C J Strike Reservoir
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Location: 973 Rim Rd
Grand View ID, 83624Profile Manager: Jack Coordinates: 42.9467, -115.975 Public phone: (208) 388-2231 Website URL: http://www.fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/fish/anglerguides/cjstrike.cfm Facility Features: Boating, Urban Fishing Public/Private: Public Description: C. J. Strike is an outstanding fishery for both warm water and cold water species, popular for boaters because launching facilities remain open throughout the year. The shoreline of this high desert reservoir generally abuts steep, rocky cliff faces with Community Rating: Community Rating:
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Posted on: August 3rd, 2009
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- Jack said:
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Posted on: July 25th, 2009
We just got back from spending another week at CJ Strike July 15, 22, 2009. The fishing was great. We several new people fishing and they all caught fish. We caught around 1200 crappie. Trolled some and caught some nice trout, huge perch and some smallmouth bass. The weather was absolutely beautiful but extremely hot. Temperatures in the 100 to 104 range every day with no breeze of any kind. Thank for our new friends who contacted us from Boise to take them fishing, Greg and Jordan. They had a ball and caught lots of fish and enjoyed knee boarding in the hot weather.
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- Jack said:
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Posted on: March 22nd, 2009
Hi
Anyone coming to Idaho in June or July and want to catch some fish send me a message. I generally go to CJ Strike here in Southern Idaho. CJ Strike is a huge reservoir covering many miles with high cliffs and lots and lots of different areas to fish. I have practically lived on this lake and know it very well. I have fished the bass circuit for several years and know many lakes here in Idaho. You can catch about everything Idaho has to offer in CJ Strike. I spent a week there in June and a week in July. This last summer the crappie fishing was un-believable. We were catching bigger then hand sized crappie and were averaging around 500 to 600 in 5 hrs time. We got to the point of only fishing for a couple of hrs and catching around 200 to 300. So when we get tired of catching one fish we fish for something else. They plant tagged trout in the lake and offer rewards I believe up to $250.00 for some tagged fish. We caught 4 tagged fish that were not money fish in about 3 hrs times. You couldn't keep the trout off of the line. You also catch perch, bass, camaloupe and some catfish when trolling here. We also caught many blue gill, trout, camaloupe, big perch smallmouth and largemouth bass, huge channel cat and bullhead catfish. We generally were calling anyone who wanted to go fishing with us. I sold my bass boat and bought a 22 foot Crestliner pontoon boat (and we love it) so we can haul around 12 people at a time. CJ Strike has camping facilities with full hook ups at Black Sands Resort. They also have a bar and restaurant there with boat launching facilities. There are a couple of other parks there with camping facilities. We generally stay out all day and it is very hot during June and July. We have shade on the boat but wear plenty of sun screen. We also set out some craw fish traps and eat craw fish about every night. The craw fish are huge in this reservoir. We are very easy to get along with and would love to have ya on the boat. Send a message and we will let you know when we are planning our vacation trip to CJ Strike Reservoir.
Outdoorsman592003@yahoo.com
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Jack and family, I wanted to let you know what a wonderful day you and your family gave to my grandson and I. I have never experienced a bite like that in my whole life-WOW. My grandson Jordan is still talking about it. We have enjoyed a few fish fries already and when we cooked crappies up at my folks house we all sat around talking about my grandfathers resort in Minnesota and the many great times we had up there around a plate of crappies or out on the lake. I am planning a fish fry at elk camp this fall too. Really tasty. My Dad and I and Jordan really layed into those crawfish too they were great, it was the deadliest catch Idaho style.
Mainly though it was the hospitality of a stranger that sticks out. Its not many days a boy and his Papa can learn to knee board, catch as many fish as he wants, eat great food with good people and run a crawfish line all in the same day. Thank you so much for a great memory. Tell your girls and wonderful wife hello. Your friends Greg and Jordan.
P.S. if you can post this to take me fishing. org I would appreciate it