2019 Anderson Ranch Reservoir Kokanee Fishing Report

[sawtooth]

Hoping for another good year at the lake. Dust off the rods as the fish and weather will be heating up soon.

[JagerR]

Soon as the conditions are good to launch, I'm in. I can't wait, I'm hoping we get a full tank again this year. Seems like the water level is way off from last year, and this dry weather is not helping much either.

[rem40xb1]

I think Anderson will be late this year due to run off and murky water conditions early. There is a bunch of snow down low and and there will be high water early this year. I think the best fishing will be in the fall creek area early if it is not muddy

[pollackoke]

Soon as the conditions are good to launch, I'm in. I can't wait, I'm hoping we get a full tank again this year. Seems like the water level is way off from last year, and this dry weather is not helping much either.

You are correct regarding the amount of water in the reservoir last year vs. now - check it out: https://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/wygraph.html?list=and%20af&daily=and%20af

And there is a lot of snow in the high country now. Most of the Boise Basin is well above 100% of normal (except Trinity Mtn. notably) https://wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov/reports/UpdateReport.html?report=Idaho&format=SNOTEL+Snowpack+Update+Report

Plus a lot of precip. is predicted for the end of Feb., beginning of Mar. http://wxmaps.org/outlooks.php Select precip. as the "parameter" in that little drop down menue.

[JagerR]

Looks like I spoke too soon on the weather, pollackoke that is some serious data. Looks like we are going to get the water, I just dont like it muddy. I'm ready to see how big those chinook got over the winter.

[rem40xb1]

I fished for chinook until the first part of January at anderson--I would normally catch 6+ per trip--From early October on I caught over 50 I think--Almost all the fish were 6 to 15" I caught one 8.5 and a few around 3-4 pounds--I will start fishing for them again in March--It seems the 6 to 15" fish are very easy to catch and anything over 2 lbs is very few and hard to catch
I fished 50 to 100 ft deep mostly in the Dam area and around Fall creek---Most of the fish were in good shape and fat--I didn't keep any other than the 8.5 pounder

[JagerR]

Dang you hammered them! I never targeted them, I would only pick them up fishing for kokanee. I only caught around 8 (all about 14-16inch), all around the power lines next to Fall cr. Not sure how to target them specifically, but I quit fishing at end of Aug when the spawn really hit and the bite stopped and to get my hunt on. Sounds like that was prime time.

[rem40xb1]

I live in Mtn Home so it is real easy for me to fish by the dam. I just can't seem to catch the chinook in the 3+ range for some reason. I know there are several in there but I can't get them to bite---I encountered the same thing at Deadwood this last year

[riverrunner16]

I live in Mtn Home so it is real easy for me to fish by the dam. I just can't seem to catch the chinook in the 3+ range for some reason. I know there are several in there but I can't get them to bite---I encountered the same thing at Deadwood this last year


Me too, but Im a newbie at targeting the big ones up there LOL.

[Battleship Oakes]

I live in Mtn Home so it is real easy for me to fish by the dam. I just can't seem to catch the chinook in the 3+ range for some reason. I know there are several in there but I can't get them to bite---I encountered the same thing at Deadwood this last year

I have yet to land one of the big ones in Anderson in 3 attempts targeting them exclusively. I don’t think they are there in truly fishable numbers because I didn’t see that many on the finder. Few and far between to say the least. When I was banging the big ones at deadwood they were stocking 5k+ per year and and all the fish were congregated in one relatively small area of the lake. The anglers that I spoke to were throwing the 3-5 lbs fish back.

The most they ever stocked in Anderson was about 35k and they haven’t come close to that in recent years. Add in the fact that the lake is relatively huge and people are keeping the babies and it’s no wonder you can’t buy a big one. I’m not trying to shame anyone for keeping a 22” fish or even a 16” fish for that matter. That is what they are there for, but if anyone is keeping them, there will never be enough left over to catch the 10 lbs fish.

I have never seen more than maybe 20 marks of 10 lbs fish on Anderson in a day and I couldn’t get them to bite. Consider the fact that I used to see a few hundred marks of 10 lbs fish on deadwood to maybe catch 4-5 on a good day. Seeing 20 big fish is never going to cut it.

On a side note, while trying for chinook in Anderson, I have never caught so many huge squaw fish in my life. 5-7 lbs squaw fish put up a good fight. Released them rapidly off of the swim deck. :-)

[rem40xb1]

I have made 20+ trips last spring and fall targeting chinook at anderson and I have only caught 1/2 dozen over 3 lbs and only one 8.5 pounder there is never a problem catching fish 6 to 15 inches but the larger ones is a different story. There should be some 2nd and 3rd year fish somewhere in the pond. I have caught them from Deer creek to the dam on a variety of lures and bait. I primarily fish with Herring as it is always the best bait for results for me---I have been fishing for them for 3 years with only one bigger fish--There are some very large Rainbows in anderson and I plan to work on them this year along with the chinook

[mrmike]

When I fished a local lake, we target land lock Chinook. The go to bait was herring we called them firecrackers. The small 16/20 inches also were hooked on fire crackers that 4/5 inches herring color coded yellows my largest was 10# at the time a state record but Oregon didn't recognize the species. Did use a stinger threbble also If the water you fish is very clear loose your flasher. Acted like a Repellent. Productive went way up
We did land a few from 8/10# range. Believe or not I caught 16 inch trout on herring. Just food for thought hope it helps, they were deep on DR.

[rem40xb1]

I use yellow and green coded herring. I also use a pro troll lighted flasher if I fish below 50 ft. I don't have any problem catching fish but they are mostly all small 6-15 inches. It seems like the fish don't bite after they reach 15 inches plus--I have been catching the same size fish for the last 3 years. I can just about get a fish for every bait I take sometimes 2 on the same bait

[mrmike]

The fish stocked were are Spring Chinook very aggressive fish green label 6/7 inch bait awful big. We used Yellow label 3 1/2 To 4 1/2 inches hard to fine then Orange label 4 1/2 / 5 1/2 then reds 5/6 inches green 6/7 inches blues 7/8 inches purples 8/9 inches blacks 9/10 . Didn't plug cut them trolled whole. I don't know much about your lake but the larger fish are there good luck.

[rem40xb1]

I also caught a 5lb rainbow on Herring along with several large Bull trout--And a few monster squaw fish--I fished with the Yellow and Green size herring and both worked very well---I will try it without a flasher and slow my speed down to 1 mph

[G3 longliner]

Hoping for another good year at the lake. Dust off the rods as the fish and weather will be heating up soon.

as of today there is still ice at the dam out about 100 yards

[rem40xb1]

There is ice at the dam in anderson or at curlew?

[jacksdad]

curlew was iced up when I drove by Wednesday and looked like it was gonna be that way for awhile yet. Between 4 and 5 feet of snow in spots after the rain. Roads were good though.

[JagerR]

Fished the SFB yesterday, and made a quick stop on the way out, thought you guys you like to see what the dock looks like. looks like its going to be a while before we can launch. There is a good 2-4ft of snow in the way, and the ramp is still way out of the water.

[rem40xb1]

That answers my question about chinook fishing--It is going to be a while before I can launch--The river is going to run very high this year and make the fishing later--I thinking mid june before the kookanee fishing is real good--It is going to be very murky early around the curlew area
Maybe middle of june before you can go to Deadwood

[JagerR]

Down fishing the BSF again yesterday, a lot of snow has melted around the river since my last trip on the 6th. Last trip the roads were a snowy/muddy mess, everything is dry and the graders are working on the roads. I think the warm days are starting to help us but the cold nights are not. It was 19 deg's @ 1000, I didn't think I would be worth looking at the dock yet, but I will on my next trip.

[rem40xb1]

Thank You for the update

[dustyjohns]

I’ve heard there is open water near the dam. Problem was the ramp being covered in ice and snow. Does anyone know if the ramp is useable yet?

[rem40xb1]

The regular ramp has snow and ice on it and is out of the water--The low water ramp still has snow on it

[dustyjohns]

The regular ramp has snow and ice on it and is out of the water--The low water ramp still has snow on it

As of when?

[rem40xb1]

4 days ago

[dustyjohns]

Thank you. I heard a rumor... LoL

[rem40xb1]

I will be by there in a few days and I will check again

[G3 longliner]

I will be by there in a few days and I will check again

rumor is that ramp at dam has been cleared just rumor?

[dustyjohns]

rumor is that ramp at dam has been cleared just rumor?

There was a rumor they graded the road to Arrowrock. If they call that graded, I’ve done it wrong! I’m guessing it’s just a rumor about the dam ramp. Because I heard it too.

[rem40xb1]

I know the main Elk Creek is at the marker where you cant launch a boat
The low water ramp is available when the snow melts a little more

[penak]

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[Spiffy]

Thinking about heading up and wondering if anyone has snapped any new photos for launch conditions now that we're warming a bit.
Hoping there was a little melting this week? Might make a run either way, but hate to get there only to be turned back.
Thanks for any updates!

[rem40xb1]

I just came from the elk creek ramp--The main paved ramp can't be used--The low water ramp can be used--There were 2 trucks with boat trailers parked in the ramp area--It will be difficult to launch to launch a larger boat because of the limited area to turn around and the lower ramp road is muddy--You will need a 4wd for sure

[rem40xb1]

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[dustyjohns]

I’ve launched at a lot worse ramps. The ice is still hanging about a 1/2 mile from the power lines. Marked 3 fish deep and 1 at 30, in 4 hours.

[rem40xb1]

I will be chinook fishing in the next few days--I hope they are a little bigger

[dustyjohns]

I will be chinook fishing in the next few days--I hope they are a little bigger

Could that be the bigger fish I marked at 50-60?

[rem40xb1]

I normally fish between 50 and 100 ft for the chinook--There are several big fish in that dept range--Lots of big Bull trout and some big trash fish as well--When I fish with bait I catch a variety of fish--You never know what it is when that down rigger trips

[JagerR]

I checked out the launch at the end of the day, looks like the conditions got a bit worst from when you were down there rem40xb1. I walked down to the secondary ramp and once you leave the pavement its a muddy mess. From the top it don't look to bad, walking down on the road, its pretty rough with all the melt off. I'm not going to be launching just yet, my truck is a bit heavy for the mud. I don't like getting stuck lol.

