What you need to know about fishing Lake Pend Oreille

Lake Pend Oreille is Idaho's largest lake with over 148 square miles of water. It's known for it's fishing opportunities for both cold and warm water fish including small and largemouth bass and rainbow and lake trout, among others. On occasion a lucky angler will catch a "cutbut," a rare cross between a cutthroat and a rainbow trout. Whitefish can also be found in the lake after an introduction in the 1950s. Largemouth can be found in shallows around the mouth of the Pack River and in sloughs on the east side of the lake. Anglers can locate smallmouth bass on rocky ledges.