Rose Lake fishing: Channel Catfish, Bluegill

Target species: Channel Catfish, Bluegill
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Rose Lake - Sportsman Park.

The lake

Rose Lake covers 330 acres in Idaho, across Kootenai County. It is a lake. Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Stocking: 80,330 fish, 1982–2026

Idaho Department of Fish and Game records list 80,330 fish released into this water from 1982 to 2026.

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  • Channel Catfish: 65,310 in 2006–2026
  • Bluegill: 14,000 in 1990

One more species on the stocking list.

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2 target fish, led by Channel Catfish

  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp and 1 shore access point.

  • Rose Lake - Sportsman Park — restrooms.

Shore access for bank fishing

  • Rose Lake - Watson Road — restrooms.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.