Name: Rod
Occupation: Logistics Manager
Hometown: Vancouver, WA
Lakes: Merwin, Wallowa, Lake Berryessa
Years Fishing: 50
Years fishing Kokanee : 50
Methods: Trolling
Boat: 22 ft. North River Seahawk. I go ocean fishing alot also.
Name: Rod
Occupation: Logistics Manager
Hometown: Vancouver, WA
Lakes: Merwin, Wallowa, Lake Berryessa
Years Fishing: 50
Years fishing Kokanee : 50
Methods: Trolling
Boat: 22 ft. North River Seahawk. I go ocean fishing alot also.
name Chris
occupation Boat Rigger
home town Coldwater,Mi./Bellingham
lakes Whatcom,Samish& Silver
years fishing 56?
years kokanee fishing 1
method trolling
boat Lowe 16 ft flat bottom
Name: Ron
Occupation: Manager
Hometown: Boring, OR
Lakes: Paulina, Merwin, Yale
Years Fishing: 44
Years fishing Kokanee : 9
Methods: Trolling and Jigging
Boat: 16 ft. Smokercraft Sportsman
Favorite fishing is kokes and steelhead. Love taking the kids out on Yale.
I'm here! hey does anyone out there have any info on Billy Clapp Res? I hear it's in central washington?
Name: Charlie
Occupation: Retired
Hometown: Woodinville, WA
Lakes: Rookie, Lake Stevens or Lake McMurray?
Years fishing: 60 years
Koke fishing: Rookie
Method: Trolling?
Boat: 14 Ft. Duroboat
Name: Marty
Occupation: Retired/student
Hometown: Conconully
Lakes: Chelan, Palmer, Roosevelt, Bonepart
Years fishing: 45 yrs.
Koke fishing: Go when I can
Method: Trolling
Boat: 18' Sterling Deep-V center console
Born and raised in Oregon and fished Wickiup, Suttle, Green Peter, and Timothy for Kokanee.
Hope this helps. No Kokes to my Knowledge. Lots of skiers.
Billy Clapp Lake is formed by Pinto Dam which is part of the Columbia Basin Project. Lands around the 1,010 acre lake are included in a wildlife reserve program. Access is limited. Summer Falls State Park, on the north end of the lake, is open for day use. The Department of Wildlife provides public access and the only boat ramp at the south end. Angling opportunities include yellow perch, crappie, rainbow trout, and walleye. Fishing season year-round.
Name: Tom
Occupation: Inside sales and repairs electric motors
Hometown: Portland
Lakes of most experience:Simtustus, Been to Yale once
Total years fishing: 40+ mostly in the ocean
Years fishing for Kokanee : 1st
Methods: Trolling, want to learn to jig, downrigger, casting ect.
Boat: 14ft. Smokercraft Alaskan 18hp. Tohatsu blue canvas top
This is a great sight. Looking foward to learning this fishery and meeting up with some of you people.
Peace, Tom
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Name: John
Occupation: Systems Analyst & Small Business Owner
Hometown: Vancouver/Redmond, WA
Lakes of most experience: Merwin, American, Steilacom, Wallowa, & Billy Chinook
Total years fishing: 30
Years fishing for Kokanee: 2
Methods: Trolling
Boat: 15.5 Alumaweld Stryker, 40 HP Merc, 4 HP trolling, EZ-Steer, Lowrance HDS-5 Platinum, 3 Cannon Downriggers
Name: Rod Rieder
Occupation: Fishing/Marine Sales Manager Lacey Cabela's Store
Hometown: Madison, WI, Yet now live in Yelm, WA
Lakes: Merwin, Yale, American, and Summit
Years fishing: 34 yrs.
Koke fishing: Go when I can
Method: Trolling
Boat: Blue 14 ft Duroboat, 25 HP outboard, with Black Walker Electric Downriggers and white Riptide transom mount Trolling motor.
Always glad to help and see you soon on the water!!!
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Name: Chris
Occupation: cancer treatment, radiation therapy
Hometown: Seattle
Lakes of most experience: Lake WA. Bitter, Haller, Green lake (non koke lakes)
Total years fishing: 40
Years fishing for Kokanee: first time was this week.
Methods: Trolling,
Boat: 14' Lund, 25 hp merc.
Name: Mark
Occupation: Quality Assurance Manager
Hometown: Puyallup
Lakes of most experience: American, Clear, Alder
Total years fishing: 30
Years fishing for Kokanee: 5
Methods: Trolling
Boat: Lund, 15 Hp Merc, 2 Downriggers, Electric Trolling Motor
Name: Bruce
Occupation: Retired Electrician
Hometown: Vancouver(raised Corvallis, Oregon)
Lakes of experience: Crescent, Odell, Elk, Detroit, GP,Paulina. Odell, Crane,
Merwin, Wallowa
Yrs fishing: 56
Kokanee: 50+
favorite method: downrigger trolling
Boat: 20 foot Hewes 3 downriggers
The"old: methods still do just as good as all the new stuff, Trust me
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Name: Brian
Occupation: Caterpillar parts
Hometown: just North of Camas
Lakes of experience: Grew up fishing Odell but it's been about 20yrs ago
Yrs fishing: on and off for about 30yrs. Recently I've been doing a lot of bottom fishing and trolling for Coho on my dads Dory out of Pacific City Or.
