2018 Anderson Ranch Reservior Kokanee Fishing Report

[sawtooth]

Lets hope that this year produces some nice Kokanee for all you Anderson Ranch Fishermen.

[fixed blade]

Has anyone been out in 2018, I just had a buddy sent me a picture of a bunch of open water, Curlew I believe! Sorry if you clicked on this hoping for a report...

[Wishiniwasfishin]

Has anyone been out in 2018, I just had a buddy sent me a picture of a bunch of open water, Curlew I believe! Sorry if you clicked on this hoping for a report...

Going Friday, will give a report when I return.

[sage68]

I was up there last Sunday. Open water from Curley towards the dam is not an issue. Fished for about 4 hours, had four hits. Landed 2, one was 14-15" the other may have been 10" (that one went back in the water).

The ramp was snow covered, but it was soft enough that backing in and pulling out was not a problem.

[fixed blade]

Going Friday, will give a report when I return.



Any luck?????

[Wishiniwasfishin]

Any luck?????

Wasn't able to make it. My fishing partner was feeling under the weather so ended up at Arrowrock fishing with my dog! Landed 1 trout and 1 14 inch Kokanee.

[Chasing tail]

I was up there last Sunday. Open water from Curley towards the dam is not an issue. Fished for about 4 hours, had four hits. Landed 2, one was 14-15" the other may have been 10" (that one went back in the water).

The ramp was snow covered, but it was soft enough that backing in and pulling out was not a problem.
Are you talking about the ramp at curlew? I was wondering if you can launch there yet

[MackayGuy]

Are you talking about the ramp at curlew? I was wondering if you can launch there yet

You’re gettin antsy to get out aren’t ya. BTW I got my boat registered and most of the crap in the shop blocking me from getting the boat out is moved or ready or go.

[sturgeon8r]

Gotta beat. downriggers, tackle boxes, boat is ready to roll. now if the wind would just lay down !!!!!! and of course the net!

[sage68]

Are you talking about the ramp at curlew? I was wondering if you can launch there yet

That's correct, Curlew is open and accessible. The ramp this Sunday was open and free of snow. Now if you're wondering about the dock, it is still stacked like it was last year.

Went Sunday for about 3 hours. Tallied three fish in the box, all kokes 14-15", missed three more. Landed three chinook too, all were about 9" and were released.

[kodiak1]

Talked to the Mountain Home Boise Forest office regarding the docks at Curlew. They were very noncommital, saying that they have had a lot of one-time expenses, and may or may not repair the docks this year. Said they certainly want to. Seemed somewhat surprised that there was a lot of interest in repairing them, since Pine is operable. Mike

[terek]

there will be a kokanee tourney on my 12th at Anderson. 2 man teams, limited to 80 teams. $120 entry fee with a $4000 first prize, and prizes down to 20th.

PM me if you want an application.

Facebook link to the event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1564327793681657/

[Chasing tail]

We are already signed up! It’s about time we had a koke tourney in our area👍

[hooknhunter]

Sounds like a good day to avoid the lake to me. Thanks for the heads up.

[KokaneeJoe]

Has anyone information about the broken dock at Curlew boat ramp? I am hoping it will be fixed before the tournament May 12th.

[kodiak1]

Has anyone information about the broken dock at Curlew boat ramp? I am hoping it will be fixed before the tournament May 12th.

I called the Boise Nat. Forest in Mtn. Home, and asked about the docks, and they were very noncommital. Mentioned all the extra expenses due to fire, etc. You might call them just to keep the pressure on them. Mike

[KokaneeJoe]

Thanks. That's a good idea. I will do that.

[MackayGuy]

I’ll call as well. Let’s make sure they know it’s a priority.

[fish4kok]

Hopefully this year, they'll put those good dock sections back for boaters use at Curlew. Even with shorter boat dock would be great. This year I got a sciatic nerve pinch on my left foot, that's very limited my movement, specially climb on the bow to get in the boat. I feel much better now after 5 weeks injured. Hey you guys! Just don't getting old then you will be OK.

When I renew my boat sticker, often I select primary area is 1 (Lucky Peak South portion, Snake river) Secondary is 20 (Anderson Ranch Reservoir, Arrowrock, C.J Strike, Little Camas, Snake river) and hopefully the money will distribute to those select areas. There's a MAJOR BODIES OF WATER MAP in the Vendor Manual v1.2 (page 36) Idaho State. You can find more information from that manual. Use the Adobe Reader to open the PDF file.

Primary Use Area and Secondary Use Area
Boaters may choose the area where they want their fees spent. This is called the primary use area. If the boater wishes, they may choose up to two areas, one primary and one secondary.
Please use the MAJOR BODIES OF WATER MAP to find the area the boater will use.

PRIMARY USE AREA
For the PRIMARY USE AREA and SECONDARY USE AREA, ask the owners which area they wish to designate their fees. Please refer them to the MAJOR BODIES OF WATER MAP. Enter the designation number. If the use area designation is left blank or completed with a number not listed on the map, the fees will still go into boating programs, but they will be distributed throughout the state rather than to a particular locale.

https://parksandrecreation.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/Vendor_Manual_v1.2_0.pdf

[Earl]

My wife and I fished Anderson on 3-23-18. We put in at Curlew, the camp ground is not ready for guests. The fishing was fantastic, there were times we had 4 poles going off at the same time. What a wonderful day, spent it with my Bride and caught lots of fish. The kokes were at 12', speed was 1.7 and Kokanee Killer on the corn. The spoon were silver and the Hooches where pink and orange all day.
I do want to say a few words about the members of KKF. Thank you for the help and information on one of the best ways to enjoy spending time with family and friends.

[Finatics]

Fished for 6 hours, 2 guys, catching was good at the mouths of the creek inlets at Fall creek and at Lime Creek. Too many boats combat fishing at Lime Creek so went downriver. Pink was the ticket for the hoochies, lots of flash helped also. When we found an active school we had multiple lines going. Went home with 14 total Kokes, and lost approximately 10 others. Remember your snubbers! very soft mouthed right now. 4 fish off of downriggers at 13 ft the rest were on the surface. Tight lines.

White Duckwoth hardtop jetboat, Finatic.

[KokaneeJoe]

My wife and I fished from 10 to 4. Put in at Curlew. Fished mostly in the Lime Creek area and west of there a bit. Caught 19 kokanee 13" to 15" with 4 poles at depths from 10 to 24 ft. on pink/orange tube fly, Pink/orange Brads cut plug, Chartreuse sling blade and hoochie did just as well as did a "Tallon" kokabow lake troll and spinner which is gold and orange. They seemed to hit just about anything at various depths as well.

[KokaneeJoe]

A little slower today. Got a late start and fished from about 11:30 till 2:30. Caught 6 kokanee the biggest at 16". pink/orange colors seemed to be best at 15-20 feet.
Lots of boats. I was surprised at how many, although I did not count them.

[Trailbob]

First trip this year to Anderson. Fished from around 11:00 to 3:00 in the Curlew and Lime Creek area. Quite a few boats. Came home with 7 kokes from 13 to 16", lost several others. Released a 12" chinook. All fish caught on DR from 15 to 25' deep. Blue or watermelon dodger and pink bead spinner or hoochie, with plain shoepeg corn. Nice to get out.

[Honas]

Fished from 8-noon. Boated 12, 3 footballs, and the rest nothing to write home about. Bite was consistent near lime creek. Fished 10-20 feet with wiggle hoochies and slingblades at 1.4 mph. Pink/Pink-Purple were the color of the day for us.

[KokaneeJoe]

Fished 3 poles from 10 to 5 and only landed 4 kokes. Lots and lots of small chinook. Released all but 3 chinook and the kokes. The kokes were caught (15 ft. dr) on pink/green dodgers with pink/green hoochies and 1 koke long lining a talon kokabow troll and spinner.

[fish4kok]

Fished 3 poles from 10 to 5 and only landed 4 kokes. Lots and lots of small chinook. Released all but 3 chinook and the kokes. The kokes were caught (15 ft. dr) on pink/green dodgers with pink/green hoochies and 1 koke long lining a talon kokabow troll and spinner.

Thank you for your report. Is the reservoir full and water clear? I'm planning to make a trip to Anderson either Friday or Sat if the weather is good.

[hooknhunter]

I was up a week ago. Was pretty clear then. Water was up and rising, but still several feet from full. A fair bit of twigs and leaves in the water, but not what I'd call really bad.

Again, this was a week ago. Well, last Saturday, so 5 days ago.

[KokaneeJoe]

Thank you for your report. Is the reservoir full and water clear? I'm planning to make a trip to Anderson either Friday or Sat if the weather is good.

There was quite a bit of debris in the water, but the water itself was clear and not muddy. The lake was probably about 12 feet short of full. Good luck Fis4kok. I hope you catch a bunch.

[fish4kok]

Thanks hooknhunter and KokaneeJoe! Wife and I can't go fishing today but we'll join the crowd tomorrow and we'll let you know the result.

[KokaneeJoe]

Thanks hooknhunter and KokaneeJoe! Wife and I can't go fishing today but we'll join the crowd tomorrow and we'll let you know the result.

Maybe we will see you up there.

[fish4kok]

Maybe we will see you up there.

I'm looking forward to see you. I'll start to fish by Curlew first then will chasing the fish later. I'll be on the 17.5' Crestliner light gray with red trim.

[KokaneeJoe]

My wife and I fished from about 10 to 5 between Curlew and Lime Cr. ended up catching 9 Kokanee 14-15" and had to keep a 15" Chinook that was too injured to release. Only fished the top 20 ft. Got hits on most things we tried but the best was a Arrow flash gold/moonglow trailing a pink/black tube fly. It seemed like we were doing better than we were with all the Chinook and some lost fish.

Want to give a big thanks to fish4koke who gave me a jump start. I would have had a hard time loading my boat without my motor. You and your wife are very kind.

[fish4kok]

Fish from 9:30Am til 5:00PM and took home 6 fat kok. We released all the Chinook and lost few kok close to the boat. I talked to few fishermen they did very good, two men caught 17, other two caught 19 other two caught 7. Most fish they caught on longline and very shallow. We fished deeper with 2 DRs (10' - 35') Vance copper dodger + pink squid, 1 long line pole with 1 oz sinker and 80' line out Ford fender + green/orange WR. By the time we quit there were few boats fished by Lime creek, they net the fish, more action after the wind die down.
Lot of boats by Lime Creek before noon.

[H2Oguy]

I talked to someone about 5:00 up at the outhouse. Was that you fish4kok? I have a 14 ft Smokercraft with a Johnson 15 hp motor. I also have a red pickup.

[KokaneeJoe]

I talked to someone about 5:00 up at the outhouse. Was that you fish4kok? I have a 14 ft Smokercraft with a Johnson 15 hp motor. I also have a red pickup.

How did you do fishing?

[fish4kok]

I talked to someone about 5:00 up at the outhouse. Was that you fish4kok? I have a 14 ft Smokercraft with a Johnson 15 hp motor. I also have a red pickup.

Yes! That was me! Nice to talk to you H2Oguy and thank you for your sharing fishing info.

[H2Oguy]

Good to meet you Fish4kok. You are the first member that I have met.

KokaneeJoe, We were the ones that caught 17. We caught many of them before 9:00 am. We were still hooking some the rest of the day but we couldn't land most of them. I didn't catch anything deeper than 13 ft. My friend caught a couple around 20 ft. Pink was the best color. Most were between the ramp and Lime creek.

[Trailbob]

My wife and I took another couple and fished from around 9:00 to 3:00 yesterday; we ran four rods. Caught 15 kokes and at least 6 chinooks, from 15 to 25' on DRs. Dark dodgers and pink hoochies with plain corn at 25' were best. Lots of boats, but the people we saw at the ramp were courteous and efficient when launching and retrieving their boats. We fished mostly from west of Curlew to Lime Creek, out in the center.

[Physion]

I have never launched at Pine. Is there a good dock in the water? Is it a good ramp? How about parking or a parking fee? How far or how much time to travel from Curlew to the Pine ramp?

Thank you for the info.

Physion

[Trailbob]

I'm not sure if we're talking about the same ramp, but I have launched at the campground south of the airport (and Pine), on the west side of the lake. I haven't been there this year, but last year it was a good ramp with a dock and good parking. But one windy afternoon, a lot of debris blew in and I couldn't take the boat out there. I would guess it is a 10 minute boat ride to Curlew, maybe less. I was there early in the year, and I don't remember fees at that time.

[KokaneeJoe]

Another thing to consider is that the Pine Bridge is closed and there is a 4 or 5 mile detour up the east side of the river to the old wooden bridge and back.

