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luckykoke
01-04-2011, 10:45 AM
Well since I started the 2010 Lucky Peak Koke thread, I figured I better get 2011 going! We hit the water late morning on Jan 1, 2011. It was cold and so was the fishing. Only one hit. Our New Years tradition began with a skunk. Anyone else out there catching anything?
Lucky

MMDON
01-05-2011, 09:06 AM
Congrats on getting the New Year started. Should be "on" Ririe this weekend! 101goodpost101

trkboss
01-05-2011, 01:11 PM
Zimo wrote nice article about Lucky Peak kokanee fishing on 12/30. It is outdoor section online.

Riverrunner
01-06-2011, 11:06 PM
I know Zimo has to make a living but every time he writes and article on one of my favorite spots to hunt, camp, or fish it is trashed by weekend warriors.

nepetbutler
01-12-2011, 12:25 AM
i was tryn some new koke lures at arrowrock on mon, landed 5 nice trout. the res is about 3/4 frozen.

IDHUNTER
01-20-2011, 12:08 AM
Hey guys, I'm really starting to get fired up about kokanee fishing...got a boat with some new walker downriggers that i'm just dying to try out so i'm just looking for any report or suggestions on lucky peak or arrowrock this time of year. Kokanee or trout, i dont really care, i just want to get out and try out my new gear. any suggestions?

Thanks and i look forward to learning a lot on here!

BlueBack79
01-24-2011, 09:25 PM
let us know how you do if you go. ive never been koke fishing this time of year. i imagine its not going to be too productive for the kokes. you may pick up some bows though. good luck.

IDHUNTER
01-27-2011, 10:12 PM
Well guys I did make it out last weekend but I decided to go try CJ instead. The whole way there the weather looked good but once we dropped down onto the reservoir from Strike Dam road it was blowing about 20mph AND foggy...weird weather combo. Anyway, we trolled around for about 4 hours without touching a fish and decided to call it a day. We tried depths between 15-30 ft and trolled rapalas, wedding rings, panther martins, and hoochies. Even though we didn't catch anything it was still great to get back out on the water and try out some new gear!

metalheadgene
01-28-2011, 11:02 PM
I cant speak for Leaky Peak but can tell you my Dad hit CJ from the bank yesterday and tagged 4 trout ramging from 17 to 19 inches, 3lbs and up...by the dam...

Mojo
01-28-2011, 11:33 PM
The trout at Strike are all footballs right now. The water was a bit murky last weekend, which made trolling tough. I would focus on the top 6 feet of the colum.

As for Lucky Peak, I am worried the massive drawdown this year will hammer the kokes. Does anyone know anything about how the drawdown is affecting the kokes?

salmonster
02-03-2011, 06:10 PM
We fished LP weekend before last. Water was 35 degrees. Could not run up to the canyon due to ice. We caught 4 by the dam. I'll let it get a little warmer and the ice be gone before I get too serious about it.

Mojo
02-03-2011, 10:21 PM
What size were the Kokes?

nepetbutler
02-04-2011, 11:30 PM
go n monday to try some new koke lures i got from tackle shack.

luckykoke
03-15-2011, 10:57 AM
Sorry it has taken me so long to post this but I've been out of town. We hit Lucky Peak late Feb and trolled for quite some time without a single hit. Finally we switched to a larger ford fender and a pure green wedding ring tipped with magots. Found them. Nice size for this time of year.

BlueBack79
03-16-2011, 06:45 PM
hell, those are nice size fish anytime of year in my opinion. nice job.

luckykoke
03-17-2011, 09:22 AM
If I remember correctly, the largest fish was 16 1/2". We too were impressed by the size. I think we are heading out on Sunday so I should have a report next week too. Good luck fishing.
Lucky

BlueBack79
03-19-2011, 01:22 AM
be sure to post your report. taking my buddys boat out to cj tomorrow. i'll be sure to post a report on how well my rain gear does;)

Mojo
03-19-2011, 08:26 AM
I think we will brave the rain and see what LP has to offer today. Hopefully I'll have a decent report.

Mojo
03-19-2011, 07:43 PM
3 for 5 hookups. Lost one toad at the boat. Slow fishing, and we tried everything we had in the tacklebox today. Fish are footballs though...

koko71
03-19-2011, 08:04 PM
Went out on Lucky Peak on the 18th. Caught one 13 inch using a double dee flasher. Water is coming up and fishing is slow.
2317

spoons
03-19-2011, 09:41 PM
LP 3/19
Got 2 today about 12:30 then nothing. Never seen them on the finder. One on top and one at 20ft. different tackle for each. Nice size.

Mojo
03-20-2011, 12:30 AM
Spoons, what were you driving. Since there were only a handful of boat, and we fished all over, we probably saw you...

spoons
03-20-2011, 12:44 PM
Sweetwater Pontoon. What were you in?

metalheadgene
03-20-2011, 02:43 PM
We were the boat circling the area right next to the area you were focusing on. We were in open jet sled with the black camo paint job.

We saw you netting one of the fish you caught and we could tell it was a nice fish. All in all..still slow but still a great day to be on the water!

Gene

spoons
03-20-2011, 03:19 PM
Yep. Very nice day. Glad I didn't hold out until today!
How'd you do Metalhead?

metalheadgene
03-20-2011, 06:15 PM
Mojo was with me and like he said..3 for 5. We went 1 for 3 where you were at and then we picked up 2 by the dam...one was just a little guy so we turned him loose.

Today is definitely not the day to be out there!

gg

metalheadgene
03-20-2011, 09:19 PM
We went 1 for 3 where you were and then got 2 by the dam...1 was a just a little guy....

Mojo
03-20-2011, 09:21 PM
Glad we aren't out there today for sure...

luckykoke
03-21-2011, 09:29 AM
We for some strange unknown reason decided to hit the water on Sunday.....Not a good idea!!!! The wind was horrible. Put 1 in the boat lost 3 and got off the water as fast as possible. Will have to try again next week.
Lucky

alaska
03-30-2011, 02:04 PM
I've been out trolling near the dam a few times over the last month or so, marking fish on the finder down around 50-60ft. All I am catching from those depths are trout though. Are you guys working shallow for kokanee this time of year?

-thanks

luckykoke
03-30-2011, 02:53 PM
Our boat hit the water Sunday morning with captain slime rocket at the helm. Landed 11 kokes and 1 trout that was thrown back. Fished by Lucky Peak dam around 25 feet, wedding rings and spoons.

gonefishing
03-30-2011, 08:00 PM
Thats a nice start to your season.signfishin

sawtooth
03-30-2011, 09:18 PM
Luckykoke,
Did you pick them up early in the morning or later in the day?

redmanjr1
03-30-2011, 10:17 PM
Nice haul Lucky!!

kansasrockchalk
03-31-2011, 12:44 AM
Went up this evening by the dam for a couple hours...only had one bite. Didn't mark many fish on the finder, the fish we saw were sporadic between 20-60 feet. Tried lots of tackle with no luck. Thought about running up the canyon a bit but every time we tried it was raining pretty bad so we stayed by the dam.

luckykoke
03-31-2011, 09:05 AM
The fish were caught in the morning. Seemed to just shut off in the afternoon. Hope to hit the water again this Sunday!

