Hello. I've recently started fishing the Snake River below Swan Falls Dam. I've dont good with catching numbers, but for the life of me I can't catch anything of size. Out of 30+ fish from my last outing, the biggest one was 12". I just came from the east coast fishing the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. With 16 citation sized fish in the past month there, I've had good success with finding larger fish. But I still can't find any big fish in the Snake. I've thrown everything I've got and fished many different types of structure. Any advice or tips? How do you all find larger sized fish in your systems?Thanks.

What tackle is legal there? 

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

What tackle is legal there? 

No tackle restrictions that I know of. I've dragged jigs, worked flukes, slow rolled paddle tails, and glidebaits of various sizes.

It's possible I'm not in the best area, but from reading the water, the area has potential. I think its more a skill issue on my part but I can't figure it out.

Seems like in that river the big ones would eat small trout ? I fished it a couple times but it was in 1996 haha

14 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Seems like in that river the big ones would eat small trout ? I fished it a couple times but it was in 1996 haha

Thats what I'm thinking as well. I'll work some glidebaits low and slow and maybe find some deeper water.