[Physion]

Thank you for the info. I was hoping for a dock for my fishing partner, but Pine doesn't sound like a good option right now. I think I'll use Curlew. At least it has a good ramp.

Physion

[terek]

Thank you for the info. I was hoping for a dock for my fishing partner, but Pine doesn't sound like a good option right now. I think I'll use Curlew. At least it has a good ramp.

Physion

is the dock in this year? they never put it out last year

[terek]

we are heading up tomorrow morning. Any tips on the depth they are at right now?

[bsukoker]

Terek,
Did well last weekend fishing darker flashers/Dodgers and hoochies early really shallow in water column, then moving deeper say 15 to 25 ft deep in column and switching to silver flashers and the standard pinks/oranges and purples as sun got higher in the sky. Find your own water. We did better finding quieter water/less boat traffic and usually got bigger fish avg.

[terek]

Terek,
Did well last weekend fishing darker flashers/Dodgers and hoochies early really shallow in water column, then moving deeper say 15 to 25 ft deep in column and switching to silver flashers and the standard pinks/oranges and purples as sun got higher in the sky. Find your own water. We did better finding quieter water/less boat traffic and usually got bigger fish avg.

Thanks for the info. Rolling threw mt. Home now. I'll throw a report up when we get home

[terek]

Worst trip I have had at Anderson in 10 years. Threw the book at em. 3 fish in 6 hours. Was super windy too, very hard to control the boat

[MackayGuy]

Whoa! Not good. And with the tournament coming up that’s a bad omen. More prefishing will be required.

[KokaneeJoe]

It was a slow day but we did manage to catch 8 kokanee. Trolling between Curlew and Lime Creek. Caught 3 in the morning at about 10 ft. then nothing until the breeze picked up Then we caught 2 quick at about 25 feet and then nothing until about 2 when we caught our last; 2 on dw at 50 ft and 1 on long line 1oz. 100 ft out.

Yesterday we did a little better and caught 14.

[Papa1905]

Any ideas when the bridge at pine is going to be open? Am planning a trip up May 1 for a few days. If the bridge is going to be closed might be best to come in from the dam side. Thanks for any updates.
Terry

[KokaneeJoe]

Any ideas when the bridge at pine is going to be open? Am planning a trip up May 1 for a few days. If the bridge is going to be closed might be best to come in from the dam side. Thanks for any updates.
Terry

Was talking to a guy that lives up there. He said not until November.

[fish4kok]

My brother and his wife joined us camped and fished in Curlew from Wed (Apr.18 ~21). Fishing was slow...On Wed we caught 4 Kok and many Chinook that we released. Thurs. 4 kok. and about 5 Chinook. Friday was better with 17 Kok and released many Chinook.

Saturday was really slow. Fish from 9:00Am til 2:00PM 1Kok and 3 Chinook.
Depth was varied from 10 ~ 30' on Friday, color pink or orange seem the best. The Kokanee caught on Sat. at 42' with DR.
One fisherman meet us at the shore said he caught 28" Chinook that weight 8 lbs+. He just wonder what was the record size of Chinook that caught in Anderson?

[KokaneeJoe]

It's funny how the fishing can go from good to bad overnight. Friday everyone was having a good day. I talked to 2 guys with 38 for the day. We caught 14 and it seemed that most did better. Then Saturday... no one was doing too well.

Hey fish4kok, It was good seeing you again. Nice photo. If it's okay with you, I will copy it.

terek, I tried to catch you to say hi but it was not to be. Hope your next trip is better.

[fish4kok]

It's funny how the fishing can go from good to bad overnight. Friday everyone was having a good day. I talked to 2 guys with 38 for the day. We caught 14 and it seemed that most did better. Then Saturday... no one was doing too well.

Hey fish4kok, It was good seeing you again. Nice photo. If it's okay with you, I will copy it.

terek, I tried to catch you to say hi but it was not to be. Hope your next trip is better.

KokaneeJoe,
You did good on Sat with 8 nice size Kokanee.

For the photo send me a PM (personal message) with your email address and I will send to you a higher resolution pictures.

[formulaben]

Cool pictures!! Wish I could get up there, especially with this nice weather!

[lilolvintner]

We drove from the dam side to Pine Saturday Poppa and that is a long gravel road! The detour for the bridge is only a couple miles, and you’re back on the blacktop. Waaay better road.

[hooknhunter]

Very surprised and interested to hear such poor reports. I was up there on Friday all day, and Saturday morning. Fished from about 8:00 till dark on Friday and got about 18 or so between 2 of us (4 rods). Then fished from Sun-up until about 10 or 11 on Saturday. We got 18 Saturday morning on 4 rods. Depth moved from about 12 feet at first light and got deeper as the morning wore on. Never got a fish deeper than about 30-35 feet though.

Got them on various dodgers with a pink or pink and white hoochie on 12 inch leader. 1.5 - 1.7 seemed the preferred speed.

[KokaneeJoe]

We got 18 Saturday morning on 4 rods.

Wow! Very Impressed.

[hooknhunter]

Wow! Very Impressed.

Thanks. My Friday numbers were definitely not impressive. I fished from about 8 AM until dark and only had 9 until that last hour or so. I caught as many in the last hour as I did all day.

Sounds like you did pretty well on Friday.

Surely we must've seen each other out there. I was in the 14 ft Livingston that says "MISS BELLE" on the sides. I guess it could've been fish4kok that said he was there on Friday. Must've seen some of you out there......

[fish4kok]

Thanks. My Friday numbers were definitely not impressive. I fished from about 8 AM until dark and only had 9 until that last hour or so. I caught as many in the last hour as I did all day.

Sounds like you did pretty well on Friday.

Surely we must've seen each other out there. I was in the 14 ft Livingston that says "MISS BELLE" on the sides. I guess it could've been fish4kok that said he was there on Friday. Must've seen some of you out there......

Hi hooknhunter,
Surely we must've seen each other out there. My wife and I were the onlyone who camp in Curlew on Tuesday night. My brother and his wife arrived about 2:00AM in Wed. morning, they drove 900 miles from Southern California to join us. Fishing was slow while their stay except Friday, but we have fun and good time together.

On Friday I saw a similar Livingston boat fished between Curlew and Lime creek but only one fisherman so that's not you. I thought I saw the other boat with single windshield but I don't recall which day. Next time I'll wave if I see Miss Belle.

[hooknhunter]

Hi hooknhunter,
Surely we must've seen each other out there. My wife and I were the onlyone who camp in Curlew on Tuesday night. My brother and his wife arrived about 2:00AM in Wed. morning, they drove 900 miles from Southern California to join us. Fishing was slow while their stay except Friday, but we have fun and good time together.

On Friday I saw a similar Livingston boat fished between Curlew and Lime creek but only one fisherman so that's not you. I thought I saw the other boat with single windshield but I don't recall which day. Next time I'll wave if I see Miss Belle.

That was me. I was fishing solo until about the last 1-2 hours.

[G3 longliner]

It was a slow day but we did manage to catch 8 kokanee. Trolling between Curlew and Lime Creek. Caught 3 in the morning at about 10 ft. then nothing until the breeze picked up Then we caught 2 quick at about 25 feet and then nothing until about 2 when we caught our last; 2 on dw at 50 ft and 1 on long line 1oz. 100 ft out.

Yesterday we did a little better and caught 14.

Went Anderson yesterday slow for us caught some small chinooks and a trout by dam then ran to Lime Creek - probably missed the morn bite had five on and only boated one talked to two other boats one has 2 and one had 5 sure guys dragging Lime Creek all day did better BUT was a beautiful day

[KokaneeJoe]

Surely we must've seen each other out there. I was in the 14 ft Livingston that says "MISS BELLE" on the sides.

I'll keep an eye out for MISS BELL whenever I am out.

My wife and I fished Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
Tuesday: Slow... Fished 3 and 4 poles from 10:30 to 4 and caught 6 Kokanee. Different colors and depths from 5 feet to 40.
Wednesday: Even slower... Fished from 6:30 to 4:30 and only caught 5 Kokes. All were caught on either Green spin-glo/pink hoochie or Green/Black/Pink hoochie from the top to 45 feet.
Both days we did get lots of short strikes and lost more than usual. Only 1 Chinook in 2 days and on Wednesday we actually trolled up an 18" bass.

Other people we talked to weren't doing much better.

[mowrus]

Fished from 8 till 6 and found enough for 2 limits. Afternoon was the best and they were very aggressive. Had to hunt for them but we found them. 40 to 50 feet. Great weather.

[KokaneeJoe]

Fished from 8 till 6 and found enough for 2 limits. Afternoon was the best and they were very aggressive. Had to hunt for them but we found them. 40 to 50 feet. Great weather.

Was this on Thursday (04/26)?

[mowrus]

Was this on Thursday (04/26)?

That is correct.

[KokaneeJoe]

Glad to hear you did so well mowrus. thumbsup

[blueback bart]

Here's our results from Friday. Took the wife and our 2 small boys up Friday morning, put in at Curlew (still no dock 101thumbsdown101). Got downriggers, pink and purple gear with anise soaked corn down to 15-20 ft around 9 AM, and basically just did laps in front of Curlew until 12:30. Double header right out of the gates. By 12:30 we had landed 11 and lost 4. No chinooks at all, which surprised me. All 13 -16 inch bluebacks! By the end, we had crept down to 30-35 ft, and never changed colors. Water was clearish and a fantastic 54.1 degrees. Lots of boats down toward Lime Cr, but we had plenty of action up north. Hope this helps.

[dwood]

9396I finally decided to start doing some other fishing besides fly fishing. I just purchased a Sea Eagle Foldcat as I have sold my suv and needed something I could throw in the car and get out. Went to Anderson Ranch on 4/15/18 for the first fishing trip on the new rig. I had a lot of strikes but was losing many until I put snubbers on the line. I only brought one home due to this, but had a great day.

Looking forward to another trip up this next Saturday with a coworker.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z0clTLR3qVo75kXU2

[30carbine]

Fished from 8 till 6 and found enough for 2 limits. Afternoon was the best and they were very aggressive. Had to hunt for them but we found them. 40 to 50 feet. Great weather.

You got 50? Or did they change the limit up there?

[mowrus]

You got 50? Or did they change the limit up there?

Still the same limit..25 per person and yes

[hooknhunter]

Still the same limit..25 per person and yes

I had the same question. Thanks for answering. I guess the reason I had the same question is because that report buries anything I've heard this year. So...........

Wow! Best day I've heard of all year from anyone. Way to go! Hoping for a good day like that soon myself.

[30carbine]

Very nice. I haven’t done that in a long time. Way back when the big fish were 9”.

[terek]

my best day last year was 56 in july. For the first hour, I never reeled in a fish. My dad and wife got them all. They were biting so good, I didn't stop setting lines for that hour. Id get one set, and 2 more would go off. 14" fish were the little ones

[snowman]

Fished yesterday Curlew to Lime creek from about 9:30 to 1:30. Landed one Chinook, had a coupe of other fish on but lost them. Not a good day. Fished from 10 to 30 feet, lots of different flashers, hoochies and spinners, plain and scented corn. Can't figure out what I am doing wrong! It was a really nice day on the water even with no fish.

[mowrus]

Fished yesterday Curlew to Lime creek from about 9:30 to 1:30. Landed one Chinook, had a coupe of other fish on but lost them. Not a good day. Fished from 10 to 30 feet, lots of different flashers, hoochies and spinners, plain and scented corn. Can't figure out what I am doing wrong! It was a really nice day on the water even with no fish.

When we fished it last Thursday started top 15 in the a.m. and then went to 40-45 in afternoon. Pink and orange was their favorite.

[kokaneekevin]

Wife and I fished in front of Curlew (maybe 50-100 yards directly out from the ramp) and in that little bay just south of that ramp (way before Lime Cr) yesterday (5/3). Caught 30 Kokes, most in the 14" to 15+" range using 3 poles. Also 1 small trout caught (released) and 0 Chinooks caught. Had another 8-10 on that we lost at various stages. Landed one double and almost landed a triple (got 2 out of 3). Used Ford Fenders with various spinners and hoochies. Also used a few different dodgers (rainbow, watermelon, purple) with pink, orange, and chartreuse hoochies. In general, lure setup and color didn't seem to make much of a difference but the ford fender with orange spinner did seem to get a few more hits than the other setups. Speed and depth seemed to be the ticket. For speed, I stayed between 1 and 1.5 mph. For depth, I used a downrigger on one line, setting it to between 22' and 30' most of the day. Got lots of action on that setup, using a depth in the low twenties in the morning, and high twenties in the afternoon. For the other two lines, I used 3 oz of lead on one and 4 oz on the other; then we put out enough line to get them in the mid-twenties depth range. We stuck with that depth in the morning. In the afternoon, we went down to around 30'. We were getting action pretty consistently all day. Great Day! Time to fire up the Smoker! tooexcited

Kevin

Oh, by the way, I'm selling a used Scotty 1100 Depthpower 30" Electric Downrigger. Has quite a few years on it, but is still in great shape. I plan on listing it in the Classifieds section under the Forum home page, but PM me if you are interested and I can provide more details.
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[kodiak1]

Kali and I also fished Anderson today. Decided to keep it to two poles, each on a downrigger. Fished from 8:30 to noon. Came home with 21. Would have done better if we didn't decide to troll to the Curlew area from Pine. Spent an hour doing poorly until we fligured out the productive areas. Pretty much ditto to Kevin's report. Staarted at 20 and 25, and ended up at 35 and 40. Shasta Sling blades and Shasta PeeWee translucent pink hoochies worked well, but the best producer was a Jack Lloyd with red and silver blades, and a wedding ring with red and green beads. Shoepeg of course on everything.