[rem40xb1]

I think I will wait also and I have a small boat with a 25 for bad ramps and deadwood

[JagerR]

Heard someone recently tried to launch at Elk Cr and got stuck, anyone have any intel on what section they got stuck in. Sounds like it needs more time to dry out.

[dustyjohns]

Heard someone recently tried to launch at Elk Cr and got stuck, anyone have any intel on what section they got stuck in. Sounds like it needs more time to dry out.

Maybe in a Subaru or 2wd... It was nice and solid under the 1” of mud last Friday. I launched a 19’ duck boat with my Yukon just fine...

[JagerR]

Well then, sounds like it should be gtg. I will try to give it a go next week, I only have a 14 footer. Thanks for the info.

[Bog Jumper]

Curlew any problem??

[yazz70]

Hello,

My wife and I plan on going out on 3/30(weather permitting). Will curlew be accessible by then? we can launch our boat anywhere (sea eagle SR14) but taking it down the ramp would be the easiest!

Thank You!

[terek]

I checked out the launch at the end of the day, looks like the conditions got a bit worst from when you were down there rem40xb1. I walked down to the secondary ramp and once you leave the pavement its a muddy mess. From the top it don't look to bad, walking down on the road, its pretty rough with all the melt off. I'm not going to be launching just yet, my truck is a bit heavy for the mud. I don't like getting stuck lol.


My step dad went there yesterday and launched his 19 foot custom weld in a 2019 chevy 2500 with no problems. he said the launch looked identical to these pics. They didn't catch, but it was super windy and they didn't stay long

[jacksdad]

I fished Anderson for the first time this past weekend both Saturday and Sunday. I Launched from the low water ramp at elk creek. Was out on the water from around 9-2 both days. The weather was great Saturday, as was the fishing. I ended up with a sunburn and 9 kokanee from 13-17". Lost a handful and relased a few chinook. Sunday's weather wasn't great with dark clouds, wind and some rain. A bit chilly, but not too bad. Kept 8 kokes, released 5ish sub 12'' kokes and another 5ish sub 12'' chinook. All in all, it was a good weekend.

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[Physion]

Nice! Has anyone checked out the Curlew ramp recently?

Physion

[JagerR]

Awesome report Jack(little jealous now lol). Its good to hear about the verity of fish too.

[jacksdad]

Fished Anderson again today from 830-130. Kept 8, released 1. Lost another 4. Good sized fish, up to 18". The water level is up a few feet from last weekend. I only fished to lester creek and as far as i could see there was no ice. There was some debris, i suspect it will get worse as the run off increases. All in all it was another good trip.

[dustyjohns]

Fished the power lines from 9 to 2. Put 3 and 3 in the boat with the smallest being a 15 1/2” Chinook. 15’ was the deepest catch but most were on longline 60’ out with 1oz.


Love the way some people have no courtesy whatsoever at a boat ramp... Felt like Spring Shores.

[Bog Jumper]

Which ramp?

[dustyjohns]

Which ramp?

The dam ramp. Is there another one open?

[Spiffy]

Access looked limited on the upper end of the lake on Saturday.Ice was the story there.
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[Bog Jumper]

Waiting for Curlew or higher water. Can't launch in the mud.

[dustyjohns]

Waiting for Curlew or higher water. Can't launch in the mud.

You don’t have to. I used the concrete ramp yesterday.

[Bog Jumper]

No that's good info. Maybe I'll use it tomorrow. thanks

[mowrus]

You don’t have to. I used the concrete ramp yesterday.

Was that at the dam end and did you get a look at Curlew if it's feasible? 🐟🐟🐟

[Spiffy]

The ice picture my son took last weekend was at the Curlew end. Never bothered to go down to the launch.

[JagerR]

Fished Yesterday from about 9-5, first run of the year and man the word is out you can get your boat in for sure. It was a long slow day for us, we boated 2 kokes, 2 nooks, and 1 rainbow. We only marked one school all day, and end up catching one out of that group. We used different colors, depths, long lines, and we just couldn't mark any fish. We talked to a few at the launch and they said it was slow as well but they were still catching a few. Anyone boating any good numbers would like to share the depths their catching them?

[jacksdad]

Fished Yesterday from about 9-5, first run of the year and man the word is out you can get your boat in for sure. It was a long slow day for us, we boated 2 kokes, 2 nooks, and 1 rainbow. We only marked one school all day, and end up catching one out of that group. We used different colors, depths, long lines, and we just couldn't mark any fish. We talked to a few at the launch and they said it was slow as well but they were still catching a few. Anyone boating any good numbers would like to share the depths their catching them?

My first three trips I kept 25 kokanee. 5 hours a trip. All the fish were caught from 45-74' Mostly in that 60ish range. I have been trying to keep one rod with a longer set back so I can adjust that rod up or down if I mark a school. Not sure what everyone else has been doing, but I've been happy with the results. Hope this helps. Good luck

[JagerR]

Thanks Jack, I was defiantly fishing to shallow. My thoughts were, not seeing them on the fish finder, they had to be on top and they were dodging my boat. But the two kokes we did catch were at the 50ft range. Gotta try a few different locations next run and hope for the best.

[UncleLucas]

Took the wife out yesterday. We launched at the dam along with everyone else. We fished from 8am to 4pm. We ended up with 8 kokes and released 3 trout. We didn't mark any fish until the fall creek area, there we found one good school that really wanted to play but we had a hard time staying on top of them. We fished 4 poles from 15-60ft and didn't catch anything deeper than 30ft. The fish seemed to like the willow blade flashers best, which is odd for me. Color didnt seem to matter much. On a side note the meat of the kokes is much more bright orange than the fish we've been catching at lucky peak and arrowrock.

[DFowler]

Fishing was slow fished from noon to dark caught 9 lost 6. Could only catch them shallow 10 ft range most came longe lining with spinners. When we would catch them all the rods would go off. Then nothing for hours even on the same school. The water was raising fast but has good color. Don’t forget rain gear and a heater cause it’s still winter up there.

[dustyjohns]

We fished the narrow just downstream from Lime creek and brought 8 home. Released 5 nice rainbows and a couple small kokes. They were very sporadic and I changed colors quite a bit. Started off on top then went from 13ish to 30 feet and had hits on all of them. Is there a technique or something different that can be done to not lose so many right before the net?

[UncleLucas]

Get a longer net. The rubberized one with an extendable handle. Worth its weight in gold. Imo.

[dustyjohns]

Get a longer net. The rubberized one with an extendable handle. Worth its weight in gold. Imo.

I’m running the long slide out Ego 2. Pretty sure the net handle length isn’t the problem. Unless you know of something with a 30’ handle?

[sawtooth]

Is there a technique or something different that can be done to not lose so many right before the net?
Use a two hook setup and fight the fish to exhaustion farther from the boat. The short line near the boat has less give and allows the fish more leverage on the hook to pull it loose. Kokanee have a tendency to go crazy when they see the boat and that is when the line is the shortest.

[terek]

im hoping to get out next weekend. I just wanted to say how odd I find it when I hear you guys say you catch trout. I have fished Anderson for 7 years. I have caught hundreds and hundreds of kokes and nooks. The only trout I ever caught was a Bull. Last year we had 3 trips with 2 man limits, and 3-4 with 20-30 fish. No bows ever

[dustyjohns]

Use a two hook setup and fight the fish to exhaustion farther from the boat. The short line near the boat has less give and allows the fish more leverage on the hook to pull it loose. Kokanee have a tendency to go crazy when they see the boat and that is when the line is the shortest.

Thank you! I only use 2 hook lures. But that makes sense getting them to tire out before getting close. I’ll give it a try.

[dustyjohns]

I just wanted to say how odd I find it when I hear you guys say you catch trout.

Yesterday was definitely a new one for me. I’ve picked up a trout here and there at Anderson. But nothing like yesterday.

[MackayGuy]

Thank you! I only use 2 hook lures. But that makes sense getting them to tire out before getting close. I’ll give it a try.

And don’t high stick em. I see a lot of guys standing up on their toes in their boat high sticking their rod, reeling basically over their head. If you bring em to the surface too fast close to the boat they’re gonna freak out, roll like crazy and spit that hook. Keep em below the surface right to the boat and have a good net man. If you’re doing that already, try sharpening your hooks and keep a nice steady pressure on the line when working em and bringing em in. This time of year their mouths are pretty soft and you can’t horse em in.

[dustyjohns]

I’ve never thought about sharpening hooks! Most everything yesterday was new stuff I pulled out of my Charge Box. (I didn’t want to leave Chris’ with just an empty box LoL)

Keep the rod tip down more then? I’m use to fighting a lot bigger so keeping the tip up is just habit. Letting the fish fight the rod I mean.

[Armondo]

[QUOTE=dustyjohns;63838]I’m running the long slide out Ego 2. Pretty sure the net handle length isn’t the problem. Unless you know of something with a 30’ handle?[/QUOTE

I have had good luck keeping the rod tip low to the water when they get close to the boat. Don't lift up, pull to the side. Using a snubber also seems to help. Watch the video "controlling the kok" http://www.kokabowtackle.com/videos.html

[Osu]

Are the ramps near pine accessible? If so has anyone fished the upper end? Making first trip of the year and bringing a first timer this weekend looking for best location for launch and schools.

Thanks

[dustyjohns]

Are the ramps near pine accessible? If so has anyone fished the upper end? Making first trip of the year and bringing a first timer this weekend looking for best location for launch and schools.

Thanks
There were boats launching from Curlew Sunday. From what I saw out in front of the ramp, the ice is mostly broken into sheets. The narrow just downstream from Lime Creek and then the Fall Creek area is where I was marking the most fish and food.

[Bog Jumper]

Was there last Friday. Very slow. A few at daybreak but nothing like the week before.

[UncleLucas]

We fished Saturday from 7a-7p and ended up with 15 kokes and a handful of chinook and trout. 5 nice kokes around 18 inches and the rest were in the 13-14 inch range. Most fish we caught were 10ft of shallower. Blue was the most effective color for us. We also fished Sunday for a half day and it was very slow. We caught one koke and lost two others. The bonus was this very nice18inch trout. It made 5 good runs on me before we could land it. Super fun. I'm happy to report curlew is open and the docks are in place. However it seems like it will be a few more weeks before the water gets high enough to use the docks.

[Oldfishnfart]

Good job,! thanks for the report. We had a similar day Friday before last. Work and family commitments will keep me away for the month of April, so I will fish vicariously thru this site. Good luck to all!

