Petty4life
ADMINISTRATOR/FOUNDER
posting this for PLATYPUS....
--After many years of being closed to kokanee fishing (at one time world record kokanee lake) Okanagan is now open as of April 1st with a 5 fish limit.
--This is bitter/sweet as numbers of shore spawn kokanee have increased to a point where fishing will be allowed. The creek spawn kokanee have stabalized but are not increasing. It is the creek spawn kokanee that product the larger fish we were so used to catching in the mid 1980's.
--The British Columbia Government has so far refused to allow hatchery supplementation of creeks that are no where near capacity.
--Expect to catch mostly under 12" but there have been fish caught 5-7 pound during the closure when people were targeting trout as it was not legal to fish for kokanee in the lake.
--I am certain there will be larger fish caught. The past two summers they had limited openings late season that were not popular and not well advertized thus very little fishing pressure.
--We need your help... get up here and fish...let the Government of BC know the value of a healthy kokanee fishery.
--After many years of being closed to kokanee fishing (at one time world record kokanee lake) Okanagan is now open as of April 1st with a 5 fish limit.
--This is bitter/sweet as numbers of shore spawn kokanee have increased to a point where fishing will be allowed. The creek spawn kokanee have stabalized but are not increasing. It is the creek spawn kokanee that product the larger fish we were so used to catching in the mid 1980's.
--The British Columbia Government has so far refused to allow hatchery supplementation of creeks that are no where near capacity.
--Expect to catch mostly under 12" but there have been fish caught 5-7 pound during the closure when people were targeting trout as it was not legal to fish for kokanee in the lake.
--I am certain there will be larger fish caught. The past two summers they had limited openings late season that were not popular and not well advertized thus very little fishing pressure.
--We need your help... get up here and fish...let the Government of BC know the value of a healthy kokanee fishery.