[Fuzzy]

Fished both Friday and Saturday with mixed results. Friday found fish between Curlew and Lime Creek but not much size to the fish we caught. Saturday had better luck between Fall Creek and the Dam with 10 fish over 16" and a couple Chinook the same size. Water was cleaner towards the dam as the runoff has started. Lots of boats running around Curlew / Pine area due to a bass tournament ???

[fish4kok]

Wife and I fished in front of Curlew (maybe 50-100 yards directly out from the ramp) and in that little bay just south of that ramp (way before Lime Cr) yesterday (5/3). Caught 30 Kokes, most in the 14" to 15+" range using 3 poles. Also 1 small trout caught (released) and 0 Chinooks caught. Had another 8-10 on that we lost at various stages. Landed one double and almost landed a triple (got 2 out of 3). Used Ford Fenders with various spinners and hoochies. Also used a few different dodgers (rainbow, watermelon, purple) with pink, orange, and chartreuse hoochies. In general, lure setup and color didn't seem to make much of a difference but the ford fender with orange spinner did seem to get a few more hits than the other setups. Speed and depth seemed to be the ticket. For speed, I stayed between 1 and 1.5 mph. For depth, I used a downrigger on one line, setting it to between 22' and 30' most of the day. Got lots of action on that setup, using a depth in the low twenties in the morning, and high twenties in the afternoon. For the other two lines, I used 3 oz of lead on one and 4 oz on the other; then we put out enough line to get them in the mid-twenties depth range. We stuck with that depth in the morning. In the afternoon, we went down to around 30'. We were getting action pretty consistently all day. Great Day! Time to fire up the Smoker! tooexcited

Kevin
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Thanks Kevin for very good fishing report. My wife and I fished 3 days in Anderson from Thurs. May-03 until Sat. May-5. We took home 42 Kok size range from 13" to 17". On Thurs. we fished in Deer creek and we lost 10 fish in 1st hour before we boated the 1st fish. We caught 7 good size kokanee at Deer Creek before noon and 6 Kok in Curlew area in the evening. On Fri. we caught 17 KOk mostly between Deer Creek to Curlew and 12 kok on Sat.

Vance dodger + Signature purple squid did well in the morning. In the afternoon we switched to copper dodger + pink Signature pink squid. We used 2 DR with depth varied from 12' ~ 20' in the morning and 20' to 30' in the afternoon. Long line 1.5 oz sinker + Ford fender + Kokabow Talon + white corn 50' to 80' line out. Trolling speed from 1.2 ~ 1.5MPH
We camped at Deer Creek. Great camping and fishing trip.

[mowrus]

Anybody heard anything on the tournament at Anderson?

[Elk Hunter]

7.69 lbs won it, big Koke side pot was a 19” fish

[mowrus]

7.69 lbs won it, big Koke side pot was a 19” fish
wasn't that a 6 fish limit too?

[Elk Hunter]

Yes, there were at least 25 6 fish limits turned in based upon the weights/ awards and probably a lot more. Our average fish was 1.25 lbs and in the mid 15” range

[Elk Hunter]

Great 4 days for us on Anderson, today we caught 26 go home fish don’t even want to talk about the lost fish tooexcited, fished mainly in the Woods creek area with both pink and orange MAG TACKLE MINI MAGS working the best for us. Early 12 to 21’ OTW and then after 9am 27 to 40’ OTW, GPS speed that worked the best for us was 1.6, setbacks anywhere from 10’ to 50’. Glad we were able to experience this Great Lake and our 3rd place finish in the derby helped with some gas money.

[F-Bomb]

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 kokes and had two 17.5 and two 16.5 and then most of the rest looked like clones all at 15 exactly. Bloodied and had to take a little 12 incher which would have ruined our tournament total if we had drawn Friday. No Chinooks on Friday.

On Saturday we hooked a really big fish right off the bat just away from the boat ramp and it swam and jumped sideways across our entire setup. Braided four lines into a world class mess and also shook itself off. We were out of commission for a half an hour unraveling that mess and it really wasn't that much fun. Braided line and those paper flashers can really work up a mother of a knot in about a half a second.

Got reorganized and things settled in and we once again caught fish pretty regularly. Ended up boating another 28 fish but they were all only 14 to the biggest being 15.5. We had at least 20 DR pops with no fish on. Friday we might have had 3. There was exactly zero sunshine and it was just plain cold on Saturday. Friday had some bad times but it was nice quite a bit and also sunny. My setup is hotter in the sun. We threw back all but three 15.5 and then it got really slow and we went two hours without a decent fish and it was getting towards the weigh in time. Didn't think a 6 pack of 15.5 would even be in the hunt so it pretty much seemed moot. We finally at 3 caught 2 more 15 to 15.5 and decided that we would really try for that 6th fish or not even bother. It was getting pretty desperate and the TD was standing out on the dock checking in the final boats and was obviously wanting us to come in but we couldn't get that #6. Finally at exactly 3:25 right out in front of the ramp we hooked a really hot fish. Drug it in as quickly as possible and it turned out to be a damn 14" Chinook and we were sunk! DNF...... It was actually a really fun and strategic game. I was certain a bunch of guys with local knowledge would drag in a 6 pack of 19 plus fish but as it turns out not so.

Another hilarious happening which was pretty embarrassing was that they announced that there were no qualified Chinook entered from Friday. We caught a 14.5. If you keep and turn in a less than 14 Chinook you are DQ'd so I was doing a really good job of measuring it on my fishing table. When I verified it was plus 14 the damn thing wiggled out of my hands and swam right off that table back into the lake! I was pretty sure I just threw back a $500 dollar bill. Thankfully someone caught a 15 and all is well. We caught 7 Chinook on Saturday. Most were those little buggers but a couple were decent.

We fished my standard setup with Macks paper 4 blades silver flash and slightly customized wedding ring spinners. Orange bodies with various Colorado blades silver to combos of white/orange/silver. We had pretty even action on all 4 setups. DR setups from 65ft back 14ft down to 45ft back 28ft down. 28ft produced the most action both days. We also ran two outside poles with 1.25 ounces of weight and they were active as well. It's the most fish I've caught on non-downrigger setups for some time. What ever depth 1.25 ounces equals 86ft back at 2.0-2.3MPH seemed to be a good spot. Not a ton of huge marks of schools on the sounder so the fish are on the top and pretty well spread out. We fished all over the Pine end of the res. Avoided the madness at Curlew and caught most our action towards lime creek or right near the pine boat launch.

white corn with tuna oil and Mike's blue

[G3 longliner]

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 kokes and had two 17.5 and two 16.5 and then most of the rest looked like clones all at 15 exactly. Bloodied and had to take a little 12 incher which would have ruined our tournament total if we had drawn Friday. No Chinooks on Friday.

On Saturday we hooked a really big fish right off the bat just away from the boat ramp and it swam and jumped sideways across our entire setup. Braided four lines into a world class mess and also shook itself off. We were out of commission for a half an hour unraveling that mess and it really wasn't that much fun. Braided line and those paper flashers can really work up a mother of a knot in about a half a second.

Got reorganized and things settled in and we once again caught fish pretty regularly. Ended up boating another 28 fish but they were all only 14 to the biggest being 15.5. We had at least 20 DR pops with no fish on. Friday we might have had 3. There was exactly zero sunshine and it was just plain cold on Saturday. Friday had some bad times but it was nice quite a bit and also sunny. My setup is hotter in the sun. We threw back all but three 15.5 and then it got really slow and we went two hours without a decent fish and it was getting towards the weigh in time. Didn't think a 6 pack of 15.5 would even be in the hunt so it pretty much seemed moot. We finally at 3 caught 2 more 15 to 15.5 and decided that we would really try for that 6th fish or not even bother. It was getting pretty desperate and the TD was standing out on the dock checking in the final boats and was obviously wanting us to come in but we couldn't get that #6. Finally at exactly 3:25 right out in front of the ramp we hooked a really hot fish. Drug it in as quickly as possible and it turned out to be a damn 14" Chinook and we were sunk! DNF...... It was actually a really fun and strategic game. I was certain a bunch of guys with local knowledge would drag in a 6 pack of 19 plus fish but as it turns out not so.

Another hilarious happening which was pretty embarrassing was that they announced that there were no qualified Chinook entered from Friday. We caught a 14.5. If you keep and turn in a less than 14 Chinook you are DQ'd so I was doing a really good job of measuring it on my fishing table. When I verified it was plus 14 the damn thing wiggled out of my hands and swam right off that table back into the lake! I was pretty sure I just threw back a $500 dollar bill. Thankfully someone caught a 15 and all is well. We caught 7 Chinook on Saturday. Most were those little buggers but a couple were decent.

We fished my standard setup with Macks paper 4 blades silver flash and slightly customized wedding ring spinners. Orange bodies with various Colorado blades silver to combos of white/orange/silver. We had pretty even action on all 4 setups. DR setups from 65ft back 14ft down to 45ft back 28ft down. 28ft produced the most action both days. We also ran two outside poles with 1.25 ounces of weight and they were active as well. It's the most fish I've caught on non-downrigger setups for some time. What ever depth 1.25 ounces equals 86ft back at 2.0-2.3MPH seemed to be a good spot. Not a ton of huge marks of schools on the sounder so the fish are on the top and pretty well spread out. We fished all over the Pine end of the res. Avoided the madness at Curlew and caught most our action towards lime creek or right near the pine boat launch.

white corn with tuna oil and Mike's blue



went Anderson yesterday - weird day - hooked 20 koks and landed 3 - hard to net when your by yourself they seemed real hot - bouncing off boat and heading for motor - BUT was a nice day - did not see a lot of action where I was Curlew to Lime

[terek]

did pretty good at the 4k tourney. We decided to keep everything over 14". Threw back a lot of babies, but ended up getting all our fish by noon. all around the 14 1/2- 15 1/2 range, and still managed to pull off 11th place. We tied for 10th on weight, but the other dudes beat us in length by 2 mm. What was a real bummer is 1st place was only 1/3rd of a pound over our weight. It literally came down to who got fish before they took a morning dump, and who got fish after their morning dump. I hope no one was shoving sinkers down their gullets, lol. Still was fun, and made my goal of top 20. Got a nice pole and a hat for a prize. Will deff. do it again.
We did really good thur. pre fishing, and sat. as well. As a lot have said, the fish were REALLY bad about false hitting. Both loosing fish right after hookup, or grabbing a bouncing pole to find nothing at the end. We probably lost/didn't hook over 100 fish over the 3 days

Best fishing was at 28 feet. Every color produced just as good as the other. Speed and depth was the key. Trolling at 1.25 was not producing, we only got good strikes at 1.5 to 1.6

[F-Bomb]

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 that absolutely wasn't the case. A guy at the lodge who has fished Anderson a ton (and based on the photos does very well) stated on Saturday night that he rarely sees an 18 and never a 19 or better fish this early.

I was pretty worried that my LP setup would not work at Anderson but it worked great if not better than at LP. Those fish love our cigars and because it was a contest we smoked NON-STOP. I can forego those now for quite awhile (cough cough).

That tournament was an absolute hoot to participate in and it was very well ran and organized for their first try. There is no way that 80 boats would have been too many for that lake or the setup for a one day event. They pushed out 40 boats off of that tiny little one lane ramp and area without a single issue. Two starting times and two ending times on the same day two hours apart would work fine and be more fair and less of a burden on the staff and travelers. I'll participate again if the cards flop out correctly. Most fun fishing I've had in a long while. Got my old competitive genes going again.

[F-Bomb]

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 they can hammer a treble hook hard enough to pull out of the DR, take
three nubs of corn and somehow not be there after a couple seconds!

