Only problem is the campgrounds are closed.
Printable View
Only problem is the campgrounds are closed.
That's what I'm trying to work around. I'm pretty sure I can find a spot to park my trailer on State or Potlatch ground in the Dent Acres area. Near Canyon Crk it's going to be more difficult to find a dispersed campsite.Quote:
Originally Posted by ricks
Not a good day for catching fish. Started at Indian Crk, ended at Elk, caught one fish. A good one, but just the one.
Got a swing by by the sheriff boat, spent some time yakking with him. He said everyone was not catching. That's fishing. Beautiful perfect 70ƒ day. Water temps got to 50ƒ in afternoon.
Attachment 9932
Everything around dent is private property. closest potlatch or state ground is a few miles away. Thing is you have to go thru private to get thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Dorf
Quote:
Originally Posted by ricks
They started letting water out. When they do this the kokanee go off the bite. When the lake goes down and creates small amount of current, kokanee start moving upstream. They have whats called positive reotaxis. All salmon and steelhead have it. When they encounter flow in their face the travel into it. Makes them hard to catch when they are on the move
Yep, it's Corps and private surrounding Dent. It's only a 5 mile drive to State land though. Most of the through roads are public ROW. We found a decent spot on a landing on IDL to park the trailer. No people and lots of deer, elk, and turkey to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by microfish
The fishing around Dent was pretty decent for me. Lots of fish, and I'd say they averaged a little bigger sized than in Canyon Crk. I fished Wednesday and Thursday and caught and saw plenty. Tried again today, and felt like I was starting to figure them out, but then I got caught out in the wind and had to quit.
Fished 4 rods on 4/12, and only ended up with 5. 4 hours of rods in water time. 4 in Merry's Bay. 1 in Canyon Creek. Good number of boats out and think I only saw one other fish boated. Didn't mark many schools either compared to few weeks back.
Anybody go this weekend? I got one report Friday of a half day trip with one fish in the boat, but not from a reliable source.
With water going out, only clue I have is last year the fish were on the ridges in fairly shallow water during similar releases. I didn't clue in to the water being let out last week and almost got skunked. If they are still releasing water I'd try in on shallower areas and not near the damn.
Rick
What's the largest kokanee cought in the dworshak? We caught a 16.5" koke yesterday.
That's bigger than I ever have seen or heard of out of Dworshak. One of the holdovers from last years breeders. No idea if anything bigger has been caught. I saw myself a 26 incher out of Cascade. Made me go back there a dozen times.... without any results worth mentioning.Quote:
Originally Posted by eschmit04
Good catch! Musta been fun.
Rick
I've never seen on over 14" until yesterday. How do I post pictures?
Damn. Hope you didn't catch all of those!
did you only catch one?Quote:
Originally Posted by eschmit04
Only one that size. Many others not as big.
Man we only managed 4 on in a couple hours at freeman creek, didn’t have time to try anywhere else. All of them under 8” and none landed!Quote:
Originally Posted by eschmit04
What general part of the lake did you find fish in?
Went out Sunday and had a few hits, lost one at the boat. Trolled a couple hours near Dicks Cr. and Canyon Cr. Decided I needed to get some fish in the new (to me) boat so we went and caught some bass. Talked to three other boats that weren't having much luck either.
Travis
Went out Saturday. Launched at Freeman Cr. Fished Canyon area and picked up 10 in a couple hours. Headed up to Dent and picked up three (all close to 12") in about an hour. Not sure if we are figuring anything out...or just got a little luckier. Thinking about heading out again tomorrow...gotta take advantage of the social distancing while I can.
Good luck to all and look forward to seeing more reports on here. I'm in an 18 Red Lund with 75hp Yamaha tiller with a bow mount electric, if you see me feel free to say hi.
Travis
Great to hear, I think I’m going to try again Saturday, forecast looks awesome! 16’ Hewes with a newish Honda 50 on the back and blue pinstripping. See you on the water!Quote:
Originally Posted by THouse
How deep were you finding them? Any color preference you noted? Last year pink or red and white is all I could get them on!
We were marking fish primarily 15-25 feet. Fishing traditional with 1 ounce at 70-90 feet and 2 ounce at 40-65 feet. Early gold gear with gold blade wedding ring was best. Later the slingblades with kokanuts outfished the trolling gear. Pinks and orange were the best lure colors, caught a few on a green/silver sling blade, we tipped with tuna and garlic corn.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazcougg
Travis
Thanks for the info! Just looked at the forecast, pretty sure we’ll be up Saturday!Quote:
Originally Posted by THouse
Due to some dead batteries, we only fished Merry's Bay and by the marina. No electronics, etc. Just kicker. Managed one 8" in 3 hours.
Sheriff's boat said up by Dent was the place to be.
We fished elk river arm Saturday since it’s got some relatively flat shore for the kids right now, managed 4 out of 8 or 10 bites. Saw a report on Facebook from a guide that did much better upstream from the dent bridge. Hoping to try up there next weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Mack
My buddy and I went out Saturday. Launched at Freeman and fished near and in Canyon Creek . Started about 7:15am, two limits by 1:00pm. Slowed down the last hour and a half or so. Fish not real big, averaged about 9" with some 10" and a couple 11". Great day on the water.
Travis