[Tripleteaser]

Thanks for the report, do you mind saying what type of bait. Spinner, hoochie, or lure? Thanks

[kokaneekevin]

We fished Saturday from 7a-7p and ended up with 15 kokes and a handful of chinook and trout. 5 nice kokes around 18 inches and the rest were in the 13-14 inch range. Most fish we caught were 10ft of shallower. Blue was the most effective color for us. We also fished Sunday for a half day and it was very slow. We caught one koke and lost two others. The bonus was this very nice18inch trout. It made 5 good runs on me before we could land it. Super fun. I'm happy to report curlew is open and the docks are in place. However it seems like it will be a few more weeks before the water gets high enough to use the docks.

Hey UncleLucas, very nice! Were they hitting in a particular area? My buddy and I were there on Sat too from 7:30 to 4. Covered pretty much the whole reservoir from the dam up to Curlew. Saw the most boats we've ever seen on Anderson. Maybe 60-80! Quite a few at Fall Creek. But didn't see very many going for a net though. In fact, I think our net was the busiest we saw. We caught plenty of trout and a few chinooks. But 0 Kokes - which I thought was very strange. We were fishing between the surface and 22' all day (no downriggers, just 0 to 3oz of lead). Used rainbow dodgers and ford fenders along with various colored hoochies and spinners, getting hits on all the combos. Again, just no Kokes. Bummer!

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[UncleLucas]

All the fish we caught from lime creek upstream were chinooks. We caught kokes from lime creek all the way down to fall creek with the majority of them being in that big bay area between. We even had a quadruple just east of the powerlines and landed all four! We caught lots of fish with nothing ever showing on the finder. Blue and silver kokabow Dodger with a blue/pink squid with a short leader was the hot one.

[Attk64]

We fished Saturday 4-13 from 8:15-3:00. We landed three Kokes and two chinook, lost two really nice Kokes near the net and had a few other release clips but missed the fish. Hooked the chinook at 25ft and the Kokanee at 45

[G3 longliner]

Fished yesterday at Anderson Pretty dead Two koks and one nook Water coming up fast with lots of junk. Couldnt even fish the narrows. End of docks in the water at dam. Didnt see many nets out Water was a little murky at Fall Creek But was a beautiful day to be on the water

[dwood]

Does anyone know if the docks are in the water at Curlew. I just bought a 19ft bayliner and would rather not have to try and beach a fiberglass boat by myself, the bow is not easy to get on as it is a cuddy cabin.

[formulaben]

Not sure of the accuracy at Anderson Ranch, but I use the same website for Lucky Peak and it is quite accurate there.

https://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/ramps/anderson/anderson.html

[dwood]

Not sure of the accuracy at Anderson Ranch, but I use the same website for Lucky Peak and it is quite accurate there.

https://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/ramps/anderson/anderson.html

It is great for the ramps, but the docks at Curlew are short so I am not sure the docks are in the water yet.

[crappieslayer]

Fished 4/19 from 7am to 2pm. Tried lots of different setups and they preferred a big wobbler with a lipped squid, and also got hits on a large watermelon dodger with lipped lure. They wanted something with lots of action and movement. Wish I had figured that out before noon. I might have brought home a few more fish

[Spiffy]

Does anyone know if the docks are in the water at Curlew. I just bought a 19ft bayliner and would rather not have to try and beach a fiberglass boat by myself, the bow is not easy to get on as it is a cuddy cabin.

Was there yesterday. The docks were in the water - barely. Maybe about 20-30’. Enough for 1 boat on either side.

[Attk64]

Fished Friday from 9-3 landed 18 Kokanee and lost another 25 or so. Had a bunch of 18” era which proved to be difficult to convince to swim in my net. Had a lot of debris in the water but we seemed to catch a ton of fish around the debris. Had bites all day.

[dwood]

Got to Anderson around 12, did not even get a bite, varied depths, lures, colors, and corn and still nothing. I was not marking very many and only marked one school. The new boat did work well with the trolling motor and downriggers mounted.

A big thanks to the gentlemen that assisted in loading the boat on the trailer, hand loading in high winds is a chore with this size of boat.



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[Physion]

Fished Friday from 9-3 landed 18 Kokanee and lost another 25 or so. Had a bunch of 18” era which proved to be difficult to convince to swim in my net. Had a lot of debris in the water but we seemed to catch a ton of fish around the debris. Had bites all day.

Any hints about which part of Anderson and depth?

[Physion]

Fished yesterday at Anderson Pretty dead Two koks and one nook Water coming up fast with lots of junk. Couldnt even fish the narrows. End of docks in the water at dam. Didnt see many nets out Water was a little murky at Fall Creek But was a beautiful day to be on the water

I will admit some ignorance. I have fished Anderson quite a bit, mostly from Curlew down reservoir, but don't know which region is referred to as "The Narrows." Can someone help me out?

[dustyjohns]

I will admit some ignorance. I have fished Anderson quite a bit, mostly from Curlew down reservoir, but don't know which region is referred to as "The Narrows." Can someone help me out?

Going from Curlew towards the dam, past Lime Creek it gets narrow and then opens back up before the power lines. That’s the spot I call the narrows. Not sure if that’s where everyone else is referring to.

[Physion]

I fished from Curlew to Lime Ck today. Great day on the water. But, only boated two kokanee, lost one, and broke a rod. Still, a good day. Beats working.

[Attk64]

Any hints about which part of Anderson and depth?

Fished near curlew and all fish were on the surface

[Mkeele21]

Anyone know if the Fall Creek ramp is usable yet?

[yazz70]

My wife and I are planning on heading out Saturday morning, but we had heard that their is a ton of debris and that someone we know was turned away from the lake due to this? It sounds weird to me that they would turn someone away but wanted to see if anyone has been up there in the last couple of days.

Thank You!!!

[G3 longliner]

My wife and I are planning on heading out Saturday morning, but we had heard that their is a ton of debris and that someone we know was turned away from the lake due to this? It sounds weird to me that they would turn someone away but wanted to see if anyone has been up there in the last couple of days.

Thank You!!!

was there yesterday Curlew and dam had lots of boats in and out There is a lot of junk on water but fishable We bombed on koks saw very few nets out ones i saw in nets looked big WE threw whole tackle box at em

[UncleLucas]

Just got back from Anderson. We got there late in the evening Friday and fished a few hours. Caught 2 and lost 1. We fished Saturday from 630am-5pm. We got 23 in the boat and lost at least that many and had I can't even count how many takedowns that didn't hook up. We fished from curlew all the way down to fall creek. Most fish we caught were between the narrows and fall creek. Didnt get a bite below 10ft and pink/green were the best colors for us.

[Oldfishnfart]

Way to put to put them in the boat ! Thanks for the detailed report! From the looks of the pics the lake is near capacity?

[formulaben]

Coming up fast...
https://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/wygraph.html?list=and%20af&daily=and%20af

[Rickz73]

Any word on a kokanee tourney this year at anderson

[UncleLucas]

Any word on a kokanee tourney this year at anderson

I believe it's the 27th of July. Talk to Chris I believe it is at the kokanee tackle shop on Fairview.

[UncleLucas]

We fished Anderson on Thursday evening for the last two hours of the day and caught 6. Friday the morning bite was ok around lime creek and the narrows. We got 8 there and ventured down toward fall creek during the day. It was very slow all day and we just caught a couple. We got back to lime creek area and the bite was red hot for the last hour, we managed to get 15 more the last hour of the day. We fished till 11am today and only got four and lost 3. Overall the bite was slow for us. We ended up with 35 kokes, released a few dinks and two chinook. Everything we caught was 10ft or less and there wasn't really any lure or combo that was hot. Water temp was around 55F and it seems like the lake level has stabalized.

[fish4kok]

We fished Anderson on Thursday evening for the last two hours of the day and caught 6. Friday the morning bite was ok around lime creek and the narrows. We got 8 there and ventured down toward fall creek during the day. It was very slow all day and we just caught a couple. We got back to lime creek area and the bite was red hot for the last hour, we managed to get 15 more the last hour of the day. We fished till 11am today and only got four and lost 3. Overall the bite was slow for us. We ended up with 35 kokes, released a few dinks and two chinook. Everything we caught was 10ft or less and there wasn't really any lure or combo that was hot. Water temp was around 55F and it seems like the lake level has stabalized.

UncleLucas, thanks for good fishing report that you posted on 4/27. We were camp and fish there on Thurs 4/25 ~ 5/1/2019 also my brother and his wife came from Southern California on next day, they towed their own boat.
We fished afternoon on Thurs 4/25 after 5.5 hrs without any hit then late evening we caught 5 (wife caught 4:)DR 5'. Long line pole 1/2oz sinker fordfender + WR green/orange
Friday 4/26was slow, we caught only 2 kok, release a rainbow and ~14" Chinook. Brother and his wife caught only 1 trout. Their 70 HP Johnson boat motor VRO fuel pump failed to pump fuel to carburetor, so they troll around Curlew area with their 4hp honda.
Sat 4/27 we caught 5 kok and brother caught 1 kok. It was slow for us.
Sunday was windy, brother and I fished on my boat from 10:00AM ~ 7:00PM. trolled from Curlew to Fall Creek. We caught 14 Kok, mostly by Fall Creek. He lost 6 fish one after an other, the fishing pole that he fish was ocean fishing rod type..:-) You're right! We didn't fish more than 10' deep.
The best day was on Mon 4/29 my wife and I boated 16KOK also brother and his wife caught 16 kok.
Last 2 days, fish was slow we caught only 9 Kok and they caught 8.

We caught many Kok with lighter colored meat.
It was cold and windy while we camped there but we really had a good time. The place is so pretty and peaceful. Some other morning the weather so calm and it was so beautiful. We gave them some fish to take home.

https://i.imgur.com/9ERm7BE.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/pAyxqZU.jpg

[Attk64]

Fished Friday night-Sunday
Caught a quick 5 in an hour on Friday, caught 35 on Saturday and 11 on Sunday
All fish were still on the surface long lining no weight. They were very color specific throughout the day we would find a color they liked do really well for N hour than cold again till we found the next color. Used blue, green pink and orange squids and spinners. Fished from curlew to the narrows

[dustyjohns]

All fish were still on the surface long lining no weight.

