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They started letting water out. When they do this the kokanee go off the bite. When the lake goes down and creates small amount of current, kokanee start moving upstream. They have whats called positive reotaxis. All salmon and steelhead have it. When they encounter flow in their face the travel...

Everything around dent is private property. closest potlatch or state ground is a few miles away. Thing is you have to go thru private to get there

water level Corps plan is to keep the lake at 1445' ( which is considered empty) Til May 1

It is time! Fished this last Tuesday. Netted 14 in about an hour and a half. Some were nice! Missing the head, they filled a frying pan! Found them right next to shore. The only launch is the marina. Lake is down 145' as of this morning. Am going back up today, will get you some photos jeff

You do not want to take Hanks Grade. Wash boards and rough. The very best way to get to the state park is out of Orofino. There are docks you can moor at, they are to the north of the launch. 2 docks. shouldn't be too far from the camping spots...

Gonna get better yesterday when I was bass catching I saw several koke's jumping and popping at the surface. First time in a while. They aren't in mid lake but closer to shore. Every bay had some going off. Most of them were very nice!

Dworshak outflows The Corps is going to cut back outflows to 8,000 cfs very soon. Hopefully the fish will quit being sucked thru. It this persists there will be a salvage order next week.

They just quit spilling water this past few days. Have heard reports kokes are willing to bite! I know a feller and his wife were up yesterday and brought back 31! good luck and be safe and have fun!

Have been getting notes from quite a few of you wanting to know why they will not bite. Anytime they gush water out of the dam to make room for spring runoff, the fish up there (all fish, trout ,bass, kokes, crappie, etc) their positive riotaxes kicks in. Fish are designed that when they...

If anyone needs help finding fish, let me know. More then happy to help out!

Forgot to mention: When the corps dumps water like they have been, the koke's leave the deep water, they move to the shallows. Believe it or not, there is current in the lake right now. Imagine the middle of the lake is slowing flowing tward the dam, look for spots close to the bank that would...

As some of you know, I have been guiding on that lake for a while. Lately I have been doing lots of Bass guiding. Anyway, I am seeing lots of Kokanee in very shallow water. Example, From the floating dock just north of the state park (freeman cr) to the long dock by the church camp. 60' off the...

Over all the years I have been fishing/guiding on the lake, anytime the Corps is letting out water for an extended amount of time, the larger koke's start traveling up the lake. When the dam gets shut off they come back down. Currently most of them are Reed's Cr and above. From what I have...

I was up there last weekend around merry's bay. Little slow. fish were 5 to 7"..... at about 25'. looks like it might be a smaller fish yr.

I have been on the lake most everyday since early april. There are kokanee everywhere! The biggesy concentration I have found is fall cr to weitas cr. pretty good school! Most of them can be caught at the surface, no need for wieght. kinda nice! The bass catching has been pretty good. The big...

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Have recently been up as far as Hodson cr. The biggest concentration of koke's I say was at swamp cr. The last few weeks they have been pushing their way up the lake. at swamp we were catching them at the surface, no weight needed. about 30' behind the boat. Sue, when are you going back up...

I am a long way from being the expert.... Psst..... might want to try in front of the spillway.. just sayin...

Hi! When the corps is letting out water from the dam early in the spring like this the kokanee move out in the middle of the lake and go fairly deep. Sometimes to 60'. When the water is shutoff and the lake is fillling they move back to the bays and edges. Currently the corps is dropping the...