[G3 longliner]

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 they can hammer a treble hook hard enough to pull out of the DR, take
three nubs of corn and somehow not be there after a couple seconds!

ya i changed to weddings rings with treble and lost 8 in a row there goes the treble is better theory

[formulaben]

Can't recall where I read this, but I was told that when they get to the boat they "freak out" more than other types of fish and that's when you lose them...in my small amount of Koke fishing, it seemed to be true. I was using a basic net and would love them before we had an opportunity to take a pass with the old net. The solution was to get an extension type net and bag them as far away from the boat as possible...here is a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgYZjJuCADs) explaining the concept. I bought one very close to this and my conversion rate went up quite a bit last year.

[F-Bomb]

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 into the netting nearly like the conventional deep nylon jobs. If you can get them with their head up and very quickly water ski them into the net starting at about 10ft out you'll end up with less loses right at the boat. They seem to do the last ditch kokanee freak out about 6ft away and if they have leverage by having their head down to riggle it's bye bye. So 8ft of handle is pretty handy.

Still nearly impossible to use that technique solo.

[G3 longliner]

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 into the netting nearly like the conventional deep nylon jobs. If you can get them with their head up and very quickly water ski them into the net starting at about 10ft out you'll end up with less loses right at the boat. They seem to do the last ditch kokanee freak out about 6ft away and if they have leverage by having their head down to riggle it's bye bye. So 8ft of handle is pretty handy.

Still nearly impossible to use that technique solo.



what i really need are arms that are 2 foot longer - finally got my Traeger and smoked some Koks - not enough salt in brine , good, but a little bland - still learning the Traeger - any simple recipes out there?

[centurion]

"what i really need are arms that are 2 foot longer - finally got my Traeger and smoked some Koks - not enough salt in brine , good, but a little bland - still learning the Traeger - any simple recipes out there?"


Mix 4 parts brown sugar to 1 part salt. Cover all surfaces of the fillets with this. Let sit for 4-8 hours. (brine will turn from dry to liquid because of osmosis.) Wipe off the majority of the brine, you can leave a little on for flavor. Pop them in traeger for 3-4 hours on Smoke, depending on how dry you like it.

Really hard to beat it this way.

[G3 longliner]

"what i really need are arms that are 2 foot longer - finally got my Traeger and smoked some Koks - not enough salt in brine , good, but a little bland - still learning the Traeger - any simple recipes out there?"


Mix 4 parts brown sugar to 1 part salt. Cover all surfaces of the fillets with this. Let sit for 4-8 hours. (brine will turn from dry to liquid because of osmosis.) Wipe off the majority of the brine, you can leave a little on for flavor. Pop them in traeger for 3-4 hours on Smoke, depending on how dry you like it.

Really hard to beat it this way.

leave skin on fillet?

[centurion]

leave skin on fillet?

yes.

smoke it skin side down.

and eat the skin.

[metalheadgene]

Leave skin on Filet. 2lb dark brown sugar, 1 cup of kosher salt, 1/2 gallon of water, 1 cup of real maple syrup. Submerge and soak in liquid brine for 24 to 48 hours. Then place on racks and allow a pelicle to form. This simply means to let them dry to the until the surface of the filet is tacky to the touch. I iusually do this in the garage were there is cooler temps. I line the table with newspaper to absorb the drippings. I place side of each rack on 2x4 so air can get underneath.

I do this before I go to bed, and first thing in the morning I throw the racks in the smoker.

I don't really do anything other than above and my freinds and family are always asking for more and want to take some home.

[nepetbutler]

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 into the netting nearly like the conventional deep nylon jobs. If you can get them with their head up and very quickly water ski them into the net starting at about 10ft out you'll end up with less loses right at the boat. They seem to do the last ditch kokanee freak out about 6ft away and if they have leverage by having their head down to riggle it's bye bye. So 8ft of handle is pretty handy.

Still nearly impossible to use that technique solo.
I extended my net with a adjustable paint pole

[G3 longliner]

I extended my net with a adjustable paint pole



anderson yesterday no fish till we got up to curlew than started catching right off the boat ramp ended up with 8 , 14-17 inch koks kicked off bunch of small chinooks lost maybe 4 - nice to have a net man:) lots of boats

[salmonster]

Good weekend at Anderson. Fished from daylight until noon on Saturday and from daylight to 11:30 on Sunday. Kept 37 Saturday and 25 on Sunday. Maybe 12 total were 16 or better. 30-35ft seemed to be the best depth. We did our best to fish by ourselves as much as we could so we traveled at troll speed much of the time between Lime creek and Fall creek. All the normal colors worked but pink seemed best. I do fish more with pink at Anderson so that is likely why. Lost only about 20% of the fish hooked. Interesting that most lost at the net (I have an extending net that must be 10 or 12 feet long when extended. Several of fish lost stayed right where they came loose and flopped on the surface 3 or 4 times. Might have been able to just net them if we had not been dodging flying baits. You can tell from the other posts that the fishing at Anderson is really good right now. Enjoy.

[kokaneekevin]

Took a buddy with me to Anderson Ranch yesterday (5/25). Fished Curlew area from 9am to 3pm. Caught 17 Kokes, releasing one pretty small guy. Only Kokes caught, no chinooks or trout. Except for about an hour in the late morning, we had plenty of bites all day long. Maybe 50+ total. But for some reason, many of those never hooked up. Just a wham on the line and then nothing. Couldn't figure out why this was happening more than usual, except that it's Kokanee fishing. Also had the usual couple lost at the boat and several lost way out as they were jumping high out of the water a lot. Even had one jumping high out of the water at the boat. Think my buddy netted it in the air! :) And had 2 doubles, landing both each time. That's always fun! Used my usual stuff: Ford fenders, rainbow dodgers, pink hoochies, orange spinners, and purple spinners. All seemed to work well. Two lines with 3oz and 4oz in the morning, going to 5oz in the afternoon, 80 to 100 clicks back. One line on my downrigger, mostly set to 33' (the hot spot), but also tried 20' and 40'. No action at those depths. I think all our action was between 25' and 35'. Spent quite a bit of time out in front of the ramp again, having pretty good luck there, then moved down a bit to that bay just south of the ramp. Lots of bites there too. Weather cooperated for most of the day (very nice!). Got a bit windy in the afternoon making it a bit difficult to hold our trolling line. But not a big deal. Just another great day at Anderson!

It was amazing to see all the rigs pouring in all day long - with campers, ATVs, boats... I guess most were headed up into Pine, as the Curlew area was already mostly full when we got there. Should be wild times there over this long weekend. Hope we get lots of great fishing updates here from this weekend.

By the way, who launches their big jet boat and then starts to prep right there on the ramp, boat still on the trailer in the water? Boat even still had all the windows and windshield covered with those canvas snap-on covers. Aren't you supposed to get that all done before backing down the ramp?


KokaneeKevin

[formulaben]

By the way, who launches their big jet boat and then starts to prep right there on the ramp, boat still on the trailer in the water? Boat even still had all the windows and windshield covered with those canvas snap-on covers. Aren't you supposed to get that all done before backing down the ramp?KokaneeKevin

Soooo frustrating. Yes, I have a name for those but I can't write it here.

[F-Bomb]

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. Not a bite other than a very large squaw fish for the first hour. Got a few here and there fish until 2 and then it was on. We had multiples over and over. Several times We ended up with no lines in the water as the fish just worked across our setups. We caught and brought about 15 nice ones home for the smoker. Let go a bunch of smallies and random baby chinooks. Had one small little weird looking fish that I think was a baby bull trout.

A very nasty storm showed up about 4:30 and this time we packed it in just in time and made it out dry and not electrocuted! The 4K weekend taught me how the those storms roll down from Featherville side and you need to not be out there or you are going to suffer. Loading up the pontoon in a windy monsoon is not fun and might end up with an insurance claim.

Fish on DR 24ft to 28ft depth and 45ft back of the ball. Orange customized WR spinner behind silver paper flashers as usual. Any color of blade off of that combo caught them evenly. No action on the long lines until we removed weight and at 1/2 ounce at 110ft back we found them.

Fun day!

[fish4kok]

The weather forecast for Memorial weekend wasn't good in Pine area. Anyhow my wife and I went to camp and fish in Anderson Ranch Reservoir for 5 days, started from Wed. May 23 thru Sunday morning May 27. The weather wasn't good but fishing was good ( for us anyway). We fish 4 ~5 hrs every day and quit when it was windy and rain. There was a big wind storm on Friday evening that almost blew off 2 canopies of those young couple camp by us. We ran over to help them to take down the top cover...
We BBQ 3 at the camp for dinner and took home 50 Kok size from 13" ~ 16".
Most of the fish we caught by Curlew. We troll from Curlew boat ramp to North Curlew creek then troll toward opposite side of Curlew (West side) This area is shallow 46' or so but we caught fish in this area with DR set at 28' deep. Couple times we had the lead ball drag to the bottom...OOps we were at the shallow 35'...
Wed Few hits but didn't get any Kok, few small Chinnok that we released.
Thursday caught 17
Friday caught 20
Saturday morning caught 7
Sunday morning 9

Vance copper dodger + pink squid + white corn + Anise or Herring scent. DR from 25 ~ 30'
Kokabow dodger + Signature squid UV Cotton Candy + white corn + Anise or Herring scent. 30' line out then DR from 25 ~ 30'.
The long line pole wasn't very productive. On Thurs morning we caught 4 Kok right on the surface at Deer Creek in 1 hour then they seem to go deeper. Same above set up, no weight and 80' line out.

There were not many boats fishing in Curlew, they concentrate more by Lime Creek. Fishing must be good in that area. Most people drove up here for camping than fishing.

That was a good trip and we had everything from sunshine, rain, windy, wind storm...

[G3 longliner]

The weather forecast for Memorial weekend wasn't good in Pine area. Anyhow my wife and I went to camp and fish in Anderson Ranch Reservoir for 5 days, started from Wed. May 23 thru Sunday morning May 27. The weather wasn't good but fishing was good ( for us anyway). We fish 4 ~5 hrs every day and quit when it was windy and rain. There was a big wind storm on Friday evening that almost blew off 2 canopies of those young couple camp by us. We ran over to help them to take down the top cover...
We BBQ 3 at the camp for dinner and took home 50 Kok size from 13" ~ 16".
Most of the fish we caught by Curlew. We troll from Curlew boat ramp to North Curlew creek then troll toward opposite side of Curlew (West side) This area is shallow 46' or so but we caught fish in this area with DR set at 28' deep. Couple times we had the lead ball drag to the bottom...OOps we were at the shallow 35'...
Wed Few hits but didn't get any Kok, few small Chinnok that we released.
Thursday caught 17
Friday caught 20
Saturday morning caught 7
Sunday morning 9

Vance copper dodger + pink squid + white corn + Anise or Herring scent. DR from 25 ~ 30'
Kokabow dodger + Signature squid UV Cotton Candy + white corn + Anise or Herring scent. 30' line out then DR from 25 ~ 30'.
The long line pole wasn't very productive. On Thurs morning we caught 4 Kok right on the surface at Deer Creek in 1 hour then they seem to go deeper. Same above set up, no weight and 80' line out.

There were not many boats fishing in Curlew, they concentrate more by Lime Creek. Fishing must be good in that area. Most people drove up here for camping than fishing.

That was a good trip and we had everything from sunshine, rain, windy, wind storm...

Anderson today got 7 before we got blown off - think would have been a good day without the gale - talked to one boat had a dozen

[fish4kok]

Anderson today got 7 before we got blown off - think would have been a good day without the gale - talked to one boat had a dozen
Did you catch those 7 with long line or with DR?

[G3 longliner]

Did you catch those 7 with long line or with DR?

G3 Longliner only long lines - ford fender 1 or 2 ounces ball weight on slide - pink kokabow hootchie and pink blade weddingring garlic corn and bloody tuna out 90-100 ft did get a couple by the dam after we got blown off curlew - not much caught right out from curlew ramp that i saw - see ya next week - going to try LP sunday against my better judgment Gran daughters want to go for boat ride - 90 degrees will be lots of googins:(

[Patience]

Should have easily had my limit, but with the wind and the doubles I didn't boat, I could only finish with these, most were only 14-15". Netting solo, in the wind, is tough.
Only my second time to Anderson, so I thought I did pretty good. Fished from 10-5. Launched from the airport and didn't make it beyond the Curlew ramp.
Downrigger at 14-22 feet down all day, 75 feet back, 1.7-2.3 MPH, surface temp 62-63, sling blades, home-made wedding ring style lures, corn swimming in Anise.