How do you run long lines with no weight and get your gear under? I’ve been trying but mine always surface and splash. I don’t run Kokabow though and have heard they are heavy enough to stay under. Do I need to let more line out?

[Attk64]

Been running 100-115 ft and I am using Kokabow products almost exclusively

[mowrus]

Been running 100-115 ft and I am using Kokabow products almost exclusively
85-105 was working for us today

[dustyjohns]

I don’t use Kokabow gear. So have to add weight or find heavier Dodgers.

[Physion]

I use a small three bladed troll and spinner that I make, let out 100 ft of line, and catch fish near the surface. I troll at about 1.5 mph according to my plotter. I have never had problems with my troll coming up and splashing. What kind of blade are you using? I have done the same thing with a dodger.

[dustyjohns]

Was running Paulina Peak and Gull’s Customs sling blade dodgers. I didn’t think about using a 3 blade. Would be heavier and makes sense. Thank you!

[Attk64]

Bagged another 25 today some really nice 19” sized fish. Still catching on the surface but by mid day the DR at 7-10ft produced more. Blue and pinks did it today.

[Trailbob]

Hi,

I'm hoping to head up to Anderson Ranch next week, and was wondering if they ever finished the bridge project near Pine so you can drive around that end of the lake?

Thanks- Bob

[JagerR]

Fished yesterday from 8-5, Fall Creek area. Had a few hits and misses and lost a few at the boat. Only boated a trout, a pike minnow, a chinook, and two kokes. Then get home and look at Facebook and see someone with 100 on the dock, same day 101thumbsdown101

[G3 longliner]

Fished yesterday from 8-5, Fall Creek area. Had a few hits and misses and lost a few at the boat. Only boated a trout, a pike minnow, a chinook, and two kokes. Then get home and look at Facebook and see someone with 100 on the dock, same day 101thumbsdown101

I would ? that also I was there monday with same success as you - talked to some guys - there on sunday for twelve and went back monday for 1/2 that all caught at daylight - I glassed a lot of boats and saw very few caught - there a date on pix ??

[JagerR]

G3, in their post they said it was yesterday, but these guys continently put up these numbers and post it everywhere. I don't get it, I have not figured out the secret yet. I talked to a few boats yesterday as well, they only had a few in the cooler, I seen very few nets hit the water all day.

[Attk64]

G3 and Jagger, just got to keep at it and try different things. I have been helped on a few things that I think lead to better #s from Kokabow pro staff and good info from Chris at Kokanee Tackle. We fished last Sunday and landed another 19 by 1. I was fishing at daylight (6:20) and was the only boat in the water. Had the first 7 fish by 7:30 then other boats started to show up but it was slower. Was trolling at 1.3 most the early morning with little success then sped up to 1.6-1.7 and started picking up fish during turns on my outside poles so presumably they were going faster. Don’t doubt the pics I know several guys that will go out and fill limits all the time while I’m out the same day and have half the success. Hope this helps.

[JagerR]

Attk, You're right, I defiantly need to put some verity in my fishing. Interesting about the speed, I've always tried to stay a 1-1.2. That will be something I will play with for sure. I appreciate you passing on some knowledge.

[UncleLucas]

1.3-1.5 mph works best for me. When the wind picks up don't throw in the towel. Go up wind and fish back with the wind pushing you using a drift sock or 5 gallon bucket whatever. The heavy gusts and sudden speed change can bring on a savage bite after most people called it a day. It's almost comical to me to watch everyone leave when the fish are still biting good.

[mowrus]

Attk, You're right, I defiantly need to put some verity in my fishing. Interesting about the speed, I've always tried to stay a 1-1.2. That will be something I will play with for sure. I appreciate you passing on some knowledge.
For me s turns do trigger strikes. I have my go too set ups and when fish aren't willing to play i throw everything at them and I always go back too my setups that have always produced. Have faith, it will work...

[DFowler]

A little late but we caught 18 kokanee and 1 trout on Saturday with 6 rods. We were not able to get up there and fish till 9:30 am and didn't get off the water till 10:00 pm. We fished flashers with squids and pop gear with squids and spinners. Tried long lining it with dodgers but my dodgers must not be heavy enough by themselves since they kept coming to the surface.
I do have a you tube channel (Hunt Fish Live Outdoors) that I'm trying to get started that I post to on occasion I showed one way I like to cook Kokanee. If you have time check it out https://youtu.be/L80RjRkDhWs

[Battleship Oakes]

For me s turns do trigger strikes. I have my go too set ups and when fish aren't willing to play i throw everything at them and I always go back too my setups that have always produced. Have faith, it will work...

Isecond the notion of the go to setups. I have my favorites for all the places I fish. Don’t ever use a green/black WR on arrowrock at first light though... ;-)

My go to speed is 1.3 with s turns to start every day. Try to keep track of what the boat was doing when one of my outsid poles gets hit. If I get two on the outside of the turn then I speed up and vice versa on multiple hits on the inside of the turn. Once that happens I bump the speed a quarter mph and resume. You can dial in the preferred speed pretty quick in my opinion. When I get desperate I will start to stop the boat and lurch forward or just to speed bursts to try to get a bite. I have a buddy who swears by 2mph...I can’t bring myself to hot rod my boat like that...lol!

As for the one guy catching more than everybody else...I used to always feel I was boating more than the other boats. Maybe it was beginners luck though. I would fish lures right behind the downrigger ball and slam the fish. After several years of slaying the fish I upgraded the pump on my boat and went on a few years long dry spell where I was average at best. Finally started catching fish again with 40’+ of leader behind the downrigger as well as 200’ of line out on my long line poles. I got so desperate that I thought I would try some of that gypsy magic they call the black box. Tested my boat and I was putting off 1.5-2 volts out on my downrigger cables with the boat not even running.... First trip out with the thing I outfished the other boats on deadwood about 4:1 with two little kids reeling in the fish and we were all fishing the same schools. You don’t need to buy a black box because a volt meter will test the boat. Easy test and saves money on the black box if you don’t need it. If you put out 0.6 volts or less, it’s not the boat...LOL!

Getting back out on the water again soon after some more upgrades. Can’t wait to test the new downriggers, lowrance, and tr-1!

[JagerR]

Oakes, its funny you mention the black box, I have been researching this for a while. Its been pretty hard because nobody talks about it any more, I was afraid nobody used them anymore. I run a 14' aluminum boat and mainly use my electric trolling motor, its just much quieter and easier then my old 25hp. I will installing the box this week and we will see how it goes.

[G3 longliner]

Oakes, its funny you mention the black box, I have been researching this for a while. Its been pretty hard because nobody talks about it any more, I was afraid nobody used them anymore. I run a 14' aluminum boat and mainly use my electric trolling motor, its just much quieter and easier then my old 25hp. I will installing the box this week and we will see how it goes.


Black box - voodoo - I commercial salmon trolled in Alaska for 7 years - know all about the black box - Originated in Canada - theory is a very small amount of voltage put into your lines will attract salmon - problem is that you have to have the whole boat isolated with zero volt leakage from motor, boat itself, and isolated down riggers as your boat alone sends out a voltage field that will interfer with the line voltage. If this is what your talking about it was never proven to work consistantly - your electric troll motor will make it unusable as that pust a mass of voltage in the field - good luck

[salmonster]

Isecond the notion of the go to setups. I have my favorites for all the places I fish. Don’t ever use a green/black WR on arrowrock at first light though... ;-)

My go to speed is 1.3 with s turns to start every day. Try to keep track of what the boat was doing when one of my outsid poles gets hit. If I get two on the outside of the turn then I speed up and vice versa on multiple hits on the inside of the turn. Once that happens I bump the speed a quarter mph and resume. You can dial in the preferred speed pretty quick in my opinion. When I get desperate I will start to stop the boat and lurch forward or just to speed bursts to try to get a bite. I have a buddy who swears by 2mph...I can’t bring myself to hot rod my boat like that...lol!

As for the one guy catching more than everybody else...I used to always feel I was boating more than the other boats. Maybe it was beginners luck though. I would fish lures right behind the downrigger ball and slam the fish. After several years of slaying the fish I upgraded the pump on my boat and went on a few years long dry spell where I was average at best. Finally started catching fish again with 40’+ of leader behind the downrigger as well as 200’ of line out on my long line poles. I got so desperate that I thought I would try some of that gypsy magic they call the black box. Tested my boat and I was putting off 1.5-2 volts out on my downrigger cables with the boat not even running.... First trip out with the thing I outfished the other boats on deadwood about 4:1 with two little kids reeling in the fish and we were all fishing the same schools. You don’t need to buy a black box because a volt meter will test the boat. Easy test and saves money on the black box if you don’t need it. If you put out 0.6 volts or less, it’s not the boat...LOL!

Getting back out on the water again soon after some more upgrades. Can’t wait to test the new downriggers, lowrance, and tr-1!

TR-1= Best money ever spent for me. Really allows me to enjoy the fishing and maximize the interaction with guests on my boat while preventing things like boat spinning when multiple hookups. Even more valuable when trying to keep 4 downriggers fishing when the catching is good.

[Attk64]

TR-1 would be nice but prob not in my future! I agree with a lot of the bite producing tips but would suggest for fisherman curteousy don’t be the boat yanking s turns when there’s 50 boats in the bay! I vary speeds, if I get a ghost strike I will click it in neutral than speed back up and about 50% of the time I will get a follow on bite. Color changes if I go more than 30 minutes without a hit, or drink another 🍺. Always scented bait, synthetic maggots or died corn. I don’t do s turns unless I’m the only boat around or if I mark fish that aren’t biting and I keep the turns very short but sharp just to vary the gear depths and speeds. Looks like the weather will play ball on Saturday, tight lines. Last comment, everybody loves a good youtube tutorial but I’ve seen many great fisheries ruined by hunting and fishing articles or special attention being brought to them so please post away but recognize that there can be negative consequences.

[Bog Jumper]

Garmin no longer makes the TR1. They have switched to a new auto pilot that runs on electric motors rather than hydraulics and interfaces with the chartplotter rather than a compass. I've got a TR1 - love it. Worth every penny.

Also, went to braid for the downriggers so the voltage thing is moot. Can't believe how much nicer the braid is over the cable. Quiet, no splicing, no kinks, no wire slivers in my fingers, and much smoother.

