Fishing near Coeur d'Alene, ID

Set in Kootenai County in Idaho's panhandle, Coeur d'Alene sits at the head of Coeur d'Alene Lake, a 27,910-acre water with 109 miles of shoreline and Idaho's second-largest lake. It ranks among the Pacific Northwest's most diversified warm- and cold-water fisheries, producing the state-record Chinook salmon at over 40 lbs. Trophy Lake Pend Oreille lies about 45 minutes north, while the Wild and Scenic St. Joe River feeds blue-ribbon cutthroat into the lake.