[G3 longliner]

Should have easily had my limit, but with the wind and the doubles I didn't boat, I could only finish with these, most were only 14-15". Netting solo, in the wind, is tough.
Only my second time to Anderson, so I thought I did pretty good. Fished from 10-5. Launched from the airport and didn't make it beyond the Curlew ramp.
Downrigger at 14-22 feet down all day, 75 feet back, 1.7-2.3 MPH, surface temp 62-63, sling blades, home-made wedding ring style lures, corn swimming in Anise.



nice load:):):) aint it fun traeger is smoking right now

[Bassmeet]

Fished from 10am-2 pm. on 6-2-18, lost the first 8 that smacked the rods in about the first 30 minutes. Once we got the misses out of the way we ended up keeping 20 all over 14 inches, biggest being 18.5 inches. Fishing silver/watermelon dodger, trailed by red w/r spinner, (I know it’s weird but I like the w/r behind the dodger instead of tradition pop gear). Most fish caught between 25-30 on dr. Picked up a few on long lines at 80ft back with 1 oz early and 2 ounces later on, rolling about 1.6-1.8 with shoe peg and bloody tuna. I’ll be up here in the morning on 6-3-18 stop and say hi. Green custom weld cobra with screaming kids most the time hahah. Hope this report helps.

[dustyjohns]

Setup camp Friday night in the wind. It finally quit blowing around 10pm. Fished 10-1 and put 3 in the cooler. Swam and played rest of the day. This morning we fished from Curlew to Lime Creek and ended up with 12 on ice. Lost quite a few before even getting to the boat. Running a big the little Kokabow dodger 7” apart. One setup was watermelon with pink Kokabow behind it and shoepeg. Other was the pink and yellow dodgers with orange Kokabow hoochie. 2 1/2 oz 69 and 80 feet back. No downriggers on this redneck yacht....9435

[hooknhunter]

Anderson today got 7 before we got blown off - think would have been a good day without the gale - talked to one boat had a dozen

I think I talked to you on the boat ramp. I was the guy who got 5, was happy with the size, but wanted more.

[Papa1905]

What time has the bite been most active lately? Going up Monday for 4 days. Hoping to bring back a few nice ones. Long Liners no DR on my father in laws little boat. 10 foot sun tracker with 9.9 Mercury but gets us on the water and fishing. That is the important thing.
Thanks
Terry

[dustyjohns]

Most people say it’s between 10 and 2. I like to start early because it can get toasty on the water by noonish. I would disagree with you though. Being safe is more important to me. Just my opinion though.

[kodiak1]

Papa1905,
First, welcome to the site. We fished Anderson yesterday from 9-12:30. Brought home 24. The advice above is correct. The bite seems to be later. Last time we were up there the fish were much deeper. Our best depth was 14', and then 17 at around 10, and finally 19. I realize that when people say there is a poor morning bite, the fish are simply feeding near the surface, but that didn't seem to be the case yesterday. By the way, there were two longliners fishing in our area, and they were hammering 'em. Our lead core did well later in the day, at 4 colors. The area by Lime Creek, and towards the dam from there, was most productive. Hoochies and wedding rings performed equally. When we left at 12:30, the fishing was at its hottest....we had back-to-back triples!! Good luck. Mike

[Papa1905]

Most people say it’s between 10 and 2. I like to start early because it can get toasty on the water by noonish. I would disagree with you though. Being safe is more important to me. Just my opinion though.
Yes I agree. That should go hand in hand with boating.

[Papa1905]

Papa1905,
First, welcome to the site. We fished Anderson yesterday from 9-12:30. Brought home 24. The advice above is correct. The bite seems to be later. Last time we were up there the fish were much deeper. Our best depth was 14', and then 17 at around 10, and finally 19. I realize that when people say there is a poor morning bite, the fish are simply feeding near the surface, but that didn't seem to be the case yesterday. By the way, there were two longliners fishing in our area, and they were hammering 'em. Our lead core did well later in the day, at 4 colors. The area by Lime Creek, and towards the dam from there, was most productive. Hoochies and wedding rings performed equally. When we left at 12:30, the fishing was at its hottest....we had back-to-back triples!! Good luck. Mike
Thank You Kodiak. I have been the forum a few years but changed internet providers and emails. Lost my password so I just registered with another name. Been fishing Anderson for a few years but don't get up there often as it is 150 miles one way. Only fairly close places to get Kokanee near me are Lucky Peak and Arrowrock which have not produced many fish any time I have been there.
Terry

[dustyjohns]

We fished this morning and put 5 in the cooler from Curlew. Wind got to be more than I wanted to fight. Running Kokabow dodgers with Kokabow orange and white hoochie, 1oz longlined anywhere from 50-90 feet back.

Guy at the ramp said his buddy caught limits Monday using black and white. Anyone else have luck with that?

[Spit the Hook]

Just my opinion but I'm not a fan of the Kokabow dodgers. They pull much harder for me than regular slingblades and I haven't caught more fish using them over the easier pulling blades.

[Chasing tail]

Just my opinion but I'm not a fan of the Kokabow dodgers. They pull much harder for me than regular slingblades and I haven't caught more fish using them over the easier pulling blades.
I agree that they do pull hard but they have good action. I personally don’t use them either but I can’t deny they catch a lot of fish. I own a handful of them. A lot of people use them. I prefer the sling blades as well since they are more stream lined but by bending them I can get the same action. I also like the extra flash of holographic tape that Kokabow doesn’t use.

[KokaneeJoe]

Just my opinion but I'm not a fan of the Kokabow dodgers. They pull much harder for me than regular slingblades and I haven't caught more fish using them over the easier pulling blades.

I sometimes use them because they do catch fish though and they are not the only dodgers that have a lot of resistance. There are several brands that have this problem. It kind of defeats the purpose of using a dodger over pop-gear. Funny thing is Kokabow in flight trolls have very light resistance and they also catch a lot of fish.

[Chasing tail]

I sometimes use them because they do catch fish though and they are not the only dodgers that have a lot of resistance. There are several brands that have this problem. It kind of defeats the purpose of using a dodger over pop-gear. Funny thing is Kokabow in flight trolls have very light resistance and they also catch a lot of fish.

Gulls make the same dodgers as kokabow but they have the flash tape and come in all different colors but I haven’t bought any just for the same reason, because they feel like you already have a fish on

[dustyjohns]

I only started using them last year. I still have and use the Flash-lites too. I agree that the Kokabow do have that extra drag to them. But they are catching fish. I will be trying one of the in flight trolls soon.

[G3 longliner]

I only started using them last year. I still have and use the Flash-lites too. I agree that the Kokabow do have that extra drag to them. But they are catching fish. I will be trying one of the in flight trolls soon.

Yes Dusty it was windy - had to stay on the wheel all day and let GEO catch most the fish - was fun tho- did get 23 - ford fenders, 2 oz weight, hootchies didnt catch, switched to wedding rings - we counted missed fish and had close to 30 - nothing over 16" - released about 5 small ones - no wind and we would have had more im sure

[idahored]

New to forum. I live in Mtn Home, and mainly fish CJ. 4 years ago, I had a boat with a downrigger and fished Anderson one time and did well. Sold that boat and now have another and wonder if a person has any luck top lining using a mooching sinker to get down a ways and do any good ? If not, I'll spend some beer $$ and go the downrigger route.
Idahored

[Physion]

Up until the last two years I fished exclusively with a long line, weights, a gang troll, and a spinner or other lure. I brought home lots of kokanee. Anderson Ranch has usually been good to me until some time in July. I fish mostly in the upper part near Curlew and Lime Creek. When the fish go deep, and they do, a downrigger would be helpful. Landing a fish on just a dodger is more fun than on a gang troll with weights. Anderson has been yielding good fish this year. Try a long line first and then consider a downrigger. Good luck. If you want more discussion, this should probably be moved to the general fishing thread.

Physion

[idahored]

Up until the last two years I fished exclusively with a long line, weights, a gang troll, and a spinner or other lure. I brought home lots of kokanee. Anderson Ranch has usually been good to me until some time in July. I fish mostly in the upper part near Curlew and Lime Creek. When the fish go deep, and they do, a downrigger would be helpful. Landing a fish on just a dodger is more fun than on a gang troll with weights. Anderson has been yielding good fish this year. Try a long line first and then consider a downrigger. Good luck. If you want more discussion, this should probably be moved to the general fishing thread.

Physion

Thanks for the reply, and insight.
Idahored
Mtn Home

[dwood]

Spent the day at Anderson Ranch yesterday. Only landed two, but good size. several to the boat that we just could not get netted. Had some issues with some cheap clips and let several tackle setups. Great day on the lake though, first time with two people on my little pontoon setup and it worked great.

[Bassmeet]

Fished Saturday morning and Sunday morning. Boated 15 fish Saturday 8am-noon 30ft 1.6 mph silver dodger, red w/r all at curlew.

Went out for 2 hours this morning 8am-10am, and picked up another 7. Using the same set up but at 20-25 ft. Everything that we kept were all over 14 inches, Anderson is producing some really nice fish. 75% of the fish were on the DR’s.

Good luck and Happy Father’s Day.

[hooknhunter]

New to forum. I live in Mtn Home, and mainly fish CJ. 4 years ago, I had a boat with a downrigger and fished Anderson one time and did well. Sold that boat and now have another and wonder if a person has any luck top lining using a mooching sinker to get down a ways and do any good ? If not, I'll spend some beer $$ and go the downrigger route.
Idahored

I use that method all the time. Usually (but not always) do pretty well.

[John123987]

Fished from 10-4 netted 20 fish nothin under 14 inches released anything smaller and biggest was 17.5”. Orange dodgers worked best early day and then green worked best durintg afternoon. Fishing 27 feet down all day with pink and orange hoochies tipped with firecorn. Half of the fish came from downriggers half from rods longlining. Almost all the bigger fish came from the long liners which is interesting. Completely shredded one of the tires on our trailer or else we would have been out earlier.

[dustyjohns]

Fished Lime Crk area from 7 to 6 and put 16 fish in the cooler including a 20” rainbow. I tried at least a dozen different setups with a silver flash-lite, Black hoochie, 1.5 oz, and 69 feet back being the winner.

[MackayGuy]

Nice rod! Hope it’s your daughter’s. 😧

[dustyjohns]

Nice rod! Hope it’s your daughter’s. 😧

Pretty sure it’s your mom’s rod.... 😉

[MackayGuy]

Pretty sure it’s your mom’s rod.... 😉

If it is she won’t miss it....she’s dead. But good comeback.

[Oldfishnfart]

If it is she won’t miss it....she’s dead. But good comeback.

What is this ! 6th grade?😂🤣

[dustyjohns]

I wanted a rod that was bright. I don’t have the best setup boat wise and from where I have to sit, the light red color catches my eye easier when it starts bouncing. You’re not the only one that’s given me grief for it. The guy at Howard’s didn’t want to sell it to me 😂

[MackayGuy]

I wanted a rod that was bright. I don’t have the best setup boat wise and from where I have to sit, the light red color catches my eye easier when it starts bouncing. You’re not the only one that’s given me grief for it. The guy at Howard’s didn’t want to sell it to me 😂

I was just kidding with you....and you took it well. And...most importantly you caught fish with it. Fisherman always jab their fellow fisherman.

[dustyjohns]

I have pretty thick skin, glad you do too.

[G3 longliner]

I have pretty thick skin, glad you do too.

any new word on the docs being put back in ? Forest service still passing the buck?

[hooknhunter]

any new word on the docs being put back in ? Forest service still passing the buck?

My money says the docks will dry rot on land. 101thumbsdown101

[dustyjohns]

Why can’t we put them in? Rent a loader or forklift in Mt Home and just go do it?

[G3 longliner]

Why can’t we put them in? Rent a loader or forklift in Mt Home and just go do it?

DOESNT someone out there in fishing land have some pull with the FS

im sure if ya touched them it would be a felony against the gov.:) guess they would make good fire wood for the campers at Curlew not me of course:(

[crappieslayer]

Fished Anderson today. Between 2 of us caught 7. Found them at a variety of depths. Even caught a double on one downrigger at different depths. Bite was spotty. Kokes we did catch were nice size.

[dustyjohns]

Fished Anderson today. Between 2 of us caught 7. Found them at a variety of depths. Even caught a double on one downrigger at different depths. Bite was spotty. Kokes we did catch were nice size.

Educate me please. How do you run one downrigger at different depths and more than one rod? I’m still trying to decide if I want to get downriggers.

[SuperD]

Educate me please. How do you run one downrigger at different depths and more than one rod? I’m still trying to decide if I want to get downriggers.

It is called stacking. Release clips are spread a minimum of 10’ apart on the downrigger wire. You will find stacker release clips that attach to the wire wherever you’d like.

[dustyjohns]

Thanks SuperD! Another item in the + column as to why I should get downriggers.