KokeJunkie
04-02-2011, 12:03 PM
Was on the water Fri by 10:30 or so and stayed out till about 3:30. Lots of fishing boats on the water but did not see a SINGLE net out all day. We threw everything we had at them but did not have a SINGLE takedown. Marked fish from 35 to 50 ft but not many. Great weather, sunny with just a little wind. I guess its always good to get the early season skunk out of the way. Hopefully the the first and last one of the season. I'll be back in a couple of weeks when the water and the bite warms up a bit. signfishin

Mustache
04-02-2011, 12:28 PM
Was out on Friday, 4/1 from 12:30 until 7 we boated 3. Beautiful weather, I'm glad we got out yesterday the news is calling for 40 mph gusts today.

spoons
04-02-2011, 04:16 PM
Me too.. First ever Skunk! Not even a trout. 10:30 to 6 yesterday.

KokeJunkie
04-02-2011, 08:11 PM
Was out on Friday, 4/1 from 12:30 until 7 we boated 3. Beautiful weather, I'm glad we got out yesterday the news is calling for 40 mph gusts today.

Nice avatar Mustache! "I dont know if you heard me counting but I did over 1000. I can barely move my right arm I did so many." laugh hyst Possibly the best movie ever created.

Dont forget to post an intro on the introduction board. Welcome to the forum! 101chromefish101

luckykoke
04-04-2011, 01:17 PM
Took my brother in law out on Sunday. It was fast and furious. Caught 12 in two hours, probably lost another 20. Twice all 4 rods were hit for us. Biggest fish was 16". Great day and great fishing for my brother in law who is from Omaha and hasn't really fished much. He had a blast and might become a Koke addict soon!
Lucky

BorntoFish01
04-04-2011, 07:29 PM
Nice catch LK. Were the circumstances the same from your previous trip when you reported..."Fished by Lucky Peak dam around 25 feet, wedding rings and spoons."

Idahokanee
04-04-2011, 10:07 PM
Hi all, I'm a newbie to the forum.

Went out Friday (4-1-11) only had one bite in the 5 hours I was out, great day though. Went out again today from about 10:30am - 5pm. Very Cold and windy. Only a handful of boats out. I landed one nice 14.5", and a whitefish (threw it back). had about 3 more strikes but nothing else hooked. Sounds like most are being caught by the dams. I'll try that next time out.

luckykoke
04-05-2011, 08:50 AM
Born,
Downriggers were set at 18' and 23'. Found a school of them and just kept driving over them. The other boat by us was also catching fish.
Lucky

BorntoFish01
04-05-2011, 10:48 AM
Good call....hope the catching gets more consistent and the weather allows us to get out there sometime next week.

Idahokanee
04-11-2011, 07:44 PM
OK, so I guess I was being just a bit cocky (and not very smart obviously). I went out to LP on Sunday and hooked a Koke with-in 2 mins after dropping my line (about 15-20 ft), lost it at the net (by myself ya-know). kept trolling, for 2 hrs, not even a bite. Went back to the exact spot i hooked the first one, had four on within 10 mins. I'm in no way even close to knowing how to fish for these things, but I'll tell you what, if you get a hit or two, turn around and hit the same area again (a novice mistake I guess). ANYWAY, As I'm sure I'll see some of you there tomorrow (supposed to be a nice sunny day), I'll try again. ..........PS, I never went to the dam like I said I was going to do on my last post. That being said, anyone else hitting below Arrowrock ?

good luck to all! (exept luckykoke, seems he's got it down and doesn't need any luck. :o) .....Just kidding luckykoke)

sawtooth
04-11-2011, 09:31 PM
I finally started my Koke season yesterday at LP with my friend and his son. The three of us brought home a total of 15. All were caught in the top 18 feet of water, with most in the 10 to 15 ft. range. Like Idahokanee just posted, if you find the fish stay with them. All but two were caught within 50 yards of each other. Most on homemade spinners. Pink and red being the go to colors.

KokeJunkie
04-14-2011, 10:33 PM
Hit the water about noon today. Only a couple of bites in the first hour and a half or so. Tried lots of different colors, depths, speed, etc. Changed to red and the trout woke up but only boated one koke. Spent the day around Spring Shores. Couldnt find a honey hole like Luckykoke and Sawtooth have recently found. Theres always next week I guess 101chromefish101

Idahokanee
04-15-2011, 10:55 AM
Ditto KokeJunkie, threw everything I had at them, boated 3, threw 2 back because they were very small, maybe 8". Day before (cold, windy and raining, landed 3 footballs, all over 14"). Come-on Spring!

NAPER
04-17-2011, 10:49 PM
Hit lucky peak today. got there around 8 and fished till 4. got 5 in boat lost 3. also got 2 trout. seems that the bite turns off around 1. any body else go up this week end

luckykoke
04-18-2011, 09:13 AM
We were up there on Sunday the 17th. It was tough fishing. Fished from the AM till about 11:30. We landed 7 in the boat and lost 7. Had to work much harder for them. Think the bite has turned off some.
Lucky

NAPER
04-18-2011, 09:27 AM
what does your boat look like lucky

TwoLabs
04-18-2011, 10:09 AM
Fished from 8:30 -2:30 and landed 7. Must have lost 10. The fish were right near the surface. we had three poles out. 2 of them had 1 bite apiece all the rest of the fish were on one pole. Bite ended about 12:00 and never had another fish. Biggest fish was a (measured) 16" I would have guessed it bigger than that. Many of the fish we lost felt heavier than those we caught.

Idahokanee
04-18-2011, 08:13 PM
OK guys, Looks like a nice day tomorrow. Anyone going? :o)
...................I think the forecast calls for "Idahokanee to catch many fish tomorrow" :o)

BorntoFish01
04-18-2011, 11:03 PM
hope you do well tomorrow and can provide us an encouraging report. i'm hoping to get out friday if the weather cooperates.

TwoLabs
04-19-2011, 09:13 AM
I might go on Friday or Saturday also.

I have a Green Duckworth with gray top and usually 2 labs (hence the name TwoLabs)in the boat with me.

luckykoke
04-19-2011, 09:20 AM
what does your boat look like lucky

Naper,
We have a 14' Yukon with a black stripe down the side. Most of the day I was wearing a camo float coat and then later when it got warm I had a maroon sweatshirt on. Were you fishing with your son and daughter?
Lucky

Idahokanee
04-19-2011, 11:38 PM
Well, Turned out yesterdays forecast was right ("Idahokanee to catch many fish tomorrow"). I couldn't keep those suckers off my line. I limited out in about 2.5 hours. Boated and kept six, caught and released about 8 more, and lost about 3 at the net (most were over 14"). Tried trolling for trout after I kept my last Koke (for those of you who do not know, Kokanee and trout are separate limits this year) but I couldn't find the trout. Anyway, it's looking like Friday's the next best day so far. Hope to see you guys there. .................PS. They're running shallow, anywhere from 5 to 15 feet. :o) .............good luck.

Idahokanee
04-19-2011, 11:48 PM
Hey TwoLabs, I think I was the guy you were driving behind (until you passed me) while heading up hwy 21 below the dam (around 11 am-ish). I had the light tan 15' skiff with the dark blue top (w/Green Yukon towing).

TwoLabs
04-20-2011, 08:28 AM
If it was about 11:00 on last Friday it probably was not me. We were on the water at Spring Shores around 8:30-9:00. I remember a truck/boat pulling over right before the bridge and a group of 4 getting in the water right before us but can't remember much else. "After all I was going fishing".

I'll watch for you in the future.

nepetbutler
04-20-2011, 10:17 AM
i have a 16 ft green jon boat wth 20 mercury next to a 4 yamaha. when it gets hot you'll see the rainbow umbrella.PS if you smell bacon its me.

