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Fishing Report Thursday, May 10 Blue Mesa remains very low and dock hands tell me they expect it to drop another 5 - 8 feet. Air temperature was 34F at the Marina and water temperature in Cebolla was 51F this morning. Every one is talking about how wonderful the weather is in Gunnison right...

Thanks for the update Old'n still learning. It always helps to hear what is working for others as we sometimes fall into a rut and don't think to try different things. One week ago today Mary and I were returning to Bullfrog at Lake Powell after 6 days fishing and boat camping up the San Juan...

You're welcome. After using parchment paper for several years, I wouldn't smoke fish without it because grill cleaning becomes a breeze, and I hate cleaning grills.

Kokanee fishing has started at Blue Mesa. Since we focus on Lake Powell during April and early May (and don’t like to switch back and forth between mussel contaminated Powell and mussel free Blue Mesa), I haven’t yet been out on the lake but I’ll share some of the info provided by friends who...

The kokanee fishing season is fast approaching and I thought I’d share a couple of tricks we use when smoking fish. If you have trouble with the fish sticking to the grill, the fish above dripping on those below, or find that grills are difficult to clean, consider placing the fish on parchment...

Twanger, We were surprised by the ease and quality. I think our kokanee is every bit as good as the lox I've had at the best Jewish delis and nothing special is required to make it. It is uncooked fish after all, so its not going to be to everyone's taste, but we have friends who think it is...

I suspect that like me, many readers are visiting the Kokanee Fishing Forum because you can’t wait to get back on the water and are settling for reading rather than fishing. This recipe for Lox may give you something to plan for next summer. During fishing season we smoke and give away a lot...

I haven't caught a kokanee since mid September and we got back from the last Lake Powell trip 3 weeks ago, so this morning I was browsing through the most recent posts here hoping it would alleviate some of that twitchy "need to catch a fish" feeling. I'm sure there is as much disagreement...

End of Our Blue Mesa Fishing Season Although jigging for kokanees continues to be productive and fish quality is still excellent, we decided to call it quits on Blue Mesa, get the boat and equipment ready for fall fishing on Lk Powell, and take care of a few other projects. Morning...

Blue Mesa Forecast 9-14 to 9-18 Jigging on Blue Mesa has been hot but today (9/13) there were fewer schools and fewer boats. Even so, four of us jigged up 20 4 year olds in about 2 hours. Fish quality remains excellent. While the number of schools may shrink, there are still lots of salmon...

Blue Mesa Forecast 9-8 to 9-10 Jigging around the Iron Works remains hot and the fish are still very good eating quality, although they continue to get bigger hooks and darker backs. There were about 20 boats in the area this morning (Friday) and most seemed to have little trouble finding...

Holiday Kokanee Forecast Blue Mesa salmon were probably at their peak a few weeks back. Fish have lost some mass and fat, with the average size dropping a couple of ounces lately, the males' stomachs are shrinking some and eggs are huge; now is a good time for making caviar. A few fish are...

Jigging still good at Blue Mesa Although fish are schooled up at 80 ft deep trolling through the schools is not very productive but jigging can work very well. Please see my previous post above for some info about jigging techniques. The photos below show what the schools look like on my 14...

Jigging Salmon at Blue Mesa Jim, Vertical jigging over salmon schools started about a week ago, limited for now to the Iron Works area of Cebolla basin. When it is hot, it is hot. Tips, you asked? Where to begin. This is going to be more than you asked for. There are so many things that...

Late June Blue Mesa Fishing Report Kokanee fishing remains very good on Blue Mesa. Blue Mesa is within about 5 ft of the likely high water mark for the summer (this is about 5 ft lower than "full pool", which seems to cause problems). There is an enormous amount of large debris near the Lake...

Safe Travels Jimsco, Safe travels on your trip from GJ. Full moon tonight and we've been seeing lots of deer on the roads lately between Montrose and BM. We may be out on Friday morning if some guests are able to make it work, so we may see you. Regards, Kokanee64

Early June Fishing Report COFisherman, Blue Mesa Fishing has been good but seems to be cooling down in the Iola basin as it heats up in the Cebolla basin. Water temp in Iola this AM was 60F and air temp at the West Elk Marina at 5 am was 47F. Water authorities have dropped the lake about...

kokanee 64 Glad you had a good day on BM. Interesting that you did well on different colors. I think the kokes are taking any and everything right now. We also were out on Friday and you might have gone past us as we were fishing the bay of chicken area, just as the canyon opens into Cebolla...

I use Scotty DR, Scotty braided cable, and Scotty stacker mini-releases. I've never had my releases slip.

Blue Mesa Mid May Fisning Rpt Fishing on Blue Mesa continues to be good, particularly between 6 and 7 am. Air temp at 5:30 am is 37 F and water temp in Cebolla is 55 F, with more green staining than before and more floating branches, etc. Fish are taking yellow and orange beads w/ spinners...