Fishing near Nampa, ID

Sitting in Canyon County in southwest Idaho, Nampa is one of the few inland spots where anglers chase steelhead and salmon alongside warm-water bass, catfish, and panfish. The marquee local water is Lake Lowell, an 8,826-acre reservoir on the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge minutes from town, while the Boise River kokanee 'silver triangle' of Lucky Peak, Arrowrock, and Anderson Ranch sits within roughly 45 minutes.