NAPER
04-20-2011, 12:10 PM
Naper,
We have a 14' Yukon with a black stripe down the side. Most of the day I was wearing a camo float coat and then later when it got warm I had a maroon sweatshirt on. Were you fishing with your son and daughter?
Lucky

No just me and another guy. I have a older 18 ft duckworth the front is black. Also has a silver top. I will have to look for u guys when i go up. might try to make it out on sat.

sawtooth
04-20-2011, 03:01 PM
Have any of you guys had any success in the afternoon, or has it been mostly a morning bite the last couple of weeks? Trying to decide between this friday evening or in the morning on Saturday.

Idahokanee
04-20-2011, 03:57 PM
Went out yesterday, on the water around 12pm, limited out before 3pm, still hooking up on the kokes by 4:30pm (while fishing for trout). ...........Time/chance is relative to sun/wind/rain/moon/etc. But, don't worry so much, and just go fishing :o) ...........Almost 2pm right now, going to head out for a few hours right now, supposed to rain, but I will still have fun. :o)

matt_has_mail
04-20-2011, 11:55 PM
We were out on Tuesday. Weather was awesome. We landed 6 and lost somewhere around 8 (I told him we should have brought some snubbers). All in all a good day we were just before the dam. I caught 4 on a pink/white squid with a pink splatter pattern spoon tipped with white fire korn. The rest were caught on wedding rings. I just bought a new boat so I should be able to get out more. Also, Im buying 2 new downriggers any suggestions Im stuck between mag 10's and walker electrics.

IDHUNTER
04-21-2011, 09:27 AM
Its great to hear that everyone is starting to have some good succes this year! I'll be heading out on Saturday for the first time this year and getting on the water early in the morning.

Has one area of the reservoir been more productive than another...closer to the dam better? spring shores better? If my boat was bigger and i could make a run from one place to the other it wouldnt matter because i would try both but alas its just a 14 footer with a 15hp Evinrude :)

Thanks and good luck to everyone this weekend!!

Idahokanee
04-21-2011, 01:36 PM
Just a quick note to all. .............can't tell you for sure if the kokes are hitting better in the morning or not, 'cause I am rarely able to make it out before 10am, but I went out yesterday 3pm-6pm (dark clouds/cold/rainy) and hooked 5. It looks like the bite is definitely on. ....Good luck guys.

BorntoFish01
04-21-2011, 01:59 PM
That's good news....we'll have 2 boats hitting the water Friday morning.
Look for "Team Old Pharts" in the blue and silver Weldcraft. tooexcited

fishingmom
04-21-2011, 02:25 PM
nice dean, good luck to your crew and have a great day on the water!

nepetbutler
04-21-2011, 11:53 PM
cannon is the way to go. i just got a unitroll 5 last winter. i'm gonna stack some koke on it

Mojo
04-22-2011, 10:45 AM
We were out on Tuesday. Weather was awesome. We landed 6 and lost somewhere around 8 (I told him we should have brought some snubbers). All in all a good day we were just before the dam. I caught 4 on a pink/white squid with a pink splatter pattern spoon tipped with white fire korn. The rest were caught on wedding rings. I just bought a new boat so I should be able to get out more. Also, Im buying 2 new downriggers any suggestions Im stuck between mag 10's and walker electrics.

Matt, If money is no consideration I would go with Scotty Electrics. If you ever get to see Borntofish01's boat, he has the ultimate setup. I have 3 Big Jon manuals on my boat, and they are very good manual d-riggers. I know they make electrics as well, but are harder to find locally (mostly a Great Lakes area company).

Old Woody
04-22-2011, 01:56 PM
Been reading this forum for a while so I decided to join.

I was down at Lucky Peak on Tuesday and noticed that the water coming in from Moore's Creek looked like chocolate milk. Has anybody noticed this affecting where the fish are? I tried fishing across from Spring Shores for a couple of hours and didn't have any luck. Are the fish down by the dam trying to avoid the muddy water?

metalheadgene
04-22-2011, 04:46 PM
Had some luck around the lake today. Had 12 in the box by 1130.... mostly the top water rods but did get some on the downriggers.

gg

IDHUNTER
04-22-2011, 04:50 PM
Its great to hear that everyone is starting to have some good succes this year! I'll be heading out on Saturday for the first time this year and getting on the water early in the morning.

Has one area of the reservoir been more productive than another...closer to the dam better? spring shores better? If my boat was bigger and i could make a run from one place to the other it wouldnt matter because i would try both but alas its just a 14 footer with a 15hp Evinrude :)

Thanks and good luck to everyone this weekend!!

Any advice fellas?

Thanks!

metalheadgene
04-22-2011, 06:36 PM
I dont think it will matter but with the boat you described you might have less water travel to do if you put in by the dam. But I seen 14 footers with a 15 horse jet all around that resevoir.

I cannot say if the am is better than sprong shores because I have not made it up there yet. The dam has been feast or famine for me......red hot one day and starving the next.

NAPER
04-22-2011, 08:05 PM
hey guys i am taking my 2 boys with me on sat. is there 2 boat ramps by the dam. the last time i put my boat in it was very steep ramp with a little dock that u could not tye down to. i thought that there was a ramp bye the dam with good docks. the little guys scare me enough with out having to deal with unloading and loading by myself and then tring to get them on the boat. i know the 1 by spring shores is good just dont want to drive all the way up there. is the other ramp out of the water ? or was i just notpaying atention

BorntoFish01
04-22-2011, 08:51 PM
Nice to see you guys on the water Geno. Had to put in your time today but we managed to boat 12 nice sized kokes and 3 trout [aka sturgon bait]. Long, but great day with good friends. Saw incredible masses of fish on the new Garmin but it seemed like the only active biters were those in the top 15 feet of water. Water temp was 42.2 F when we got there around 930-10am, and only warmed up one degree by the time we got off the lake around 430-5pm.

metalheadgene
04-23-2011, 12:04 AM
Deano..awesome day for sure and great to see you on the water!

Gonna do it again tomorrow so I can smoke em all day on Easter....

Wouldnt be suprised if it is a differnt deal and we need to figure it out all over again!

gg

metalheadgene
04-23-2011, 12:18 AM
hey guys i am taking my 2 boys with me on sat. is there 2 boat ramps by the dam. the last time i put my boat in it was very steep ramp with a little dock that u could not tye down to. i thought that there was a ramp bye the dam with good docks. the little guys scare me enough with out having to deal with unloading and loading by myself and then tring to get them on the boat. i know the 1 by spring shores is good just dont want to drive all the way up there. is the other ramp out of the water ? or was i just notpaying atention

Naper...there is two ramps by the dam and it is the second one you want to use. But...because the lake is still not full you have to deal with the steep ramp and kind of crappy dock (but it is in the water). (Turner Gulch)

I always kept my kids in the rig while unloading and not anywhere else........what kind of boat you have. The lake is high enough where if you have a aluminum boat you can unload...and pull up ot the shore and anchor while you park your rig.

If I see anyone in a tough spot like you describe, I will help out but I agree it can be scray with the little ones.

gg

Idahokanee
04-23-2011, 02:04 PM
Friday. 4-22
(*Violin playing*) …..Started my morning by almost falling in the water while launching (luckily I fell into the boat), then 5 minutes later I dumped my entire thermos of coffee in the bottom of my boat, picked-up my tackle box without latching the lid and dumped most of my tackle into the big pool of coffee, kicked my container of white corn over (into the pool of coffee), my trolling battery died after 30 minutes, and it goes on and on………After all that, I still hooked into 10-12 Kokes, “BUT” because the kokanee gods did not like me, I lost all but one (for various reasons). ……………………………Do you ever just have one of those days?

gonefishing
04-23-2011, 05:52 PM
Idahokokanee,

Just think, you got all of your potential accidents out the way, all in one day. Something tells me, that the rest of your fishing year will be reasonably problem free. You can honetly say each day of fishing was better than this day, the rest of the year.

