FISHING -- A path was plowed this week through the lingering snow on Gold Pass, the popular access route from St. Regis, Mont., to the St. Joe River.

North Idaho angler Ralph Bartholdt posed his family on the pass to prove the point. Here's his pass and fishing report:

Gold summit is passable, (has been since last week) although there is road work going on near the Idaho bottom.

Fishing on The St. Joe was pretty fair. Nymphs to Tarantulas in the soft seams.