Best fishing remains reduced to creek mouths and around submerged springs. Be at such locations as in front of Duck, Hope, Howard and Targhee Creeks at first light, and expect company. Same with in front of Staley Springs. Decreasing daylight hours and the sun tracking lower in the sky means the lake will begin to cool and fish will soon begin distributing around it.
Slow as can be. Best fishing happens when the lake cools down, and that could be weeks away.
Creek mouths and springs are the only good places for action these days. That means there will be plenty of other Henry’s Lake fishing enthusiasts at these locations.
Fisheries managers and much experienced Henry’s Lake anglers tell us that Utah chubs have resided in Henry’s Lake for a long time. They were discovered there years ago. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has completed some research on the interaction of these undesirable species on resident cutthroat trout and published the results which are fascinating. View the entire study and its findings at: https://idfg.idaho.gov/blog/2022/07/affect-utah-chub-yellowstone-cutthroat-trout-henrys-lake.
The best locations for now and well into the future will be creek mouths and submerged springs. Standard Henry’s Lake patterns apply. With respect to creek mouths, expect plenty of company at the more popular places (Howard, Hope/Duck, Targhee), and the same for around Staley Springs. Consider getting to these locations at first light.
Slow. Start thinking of trying creek inlets at crack of dawn or submerged springs if you know where they are..
Fishing has slowed considerably here as fish move to deeper water. Fishing around submerged springs is best bet. Hopefully the diminished damsel fly emergence will soon bring a return of some action around submerged vegetation.
Because of responding to copious midge activity fish are not looking for other food items. Therefore fishing has really slowed here.
The lake is beginning to warm and fish are moving deeper to cooler water. So they are now dispersed around the lake meaning a slow down in fishing success.
Fish are in the shallows all around the lake and fishing is great. Most are cutthroat trying to spawn and just about any wet fly will work. Any easy access place such as the state park, Bill Fromm county park, the cliffs area, and the hatchery, anglers are almost ” shoulder to shoulder” trying to hook up. Using a boat or flotation devise gets you away from the crowds and the stories, believable and unbelievable. The catch and release season is on until general season opens.on the last Saturday of the May. So expect crowding and good fishing until warming water signals to fish it is time to move to more comfortable deeper water.
Th catch and release season is on at the lake. Access is limited, and weather is at least stormy. Places open, such as the hatchery access, tend to become populated with anglers wading and using flotation devices. Leech, Halloween variations and fly rod jigs patterns are among those being effective.