[Battleship Oakes]

Oakes, its funny you mention the black box, I have been researching this for a while. Its been pretty hard because nobody talks about it any more, I was afraid nobody used them anymore. I run a 14' aluminum boat and mainly use my electric trolling motor, its just much quieter and easier then my old 25hp. I will installing the box this week and we will see how it goes.

Go test the boat with a $20 volt meter before installing. You may not need the black box. If you are catching fish on par with everyone else, you are probably ok. It’s not going to make you catch fish but it could limit the problem of scaring fish away from the boat before they see your gear. I changed up the boat and then I couldn’t catch a cold!!!

You can always go away from stainless steel cable and negate the issue with the downrigger cables. If the boat is a problem without the downriggers in the water, then you are stuck with needing the box if you want to fix it. Whatever you do, you will need to test it, in all conditions. Adding a kicker motor/trolling motor in the water could change the voltage. Downriggers in the water vs out of the water changes things too.

The current is not in the fishing line. It is either at the downrigger cables or at the boat. That’s what you are tying to fix. If I had a completely neutral boat I would be happy as a clam. I wouldn’t get too hung up on trying to get 0.56 volts in the cables...

[Battleship Oakes]

Go test the boat with a $20 volt meter before installing. You may not need the black box. If you are catching fish on par with everyone else, you are probably ok. It’s not going to make you catch fish but it could limit the problem of scaring fish away from the boat before they see your gear. I changed up the boat and then I couldn’t catch a cold!!!

You can always go away from stainless steel cable and negate the issue with the downrigger cables. If the boat is a problem without the downriggers in the water, then you are stuck with needing the box if you want to fix it. Whatever you do, you will need to test it, in all conditions. Adding a kicker motor/trolling motor in the water could change the voltage. Downriggers in the water vs out of the water changes things too.

The current is not in the fishing line. It is either at the downrigger cables or at the boat. That’s what you are tying to fix. If I had a completely neutral boat I would be happy as a clam. I wouldn’t get too hung up on trying to get 0.56 volts in the cables...

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Almost forgot...don’t get hung up on trying to isolate the downriggers from the boat or “leaking” voltage from a short in the boat. Nothing is isolated because the boat is in the water and the downriggers are in the same water. Nothing is isolated. Even if your boat isn’t leaking voltage, the current will come from galvanic corrosion. I’ll spare you the science, but in short, aluminum, stainless steel, and zinc anode protection on boat motors/pumps create current between themselves through a process known as galvanic corrosion. That is most likely where the voltage is going to come from.

[Pauli]

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Almost forgot...don’t get hung up on trying to isolate the downriggers from the boat or “leaking” voltage from a short in the boat. Nothing is isolated because the boat is in the water and the downriggers are in the same water. Nothing is isolated. Even if your boat isn’t leaking voltage, the current will come from galvanic corrosion. I’ll spare you the science, but in short, aluminum, stainless steel, and zinc anode protection on boat motors/pumps create current between themselves through a process known as galvanic corrosion. That is most likely where the voltage is going to come from.


Very true.... And it doesn't matter if you have a aluminum or glass hull. You can switch from Stainless cable to synthetic braid....It will stop that current issue. Some guys swear that that little bit of voltage actually helps getting fish some way. You can check the current with a DC Volt meter.... One lead to the ground on the boat (or negative battery terminal) and the other to the stainless cable. Just send the ball down to 10 feet or so for the test..... .5 to .7 volts is about what you should read. If you read much more voltage than that you probably have a leak. If you are in salt water, the voltage may be higher since salt water will conduct the electricity a bit better. When you use your down rigger you are essentially making a large battery.

Pauli

[JagerR]

This is some great info everyone, I haven't installed it yet. Before I do install I will run the volt meter on my next run and see what kind of reading I get. My wiring is pretty good and downrigger is not electric, so I'm thinking I'm not going to have an issue there. So it may be about a week before I can hit the water with this weather, I hope it blows over sooner.

[Pauli]

It will be interesting to see what you find. Just remember there are several paths for a leak to occur. After you do the initial test, retest with your electric trolling motor down in the water (both with the trolling motor on and off). Also check with your main motor in and out of the water (with it off and running). And finally, if you have an isolation switch on the electrical system (a master on/off switch), check for voltage with the switch both on and off. Lots of different paths to create an electric field around your boat while in the water. Let us know what you find.

Pauli

[UncleLucas]

We fished Friday from 430 to 9 and got 10 despite the howling wind and waves. I'm sure we would've got more but the conditions were not great. Saturday we fished from 630am the 730 pm. Curlew down to the fall creek. The majority of the fish were caught between lime creek and the powerlines. All fish were between the surface and 15ft. Pink was the color all day and orange was hot in the afternoon. We ended up with 39 for the day and probably lost a dozen or more. Most fish were in the 14-15" range with three fattys at 17". Very few boats on the water and an absolutely beautiful day!

[Battleship Oakes]

Fished from about 9-3 today trying out all the new toys. Windy and raining cats and dogs. Spent about an hour at fall creek first thing with no luck and ridiculous wind. Jumped up and spent the rest of the day between curlew and lime. 10 kokes and one chinook in the boat. Probably lost half again more. Pink Houche and sling blade was the hot ticket for the day. Had a couple hits on other things, but one rod caught almost everything. Didn’t have a matching set so I got as close as I could and then the other pole started producing.

[Trailbob]

My wife and I, along with another couple, fished Anderson on the mornings of 5/23 and 5/24. We spent most of our time off of the Pine launch area. We caught 24 kokes on 5/23, and 11 kokes and 1 trout on 5/24. We fished between 5 and 15 feet deep, with most caught around 10' (2 colors lead core). Pink hoochies, and pink and silver bead spinners, with dodgers or flashers, worked well along with plain shoepeg corn. The kokes were really nice fish, and up to about 17". Water temp 53 deg.

[UncleLucas]

Nice shot trailbob! Thanks for the update.

[jacksdad]

It's been awhile since my last trip, been trying to get the boys on some pan fish witih little luck so I decided it was time to hit the kokes again. Fished today 5/25 from 12-4. Launched out of curlew. Took 18 home, released 4 I think and lost another 6 or so. Largest fish was 18'' with the average 15.5''. All nice fish. They were aggressive and hit the rods hard. Lots of acrobats today. Most fish were hooked bad and I had a hard time removing the hooks. Pink seemed to be the color of choice, although idk if it would've mattered. The fishing was so good even the birds were catching kokanee. I actually thought we would have a bird of prey on the line for a second. As my sons fish surfaced 30' out the bird began to try and catch it. The fish popped off and didn't make it far before being snatched up. The boys were pretty excited. All fish were caught 15' and less. I did mark a bunch of fish in that 65-80 range, but didn't even bother. It rained pretty good a few times, but we managed to stay mostly dry under the bimini. All in all, it was a good trip.

[Attk64]

Fished 5/26-5/27
Saturday boated 50 between the storms pink was definitely the color of choice although there where some of ball lures that were producing. Fish were on the surface to 8’ on the DR. Sunday boated 26 by from 6:30 - 12:30. I had lost so many set ups from slightly abraided line that we were digging at the bottom of the box. I have been re tying set ups with 10lb maxima ultra green but am thinking that I need to up the leader weight to at least 16. I lost 7 set ups from sat and Sunday and was checking for abrasions every fish. Very frustrating and expensive. Sunday was still pink. Best fish was 19” with at least 15 18” and the rest 16 we threw back anything under 14

[jacksdad]

Fished from 3:30-7:00. Boated 12. Lost 4. 13.5'' - 18''. Caught from the surface to 60'. Also caught one chinook at 92'. Pink was still the color and the bite was off at 6. Only landed 1 koke and 1 chinook from 6-7. Another good quick trip.

[kodiak1]

Jacksdad,
Any size to the chinook? I was expecting some larger chinooks this summer. Thanks in advance! Mike

[jacksdad]

Jacksdad,
Any size to the chinook? I was expecting some larger chinooks this summer. Thanks in advance! Mike

Mike, the chinook was only 12". This is my first year fishing Anderson. Are there large chinooks to target? How big do they get in a lake? Thanks.

I fished Anderson today from 1130-230. Boated 5, lost 4 Was a slow day for me. Still at the surface despite the 64 degree surface temp.

[G3 longliner]

Mike, the chinook was only 12". This is my first year fishing Anderson. Are there large chinooks to target? How big do they get in a lake? Thanks.

I fished Anderson today from 1130-230. Boated 5, lost 4 Was a slow day for me. Still at the surface despite the 64 degree surface temp.



finally broke down - electric down riggers going on as we speak - not sure what weight is best 4-6-8 lb?

[kodiak1]

I'd def. go with the 8's. Far less blow back. When we go to the ocean for kings, we switch our 8's for 12's. Mike




finally broke down - electric down riggers going on as we speak - not sure what weight is best 4-6-8 lb?

[jacksdad]

I'd def. go with the 8's. Far less blow back. When we go to the ocean for kings, we switch our 8's for 12's. Mike

8s would be my minimum. I run an 8 and a 10. Less blowback especially when targeting trout at 60' or greater around 2.2-2.5 mph

[G3 longliner]

[QUOTE=jacksdad;64192]8s would be my minimum. I run an 8 and a 10. Less blowback especially when targeting trout at 60' or greater around 2.2-2.5


thinks guys when i commercial trolled in Alaska it was 60lb but we where sometimes at 300 ft

[G3 longliner]

[QUOTE=jacksdad;64192]8s would be my minimum. I run an 8 and a 10. Less blowback especially when targeting trout at 60' or greater around 2.2-2.5


thinks guys when i commercial trolled in Alaska it was 60lb but we where sometimes at 300 ft




Going Curlew next week to camp for a few days - any reports on tick situation - have big dog - tick magnet - dont need fish report- had good luck there last week

[Fuzzy]

I had my dog running around last weekend with no issues, but he didn't get to far off the beach and boat. Any thoughts on how this cold front moving in will affect the fishing ? Barometer takes off to the upside starting Friday morning (29.5 > +30 by Sunday).

[UncleLucas]

I've never worried about that barometer crap. I've had some of my best fishing in the pouring rain, wind, lightning, etc... if the fish are biting, they're biting. Just my 2 cents.

[snowman]

Fished from about 8:30am 'til 1:00pm. Pretty day, had hoped for better fishing. Landed 4 kokanee (15 to 17 inches) lost 1.
3 were caught on a long line probably not over 10 feet deep, pulling a Cousin Carl Moon Glow flasher and white hoochie.
The other was caught at about 25 feet on a white Arrow Flash with a white hoochie. No luck on other colors.
All were caught between Curlew and Lime creek.
Good to get out!!!