[hooknhunter]

Thanks SuperD! Another item in the + column as to why I should get downriggers.

To each their own, I guess. I have tried down riggers and been completely un-impressed. I don't want any.

[dustyjohns]

To each their own, I guess. I have tried down riggers and been completely un-impressed. I don't want any.

I like the idea of being able to make turns sharper. Sometimes we run 90’-100’ back and that takes way too big of a turn usually.

What did you really not like?

[Spit the Hook]

Put me in the love 'em camp. Have had my same Scotty downriggers for 17 years and they are great. I recommend electric if you have the extra bucks. JMHO

[hooknhunter]

I like the idea of being able to make turns sharper. Sometimes we run 90’-100’ back and that takes way too big of a turn usually.

What did you really not like?

I want to spend my time with my lines in the water. Not farting around with a down rigger. When the bite is hot and you are catching as fast as you can get your line down, I don't want to take all the extra time to set up the dr.

[terek]

I want to spend my time with my lines in the water. Not farting around with a down rigger. When the bite is hot and you are catching as fast as you can get your line down, I don't want to take all the extra time to set up the dr.


Lol, I can stack 2 lines on a down rigger twice as fast as I can let out 100 feet of ford fender. So by the time you get 1 line out, I have 2 downriggers stacked with 4 lines out fishing. Plus I get to actually fight the fish, instead of fighting a flasher. And I can make 180* turns on a dime, when you pass over that big school. By the time you make your 1/2 mile turn with long lines, the school could be gone. Downriggers literally have all pros and no cons. I think that you think they are slow because you haven't used them long enough to pick up the fine touch. Stacking downriggers is an art. I can have 4 poles fishing in less than 4 minutes.

[hooknhunter]

Lol, I can stack 2 lines on a down rigger twice as fast as I can let out 100 feet of ford fender. So by the time you get 1 line out, I have 2 downriggers stacked with 4 lines out fishing. Plus I get to actually fight the fish, instead of fighting a flasher. And I can make 180* turns on a dime, when you pass over that big school. By the time you make your 1/2 mile turn with long lines, the school could be gone. Downriggers literally have all pros and no cons. I think that you think they are slow because you haven't used them long enough to pick up the fine touch. Stacking downriggers is an art. I can have 4 poles fishing in less than 4 minutes.

Like I think I said earlier. Too each their own. Also, I can make very sharp turns and get my line back in the water and at depth faster than I can get the hooks out of the one I just caught. If you're happy with a dr I'm happy for you. Shouldn't you feel the same for me?

I've seen how the guys in their great big boats decked out with dr and all the bells whistles and such look down their noses at me. It actually makes me laugh inside.

[SuperD]

At the end of the day, do what feels the most comfortable and makes you happy and sometimes that isn't the most popular or even the most efficient way to catch fish. I've heard guys that swear they catch more fish with lead line. Personally, I'd rather catch less fish and actually feel them than fighting all the weight of gear to get them to the boat. If that means less fish for me, I'm good with it.

[Spit the Hook]

I use both leadcore and downriggers. Sometimes one way out catches the other and the next time it might work the opposite. I refuse to to put more than 5 colors of leadcore on a reel. If I need to go deeper than that it's all downrigger time for me.

[nepetbutler]

Like I think I said earlier. Too each their own. Also, I can make very sharp turns and get my line back in the water and at depth faster than I can get the hooks out of the one I just caught. If you're happy with a dr I'm happy for you. Shouldn't you feel the same for me?

I've seen how the guys in their great big boats decked out with dr and all the bells whistles and such look down their noses at me. It actually makes me laugh inside.

Longlinging is hard when there is alot of boats around

[hooknhunter]

Ah, I see. Maybe that's why I don't do it much.

[F-Bomb]

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 that you can load and set a dr in about 10 seconds total. I haven't fished at below 32ft for years so setting up is quick and easy once your system is dialed in. I suppose if you were setting up in the 60's and down it would start to be a bigger deal with the manual crankers. It gets maddening when you get a bite and your DR pops off without a fish.
Of course I pull in a line and check after a bite too so it's just about equal in the PIA department.

It's very unusual for most old school koke guys but I catch a ton of fish right up on the top with my dr setups. Some as shallow as 6ft down. What is weird is that running long lines with minimal weight doesn't seem to produce as much as a DR set shallow. Lure trajectory or just flat out being at exactly the right depth versus approximate and guesstimated with weight? Maybe my type of setups fish better off a DR? Bet not since we still do get some action on the long lines when we do run 4 poles. So far I'm at about 7 to 1 DR to long line for my boat.

[hooknhunter]

I would agree with Terek in that you can load and set a dr in about 10 seconds total.

I have made it a point to watch peeps fishing with DR. I pay very close attention and I have yet to see ANYONE do it that fast, or even close to that fast. Takes most I've watched, well over 2-3 minutes. If you won't look down your nose at me, maybe you could take me fishing with you some time so I can see how you do it. I'd love to see a pro in action. I have no problems with anything that works. My belief is never argue with success. But so far, I see no need to transition to a DR to be successful, and based on what I've seen both at close and at far, I have no desire to change.

No doubt, there have been days when I watch peeps with DR out fish me. Makes me jealous as #$Z%@. BUT, I have also seen plenty of guys with DR drooling while I catch and they are not, on other days. I'm all for being able to adapt to the situation and do what catches. I just see no evidence that DR is superior to other methods every time, I have proven to myself, that often but not always, DR are NOT superior. Whatever works, don't argue with success.

I've also seen days (been on both sides of it, actually) when side by side fishermen using setups that are identical in almost every way, and one guy catches while the other guy watches. It can drive you mad.

I believe the question that started this conversation had something to do with "do you need a DR to be successful at Anderson". My experience says, No, you do not.

Peace out. I'm going fishing.

[crappieslayer]

My experience a few days ago at Anderson, was to not pay too much attention to what the fish finder was showing. I showed fish at 8ft, 23ft, 35ft, 45ft, but I caught most of the fish at 18 to 20, and caught a nice 15in bass trolling at 35ft. I usually put one stacker at 35 and the other at 18. If someone is with me I have them go 10 and 40. Then we see what gets hit the most.

[Waterskipper]

Can everyone please email congressman Simpson about the docks not being in the water at Curlew. It is easy to do, so please take the time. Thanks! Happy Fishing!

[4449]

Physion and I fished Anderson today from 1000 to 1630. Using downriggers, we boated 13 kokes and one King. Average size of the kokes were 16"; King was about 13". Started using a pink hoochie with a smile blade, then later in the afternoon switched to green which kept the bite going until we were done. Our depths ranged from 28-37'. My thanks to Physion for allowing me to fish with him... I need a boat.

[Trailbob]

My wife and I camped and fished Anderson on the evening of 6/27 and 7 to 1 pm on 6/28. On 6/27 we fished out from Curlew and caught 9 kokes to 17", and a 14" chinook. DRs from 25 to 35'. Watermelon, copper/chrome, and blue/chrome dodgers with pink hoochies or pink bead spinners, all with plain corn.

6/28 we fished from Curlew and worked our way to about 1/2 mile west of Lime Creek. Caught a few right off, then slow until around 11:30 when the bite picked up. I usually fish 4 DRs, but forgot two at home so I stacked one DR with two rods at 25 and 35, and set the other at 30'. During the slow period, I also put out a rod with 4 colors of lead core and a crawler/pop gear set up (for trout).

At the end of the day we kept 17 more kokes to 18", and released a couple of small ones. The hot ticket was a watermelon dodger with a pink hoochie, and a gold dodger with a pink bead spinner. 30 to 35 feet. We also caught two kokes on the trout set up.

My 2 cts on the DR vs lead core/long line. I have and use both. Normally, if I have to go more than three color of lead core (about 15' deep), then I prefer DRs. On the lakes I used to fish, it was common to have to go 50 to 100' deep in the summer for kokes so DRs were a must. I think I'm probably faster rigging and putting down a DR than letting out 3 or 4+ colors of lead core.

[John123987]

Caught 4 kept 1 17”. Fished 30-35 feet down using orange and green dodgers with pink or orange hoochies and firecorn. Hooked into a big fish that wasnt fighting very hard but was very heavy with a few kicks here and there. Lost him before we could see what was. Any ideas on what it could be? All the guys we taked to said it was pretty slow as well.

[fish4kok]

My wife and I fished in Anderson yesterday from 7:30Am until 5:30PM. We took home 22 Kok from 14" to 18". Fish was really hot in early morning of West Side Curlew boat ramp, we boated 14 Kok at 10:30AM then it was slow down, caught the rest of them by Lime Creek and Wood Creek.
We fished with 3 poles, 1 long line and 2 DR and most of the fish caught on DR from 35' ~ 40'. Vance dodger copper + pink squid + white corn with anise or herring scent.
The long line (70' ~ 100') set up with 2 oz sinker + Ford Fender + Talon Kokabow + white corn. we caught only few fish on this rod.
By the end of fishing talked to 2 fishermen whose bagged their Kok limit at Wood Creek area. I didn't ask for the the depth or lure info...
The other fishermen boated 35 Kok with DR @ 50' deep.
That was a nice day and the wind so calm in the afternoon. Reservoir is about 8' from full. Fish is slightly change color.

Got home, when I backed up the boat on the drive way, I noticed a sound like metal rubbed on the trailer wheel. I checked on next day and that was outer bearing was badly damaged. I bought 2 set trailer bearing kits at NAPA and will replacing them all. Lot of miles after 26 years rolling...

[JagerR]

I Pulled out of the lake around ten last night, at the dock near the dam. Walking up the ramp, about half way up I heard the BUZZ! I damn near got it, a coiled four foot rattle snake. I would have taken it out but he gave me the slip before I could, not a good spot for a snake with the amount of people taffic at that spot. Fished Friday & Saturday evenings, Friday was great! Not that many people on the lake, caught around ten huge kokes. Saturday evening sucked(might have been the huge amount of boat and jet ski traffic), a few small ones and one decent one.

[sawtooth]

Took some family from out of town up to Anderson Ranch today. Didn't get on the water until 10 am. Fished til 2 pm. Our boat landed 11 kokes all 15-18". Lost 4 or 5 others at the boat, as those reeling them in were all rookie fishermen. Sling Blades and home made spinners in pink and orange were the hot ticket at depths of 40-50 down on the downriggers. Hooks were tipped with shoepeg corn soaked in Herring and krill oil. Most caught out in front of Curlew. Two or three of the larger fish were starting to show faint shades of pink near the base of their tail.

[Tripleteaser]

Went up this morning to Anderson and fished from 7 to 10:30. We landed 9 fish, 5 of them were the big guys 16 to 18" in size and and the rest were 10 and 11" fish. Fished from Fall creek to Wood creek at 40 to 55' down. We were using pink spinner and wiggle hoochies.

[JagerR]

Fished yesterday evening from about 6pm-9pm and caught maybe a hand full of 12 inchers and one 18 inch king. I’m not marking many fish, haven’t the last few runs. I fish around the Fall Cr. area, anyone notice the the kokes moving closer to the main coves?

[G3 longliner]

Fished yesterday evening from about 6pm-9pm and caught maybe a hand full of 12 inchers and one 18 inch king. I’m not marking many fish, haven’t the last few runs. I fish around the Fall Cr. area, anyone notice the the kokes moving closer to the main coves?

went yesterday to Anderson Pretty slow for us not much of a morning bite - left early 1:30 looked like bite was picking up kept 4 nice ones thru back a lot of 11-12s looked like the downrigger boats where doing best we were longlining they has a little blush to them but not bad yet

[JagerR]

Fished yesterday evening from 6-10, very slow. Worked depths 60-70, marking fish but not many hits. Was able to boat 4, 2 nice ones that is already showing signs of changing colors.

[Spit the Hook]

I fished Wednesday and though the bite was not spectacular it was pretty consistent. Boated 10 between 7-12:30. Lost that many more. Only had one downrigger as the other is needing repair. All were between 14-17". Fished 40-52' deep.

[fish4kok]

My wife and I fished on Wed and yesterday. We took home 41 Kok size from 14" - 18.5". On Wed. (9:00AM - 6:00PM) we boated 18 fish and 23 Kok on Thurs. from 7:00AM -3:00PM.
Vance dodger + Signature pink squid (short leader 10.5") + white corn + herring scent, 35' line out then DR 40' - 45'
My wife used Kokabow sling blade + modify squid with the color light pink with blue dot on the back and clear on the belly, 14" leader (skirt purchased from Kokanee Tackle shop on Fairview ave.) see picture.
Fish is hot in early morning, after 10:00Am it slows down. In the afternoon they'll bite again and then there will be windy...
There were many boats on Curlew and Lime Creek on Wed. but there weren't many on Thurs. Most of the fishermen quited by noon or when the wind came up.
I bought 2 Chamberlain Stacker 101 line release last year and didn't use until now, after it dial in that work very good, really love this line releaser.
Good luck and tight line to you all.