One other option, I would encourgae you to keep your life jacket on from now on. That could be where this day is leading you to; so be prepared for.

laugh hyst

NAPER
04-23-2011, 07:37 PM
Naper...there is two ramps by the dam and it is the second one you want to use. But...because the lake is still not full you have to deal with the steep ramp and kind of crappy dock (but it is in the water). (Turner Gulch)

I always kept my kids in the rig while unloading and not anywhere else........what kind of boat you have. The lake is high enough where if you have a aluminum boat you can unload...and pull up ot the shore and anchor while you park your rig.

If I see anyone in a tough spot like you describe, I will help out but I agree it can be scray with the little ones.

gg

ya thanx for the heads up. i took my wife also and we put in at spring shores. just easy with out the stress. got 4 in the boat by noon today. lots of boats up there today. caught more trout that koke though. let them all go though. nice day all in all.

NAPER
04-23-2011, 07:41 PM
I might go on Friday or Saturday also.

I have a Green Duckworth with gray top and usually 2 labs (hence the name TwoLabs)in the boat with me.

hey was that u that i trolled byr today. i had my 2 boys and my wife driving. odler duckworth with silver top and 140 zuzuki jet pump. also a realy smokey 9.9 tuhotsu. just checking was a green duck with 2 guys no dogs though

Idahokanee
04-24-2011, 12:14 AM
Gonefishing,(laughing out loud) Wow, I never thought of it like that. That’s very encouraging. (Other than not having my life jacket on, and not drowning, how could it possibly get worse). You know, my life jacket was lying right next to me all day, you think I would have had a clue. :o) …………all being said, after having a fabulous kokanee dinner tonight, I would swim out with just my underwear and a sharp stick to bring these things home. …………boy, these things taste good :o).

sawtooth
04-24-2011, 12:26 AM
Lot of boats and a lot of fish caught at the lake today. Picked up my first 5 fish without missing a single one. With one fish left to finish out my limit I then proceeded to "long distance release" at least five or six kokes before finally filling out my limit. Caught and released five trout throughout the day. Caught all my fish at 14 feet down, and it looked like most of the other boats that were catching fish were getting them in the top 15 feet of water. Many were caught top lining. Get out there while the getting is good.signfishin

koko71
04-24-2011, 03:17 PM
hey idahokanee I also was at lucky peak on friday and went home skunked. Hooked up on a few kokanee but couldn't land the fish. Are you using mostly pop gear or dodgers? I ran through every colored dodger in tackle box and didn't find the magic ticket. I guess that why they call it fishing and not catching at times. Hope to see you on the water I have a camo duroboat with a 20 horse merc.

Old Woody
04-24-2011, 03:48 PM
Made it down to Lucky Peak with my wife on Saturday and did OK. Caught 4 kokes and 2 trout before my trolling motor went on the fritz and I had to quit. Had 1 pole at the surface, 1 at 12 feet and one at 21 feet. Caught fish on all of them. Sure was a beautiful day.

Just ordered replacement parts for the trolling motor with 2 day delivery so hopefully I'll be out there again soon.

Idahokanee
04-24-2011, 08:45 PM
hey idahokanee I also was at lucky peak on friday and went home skunked. Hooked up on a few kokanee but couldn't land the fish. Are you using mostly pop gear or dodgers? I ran through every colored dodger in tackle box and didn't find the magic ticket. I guess that why they call it fishing and not catching at times. Hope to see you on the water I have a camo duroboat with a 20 horse merc.

koko71, I think I remember seeing ya out there (near SS), were you alone? ...I started with pop gear on both rods, and switched over to dodger on one rod. Chrome dodger w/pink and white hootchie at about 5-10 feet down seemed to be the best on Friday (2 days earlier, only pop gear worked). But, because I lost my trolling battery Friday, I had to use my 25hp yammy to troll, .....too fast, and was rippin' lips before I could get it in neutral. Didn't get to go out Sat/Sun, so I'll try to get out Tue/Wed. ....Just hoping for an uneventful day. :o) If ya see me out there, swing by and say hi.

nepetbutler
04-24-2011, 11:13 PM
I was at the east ramp, spring shores, sat am doing a self launch off the shore when my launch rope broke. my boat started fishing without me . boat was rescued by a kayaker. caught 1st koke of the year & 2 trout. l then trolled arrow, caught trout & sqaws. fed the sqaws to the eagles. i cooked too much bacon on my boat, now i can't feel my arterys

TwoLabs
04-25-2011, 09:01 AM
hey was that u that i trolled byr today. i had my 2 boys and my wife driving. odler duckworth with silver top and 140 zuzuki jet pump. also a realy smokey 9.9 tuhotsu. just checking was a green duck with 2 guys no dogs though

That was me. The dogs must have been sleeping. That was about the way our action was. We caught 4 lost 3 and landed 1 trout. I am really surprised with all the positive reports I sam seeing from this weekend. I thought the bite was extremely slow. Must be doing something wrong. We started at the base of Arrowrock dam but didn't have a bite and saw one fish caught. Very little action on the fish finder. Came back to Spring Shores and didn't do much better. Only 1 fisherman we talked to had done better. We only saw 2 fish boated by others. Left by 1:00. Was the afternoon bite better?

BorntoFish01
04-25-2011, 09:44 AM
Need to fish down by the dam. Fish the top 15 feet or so of water. Lots of fish will show on sonar in deeper water but for the most part those fish are inactive. Crap shoot as to wht will be hot any particular day...wedding rings, hootchies, pop gear, dodgers, etc. Go with an open mind and adapt. Good luck.

gonefishing
04-25-2011, 02:13 PM
For those deep fish, try Glow in the dark Hoochies Both Green, Pink and orange colors with a 5-6 " dodger that has a glow in the dark strip though the middle of it. Tie the Hoochies no more that 10" behind your dodger. That helps alot for those deep fish! Be sure and charge those glow hoochies up.

Another trick is to troll into the school below the fish and then pull free from your down rigger and reel your gear up right through the middle of them. Use pop gear and a wedding ring when you try this approach.

Keep your set back no more that 30 ft behind the boat when you do this so that you know that you are in the middle of the fish when you crank your gear up though the school. I usually disengage the trolling motor when I do this.

Another way to get these fish, depending on how many fish in the school and the size of the school is to troll a tight circle through them over and over. Trolling a straight line through the school cuts your odds of hooking up way down.

Couple of ideas worth trying, especially if the deep fish are bigger.

TwoLabs
04-26-2011, 08:33 AM
Thanks guys for the advice. i probably learned more in a minute from you than I have in four years of fishing. Hope to see you around.