[pthept]

Seems that things are slowing down as we fished from 2-8 PM last night and only one small Koke. Other boats gave similar reports

[pthept]

Slowing down....

[alhntr]

Yep, fished Tues for 3.5 hours in the morning, got 8 in the boat. Was a 19.25 inch hog. Last 1.5 hour no bites. Not into changing lures and dodgers often. I just don't these fish collectively decide what color of lures will make them attack. O well try again next day off. Good luck all.

[Outdoors]

Hit Anderson Ranch Monday and tuesday. Monday was slow. Caught 3 in about 6 hours of fishing. Lost the same. One big one right at the boat. Couldnt figure out what they wanted. Could not get them to hit anything pink or white. Finally got them to hit a green squid. Tied some more that night and Tuesday was better. Fished for 4 hours in them morning and got 5 in the boat. Two of them were 19". Had two that were 14 that i dont know how long we drug around. The poles weren't even moving on the DR. After a half hour of nothing we reeled in to swap and there were fish on them. It was the hottest first thing in the am and then slowed after that. Used Kokabow dodgers. Watermelon and one that was yellow and orange. Also used a Christensen tackle green/silver dodger. Green squids with various colors of blades. Bloody Tuna and Kokanee special on gulp maggots. Kids had a great time. My wife has to remind me that we cant fish from 6 am til 10 Pm with the young kids... I am sure we would have caught more if we were out longer. Good luck to everyone out there!

[fish4kok]

Fished yesterday from 10:00Am 'til 4:00PM, boated 10 good size & fat kok and lost about 8 fish, release 1 little kok. None rainbow or Chinook. Fished from Curlew to Wood creek. That was a beautiful day until the wind came up in the afternoon. Fish from 5' to 25' with DR. Long line pole about 75' line out 1.1/2 oz sinker Kokabow dodger + green squid, pink squid was good too.'

Temporary patched the gimbal bellow (seal) and no more water leak into the boat. I often raised the stern drive fully up when trolling. Some how in early Spring the driftwood stick get into the area and punctured a hole on the bellow when lowering the unit. Last Monday I took the boat to LP and that took me about 20 minutes to find the leak area. At home when I look all the bellows that could cause the leak and found the puncture on gimball bellow. I patched with bicycle cement and rubber patch and it works for now. I'll order the Mercruiser bellow kit and replaced in coming Fall. That will be a painfully job :)

[UncleLucas]

Took dad out yesterday. We fished from 630am-5pm. We caught fish from curlew down to the powerlines. Pink variants were the only thing working for us at 25ft deep. Pretty steady but slow bite all day. We ended up with 14 and lost probably twice that many. For some reason the fish just would not stay on the line. I lost 10 in a row before we got one in the boat! We did our best catching with the afternoon wind pushing us from the powerlines back to lime creek. Busy day on the water but overall a great day to spend with dad.

[jacksdad]

Fished yesterday evening 6/15 for almost 4 hours. Nothing for the first 1.5 hours. Then landed 1 on orange and nothing for almost another hour. Finally switched to green as mentioned above and had a steady bite in the 20-30' range. Ended up with 9 in the cooler and lost 3 or 4. Everything in the 13-15" range. I think these are a different age class of fish that we have been catching. A little smaller and almost half had the ligher colored meat. Another success at Anderson

[dwood]

9672
Anderson was fairly good to me today. Fished from 7:30 am to 3:30pm, started off with green no bites at all, switched to pink hoochie with a watermelon dodger at 20ft, from 10:00 to 10:30 landed 4 nice 14 to 15 inch Kokes. Nothing again until about noon and then one 18' and one 16". Only lost one small one at the boat.

[DEALMKR]

Fished yesterday evening 6/15 for almost 4 hours. Nothing for the first 1.5 hours. Then landed 1 on orange and nothing for almost another hour. Finally switched to green as mentioned above and had a steady bite in the 20-30' range. Ended up with 9 in the cooler and lost 3 or 4. Everything in the 13-15" range. I think these are a different age class of fish that we have been catching. A little smaller and almost half had the ligher colored meat. Another success at Anderson

Have not fished Anderson and am tired of Cascade ( weeds )
And Lucky Peak ( skunked ) I live in Eagle. I’m thinking 2
HR Drive? Curfew the best launch?

Thanks
Dealmkr

[jacksdad]

Have not fished Anderson and am tired of Cascade ( weeds )
And Lucky Peak ( skunked ) I live in Eagle. I’m thinking 2
HR Drive? Curfew the best launch?

Thanks
Dealmkr
I have only launched from curlew one time, no complaints. It did cost 5 bucks for parking/day use though. Every other time i have launched by the dam/elk creek. It gets crazy there, and parking is limited which forces people to park on the dirt road.
The dam would probably save you 30-40 minutes of driving. I have been going mid afternoon and have avoided most of the boat launch rush and have still done well with the kokes. Hope this helps. Good luck

[salmonster]

Fished yesterday evening 6/15 for almost 4 hours. Nothing for the first 1.5 hours. Then landed 1 on orange and nothing for almost another hour. Finally switched to green as mentioned above and had a steady bite in the 20-30' range. Ended up with 9 in the cooler and lost 3 or 4. Everything in the 13-15" range. I think these are a different age class of fish that we have been catching. A little smaller and almost half had the ligher colored meat. Another success at Anderson

We kept 28 of the bigger ones the other day and 4 had the lighter colored meat. I had not seen this before. Have the lighter colored fish changed to a different forage base?

[mowrus]

We kept 28 of the bigger ones the other day and 4 had the lighter colored meat. I had not seen this before. Have the lighter colored fish changed to a different forage base?
They are the late spawners they planted from the north..

[UncleLucas]

Fished from 7am-6pm. We caught 21 and lost a handful. All in all pretty slow day for us. A random fish here and there all day. Orange was the winner with pink close second. 20-40 ft on downrigger and longline had best action with 2oz weight and 70ft line out. Caught fish from curlew all the way to the snowman and back. Beautiful day on the water and not too many boats surprisingly.

[Pauli]

My wife and I fished Anderson Ranch this morning from 0730 to 1200. Lots and lots of boats and very little fish seen caught. We didn't boat any Kokes....out of 30 or so boats we saw less than half a dozen boated. Tried everything in the tackle box and fished from 60 feet on the DR to 10 feet on a longline. Was an off day I suppose. At least the weather was awesome. Will try Arrowrock on Thursday.

[conservationist]

We had the same experience on Sunday .. Fished 7:30 to noon (when the wind blew us off the lake). Hooked one Koke at 50 feet .... and lost it 20 before the boat ... hooked on a silver and blue dodger with a pink wedding ring trailing. Saw only one fished boated from the 25+ boats on the water from Curlew down towards the power lines. Fished in the AM at 15 feet and tried every depth down to 55 feet when we gave up. Long ways to go to get skunked..... could of done that at Lucky Peak .

[kokaneekevin]

Sorry to hear the results from Pauli and Conservationist. I've been there - those days when the Kokanee win. I was there on Tuesday as well. Took a friend. It was his first Kokanee fishing trip. We had a pretty good day. Started at 8:30, stopped at 2pm. Brought home 18 nice-sized Kokes, most in the 16" - 17" range. Biggest was 17 1/2" so we didn't have any monsters, but they were certainly big enough and solid (most had the 'normal' color meat, but definitely had quite a few with the light orange meat). And only caught Kokes; no trout or Chinooks caught. Started at Curlew, fished across to Lyme Creek, then down the narrows a bit and then back to Curlew. We were catching fish all along the way, but they were mainly hitting in the area just beyond the brick retaining walls and before the Lyme Cr bay area. Had the downrigger set at 41' and caught 5 or 6 at that depth. Then long-lined (100 clicks out) with a couple poles using 1, 2, 3, and 4 oz weights. 1 and 4 oz had the most hits, but it seemed like we were catching fish between 10' and 40'. So we never locked into one depth in particular. Used pink and watermelon dodgers with pink hoochies and a ford fender with an orange spinner. Pretty well split on number of Kokes caught on each setup. Other colors were not working for us. What was working for us was our landing ratio to number of bites. After 4 hours, we had 16 bites and 16 fish landed (released 1 small one). Don't think I've ever landed 16 in a row before. Especially with a newbie in the boat. He handled the net superbly! Then we finally lost 2 and then landed a few more. By the time we stopped, we had 21 bites total, with 19 fish landed and 18 kept. Not a ton of bites, but we sure made the most of it. Again, a good day.
On top of this, another friend of mine was there at the same time in his boat (with a buddy). They had a ton more bites (50+), managing to land 15 Kokes. Released one 17" Chinook. They were long-lining using 2 oz weights with pink dodgers and hoochies.

The ups and downs of Kokanee fishing. Crazy but still addicting and fun no matter what!

KokaneeKevin
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[UncleLucas]

I would like to reiterate basically everything kokaneekevin had to say. We fish yesterday(thur) from 10am-8pm and ended up with 19. Then we fished today from 7am-12:30 and caught 18. A hot bite this am. We caught 7 fish in 30 minutes then it died way off. We caught fish from 20-55ft but most were in the 30-40ft range. Orange was best color today and black/white yesterday. Two highlights of the trip were this am we had all four poles go off and landed all of them. I also caught a nice koke with two hooks and 6 inches of leader in his mouth in the same area I had one break me off earlier. Almost certain it was the same fish. Revenge is SWEET! We did catch a few fish that were starting to turn already. All in all a great trip with beautiful weather and few wake boats.

[Pauli]

Hey Uncle Lucas...

What are you guys doing with these large takes of fish. Do you freeze then?....maybe use a seal-a-meal?? I hear that some guys will can them...but I know nothing about that. You could smoke a load of them....but do they go into the freezer after they come out of the smoker? Some guys put the fish (or filets) in a tupperware filled with water and freeze the whole thing in a block of ice. How long will they stay good in the freezer??? Just curious.

Pauli

[UncleLucas]

Two years ago we absolutely killed em up there and my parents helped me can a bunch. That will keep forever. I have got in the routine of fileting and smoking them. I eat some, share some and the vaccum seal and freeze the rest.

