April 20th and 21st at the gorge

[nofish]

Went up to the lake the 20th and 21st the mack fishing was fair in the mornings but they would go in to hiding around 10:00am so we switched to koke fishing. We were able to get two limits in a few hours time. we had are best luck on orange bill fish squids behind a orange Tsunami dodger fished around 20' at 1.8 mph.

All the fish seemed to be in great shape and tail walked more than I have ever experienced before and don't forget about the rainbows they were lights out.

[TRUBBS]

What area was you fishing it? I hope to be able to get some macks this year

[Kokaholic]

Nice Job Aaron. that Koke is a toad of a fish.

[mtncat1]

those are nice fish especially that koke , I love the bill fish lures too

[nofish]

We fished the kokes up north and the macks around swim beach. Most of the kokes we got were in the 2 to 3 pound range but that one was touch over 4 pounds.

we were running two standard squids and two bill fish squids and the bill fish out produced the standards by a lot.

[mtncat1]

We fished the kokes up north and the macks around swim beach. Most of the kokes we got were in the 2 to 3 pound range but that one was touch over 4 pounds.

we were running two standard squids and two bill fish squids and the bill fish out produced the standards by a lot.

did you get the mack trolling or jigging ?

[liketrolling]

I just got back from FG
this is what worked for me And we got a lot of kokes.
RMT 4.25" Nickel Pink Crushed Signature Dodger with a Bubble Gum Signature Squid used on a planerboard. had a koke come out of the water 4 times
it looked like 3' each time it broke the back hook so lost that one.
(I have lost a lot of fish because that hook brakes. so what I have been doing is using #2 hooks and 15lb Pline Fluorocarbon, and that seem to woork)
any way I put a silver with pink Squid on and boy was that was working. I don't know where I bot it. (it is the only one I have)
5.5" The Fusion Signature Dodger (I love this dodger) on a home made Squid

Macks double d dodger with pink and, pink and white squids

5.5" 'The Brooky' Orange Sockeye Signature and Orange Squid

Did any of you see any Kokes on your Fishfinders? I did not see any. I don't know if they would move away from the boat then come back, I think that is why the planerboard was working so good.
I saw a lot of fish from 45' down, did not go down to see if I could catch any, I was thinking like laker pups.

[nofish]

We got the macks jigging, that's the only way I can consistently get the bigger fish.

Yes we could see the kokes on the finder, some times it was nothing more than a streak and they would crush the bill fish, other times they would swim with the downrigger weights before they would hit the lure.

[mtncat1]

I thought you might be jigging when I saw the squid on the rod , my friend used to catch mac trolling a squid . but with pop gear. I hope I can try jigging this year I don't have an electric so it will be on someone else's boat.