Idahokanee
04-26-2011, 11:48 PM
Wow, very, very windy today. 5 kokes in the boat (all 14” +), 2 lost at the net (they were being very feisty today, most were jumping out of the water 25 feet from the boat), 7 more lost before the boat (3 because of fishing reel malfunctions, UHRG!) 4 small trout (released). …..Other than the wind and snow (yes, I said snow) it was a very, very fun afternoon. :o) .........looks like the water level is starting to rise again.

sawtooth
04-30-2011, 09:12 PM
Fishing was a little tougher for me this morning. I picked up three keeper kokes and released two trout and a small koke before I had to leave LP at noon. Another gentleman figured them out faster than I could and left the lake with a limit around ten. Hope this warm forecast will jumpstart the fish again.

hoolee99
05-01-2011, 06:14 PM
well the word is out. we fished the dam and there was 8 to ten including us in the moning, by about 2 there had to be twenty boats fishing. water was cold and murky and we caught 3 and had a few good bites that didnt work out. the fish seemed to scattered but we found one good pocket of them. Hopefully get back out during the week.

idahowolverine
05-01-2011, 11:53 PM
Went out today at 11am. Made one swing by the dam and immediately left that mad house. Trolled down the shoreline and found a little pocket of fish and ended up with 11 and missed 5 or 6 others. We even caught a couple on a small rapala on my lead core I put out for rainbows. A very good day on the lake.

salmonster
05-02-2011, 01:35 PM
We whacked 'em good yesterday. Surprised how many small koks we caught (and released).

Idahokanee
05-02-2011, 02:10 PM
Had a good run Sat/Sun. limited, but also lost as many as we caught. released quite a few little ones too. ...................was anyone else caught in that mess at the dock around 3:30-ish must have been 15 or more boats waiting to trailer. Took us almost 45 minutes to get my boat out of the water. .....for those of you who do not know, loading/unloading your boats should never take more than 2 minutes, and should actually be less than 1 minute. Especially when you've got 20 people using one little 15 foot dock. :o) fencing

TwoLabs
05-03-2011, 09:30 AM
I was lucky( I Guess). I fished the dam on Friday in the snow. i was the only boat there until 3:00. Ended up catching 10 kokanee and 4 rainbow and could have limited if I hadn't ran out of time and could have dealt with the wind better. In fact my motor ate a flasher when the wind suddenly changed right as I was putting out a down rigger.

That was my best day so far. Every fish was in the 13-16" range.

koko71
05-03-2011, 02:34 PM
Hey Idahokanee was out a spring shores on sunday and caught a couple of kokanee. I noticed you limited and was curious what type of bait and scent you have been using for hooking up on kokanee this year. I have had success with a scent called kick-n-trout sold at cabelas; but I have not had any luck with the pro cure scents mixed with anise krill gel. On sunday I also caught a few small kokanee on the other side of spring shores. The kokanee I caught were full of midge flies which they were feeding on at first light. tight lines, james

Idahokanee
05-03-2011, 03:37 PM
Hey Idahokanee was out a spring shores on sunday and caught a couple of kokanee. I noticed you limited and was curious what type of bait and scent you have been using for hooking up on kokanee this year. I have had success with a scent called kick-n-trout sold at cabelas; but I have not had any luck with the pro cure scents mixed with anise krill gel. On sunday I also caught a few small kokanee on the other side of spring shores. The kokanee I caught were full of midge flies which they were feeding on at first light. tight lines, james

I have never done well with pro cure, and have stopped using store bought scents for quite a while. I catch twice as much (Kokanee/Salmon/Steelhead/etc.) with natural scents.

White Shoe-peg corn. One container was tuna oil (from small can of tuna) as a scent, and the other was pure Anise oil drizzled over corn. They both worked about the same. On Saturday small pop gear with wedding ring work great, but Sunday only my 5.5" dodger with pink homemade Hoochie worked (pulled in a 17" and an 18", all the rest were 14") this is the first season that I too have caught (and released) lots of little guys, good to know there are going to be plenty in there next year. ........The best advice is once you find them, stay with them (and for right now, stay closer to the surface) SHHH, don't tell anybody. ;o)

....Good Luck!

Idahokanee
05-03-2011, 09:29 PM
I know this isn't the recipe forum section, but given the recent news, I thought my fellow Idaho fishermen might like my take on "How to make Kokanee bin Laden". see link below.

http://kokaneefishingforum.com/fishing-forums/showthread.php?t=4629

MackayGuy
05-04-2011, 12:16 PM
.....for those of you who do not know, loading/unloading your boats should never take more than 2 minutes, and should actually be less than 1 minute. :o) fencing

For those of us that don't have boats that we could carry on top of our cars less than a minute would be a real challenge. Did not realize it was a timed event. 101duh101

kodiak1
05-04-2011, 12:30 PM
I'm sure IdahoKokanee wouldn't be upset if you took approx. 5 minutes, but don't criticize him until you have spent a weekend afternoon trying to get your boat out of Lucky Peak. It can be most frustrating. Last time we were up there, a fellow put his boat in (on the exit side, of course) and sat there putting his reels on his rods, stringing the line, tying lures on, and on and on. He noticed me with my empty trailer waiting there, and saw my wife holding the boat and struggling with the wind. Also, if you haven't seen the water skiiers pull their boat out just a few feet and wipe them down, before clearing the ramp, you haven't fished up there much!!! So, give the guy a break! Mike

koko71
05-04-2011, 01:17 PM
Idahokanee thanks for the info; I was using the same kind of gear and the same depth so it must be the bait scent. I'll give the natural scents a try. Have you ever tryed a black dodger and a black spinners or hoochies trailer around first light? There are times when that set up works well. tight lines, james

MackayGuy
05-04-2011, 04:26 PM
I'm sure IdahoKokanee wouldn't be upset if you took approx. 5 minutes, but don't criticize him until you have spent a weekend afternoon trying to get your boat out of Lucky Peak. It can be most frustrating. Last time we were up there, a fellow put his boat in (on the exit side, of course) and sat there putting his reels on his rods, stringing the line, tying lures on, and on and on. He noticed me with my empty trailer waiting there, and saw my wife holding the boat and struggling with the wind. Also, if you haven't seen the water skiiers pull their boat out just a few feet and wipe them down, before clearing the ramp, you haven't fished up there much!!! So, give the guy a break! Mike

Thanks Mike....I've seen it all....and I live in Boise most of the time so I've seen all the numb heads who don't know or don't care about ramp protocol at leaky peak. Also seen them at all the other local lakes. We've all sat off the ramp waiting for our turn. I can think of a lot worse things to do. I was out there the same day, but I launched at SS instead. Minor waiting, no numb heads. I don't go to Turner for that very reason. I will give the guy a little break, but not much....unrealistic expectations always provide disappointment. It is what it is and is unlikely to change. I've come back to the ramp and seen that circus before.....time for one more trolling pass while the crowd works it out.

kodiak1
05-04-2011, 07:22 PM
I hear ya'. Seems like the stupids really congregate down by the dam!! I, too, would much rather head up to Spring Shores, eve if I plan on fishing the dam area. All I can say is thank God my wife and I are retired, and can stay home on the weekends, and head up there early morning weekdays. Your philosophy is a good one. Just circle one more time until they head out!! Good fishing to you. Mike

Idahokanee
05-05-2011, 01:55 AM
For those of us that don't have boats that we could carry on top of our cars less than a minute would be a real challenge. Did not realize it was a timed event. 101duh101


Sorry MackayGuy. I wasn’t trying to sound upset. I’m actually very laid back and very patient, and never in a hurry for anything (after all, fishing is supposed to be relaxing, right?). But there are plenty of great people out there that just don’t realize there is a certain protocol, and I just wanted them to know that we all need to be more considerate. Even the day I was talking about, it was very windy and very cumbersome, so I understand taking more time in certain situations. …I’ve even been yelled at because the guy in front of me can’t get his motor started at the dock (no big deal, we all have problems once in a while) but, what am I supposed to do, launch on top of him? Anyway, I’m just hoping one or two people who read these forums find this information helpful and pay it forward. …. I know we may never fix it all, but every little bit helps, you know.