[G3 longliner]

Two years ago we absolutely killed em up there and my parents helped me can a bunch. That will keep forever. I have got in the routine of fileting and smoking them. I eat some, share some and the vaccum seal and freeze the rest.



was at Anderson yesterday Bite was early over by 10am then slow but did get 13- no hogs, biggest was 18 in Had a newbie and still tweaking new down riggers Four boats ahead of us at dam, lot full and overflowing when we got back at 2 - going to be a zoo over the 4th - same - 20-40 ft , watermelon with pink or orange Kokabow spinner hootchies

[kodiak1]

Fished yesterday (Monday) and was more than slow. Fishing with both long lines and downriggers. Two fish in the morning. Talked to lots of other trollers, and several were still looking for their first fish, and only one had caught three. The two we caught were at 32 and 35 on the cable. Maybe the slowest day I have ever had at Anderson! Mike

[G3 longliner]

Fished yesterday (Monday) and was more than slow. Fishing with both long lines and downriggers. Two fish in the morning. Talked to lots of other trollers, and several were still looking for their first fish, and only one had caught three. The two we caught were at 32 and 35 on the cable. Maybe the slowest day I have ever had at Anderson! Mike


I was there yesterday also - It was tough, marked very few fish, thought my fish finder was broke , all the fish we caught didnt even show on sounder - did end up with 10, biggest 17in, most around 25 ft and a few on longline at 15ft. - Fall creek was dead, caught 5 there and got the others tacking back to dam out in the middle - lost around 10 ( get and goes and a few at the boat)
see no blush on em yet - anything at Curlew / Lime creek area - saw lots of boats coming from there?

[fish4kok]

My wife and I were there from Mon 7/1/19 - Wed 7/3/19
Mon. fish from noon til 7:30 boated 8 Kok, released 2 rainbow trout. Fish from 20 - 25' DR Vance dodger + pink squid and 1 long line pole 1.1.4 oz 80' line out Les Davis 3 blades + green/red WR + white corn. From Deer Creek to Curlew area.

Tues. In the morning (7:30AM - 11:30AM) boated 9 Kok. released 1 small kok and 1-16" rainbow. Same set up DR from 25-30'. After noon (4:00PM - 7:30) boated 2 big kok 1-19", 1-18" with Lur Jensen dodger + pink squids at 40' DR. Curlew area

Wednesday we fished from Deer Creek to Lime Creek boated only 1 Kok in 5 hrs (7:00AM - 12:00PM). After noon we went up to Little Wilson Creek trolled back to Wood Creek we boated 4 more Kok and quit @3:00PM. Long line pole 1.1/2 oz sinker Kokabow watermelon + Hot Devil Sun squid 80' line out, 2 fish caught on L-line pole but lost one close to the boat. DR 37' Vance green dodger + pink squid + white corn.

Total fish took home 24 Kok.

[G3 longliner]

My wife and I was there from Mon 7/1/19 - Wed 7/3/19
Mon. fish from noon til 7:30 boated 8 Kok, released 2 rainbow trout. Fish from 20 - 25' DR Vance dodger + pink squid and 1 long line pole 1.1.4 oz 80' line out Les Davis 3 blades + green/red WR + white corn. From Deer Creek to Curlew area.

Tues. In the morning (7:30AM - 11:30AM) boated 9 Kok. released 1 small kok and 1-16" rainbow. Same set up DR from 25-30'. After noon (4:00PM - 7:30) boated 2 big kok 1-19", 1-18" with Lur Jensen dodger + pink squids at 40' DR. Curlew area

Wednesday we fished from Deer Creek to Lime Creek boated only 1 Kok in 5 hrs (7:00AM - 12:00PM). After noon we went up to Little Wilson Creek trolled back to Wood Creek we boated 4 more Kok and quit @3:00PM. Long line pole 1.1/2 oz sinker Kokabow watermelon + Hot Devil Sun squid 80' line out, 2 fish caught on L-line pole but lost one close to the boat. DR 37' Vance green dodger + pink squid + white corn.

Total fish took home 24 Kok.

any reports over the long four day weekend? might go tomorrow

[Bassmeet]

We fished Friday and Saturday from 9am- 1pm. Fishing wasn’t as hot as earlier this year, but still managed 10-12 both days (not bad for 4 hours). The quality of fish are great, but did have a couple starting to turn. 25-35ft kokabow watermelon dodger, cut plug orange or pink seemed to produce best for us. Hope this helps.

[G3 longliner]

We fished Friday and Saturday from 9am- 1pm. Fishing wasn’t as hot as earlier this year, but still managed 10-12 both days (not bad for 4 hours). The quality of fish are great, but did have a couple starting to turn. 25-35ft kokabow watermelon dodger, cut plug orange or pink seemed to produce best for us. Hope this helps.


Thanks that was about what it was producing when i was there over a week ago Same setup

[G3 longliner]

Thanks that was about what it was producing when i was there over a week ago Same setup


Did get 12 yesterday No hogs 16 the largest Five has light meat None has any blush on them so dont know if light meat is due to ready to spawn or the other strain that is in there Caught most tacking back to dam from Fall Creek out in middle- would get one now and then - 25 ft, watermelon, and pink or orange spinner hootchie

[UncleLucas]

Thank you to everyone for the updates. We are headed down on Saturday and will post results when we get home.

[fish4kok]

Did get 12 yesterday No hogs 16 the largest Five has light meat None has any blush on them so dont know if light meat is due to ready to spawn or the other strain that is in there Caught most tacking back to dam from Fall Creek out in middle- would get one now and then - 25 ft, watermelon, and pink or orange spinner hootchie

You did better than us. We took home 7 Kok all orange meat with 2 of them are 18". Started to fish from 9:00am we caught 4 fish less than 50 minutes in Curlew, after 10:00 that they shutdown. We ran up to Fall creek and fish in varied depth we lost all 7 of them @ 45'. Later we came back to Lime creek and caught 3 more. Lure set up same as your.

The light color meat of the Kokanee info: https://idfg.idaho.gov/blog/2018/10/anglers-southern-idaho-concerned-about-lighter-colored-kokanee-meat

[mowrus]

Thank you to everyone for the updates. We are headed down on Saturday and will post results when we get home. Just got back and we managed to scratch 26. Weard year for finding any kind of pattern.. They are starting to get some color too..🐟🐟

[UncleLucas]

We fished from 7am-5pm launching from the dam for a change. Had some bites and caught one near the snowman in the am. The bite picked up mid day in the large bay between powerlines and the narrows. We managed to keep 17 and threw back 6 or so in the 12" range. Nice average fish but no hogs. Pink and green were best performers at 30ft on the downrigger and longline with 2 oz weight and 88 ft out was good too.

[fish4kok]

We fished from 9:00AM to 6:30PM yesterday (Thurs.7/18). Boated 9 Kok with two are 18.5". Fishing was slow. Troll from Curlew to Wood Creek and back. Pink squid with dodger from DR 30 - 40' , long line pole 1.5 oz sinker + Forfender+ Kokabow Talon 100' line out (caught 2 on this pole). Will have friends come over for Kok BBQ tonight.

[UncleLucas]

We fished from 7 am to 430 pm launching at curlew. Started at the upper end and fished down to powerlines and back. We managed 18 kokes, 1 trout, and 1 smallmouth bass. 35 -40 ft on downrigger and longline with 3 oz weight and 55 ft out were both good. Green, orange and pink were all good at times but we never really settled on any one color. A great day on the lake with dad all in all. The fish are really starting to turn now.!

[Good Outfit]

We fished from 7 am to 430 pm launching at curlew. Started at the upper end and fished down to powerlines and back. We managed 18 kokes, 1 trout, and 1 smallmouth bass. 35 -40 ft on downrigger and longline with 3 oz weight and 55 ft out were both good. Green, orange and pink were all good at times but we never really settled on any one color. A great day on the lake with dad all in all. The fish are really starting to turn now.!

Hey uncle lucas
Good job, I am fairly new to this Kok fishing, was there on the 18th, trolled 14 hours for 5 fish, could not see any on the finder, tried everything, pulled at 30 to 40 on the DR but super slow, was doing everything you were but very few fish, could you tell us newbies what length of line you use between the dodger and the squid and what speed you go ??? and anything else you would be willing to share with us greenhorns

Thanks, Greg
Good Outfit

[UncleLucas]

Hey uncle lucas
Good job, I am fairly new to this Kok fishing, was there on the 18th, trolled 14 hours for 5 fish, could not see any on the finder, tried everything, pulled at 30 to 40 on the DR but super slow, was doing everything you were but very few fish, could you tell us newbies what length of line you use between the dodger and the squid and what speed you go ??? and anything else you would be willing to share with us greenhorns

Thanks, Greg
Good Outfit

Try adjusting the settings on your finder. It took me quite a while to figure mine out and if the setting aren't just right I won't see anything either. As far as leader length, some of mine are shorter and some longer 12-24 inches. It depends on the day. Most people use shoepeg corn with some sort of scent or plain works too. The sweet speed for me is always 1.3-1.5 mph. If you see a particular boat catching try talking to them. Most people are approachable and willing to help. Hope this helps and good luck!

[Good Outfit]

Try adjusting the settings on your finder. It took me quite a while to figure mine out and if the setting aren't just right I won't see anything either. As far as leader length, some of mine are shorter and some longer 12-24 inches. It depends on the day. Most people use shoepeg corn with some sort of scent or plain works too. The sweet speed for me is always 1.3-1.5 mph. If you see a particular boat catching try talking to them. Most people are approachable and willing to help. Hope this helps and good luck!

Thanks for the reply, I have the finder set at 83 mhz which is where it has to be to see the elongated air bladders and the depth scale set at 100 feet and all summer long they have been showing up just fine until the 2nd week of July and then they started to disappear, I assumed they were getting fished out, could you tell me , that is if you know, as the season progresses and the fish get closer to spawning do they get more aggressive, I was wondering if as they get closer to spawn do we run shorter and shorter leaders making the lure more aggressive verses shorter lazy leaders, one boat on the lake told me that and other boats said no dont do that so just trying to see what direction i should go this time of year to entice a bite.