[pollackoke]

My wife and I fished on Wed and yesterday. We took home 41 Kok size from 14" - 18.5". On Wed. (9:00AM - 6:00PM) we boated 18 fish and 23 Kok on Thurs. from 7:00AM -3:00PM.
Vance dodger + Signature pink squid (short leader 10.5") + white corn + herring scent, 35' line out then DR 40' - 45'
My wife used Kokabow sling blade + modify squid with the color light pink with blue dot on the back and clear on the belly, 14" leader (skirt purchased from Kokanee Tackle shop on Fairview ave.) see picture.
Fish is hot in early morning, after 10:00Am it slows down. In the afternoon they'll bite again and then there will be windy...
There were many boats on Curlew and Lime Creek on Wed. but there weren't many on Thurs. Most of the fishermen quited by noon or when the wind came up.
I bought 2 Chamberlain Stacker 101 line release last year and didn't use until now, after it dial in that work very good, really love this line releaser.
Good luck and tight line to you all.



Yo, fish4koke......you are killing me here!

I have been unable to get out for over a month (family health matters to attend). Anyhow, your report and photos are fabulous! Such a beautiful job cooking your up catch and sharing with us land lubbers. You are and artist man worthy12. Good luck to you as the season winds down.

[fish4kok]

Yo, fish4koke......you are killing me here!

I have been unable to get out for over a month (family health matters to attend). Anyhow, your report and photos are fabulous! Such a beautiful job cooking your up catch and sharing with us land lubbers. You are and artist man worthy12. Good luck to you as the season winds down.

Yo, pollackok...I wish your relative get well soon. I had a same situation as yours back in 2015. Thank you for your very kind words. Best wishes!

[hooknhunter]

fish4koke,

Those look really yummy.

[JagerR]

Fished Sunday morning from 0630-1130, it was a rough day for me and my daughter. We had a total of 4 hits and boated one small nook. Put in at the dam, fished a few spots on the way to Fall Cr. and didn't have any luck. Then fished the Wood Cr. area for a bit and nothing. Back to Fall Cr., there was way to many boats water skiing way to close to us, called it a day. I'm fishing 45'-60' range at speeds 1-1.5, swapping out colors here and there, seen a few schools of fish on the finder. Any tips? I have never fished past Wood Cr., should I be in the Lime/Curlew area this time of year?

[F-Bomb]

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 sizes and varieties. Most caught on silver dodger with a Shasta Tackle pink glo squid tied 8" back at 35ft-38ft. Used Pautske fire corn pink with Mikes blue herring oil. The biggest fish were right at 17 and a very slight tint off of silver. On Sunday it was about the same but we also had a crazy amount of bites without a solid hook up. Mostly fished with just two setups DR. The weighted long lines didn't produce anything and is just a PIA to manage.

On Sunday we caught five fish right off the bat with the Saturday combo and technique then it slowed way down and I started the random switch and change with a hit or fish about every hour so not very exciting. I switched to new corn coated with powdered bloody tuna and Mike's blue herring and that seemed to be the ticket. At 4pm we finally accidentally caught a really hot nice 17" at 52ft. Weirdly this was up the narrow section past Lime towards Fall Creek. We marked a bunch of fish at 50 to 60 and finally got the combo right and that was what they wanted. We could only catch them going one direction and in the same 200 yard stretch. The wind was blowing steady and pretty hard so our troll speed was slow at 1.5 to 1.6MPH. We got 6 nice 16-17.5" pre-spawners one after another and lost three in that one single little area. We did five passes and caught 6 fish with a nice big fish double. Time ran out and that was it. Those fish were really hot and that was a lot of fun!

Through the weekend we caught 3 chinook all about 14". Two bass and several squawfish one of which was about 24". Something big and mean also broke my 10lbs leader hoochie setup off after a few pulls...would have liked to seen it.

A bunch of boats on Saturday and early Sunday but by noon on Sunday almost everyone went away. Sunday at 4pm when we finally got things rolling there were only three boats within eye sight.

[Tripleteaser]

Yesterday we put in at the dam and started fishing at Fall creek at 7:00 AM. Saw lots of fish on the finder 25 to 70' down but could not buy a hit. Traveled up to Wood creek next, no hits so went to the narrows before Lime and was reeling in a tangled mess caused from too many tight turns and circles when I caught the first nice Kokanee. We got straightened out and it was still slow. We talked to other boats who had one fish as well so I changed out the pink Hoochie I was using on all four poles to green and orange. We started catching fish. 35 to 50" down 30" back with orange hoochie and orange Mack's smile blade. White corn covered in Mikes blue herring oil (thanks F Bomb!) We took home 9 nice Kokanee between 9:30 and 11:30. Had to get my fishing buddy home to get ready for work to defend our country at Mountain Home Air Force Base. After 11:00 the bite slowed way down. Had some fillets fried crispy and laid on a salad last night they were great!!! Good Luck!!!!!

[fish4kok]

fish4koke,

Those look really yummy.

Yes and those smoke kok. didn't last very long. Last Saturday we had friends (3 married couple)came over for Kokanee BBQ. We gave them 2 fish per couple when they went home, that's way we can go out and fish some more.

[G3 longliner]

Yes and those smoke kok. didn't last very long. Last Saturday we had friends (3 married couple)came over for Kokanee BBQ. We gave them 2 fish per couple when they went home, that's way we can go out and fish some more.

was a tough day yesterday on the water by 6:30 fished Curlew and Lime creek had a few hits but no takers I watched a lot of boats downriggers and loge liners i saw very few caught talked to a couple boats , maybe had 1 to 3 Moved back to the narrows and started getting more hits Lost a couple big ones One broke the swivel Lots of ghost fish ( big hit steal the corn and bye bye ) by 1pm got way to hot for this old man tried by the dam before getting out but nada Maybe find em next time

[kokaneekevin]

Took my buddy up to Anderson yesterday (Tues 8/24). Kind of a slow day compared to previous trips, even though we were marking plenty of fish. And it was a hot one too, with the temp hitting 100 by noon. Fished from 8:15am until 2pm. Landed 17 Kokes between the 2 of us, releasing 6 of those as they were under 12". Keepers were between 14" and just a nose over 16". Included landing 2 doubles which is always fun! Used the usual gear: ford fenders, dodgers, hoochies, and spinners. White spinners and chartreuse spinners proved to be the most popular. For one pole, used my downrigger to fish between 40' and 60'. Used long-lining with 6oz weights on the other 2 poles. Ended up getting most of the hits on the long-line poles which were down in the low to mid 40-foot range. We initially got a few hits right away (one 16" keeper) just off the Curlew ramp. Then nothing for the next couple of hours. Went down to Lime Cr and even further south with no hits. Saw plenty of boats doing the same thing. Almost none ever going for their nets. We then went back to the Curlew area and just south of it and the bite finally turned on a bit, but still slow. All-in-all, only saw 2 fish netted the whole day (other than those netted in my boat :) ). Talked to one guy who caught 5 on Mon and only 1 on this day. So it seemed like it was pretty slow for everyone. We did work hard for the ones we got, especially in the heat. Good thing for my canopy! Still a great time, as it always is fishing for Kokanees. And from the pic, you can see they are turning pretty fast, changing color, with the males changing shape and getting a kype.
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[Mirrocraft]

Hi guys I'm new to the board. Fished Anderson for the first time on July 21. Fished from 7am-8pm with my father. We were fishing 45' and 30' using green Dodgers and orange spinners with pink corn. Both of our first kokanee ever and we took home 11 ranging from 14"-17". Mostly trolled left of curlew ramp at 1.2mph. I had my leaders at about 20" I think 10" might of been better and maybe troll at a faster speed 1.4-1.6 might have been better.

[terek]

So we went up to Anderson for my birthday yesterday. We managed to bag 15 fish by 2 p.m. it was actually really slow bite. It took us a long time to find them and we only found fish in one 50 foot circle and would either double or triple up every time we passed over it. Talk to a couple other people one group didn't catch any and the other boat only got two. They are really starting to show. Most of them had blotchy pink on them and three of them were pretty much entirely pink about to go completely red. That was probably my last trip cuz I don't see very much longer until they start going up the Stream. I was stacking to downriggers each one with a pole at 60 ft and 50 ft and we are catching them on all four. Orange wedding ring and orange hoochie where the hot tickets. DePaul that did the best tattoo in Orange hoochie and a rainbow colored Dodger

[centurion]

Does anyone know if the fish have turned red yet and started running up stream? Im bent on getting a red one on the fly.

Also, does anyone have any flies they have had success with in the past? Im going to start with egg patterns, egg sucking leaches and purple/ red streamers.

[Flux130]

We fished AR yesterday by the mid lake area and got into several schools of 2 yr fish. We landed about 15 with several Kings and Trout mixed in. All fish taken 35-60' on Dodgers and Pink Hoochie or Orange Wedding Rings.

[Oldfishnfart]

That is great news, thanks for the report with tackle and depth. This is very helpful to us that have not been able to get up much this year!

[Flux130]

Also fished the Dam and caught small 1 yr fish before the kings and trout moved in.

[galaxy51]

How old are the Chinook at Anderson Ranch? I can't remember when they were first stocked but maybe 2 or 3 years ago?

Has anyone caught any that weigh 10# or better?

[Oldfishnfart]

They have been stocking Chinook in Anderson yearly fron 2013. If you go to historical stocking reports at Idaho fish and game you can check out numbers and dates if you are curious. A friend in my boat caught a 7 lb a couple years back on Kokanee gear that was a lot of fun! By the way my friend kept the fish he caught to eat and was not impressed. I could only guess at the growth rate , although there have been talk of big fish being caught. Good luck!

[kodiak1]

We caught a chinook several years ago that was exactly 10 #. I was using the same gear I fish for kings with on the coast. There was a gap in plantings, and I am thinking next year should produce some good fishing for them. I haven't heard anything about the current size of them. By the way, the chinook we caught was every bit as good as our ocean-caught fish, if not better. Mike

[galaxy51]

The Chinook caught at Anderson are as good eating as those caught on the Oregon coast?

WOW!

Is the flesh colored a deep orange, almost red, like the coastal fish?

The ones I caught at Anderson have all been juveniles and light colored flesh.

I may have to change fishing tactics and catch some adult fish.

I just returned from the Oregon coast where I caught a 30 and a 36 inch King/Chinook.

They are super good table fare and smoke really well too.

[kodiak1]

I don't think color has anything to do with flavor. One of the most prized chinook is the white king or chinook. True, it is hard to beat the ocean-caught king, but if salt water had a lot to do with flavor, we wouldn't all be spending as much time as we do fishing for kokanee. Certainly as least as good, if not more so, than their ocean brothers, the sockeye.

[F-Bomb]

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 heard a wild rumor about a crazy catch count of third year fish deep so we tried but I couldn't get a bite below 81ft. We marked vast numbers of fish at 80ft and also along the bottom 109ft to 179ft at the deepest I found but I'm not going to lose my equipment so we didn't drag bottom as was reported to be the way to get em. All of our koke action was again right at 50ft to 56ft even though we marked way more fish deeper. I haven't spent any time close to the damn so maybe it's deeper there and that was where these guys were fishing. (?) Or it was a fishing story.......

[snowman]

I have salmon fished in Oregon and Washington for years and love eating salmon. That's what got me started kokanee fishing. Early this year i finally caught a couple of chinook at Anderson Ranch and was excited to get them cooked. I was really disappointed in the flavor, very bland. Since then I have been releasing any chinook I caught. I guess I will have to try keeping another one to see if I change my mind about the flavor.

[kodiak1]

Maybe the flavor of them changes when they get to the size where they begin feeding primarily on larger kokes? Just a thought. Mike

[Trailbob]

My experience is similar to Snowman's. I used to live near the coast, and always looked forward to catching and eating ocean fresh chinook salmon. A couple of years ago my wife caught a 23" (approx) chinook at Anderson Ranch. When we filleted it we noticed that the meat was white, not pink. We barbecued it like a normal chinook, and found that it tasted (at least to us) more like a trout than a salmon. We also caught and kept a couple of 14" chinooks earlier this year. When we ate them, they again reminded us more of trout than salmon. Not bad, but definitely not as good to us as a kokanee or ocean chinook.