Happy fishing. :o)

Idahokanee
05-05-2011, 02:13 AM
Idahokanee thanks for the info; I was using the same kind of gear and the same depth so it must be the bait scent. I'll give the natural scents a try. Have you ever tryed a black dodger and a black spinners or hoochies trailer around first light? There are times when that set up works well. tight lines, james

James, thanks for the info - I have never used a black dodger, but there was one I was thinking about buying (w/green-yellowish spots on it). Also, I went out today and did a little test, I used scented corn that was about five days old (been out in the sun and on the boat a few times). First of all, I couldn't get anything to bite for almost 3 hours, thought it might be the gear, so I changed it out a bunch of different ways, when I started getting bites, they turned out to be (a LOT of) small trout (which like the stinky stuff). I had to really work hard to get the Kokes to take it. after more than six hours, I left the lake with only 3 Kokes. I guess that's the long version of: Use fresh bait. ;o)

salmonster
05-05-2011, 11:29 AM
That ramp at Turner Gulch is a constant source of frustration. We often refer to it as the idiot's ramp (yes i use it) More often than not it is just as described above, where people's blatant disregard for their surroundings and others causes the problems. I can't believe the number of people who tie-off their boats on the inside of the docks (when lake is full) or to the that little plastic thing when it's like it is now. Sunday at noon a guy unloaded his boat and had his wife hold it from the dock while he went and looked for a parking spot- 4 trailers waiting on ramp to pull boats out.

Pull the dam thing into the bank. Every time I try to help someone by explaining to them what a reasonable and prudent person would do in this situation, they look at me like I am from outer space. If it didn't take 4 gallons of gas for me to run down the lake, I'd by a pass for Spring Shores. Fewer boneheads up there.

salmonster
05-05-2011, 11:40 AM
Forgot to add, when I finally got my trailer in, the guy launching in the next lane backed all the way to the water- and still had his cover on!

MackayGuy
05-05-2011, 12:04 PM
My wife and I will occasionally take a lunch and just sit and watch the insanity at the ramps by the dam. Hard not to laugh out loud. It used to be better when the economy was better and there were a lot of new captains launching their new boats. I'm pretty patient with someone who is trying to learn and willing to listen to the do's and don'ts, but I start to lose it with the blatant rear end orifice people. The last time I used Turner three idiots took 20 minutes to manhandle their boat on the trailer, then pulled it up the ramp 20 feet, stopped and celebrated with a cold one…..all while there was a line of folks trying to put in or take out. I was next in line so I walked down and asked them politely to move their rig, pointing out the congestion they were causing. The invited me to perform a physical impossibility upon myself. I declined and informed them they only had the time it would take for me to walk back up to my pickup, then I would relaunch their boat and pickup with my big American diesel pickup. They moved it and continuously saluted me as they passed me going up the ramp. They were still blocking the ramp at the top when I left. They gave me the single digit wave again. I don’t need that crap, nor does anyone else, so I avoid it. It’s worth the extra fuel to go to SS. I quit going to LP altogether when the jet ski gnats come out. I am lobbying for the state to require everyone to take and pass a safe boating class and have to carry proof when operating a vessel, like they do in Oregon. Getting cranky in my old age.

Rick

matt_has_mail
05-05-2011, 09:54 PM
I saw the best example of failure in action at the dam launch Monday. First off the guy launched his boat and didn't tie off to the dock. He then went back to the truck to get something and his boat or rental boat floated away. Luckily for him it was a standard windy day on the lake and the baot hit shore 50 yards away. Then he went to move his vehicle, also a rental and it wouldn't start I ran my boat on shore and went to help him. For the record your car won't start in reverse even with the parking break set. It was pretty funny and I didn't mind the extra 10 min at the dock getting to watch this circus act. Plus I caught 6 kokes 14"-18" and a nice 19" rainbow. so I was happy.

idahowolverine
05-06-2011, 11:53 PM
I have a question about docking protocol out here. I saw something on Sunday that is a big no no were I am from in Michigan. We pulled up to the dock and were 3rd in line to dock our boat. We had been waiting for about 20 minutes when two boats pulled up to the shore and dropped off a guy and they went up and got there trailers and pulled around. This moved us back in line. On Lake Michigan this would have started a very harsh argument or even a fight. I finally dropped my wife off and had her back the trailer down the ramp. Which was funny to watch. Nobody seemed to minded so I just wondered if this was normal.

BlueBack79
05-07-2011, 07:36 AM
headed out after a bit for the first koke trip of the season. hopefully this weather doesnt get nasty again like last night. still looks a little wet outside.

Larkinforce
05-07-2011, 10:02 AM
Hit the lake at 0930, did not get my first hit till 1130 when the sun popped out and the wind stoped. Had 4 hits in 20 min. Landed one and lost the other three on the way up. Picked up my fishing partner at the dock at 1:30. After getting back to the spot he missed one and I landed one. About 4:30 we both got hit at the same time he lost his and OI landed mine. So total was 3 landed 5 lost on way up. The only thing they hit for us was green spinners at 15-20 feet.

MackayGuy
05-07-2011, 10:06 AM
I have a question about docking protocol out here. I saw something on Sunday that is a big no no were I am from in Michigan. We pulled up to the dock and were 3rd in line to dock our boat. We had been waiting for about 20 minutes when two boats pulled up to the shore and dropped off a guy and they went up and got there trailers and pulled around. This moved us back in line. On Lake Michigan this would have started a very harsh argument or even a fight. I finally dropped my wife off and had her back the trailer down the ramp. Which was funny to watch. Nobody seemed to minded so I just wondered if this was normal.

Normal? To the guys that think they're smarter or better than everyone else, yes. To a civil respectful human being, no. I'm betting you're talking about Turner Gulch ramp? If so, then yes that is the nornmal if there is a normal there. I've been there later in the season when it's reaalllllyyyy busy at that ramp and there's been some guy there directing traffic and keeping it somewhat organized and sane. I think he's with the park?

MackayGuy
05-07-2011, 10:08 AM
Hit the lake at 0930, did not get my first hit till 1130 when the sun popped out and the wind stoped. Had 4 hits in 20 min. Landed one and lost the other three on the way up. Picked up my fishing partner at the dock at 1:30. After getting back to the spot he missed one and I landed one. About 4:30 we both got hit at the same time he lost his and OI landed mine. So total was 3 landed 5 lost on way up. The only thing they hit for us was green spinners at 15-20 feet.

Thanks....I was just about to ask if anyone had been out yesterday. I was going to go, but had something come up at the last minute. It looked like a good day to be out there. Lot's of folks out there?

salmonster
05-07-2011, 11:10 AM
Fished Thursday evening after work. Only ended up with a couple of keepers (14 inch). we caught 10 or so of the small koks- which I think are next year's spawning class. We turned them all loose. In the past we have occasionally run into these, but this is the second time this year that we have really gotten in to large numbers of those little ones. Something different.

BlueBack79
05-07-2011, 06:46 PM
had a great day on the water. we only boated 4, but lost quite a few. that was our challenge for the day. pink hoochies behind sling blades were the ticket for us today. tried the narrows first thing with no luck. fished about halfway to the dam with the rest of the people out there, and caught a couple. best luck was down by the dam in the afternoon.

Idahokanee
05-07-2011, 07:27 PM
I have a question about docking protocol out here. I saw something on Sunday that is a big no no were I am from in Michigan. We pulled up to the dock and were 3rd in line to dock our boat. We had been waiting for about 20 minutes when two boats pulled up to the shore and dropped off a guy and they went up and got there trailers and pulled around. This moved us back in line. On Lake Michigan this would have started a very harsh argument or even a fight. I finally dropped my wife off and had her back the trailer down the ramp. Which was funny to watch. Nobody seemed to minded so I just wondered if this was normal.