Thanks / Greg
Good Outfit

[UncleLucas]

Thanks for the reply, I have the finder set at 83 mhz which is where it has to be to see the elongated air bladders and the depth scale set at 100 feet and all summer long they have been showing up just fine until the 2nd week of July and then they started to disappear, I assumed they were getting fished out, could you tell me , that is if you know, as the season progresses and the fish get closer to spawning do they get more aggressive, I was wondering if as they get closer to spawn do we run shorter and shorter leaders making the lure more aggressive verses shorter lazy leaders, one boat on the lake told me that and other boats said no dont do that so just trying to see what direction i should go this time of year to entice a bite.

Thanks / Greg
Good Outfit
I really don't have an answer for the leader length/time of year. I will say this year seems to have been off for me and seems like many others. It's been an inconsistent bite with preferred colors changing several times in one day. We marked fish all day on Saturday throughout the entire lake. I will fish a particular lure for maybe 30 mins and if no bites, change. Usually we can find something they like and many times it's just ONE lure combo. Hope this helps.

[Good Outfit]

Thank's I appreciate your help

[UncleLucas]

Headed down in the am. Good luck to all participating in the tournament this weekend. A big thanks to Chris @kokaneetackle.com and fall creek resort for putting it on. Will post results when we get home.

[fish4kok]

Fished today from 7:00AM 'til 3:30PM. Boated 8 Kok, Fish color are start turning now. DR from 30 ~ 45' with dodger and pink squid. Long line pole didn't have any hit at all.
Good luck to all participating Kokanee tournament this weekend.

[UncleLucas]

Fished friday from noon to 830. We ended up with 17 kokes and 1 trout. 30-45 ft deep and green was the best color. We participated in the tourney Saturday fishing from 7am to 1pm. We got 11 and turned in our best 6. 1st place was 14.9 pounds and 10th place was 11.4. Our 6 fish weight was 11.11lbs. Such a good time at Fall creek resort with everyone. 1st annual fall creek days was a blast and will definitely be going again next yeay!

[MMDON]

Sounds like everyone had a great time at the tourney! Fish are turning quickly as well! Thanks for the report!

[AquaKing]

Flew in from WA state to check out the tournament with my son and family who live in the area. It was a great time even though we had a hard time boating some fish. Managed to weigh in with only five(picture is just from prior evening). Everyone attending was friendly and definitely something to look forward to again! Thank you Idaho Backcountry Vets for hosting along with all the sponsors and boaters helping raise money for a great cause!

[conservationist]

Fished Anderson today from about 8 to 2:30. Five hits, four fish in the boat ... nice size ... right around 17 inches. Two of them were showing some color. The females were full of roe. Found the fish at 40 feet. Two on a silver and blue dodger with the pink hoochie and corn. Two on a "ford fender" set of flashers with the same hoochie. Spoke to another two genlemen who had boated 9 .. all nice sized fish.
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[MMDON]

Fished Anderson today from about 8 to 2:30. Five hits, four fish in the boat ... nice size ... right around 17 inches. Two of them were showing some color. The females were full of roe. Found the fish at 40 feet. Two on a silver and blue dodger with the pink hoochie and corn. Two on a "ford fender" set of flashers with the same hoochie. Spoke to another two genlemen who had boated 9 .. all nice sized fish.
9757

Thanks for the report!

[kokaneekevin]

Hey, Conservationist, that was me (KokaneeKevin) and my fishing buddy you ran into on Tues. I'll be sure to say Hi next time. :) I told you 9, but we actually ended up with 10 Kokes in the boat (forgot about the last one just before we headed in). All were between 16" and 18", and fat. Very nice! I had one (a personal best) at 18 1/2". Most had some red, but we had several that were all silver. It was a bit of a slow day, especially late morning. We started around 7:30, ended at 2pm. Started just off the Curlew ramp and caught 2 nice ones before 8am. Thought we were in for a big day. Then nothing for the next couple of hours, except for a couple of hit-and-runs. By Noon, we headed to Lime Creek and caught one there. Then we headed into the narrows and things finally started picking up. Caught the rest of our Kokes there (kind of the northern end of the narrows). We fished with 3 lines, one on a downrigger set between 40' and 50'. Two long lines, one with 4oz and one with 5oz weights. Although we mixed it up and fished between 20' and 70', all fish were caught between 40' and 50'. The rainbow dodger and pick hoochie was the best combo, but also caught several on ford fenders with an orange spinner on one and a pink hoochie on the other. We probably had a total of 20 hits. Lost 2 due to lines breaking (very unusual for us) and lost another one at the boat when it threw the hook at the last moment, just escaping the net. All in all, another great (and hot!) day at Anderson Ranch.

KokaneeKevin

[G3 longliner]

Hoping for another good year at the lake. Dust off the rods as the fish and weather will be heating up soon.

hear they are still catching at Anderson any bright ones ? maybe those late run fish ?

[G3 longliner]

hear they are still catching at Anderson any bright ones ? maybe those late run fish ?

did go LP yesterday slow a few dinks but did catch one 18" 2.39 lb kok

[Oldfishnfart]

Wow nice!was it red. If not could it be one of the late spawning variety?

[G3 longliner]

Wow nice!was it red. If not could it be one of the late spawning variety?

it was still bright think it was late spawner Must not be very many in LP - the most I have caught this summer is three But all where the biggest fish ive ever caught Hope they take hold Heard some guys got five last week but dont know size

[crappieslayer]

I'm heading to Anderson to spend a few days there this weekend. Anybody got any info on depth, colors, and speed.. I will spend 1 whole day just trying to target chinook. I have some brads, flatfish, and double jointed rapala's I will try at around 2.3 to 2.5 mph at various depths.

[kodiak1]

I'm heading to Anderson to spend a few days there this weekend. Anybody got any info on depth, colors, and speed.. I will spend 1 whole day just trying to target chinook. I have some brads, flatfish, and double jointed rapala's I will try at around 2.3 to 2.5 mph at various depths.

I've found the Brad's mini cut plug in black and stuffed with oil packed tuna to be a winner. Good luck, and give us a report. Mike

[Rod Man]

[QUOTE=kodiak1;64629]I've found the Brad's mini cut plug in black and stuffed with oil packed tuna to be a winner. Good luck, and give us a report. Mike[/QUO

Try mixing in anise and shrimp to the tuna, worked for us a couple weeks ago...

[fish4kok]

Solo fishing at Anderson Ranch today from 9:30AM ~ 4:30PM. There were few boats on the lake and I didn't see any action, fishing was slow. 1st fish caught was a 17" Chinook on the DR at 20' then I caught the other one about same size that I released both. Later I fish from 50' to 60 and caught 6 Kokanee. 2 - 17" male Kok really red and the other 4 were silver ( from 12" - 15").
Kokabow dodger + talon squid spinner caught most the fish. Pink and orange color worked for me.
DR 50' to 60', 1.5MPH
There were many RV's already camped at Curlew sand beach. Look like people leave their RVs and boats in that area to save a camping spot for the Labor Day Holliday:)

[MMDON]

Thanks for the report fish4kok!

[crappieslayer]

Fished Saturday and Sunday. Tried 1/2 day for Kokes and didn't get a bite. Had one downrigger with stackers set for 20 and 40 and the other 30 and 50. Not a hit. Switched over to setup for Chinook and caught 1 15" and had two more hit but didn't hook up. Next day went after Chinook only. Caught a decent 17 to 18" and had two more hit and missed. I'm finally getting into the swing of finding them. I tried herring first day and had one hit but nothing else. Caught 1 on a Brad and the other on a blue Scatter Rap double jointed. Trolled 120 - 130ft at 2.1 to 2.3 mph.
I definitely need to get some heavier downrigger balls so I'm not 10feet behind the boat. :)

[kokaneekevin]

My wife and I headed up to Anderson Ranch yesterday (Sunday), hoping to take advantage of the last hot day of the summer. Hot but not too hot. :) Quite a few campers along the beach at Curlew but hardly any with fishing boats. Definitely more ski boats, wake-boarders, and jet-skiers than fishing boats. But they mostly did not interfere with the fishing. Only saw a few other boats actually fishing.

We fished from 10:30am to 3pm. Started out from the Curlew ramp and fished from there to Lime Cr, then down a ways through the narrows. Used various combinations but mostly used a Ford Fender with chartreuse spinner and a couple different dodgers with hoochies. In 2 hours, had only 1 bite, catching a small Chinook (at 45'). Marked fish at various depths from mid-teens to below a 100'. Fished all around those depths with no luck. Finally decided we needed a change of scenery so we motored down to Fall Cr. Started fishing the entrance to Fall Cr, (kinda that outside edge before actually entering the inlet). Within minutes had our first hit but no hookup. A couple minutes later, hooked up and had our first Kokanee in the boat. A nice 14-incher. During the next hour and a half, we had another 9 bites. Unfortunately we lost 6 of those, most of them on for a few seconds before throwing the hook. Did lose one of them at the boat (my bad on the poor netting attempt; DOH!). Did end up with 4 nice Kokes in the boat, all 13"-14". Most hits were on a pole we were long-lining (with 3oz weight) with the Ford fender and chartreuse spinner, probably at a depth around 35'. Downrigger line at 45' had quite a few hits too. It had a rainbow dodger with pink hoochie. So it seemed the 35' to 45' depth was the hot ticket. As always, another great day at Anderson.

KokaneeKevin
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[MMDON]

Thanks for the report Kevin! Ford Fenders, trolling weights and lead core all suffer the same fate of high loss numbers due to the inability to keep the fish fighting the rod and reel drag instead of the gear. Sounds like your persistence paid off! Appreciate your post!

[Physion]

I still use weight, blades, and a spinner much of the time. Putting a snubber between the troll and the spinner has helped me keep more fish on the line. Although I do have a downrigger, I like to move my rod forward and backward to induce a bite. The change in motion is frequently productive. I don't know how to do that with a downrigger, so I still longline a lot with with the weight, etc. I admit the fish isn't as much fun to bring in, but I think I get more hits by giving the lure a change in speed.

[MMDON]

Sound reasoning! This coming season Anderson will be my go to lake unless something improves at Lucky Peak. Hope to see you up there.

[kapacazol]

Hey All, I'm completely new to Kokanee fishing. Can I head to Anderson Ranch and expect to catch anything this time of year?

[Oldfishnfart]

Welcome !
As nice as it is it would be a great trip no matter if not!
The fish will be scattered and at various depths,but you can catch them at this time of year if you are prepared for the weather.
A few years back a friend and I fished Anderson at least once every month thru the year. We caught fish every time we went. Some times not to many but some. Good luck!

[Zigzag]

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