[kodiak1]

Interesting. My large chinook was just as pink as the kings I catch at Sekiu every year. Now I'm even more confused!! Mike

[rem40xb1]

I caught a 8.5 lb chinook at Anderson a few days ago and the meat was red

[kodiak1]

Nice!! Was he deep? I have caught mine in mid'summer with most at 60 feet on the wire. Betting you were deeper. Mind if I ask which general area of the reservoir? Mike

[rem40xb1]

90 ft around the Dam

[kodiak1]

Thanks, rem. Enjoy all that chinook!! Mike

[Tripleteaser]

I went out last week hoping to hook Chinook and did not get a hit. Did catch 1 12" Kok and a 12" rainbow. We tried big spoons. What is the best lure for Anderson Chinook? Also wanted to add that the Elk Creek ramp at the dam was down to the parking block at the end of the ramp I would not count on using the ramp there. My trailer wheels were against them when loading my boat.

[rem40xb1]

Herring--cutt plug
Lyman lures--november plug
southport slammer-- golden spoon--3-4" long

[Tripleteaser]

Herring--cutt plug
Lyman lures--november plug
southport slammer-- golden spoon--3-4" long

Thank You! Rem.

[hooknhunter]

Fished from Curlew down to Fall creek area then ran back at speed. Got several SMB, 1 perch, 1 rainbow, and about 8 kokes (brother took them, didn't get a final count). Most of the kokes were in really good shape and around 11-12 inches.
Gives me hope for a good season of nice sized fish next year. Hot pink mini-reaction squide behind gold holo flake UV dodger seemed to produce the most hits.

Is it just me, or is everyone catching SMBs on Kokanee gear this year? I've caught quite a few.

Tight lines guys!

[kodiak1]

Just talked to the Boise National Forest office in Mountain Home, and they informed me that they finally got the money to repair the docks at Curlew this past July. They had to go begging to the county, because Washington has cut their funding dramatically, and they couldn't find the funding necessary. They are now waiting for the float replacements to arrive, and they also need to do some welding. They are hoping the weather doesn't turn, and can get the docks in this fall. Mike

[hooknhunter]

Will they leave them all winter?

[kodiak1]

Will they leave them all winter?

good question. should have asked!

[pollackoke]

Fished from Curlew down to Fall creek area then ran back at speed. Got several SMB, 1 perch, 1 rainbow, and about 8 kokes (brother took them, didn't get a final count). Most of the kokes were in really good shape and around 11-12 inches.
Gives me hope for a good season of nice sized fish next year. Hot pink mini-reaction squide behind gold holo flake UV dodger seemed to produce the most hits.

Is it just me, or is everyone catching SMBs on Kokanee gear this year? I've caught quite a few.

Tight lines guys!


Hey Hooker,

I've had the same experience regarding SMB on Arrowrock. I don't think it's all that uncommon during the Fall. They are stocking up for colder weather.

[dwood]

Went out last Sunday and only got one koke, first time with a down rigger and still had a blast, the wind was really up. Hoping to go again on Saturday and may try around curlew instead of the dam area.

[hooknhunter]

I'm leaning towards being there on both Friday and Saturday. Curlew area. Hope I can do better than 1. Lol.

If you see Miss Belle and I, say hello.

[dwood]

I'm leaning towards being there on both Friday and Saturday. Curlew area. Hope I can do better than 1. Lol.

If you see Miss Belle and I, say hello.

I will look for you I am on a Sea Eagle Fold cat inflatable.

[hooknhunter]

I will look for you I am on a Sea Eagle Fold cat inflatable.

Were you in Cascade on Friday?

[dwood]

No I was not. I know there are a couple of the older grey fold cats in that area as I have seen them at horse thief. Mine is the newer green.

[hooknhunter]

Interesting. I saw a newer green one in Cascade on Friday.

[hooked4life]

Does anyone know if you can launch at Pine? Is the water level that high?

Thanks

[dwood]

Interesting. I saw a newer green one in Cascade on Friday.

They seem to be gaining in popularity.

[hooknhunter]

Does anyone know if you can launch at Pine? Is the water level that high?

Thanks

https://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/boipaytea.html

Is this helpful website helpful? Not having been to the ranch in about a month, I have an opinion, but take it with a grain of salt.

I doubt if any of the ramps other than the one closest to the dam are still in the water. I do believe most people could still launch most boats at Curlew even if the ramp is not in the water, but if your skill level is low it might prove difficult. I will launch mine at Curlew tomorrow if all goes as planned.

[hooked4life]

Thanks that is what I expected. I guess I'll try it also.

[mowrus]

Thanks that is what I expected. I guess I'll try it also.


https://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/boipaytea.html

Is this helpful website helpful? Not having been to the ranch in about a month, I have an opinion, but take it with a grain of salt.

I doubt if any of the ramps other than the one closest to the dam are still in the water. I do believe most people could still launch most boats at Curlew even if the ramp is not in the water, but if your skill level is low it might prove difficult. I will launch mine at Curlew tomorrow if all goes as planned.
You can use same site as reservoir levels and arrow down and find boat ramps. Go to boise district, then go too Anderson and there ya have it.. Hope this makes sense.

[hooked4life]

That is very helpful. thanks

[dwood]

I went out to the dam area yesterday and in three hours got 5 kokes, one chinook, 1 small trout with really pink meat, and one SMB. I would have probably gotten more, but decided to explore a bit and went up the lake and was not marking any fish on the finder in that area.

Love the Kokabow Comet dodger and fools gold squid combo, they worked well. Fished at 65ft.

Two of the kokes were white meat, which Allen with Kokabow was telling me about, not sure why they are not getting the pink meat, but at least I have three for the smoker. The chinook was small but very pink meat.

If anyone finds a two piece aluminum oar that is in two pieces I lost mine somewhere on the lake.

[fish4kok]

I went out to the dam area yesterday and in three hours got 5 kokes, one chinook, 1 small trout with really pink meat, and one SMB. I would have probably gotten more, but decided to explore a bit and went up the lake and was not marking any fish on the finder in that area.

Love the Kokabow Comet dodger and fools gold squid combo, they worked well. Fished at 65ft.

Two of the kokes were white meat, which Allen with Kokabow was telling me about, not sure why they are not getting the pink meat, but at least I have three for the smoker. The chinook was small but very pink meat.

If anyone finds a two piece aluminum oar that is in two pieces I lost mine somewhere on the lake.
Thank you for good fishing report. I would like to make a fishing trip in Anderson in early Fall but due to the health relative in Denver, CO then I couldn't make it. I'll be back to Boise next Tues. and hopefully will have time for fishing either Anderson or LP.
The beautiful color leaves probally gone by now.
Denver weather is very beautifull for a week now. Sunny & blue sky...

[dwood]

Thank you for good fishing report. I would like to make a fishing trip in Anderson in early Fall but due to the health relative in Denver, CO then I couldn't make it. I'll be back to Boise next Tues. and hopefully will have time for fishing either Anderson or LP.
The beautiful color leaves probally gone by now.
Denver weather is very beautifull for a week now. Sunny & blue sky...


The fall colors are still there.

[hooknhunter]

I fished in the Curlew area on Friday and Saturday. Fished the equivalent of about 1 full day over those 2 days. Didn't hit it too hard, nor did I keep track of how many (exactly) I caught.

I caught several smallish bass (kept 1 that was about 13 inches), 4 or 5 rainbows (kept all those), at least 10 small Chinook (kept 1 that was hooked really bad), and around 6 Kokes.
2 of the Kokes had hooked jaws and looked beat up like they had been spawning, but were not red. I found that a bit curious. Both of those had white meat and were males.

[Physion]

A friend of mine caught some kokanee with white meat out of Horsethief while ice fishing last winter. They were also darker skinned than normal. Do some kokanee survive a while after spawning? I, too, am puzzled.

[hooknhunter]

A friend of mine caught some kokanee with white meat out of Horsethief while ice fishing last winter. They were also darker skinned than normal. Do some kokanee survive a while after spawning? I, too, am puzzled.

Clearly some must survive. I would think that they would die fairly quickly.

Apparently I am as think as you dumb I am...........Lol

[Physion]

See my post in Lucky Peak about the color of the kokanee meat.

[fish4kok]

Today my wife and I take a drive for sight seeing from Boise to Pine. From I-84 we took exit 99 to Old Oregon Trail Road and turned to Bennett mountain road. That's late fall so most of the leaves are gone. There were few area with campers, RV camp, utility trailer with the ATV. Those must be belong to hunters. The dirt road is very good maintain, no bumpy or pod hole...Then it connect to HW-20 about couple miles before turn to road 61 to Pine.

Before we went to Curlew, we spot couple fishing boat by Lime Creek, they must launched their boat at the dam or Fall creek because I didn't see any truck with boat trailer at Curlew campground.

At Curlew campground I met the welder whose is repairing the boat dock. His name is Bud C., he's very nice guy and very open. His job is repairing, welding ,replacing broken hinges. Other group with forklift-will replacing damaged float then they will installing the boat dock next week and leave it there. There will be 16 dock sections rather 20, the other 4 docks that frame twisted so badly. We thank him for his work and gaving him a pack of smoke Kokanee from Anderson. So, we'll have boat dock at Curlew next Spring. I hope we'll not have a bad winter like 2 years ago.

Below are the pictures that I took today.

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Autumn at Curlew camp ground


https://www.kokaneefishingforum.com/fishing-forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9542&d=1541046364
Bud C. at work


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Welding


https://www.kokaneefishingforum.com/fishing-forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9544&d=1541046419
Hinge repaired

[dwood]

I headed up to Anderson today and in 3 hours I had four in the boat and had to fight for the fifth one. Fished at Curlew from the ramp to about one half way to lime creek. I headed down to lime creek, but did not have much luck there, so I headed back towards the ramp. Fishing was good until the wind came back up. Used a Kokabow fools gold with a Comet tear drop for most of the fist the last on a kokabow ravisher with a widow tear drop. The fools gold was the hot lure, but one fell apart and I lost my last one when a fish broke my line. Fishing with down rigger at 30 to 35 ft with a 30 ft setback.



i updated the fish picture with a better one.

The good news is the docks are in place at Curlew.

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[kodiak1]

Good news about the dock. Long (too long?) time coming! See you caught one chinook. Wonder is he is one of the 2017 or 2018 plantings? There should be some larger chinook from the earlier plantings waiting for us this year. Mike

[mowrus]

Good news about the dock. Long (too long?) time coming! See you caught one chinook. Wonder is he is one of the 2017 or 2018 plantings? There should be some larger chinook from the earlier plantings waiting for us this year. Mike

Isn't there 4 chinook in the pic? Docks look great...

[dwood]

Isn't there 4 chinook in the pic? Docks look great...

I do believe 4 were chinook, I do not think there are any kokes at this time of the year of that size and four did have the tail spotting, though I have seen that on some kokes at Anderson. Two had very dark blue backs the other three silver. I had one that broke the line under the boat that I would have loved to have landed, he had my pole bent under the boat.

[fish4kok]

I headed up to Anderson today and in 3 hours I had four in the boat and had to fight for the fifth one. Fished at Curlew from the ramp to about one half way to lime creek. I headed down to lime creek, but did not have much luck there, so I headed back towards the ramp. Fishing was good until the wind came back up. Used a Kokabow fools gold with a Comet tear drop for most of the fist the last on a kokabow ravisher with a widow tear drop. The fools gold was the hot lure, but one fell apart and I lost my last one when a fish broke my line. Fishing with down rigger at 30 to 35 ft with a 30 ft setback.



i updated the fish picture with a better one.

The good news is the docks are in place at Curlew.

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Docks look great. Lake look even greater. You must had the whole lake for yourself eh?

[dwood]

Docks look great. Lake look even greater. You must had the whole lake for yourself eh?

There was one other boat and he was somewhere towards the dam. I only saw him when he came in to load up, so yes I had the whole area of the lake to myself, although I do not mind sharing there is enough room for all of us.

[dustyjohns]

Normally this time of year I’m too busy duck hunting. I’m sure some of you have seen my boat. The duck boat with no power head. As I don’t have a way to be on the river, I’m thinking of fishing. I do have a kicker that gets us around just fine.

Would it be a waste of fuel to try for Kokanee or Chinook this time of year?

[rem40xb1]

Normally this time of year I’m too busy duck hunting. I’m sure some of you have seen my boat. The duck boat with no power head. As I don’t have a way to be on the river, I’m thinking of fishing. I do have a kicker that gets us around just fine.

Would it be a waste of fuel to try for Kokanee or Chinook this time of year?

You can catch both kokanee and chinook this time of the year--There was a large number of kookanee in the fall creek inlett about one month ago I caught several and 5 chinook in that area

[dustyjohns]

Thank you! Will give it a try this week.

[Rickz73]

Thank you! Will give it a try this week.

Just wondering if you hit the water and how you did