Idahowolverine, if I understand your question right, that is how it should work. Trailers/vehicles are supposed to set the pace, not the boats (were talking boat recovery not launching). If the boats set the pace it would take twice as long. Typically you drop someone off at the dock or shoreline so they can go get the trailer, then you back your boat away from the dock so others can do the same. Then when your trailer arrives (is backing down the ramp) you head your boat to recovery ramp. ….But, you also have guys like me who are fishing alone, I’m usually the one who has to wait a long time because I either have to beach or moor my boat so I can go get my trailer. That being said, I can usually moor my boat, get my trailer and be off the ramp in less than 3 minutes. Today, I went out around 11am had my limit by 1pm and wasn’t able to dock my boat for almost 40 minutes with only 2 boats at the dock that whole time, and two of us waiting to come in. MackayGuy is right, Turner Gulch can be a nightmare. Sometimes you “almost” have to be rude or else you’ll be setting on the water all day. :o)

Basic Boat Ramp Etiquette: http://www.boatoregon.com/OSMB/miscfiles/RampRules.shtml

(couldn’t find one for Idaho)

Larkinforce
05-07-2011, 08:15 PM
Thanks....I was just about to ask if anyone had been out yesterday. I was going to go, but had something come up at the last minute. It looked like a good day to be out there. Lot's of folks out there?

Yes, it got pretty usy Friday. I swear people were using bionoculears. Someone would hook into one with no one around and 5 min later there would be 6 boats around them.

MackayGuy
05-07-2011, 08:26 PM
Yes, it got pretty usy Friday. I swear people were using bionoculears. Someone would hook into one with no one around and 5 min later there would be 6 boats around them.

I know what you mean....we seemed to be the only ones catching anything last sunday in one particular area. As soon as we started catching something it was like we had some gravitational force around us. I looked up from putting one in the live well and there were 3 boats all coming at us head on. They finally gave up and moved on. You really had to watch all around you to make sure someone didn't run us over.

TwoLabs
05-09-2011, 09:09 AM
Sorry guys - I am one that does use binoculars. The way the fish have been this year it is impossible for me to find them on the fish finder. I've also noticed that I can fish for an hour without a bite and then have every pole in the boat go off at once. "Small schools" I guess.

Fished Saturday all over and only boated two. I would have been ahead just to stay in one spot. Didn't see many fished boated but there was plenty of pressure. It was also amazing to see Spring Shores vacant of all boats. Where are the fish?

koko71
05-09-2011, 12:38 PM
I went out last friday afternoon at springs shores and found large schools of fish holding in the mouth of mores creek arm. There is also fish that show up on the fish finder up at the arrowrock dam area on the left side of the shore from the macks creek area to the safety bouys, hope that helps. If you find a school and it's slow try still fishing or jigging sometimes this method works. On friday afternoon being overcast the only set ups that worked for me were copper dodgers and flashers fished down 15 feet. The tackle shack in meridian has some good books on how to jig and still fish for kokanee. Good luck, James

koko71
05-09-2011, 01:16 PM
Idahokanee tryed the natural scents last friday afternoon and didn't get any hits on it. Do you use a combo of both of the scents you were talking about or just one? The 15 inch kokanee I boated had better girth than the larger kokanee I caught earlier in the season. I seemed to try every color in my tackle box but it was slow. I read that you usually fish alone like I do. If you ever want to have a fishing partner drop me a private message and maybe we can hook up. The black dodger I was telling you about is a fish with gary darth raider. He sells a match trailing lure. I was thinking of going out to lucky peak on friday. thanks for the reports, James

Mojo
05-09-2011, 08:45 PM
At this time of year, most fish are hanging in the surface clutter if you have your fish finder set at the factory settings. Most of the fish we are finding are in the top 5 to 10 feet of the water column. That may well be why you aren't seeing them.

Idahokanee
05-09-2011, 10:36 PM
Idahokanee tryed the natural scents last friday afternoon and didn't get any hits on it. Do you use a combo of both of the scents you were talking about or just one? The 15 inch kokanee I boated had better girth than the larger kokanee I caught earlier in the season. I seemed to try every color in my tackle box but it was slow. I read that you usually fish alone like I do. If you ever want to have a fishing partner drop me a private message and maybe we can hook up. The black dodger I was telling you about is a fish with gary darth raider. He sells a match trailing lure. I was thinking of going out to lucky peak on friday. thanks for the reports, James

koko71, FYI - Speed, depth and determination may help overcome your dilemma. I can share later in a PM about some basic tactics that work for me. I will say that when the fish aren't biting, I get aggressive in my attack options, and even on a really bad day will come home with 2-3 fat ones. But sometimes, time of day or just a flat out better location can turn a bad day in to limiting out within an hour or two. If the scent thing isn't working, there has to be another reason (Trolling to slow/fast, To deep/not deep enough, etc), I do not "combo the scents". Last Saturday I went out, and one of my rigs had a fish on every 10 minutes or less, my other Rod was changed out every 10-15 minutes to something totally different and it didn't get one bite (used both scents mentioned, alternating on first rig). Needless to say, kept the big ones, left w/limit, and was only out for 2 hours. It's mostly (in my opinion) how aggressive you get. .....Anyway, I would love to fish together sometime soon, I'll have to wait a few weeks though, Just started new job, and have family coming in from out of town. I'll PM when I'm ready. ....I'll do my best to be on the lake Saturday morning, if you see me out there (if you're there), swing by and say Hi. Steve :o)

Larkinforce
05-12-2011, 11:17 AM
Hit the lake at about 0830. Could not believe the wind. Long story short at about 1130 started to hit them hard. They hit any color spinner I had out. Both poles would get hit on each pass over the area they were sitting. Bad part was I hooked into 14 in less then 1 1/2 hours and lost all of them on the way to the boat. LP was packed with boats also.

BlueBack79
05-14-2011, 05:22 PM
how did everyone do today? we hit the water about 8am and fought the wind for the most part. we boated a few, but it was pretty slow action. most boats we talked to had about the same luck. when that wind quit it turned to glass, got hot and we couldnt buy a fish. cut our losses around noon thirty.

sawtooth
05-14-2011, 06:28 PM
Took my buddy and his son out today. Got on the water around 8am. Landed one around 8:30 and lost another a few minutes later. Then went cold till ll am. We ran into a small school and stayed with them for the next couple of hours. By 1 pm we were able to land eight kokes and caught and released a couple of trout. The bite stopped as fast as it started and we decided to call it a day at 2pm. Most were caught on homemade spinners at 10 to 18 ft down.

jimbojump
05-15-2011, 10:11 AM
I was out 5-14 as well 9 am...the wind was aweful but we landed one 15 minutes after launch by the dam..then went to honey holes and didnt get another til 3 pm...are you guys using scented corn? I was thinking of picking up some Pro-cure stuff but wanted input on its effectiveness first....and the two scents that work best and most often. Thanks ahead of time and glad to find you guys on here...Tight lines bro's

BlueBack79
05-15-2011, 11:58 AM
i'm pretty much an anise junky, so that is my scent of choice.

