Fishing Report For Lake Lowell, ID

By Rick Seaman

February 19, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Lowell, ID

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Popular Fish Species Lake Lowell, ID

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Lake Lowell has a significant amount of vegetation in the water, which creates an exceptional domain for largemouth bass. A topwater frog. on heavy-braided line is the ticket fro fishing really thick vegetation. In areas where the vegetation is not too thick, spinnerbaits and stick worms are getting good bites. Many tournament anglers report throwing vibrating jigs with good results as well. Any time water is flowing in the canals, that's a good place to find bass here. Recent tournament reports show plenty of quality bass being caught.

Bluegill

Current Report: Fair
Outlook: Good To Very Good

The large concentrations of vegetation make an excellent breeding ground for bluegill as well. Bluegill are also a primary food source for predator fish in Lake Lowell, as well good table fare. Local anglers report good size bluegill being caught with some frequency. Small pieces of nightcrawlers make an ideal bait, on a small hook, on light line. A bobber facilitates fishing in and around the weeds.

Channel Catfish

Current Report: Fair
Outlook: Good

The Idaho Fish & Game reports that channel catfish are stocked in larger quantities than any other species in Lake Lowell.. Fishing for channel catfish is often productive around any type of structure. Fishing late in the day, until around midnight, often produces the better fish, as this is prime feeding time for channel cats. Spring, and again in Fall, are some of the best time of year. Submerged road beds, creek channels and rocky points are all good places to begin. Use a slip sinker or Carolina rig setup.

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, rainbow trout, bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish and yellow perch at Lake Lowell in Idaho.

Lake Lowell is an 8,800-acre lake with 28 miles of shoreline. Bass are the most popular species, but the lake also offers decent fishing for other species. Idaho Fish & Game regularly stocks catfish. It is also home to crappie and bluegill. The lake often provides ice fishing during winter.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".