of the Norfork Lake Dam. The North Fork Meadows is broken down to three different sections that provide anglers of all skill and experience levels to enjoy outstanding fly fishing thanks to a combination of fast riffles, long runs, deep holes, and pocket water. There are a lot of Bass, bluegill and walleye in this area from 19-24 feet. The surface temperature is 74 and is not changing much. The only difference is the split tail. Good ones too. Any changes in fishing is more due to dropping water level than any pattern. I try to keep the pictures of myself to a minimum. Although this is the last report for the year, by no means is the fishing season over. The banks are largely free of trees and obstructions that can grab hold of your fly. Bink reports catching good fish on the bank in the evening and after dark. Fishing is pretty good but you have to get out there early. The lake level is 573.79 and is dropping very slowly with increased generation. We need some low temperaures to stay in the 60's for fishing to really take off. The lake is trying to clear and the surface temperature is 52 back in the creeks and 54.8 in the deeper main lake. The ambient high temperatures are varying from 60's one day and 40's the next. 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