Trollin-Fools
05-15-2011, 12:38 PM
I use Shoepeg corn because the kernels are the right size unlike whole kernel corn which are sometimes way too large. I used to use scent but haven't for the last couple of years and haven't noticed any decrease in catch. Now I don't have that stuff on my fingers when I forget and rub my eyes. We fished Friday and the bite was pretty good all day till we quit at three. The only change was we were getting them at 10 ft. in the morning when it was windy and 23 ft. in the afternoon when it was warm and calm. We ended with 19. We lost more than that because we are somewhat lame fisherman. This was the first time this year we caught no trout. The ramp at Turner Gulch was a mess at 3:15 when we were pulling out. I wish the lake could fill so we could use the main docks.

sawtooth
05-15-2011, 01:22 PM
Hey Trollin-Fools,
Sounds like you had a good day on friday. Did you have to move around alot to find your fish or were they in one or two specific locations? I haven't found the fish to be in big schools for a couple weeks now. They seem to be more spread out in smaller school with this inconsistent weather pattern we have been having recently.

Trollin-Fools
05-15-2011, 02:05 PM
Sawtooth- They were at big bend first thing but we attracted lots of boats due to the good bite so we moved back toward the dam about 1/4 to 1/2 mile and found a little school that would hit every time we went through it. Never did find a real big school that lit up the radar but found several smaller schools. Some of the schools had smaller fish, we threw back 4 next years fish but all the others were 14- 16.5 inches. When schools over let's do a weekday up at the lake.

jimbojump
05-16-2011, 07:41 AM
I would love to meet some new friends and have a day of coordinated attacks on those silver beauties...looking outside today...ugh...not in the next few days apparantly...LOL
Tight lines!

16 foot sun runner White/yellow

spoons
05-16-2011, 05:00 PM
I was out Friday and Saturday.
Worked from accross Spring Shores up to Arrowrock dam pretty hard. Boated 2 kokes Friday and lost several others. One very Fat 17 incher tasted great.
Boated 1 of each on Saturday and missed a few more.
The fish seemed pretty spread out. Everytime we hooked one up, I'd flip around and hit the same spot a few more times and never got a 2nd nibble.
Sounds like I was at the wrong end of the lake for the most part... AGAIN!

I was going to hit the Dam end on Saturday but as I got to the top of the Dam hill it appeared they had moved "the dam Hump" from CJ Strike to Lucky Peak Dam...
Nice weather on both days though.

jimbojump
05-18-2011, 08:41 AM
Went out yesterday flying solo...tried various things at various depths trolling about 1.6...nothing nodda zippo....got irritated and went home...5 hours of nothing is a bit depressing...and running the boat and the gear by myself sucked balls too....maybe Thursday will merit some takers...fish marking all over the place around 20-25 feet.....I was using wedding rings and flashers...rapalas too...not one hit....lake was virtually empty...crapmonkies

koko71
05-18-2011, 12:31 PM
Welcome to the site I take it this is your first year kokanee fishing. I'll be glad to go up to lucky peak with you sometime in the near future. It sounds like you may be trolling a little fast for the kokanee; troll around 1.1 to 1.3 mph and remember to do s turns to speed up and slow down your tackle. I agree with the other post that the kokanee are not holding as tightly in schools as they were earlier this year. However, the water was still 49 degrees last time I was up there so the fish should still be in the top 10 to 15 feet of water layer. Lately I have noticed that the kokanee are taking midges off the surface on the opposite side of spring shores. I had success earlier this year with planner boards being that the kokanee are close to the surface.

Another thing that you will want to make sure of if your trolling is how much electrical charge are you putting out from your boat and downrigger. Take a multimeter that can measure down to the tenth of an amp. You should not have an electrical charge greater than .6amps or it will repell the fish from biting.

jimbojump
05-21-2011, 08:44 AM
Finally! Started to get things dialed in now...had about 15 on landed 7....my buddy had the right stuff minus a snubber when he started because he bought a rod that is made for Kokes and supposedly you dont need a snubber with it but after losing several fish he called bs and put one on...then the landing began...I caught 5 and all were deeper than expected but I had a lucky number I was rolling with and it paid off for me...the funny thing is, all the fish were caught while not marking a thing on the sonar...wierd huh?

Mojo
05-21-2011, 12:14 PM
jimbojump,
What boat were you in? We hooked 3 landed 2. Nice fishing till the wind kicked up and made driving the boat a little tough.

jimbojump
05-21-2011, 11:52 PM
We were in a 17 foot sun runner runabout white with yellow banding...you?

Mojo
05-22-2011, 10:15 PM
We were in a big black Alumaweld sled with manual downriggers. 4 adults and two kids. Fished down by the dam...

Idahokanee
05-24-2011, 07:02 PM
The postings are starting to die down, that must mean the fishing is picking up. ...or, like me, just getting sick of the frigging wake boarders/party boats. ......ps, never needed snubbers before, but sob, i've been loosing way to many fish this year. :o)

Larkinforce
05-24-2011, 08:59 PM
Whats a snubbers do for you?

jimbojump
05-25-2011, 08:21 AM
A snubber is just a piece of surgical hose with a bungie inside tied with swivels on both ends and you put it on behind your gear before the bait line to absorb the shock of the bite impact and head shaking...My boats in the shop getting tuned up so I have been stuck at home waiting...hence...no posts :-(

kodiak1
05-25-2011, 08:44 AM
Speaking of snubbers.....I am always torn when purchasing them as to which size to purchase. Usually they come in two sizes. I used to use the smaller one but switched to the larger one with the bigger-sized kokes at LP. Any input on this? I do really like the flour. red variety. Never can have too much bling!! Mike

jimbojump
05-26-2011, 08:22 AM
Personally...I color coordinate to the color of lure/bait...but ive used the small ones and large ones and havent noticed a difference at all...I like the small ones. Boats back too! Wheeee! Just need some weather suitable for fishing now...

Kokanee Troller
05-27-2011, 07:50 PM
I haven't used a snubber for a long time.....I use rubber bands. Yep! Rubber bands. You can get a bag of large Postal Rubber Bands at Office Max or any
of the Office Supply store for about $3.00 they come in Red, Blue and Green.
I put a split ring on the end of my Flasher then loop the Rubber Band thru it,
then tie off the wedding ring, or huchie on the other end. You will be
amazed at the hook rate of 98%. Simple, and a lot more give than snubbers
and CHEAP! Good Luck

kodiak1
05-28-2011, 09:57 AM
Thanks for the snubber info, guys. Mike

KokeJunkie
06-15-2011, 01:52 PM
No reports for over two weeks? Fishing that bad right now? Whos got a recent report, good or bad for LP? Been out of town or I'd go out and check it out myself.

sawtooth
06-16-2011, 01:00 AM
Went to LP on Tuesday and the fishing was tough. Fished from 10am to 5pm and caught two. Fish were spread out and at several different depths. This has been a crazy year. June is usually a productive month for me, but the past couple of trips have been tough. Hope things stablize and the water warms up soon.

redmanjr1
06-19-2011, 12:00 AM
Anyone fish near Spring Shores yet or is everyone staying near the dam?

sawtooth
06-19-2011, 12:49 AM
Fished across from Spring Shores for a while on tuesday, but mores creek has made that part of the lake real muddy and brought in a lot of floating branches, ect. Water was better above and below (near the narrows). Spent some time in both places. Didn't go down to the dam, but from the road it looked pretty good. Can't really give you a "hotspot" to try as the fish were all spread out. The rains today probably made Mores Creek even worse. Sure wish summer would get here so the lake and fish can become more consistant.

redmanjr1
06-19-2011, 01:07 AM
Thanks Sawtooth. Only fished up there once and that was last year (had an awesome day). It’s weird how all the fish seem to be sporadic right now. By this time last year I was having great luck but this year all the reports seem to be the same for the most part. I think for now I'm going to stick with Anderson at least until it warms up a little more. I do want to catch some of those large LP kokes!!

Bob