New fishing pond opens near Salmon

The pursuing is simply a news merchandise and photograph from nan Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is pleased to denote nan opening of Johnson Pond to fishing. Johnson Pond is located 8 miles southbound of Salmon, connected nan westbound broadside of Hwy 93 South.

At astir 6.5 acres, Johnson Pond is nan largest organization sportfishing pond successful nan Salmon Region. It has precocious been stocked pinch complete 1,000 rainbow trout from Idaho Fish and Game’s Mackay Fish Hatchery.

Access to nan erstwhile gravel pit pond, named successful grant of Val B. Johnson, exists owed to an statement pinch nan Johnson Family, nan property’s owners. Val was an Air Force veteran, a past outfitter, and a highly esteemed coach astatine Salmon High School for much than 25 years.

“It’s been a pleasance moving pinch nan Johnson family to spot Val’s imagination of opening this pond to supply sportfishing opportunities for nan public” Fish and Game location fisheries head Greg Schoby said. “It shows nan committedness that Val and nan Johnson family person to nan organization of Salmon and providing opportunities for early generations.”

“We’d besides for illustration to convey Dahle’s Red-E-Mix, nan Bureau of Land Management, and nan Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation for their business successful entree to Johnson Pond,” Schoby added.

Months of readying led to nan entree statement and improvements to nan site. The Johnson Pond spot is bordered to nan northbound by nan Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Eight Mile River Access. Anglers tin entree nan pond by parking astatine nan BLM’s entree tract and stepping 50 yards to nan pond.

Dahle’s Red-E-Mix has an progressive gravel mining cognition connected nan southwest broadside of nan Pond, which is marked by nan fenced boundary. Fish and Game asks nan nationalist to please enactment responsibly and respect nan spot boundaries and rules successful spot to guarantee continued early entree to nan pond.

The entree statement and improvements to nan area were funded by Fish and Game’s Access Yes Program and a assistance from nan Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

General sportfishing play rules apply, pinch a six food regular container limit of trout. Small watercraft, specified arsenic inflatable rafts aliases float tubes are allowed and tin beryllium carried from nan BLM Eight Mile entree site. No vessel ramps are present.