Caught a few big red spawner kokes last Sunday and they ate absolutely deliciously as straight BBQ fare. Fishing was pretty slow for us but we did get some action. Caught several 14" Chinook. We...
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Caught a few big red spawner kokes last Sunday and they ate absolutely deliciously as straight BBQ fare. Fishing was pretty slow for us but we did get some action. Caught several 14" Chinook. We...
Patience your reference to Wallowa to support your theory that somehow the hundreds of guys that successfully fished LP for years on kokanee but now in 2018 can't seem to remember how to catch them...
I'm reasonably sure the standard reported stocking program for LP kokanee in 2016 and 2017 didn't actually ever happen. There are posted stocking numbers but the fish counts and fishing results have...
Fished Curlew area then towards Lime Creek Sat from 10am to 4pm with many intermittent breaks for dog play swimming and napping. Pretty slow for us but we managed about 15 boated fish of various...
If you are catching fish and I'm not I certainly want to know what and how you are doing it.
Mark me down as a ardent fan of the DR but run both pretty regularly.
I would agree with Terek in...
Fished on Sunday and while it was a beautiful day the fishing at LP is brutally slow. We boated only one nice almost 18" football and lost another that was it's twin right at the net. Then only...
I'm not stirring the pot (LOL). Not sure that "luck" has anything at all to do with kokanee fishing!
At LP for camping it's an un-regulated first come first serve free for all. Now normal humans...
Snuck up for a quick day trip on Monday. Everyone apparently had enough for the weekend because there was next to nobody on the lake. Dead calm and beautiful day to troll. Fished from 10am to 4pm....
Absolutely you need the longest net pole you can handle. I bought one of those shallow rubber basket style jobs with a long extending handle and it really works great. The hooks don't get caught...
It seems like if they bounce and roll right at the boat and you don't get them skied into the net on the first tug they are gone. I can't imagine getting this done solo. I'm always surprised that...
Great job Terek (and team)! It was fun and interesting to decide what to keep and what to throw back. I really thought there would be locals that would clean up with experience and know how but...
We went up for a pre Anderson 4K boat shake down run and since the boat ran good we then fished the white pipe to the helipad area for 2 hours. Two poles standard setup at 10ft to 25ft and we caught...
Entered the 4K and got there Friday at 10am and fished until 4pm when the second big dump rolled onto the lake. The fishing was smoking hot right then but it was nasty so we bailed. We caught 30...
You mentioned "being over the kokes". I bet not and as a matter of fact I know not. For some strange reason the kokes at LP can be caught right up to the surface. Obviously there are a bunch of...
Unfortunately it wasn't me that you saw at LP. I've been swamped for several weeks and have not been able to break away. My last trip was reported. Sadly it was one of the best of the year and a...
Thank you all contributors. It's nice to be able to learn, inform, compare, and converse in a positive and entertaining media while we pass the time to our next fishing day!
Fish4koke......
Well that is disappointing information. Maybe they will be incredibly fun to catch once they all grow up but one will never make it back onto my BBQ unless it's mortally wounded. (yuck) I can...
Has anyone taken an LP chinook home to the BBQ? We reduced that decent one from Friday and I ate him Saturday. VERY DISAPPOINTING! The meat was white, somewhat mushy, and bland. Nothing even...
Fish4koke....
I wonder what depth 75' with leaded line actually equals? With lure and speed variables it has to be pretty hit and miss.
I only run two down riggers on my boat and when we are...
Fish4kok,
I didn't see any other black pontoon boats Friday so I'm sure that was me. Through the summer there was another one trolling around up there that looks similar.
Got the rare...
Three guys with four poles fished from 9am to 3pm. Thirty plus in the boat and about ten on and then off's. A wild smorgasbord of fish. Finally caught a decent sized chinook (20"). Kokes all nice...
Pauli...
You are right in that LP never did turn on to the traditional anyone with a Cinderella pole and corn nubbin can drag home a limit of 12" torpedoes but it was still really very solid. On...
....after reading some posts and comparing what happened for us on the last trip I think I see a pattern for LP. We've noticed orange works shallow and best once the sun gets up on the water. We...
Finally made it back up to LP for a dose of man therapy. (BSU football, cigars, a touch of bourbon, food and BS'ing) Whilst plying our trade, accidentally quite a nice number of fish decided to...
My downriggers will hum at about 2mph on the GPS. I used to worry that that humming vibration would bother the fish but it seems like it is the opposite. If those things aren't humming we don't...