Kokanee: probably about ten years as a kid
favorite method: trolling
Boat: Just picked up a 12' Duroboat with a 8hp Honda. Hoping to fish a few of the local lakes and do some crabbing in Nestuca Bay. Maybe even get back to Odell at some point.
Name: Joe
Occupation: Factory Guy
Hometown: Tacoma
Lakes of experience: American, Riffe, Summit
Total years fishing: In WA 40+
Total years fishing for kokes: 3 1/2 seasons
Favorite method: Trolling, but learning the how to jig them up!
Boat: SmokerCraft Osprey DLX
Name:Steve
Occupation:Retired
Hometown:Bellingham
Lakes of most experience:Samish
Total years fishing:60+
Years fishing for Kokanee:NewB
Methods:Trolling,but I am presently without a boat. (If someone needs to balance the weight in their boat, I make excellent ballast.)
Name: Mark McWillis
Occupation: Firearms accessory manufacturer
Lakes of most Kokanee experience: Merwin
Total years fishing: 40+
Years fishing for Kokanee: Counting this year.....1
Methods: Trolling
Boat: see below
John Brewer
Retired timberfaller/baker
Hometown Vernonia Ore.
Newbie
Total years fishing:60
Years fishing Kokanee 0
Methods still too learn101shock110
I will probably become a pain in the butt. I'm one of those that don't mind asking for help and appreciate all I get. Please be gentle.
Name; John
Occ.:Medically retired military, teacher
Residence: Castle Rock
Experience : Fishing 50+ years, Kokes 2 yrs.
Howdy, everybody! Another summer, some more silver in the boat!
Got a new used 16' Steensen sled over the winter...she wants to hit the lakes, but the rivers keep calling, too...what a sweet dilemma!
Got a sweet little car towable 2 man boat set up for kokes for sale or trade, if anyone knows anyone looking...
How cool. A kokanee forum. I thought id log in and give a shout to the silver bullet fishermen of washington.
Years fishing about 40.
Kokanee fishing 9 years in a row. off and on before that for many years.
Home water is American lake.
Trolling is my fave method. but i have caught them old school still fishing/stripping. and with a jig.
Smokercraft Tracer. Scotty downriggers.
Short leaders, heavy flourocarbon. Fish on.
fish on friends.
Name: Greg
Occupation: Millwright
Hometown: Kalama, Wa. (raised in Brownsville, Ore.)
Lakes of most experience: Suttle, Odell, Green Peter
Total years fishing: 42
Years fishing for Kokanee :15
Methods: Jigging, re-learning to troll
Hello all!
I am new to the forum. Enjoyed reading everyone's posts for a while and decided "what the heck" and joined. I really enjoy fishing for the kokes, just don't get to do it as much as I would like (work seems to get in the way a lot).
I do have a question though:
My family and I have been going to Suttle lake for about 15 years in April-May and use to just sack 'em until a few years ago. The fishin' really fell off for us. Has this happened to anyone else? If so, what happened to Suttle? Or did we just forget how to catch fish.
Have fun out there!
Greg
Name: Bill
Occupation: Graphic Designer (retired)
Home Town: Renton WA, Raised in Bay Area of Calif. Spent 4 years in
U.S. Coast Guard & 4 years in College. Moved to Bellingham WA in '79
Fishing History: 63 years, All over West of the Rockies U.S. & Canada.
I have tied flys & made lures since I was 12 years old. & "Fly fished only"
for a 25 year period.
Kokanee years: about 6 years, in Merwin, Alder & Roosevelt, Whiskytown CA
and Paulina in Oregon.
Other interests: Boat building & Radio Control Elect. airplanes.
Note: Looking for new local fishing partner West side of Cascades.
Lost my local fishing buddy to small town life and lower taxes on the
East side. Need to share trip expenses to major Kokanee sites.
Have good boat & 5th wheel trailer.
Name: Richard
Occupation: CADD and Surveyor
Hometown: Mill Creek
Lakes of most experience: Stevens and Silver (used to have kokes).
Fished Yale, Samish, Priest Rapids and Lake Pateros last season.
Total years fishing: 40 years
Years fishing for Kokanee :All of 2012.
Methods: Trolling, jigging and flyfishing
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I just stumbled on this thread
Name: Rob
Occupation: develop and manage contracts for USGS
Hometown: Burley, Id (have lived in Seattle for the last 30yrs)
Lakes of most experience: Washington (for sockeye - mainly fish the salt)
Total years fishing: 30
Years fishing for Kokanee: 0
Methods: trolling
Boat: 1964 16' Aristocraft rigged for fishing
I have been lurking the forum for a year and just noticed the Washington Roll Call thread also.
Name: Alan
Occupation: Retired USN 22 years DSCS (computer tech), casino maintenance tech
Hometown: Arlington
Lakes of most experience: Erie (the big one in Ohio) , Stevens for Kokes
Total years fishing: >50
Years fishing for Kokanee : < 1
Methods: Trolling
Arima Seachaser 17, 115 E-Tec, old Johnson 8 hp kicker (smoke and Koke), Lowrance HDS
My weekends are Tue & Wed. Have a hard time finding people to go on those days so usually by myself. Anyone interested in Stevens, Coho out of Everett, or Lake Washington after the Coho run - shoot me a PM.
Alan
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