Ice fishing and some Ririe Kokanee
My Dad (magdaddy) and I fished Ririe this morning. Got there way before the sun and got all our holes drilled. Not much showing on the fish finder a few fish on the bottom but couldn't get them to bite. A couple of coworkers showed up about 7:30 started to talk to them and as soon as they put hooks in the water they started catching some Kokes, They caught nine between the four of them and then the school moved off. Nothing was biting any of our rigs. We were set up about 100 yds away. Then about 9:00 I noticed they were catching Kokes again. They waved us over because they were almost limited out. We headed over there and they let us borrow a hole. It was amazing just dropped your hook down about 5 feet and hundreds of kokes swarming around lift it up and you had a fish. We didn't even bother baiting our jigs just a bare hook and they would go crazy for it. We all caught our limits and then started throwing them back. This lasted for about fifteen minutes and then they moved off again. We lost count of the total number caught but we kept 6 limits worth. We weren't far from the ramp in about 60 feet of water the school was between 5 and 15 feet down. The ice was 5" with 3" of wet slush on top. I've heard about the big schools of Kokanee and how fast the fishing can be, but we've never been lucky enough to get into them like this before. It was really exciting, I hope our luck holds and we can do that again soon.
As soon as we got to my Dad's house we cleaned them and cooked a couple up to eat with eggs and pancakes. Oh my Gosh! there just isn't a better eating fish. We've got to fill the freezer with some more of these things. Ummmmmmm!
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