2012 Arrowrock Fishing Thread
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Just got back from driving up that wonderful dirt road. Started fishing about 0630 and finished a three person limit at about 1400. Couple doubles but for the most part just steady scattered hits. Most fish caught at about 25' down. Pink slings with pink hoocies for the most part but also caught some on silver and orange hoochies.
Surface temp was 67 in the morning and up to 70 when I left.
Caught 2 18" inchers and 7 that were 17-16", rest were 13-16". The squawfish horde was out in force on the upper end in both the South and Middle fork arms. Was catching 4 squaws per koke for most the morning. God awful nasty things. The eagles even got sick of them before long. Have fun.
Surface temp was 67 in the morning and up to 70 when I left.
Caught 2 18" inchers and 7 that were 17-16", rest were 13-16". The squawfish horde was out in force on the upper end in both the South and Middle fork arms. Was catching 4 squaws per koke for most the morning. God awful nasty things. The eagles even got sick of them before long. Have fun.
idahowolverine
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Fished also on Saturday from 9am to about 1pm. We ended up with 9 but had to really work for them. We also had some very short bites. Our biggest koke did not even register a hit. I was just checking the rod for a tangle and he was on there. Only two of the fish were under 15 inches. We caught fish from 40ft to the surface. And we only caught two squaw fish and no rainbows. I have only boated one rainbow out of 6 trips this year. I caught quite a few last year. Makes me wonder if they got caught in the gill nets with the squaws this fall
bowmadness
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Sounds familiar tuff maybe next time we will drag a few more in the the boat. Still can't beat a day on the lake.
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Had a nice haul on 7/3 straight out from the boat launch. Started around 830 AM and finished up with 10 fish by 1 PM. Not too shabby!
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dedub
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Very Well done DP!
Very Well done DP!
Went to arrowrock on the 4th, got there a little late, around 930 caught 2 pretty quick then a couple of squaws. Didn't get to stay late had to leave at 1 but it sure was fun. Hot pink hoochie seems to be the choice right now caught one at 15 and the other at 25. Monday I'm heading to Pine/Featherville for a little camping, any word on how the Kokanee are hiting up there at Anderson?
dedub
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After work on Friday again
Left the house around 3:30 p.m. and was on the water around 4:30. Fished until the lightning and thunder made me high-tail it to the launch around 6:30 p.m.
Ended up with 6. The biggest one was my biggest this year. 17.5 inches and 2.01 lbs. thumbsupthumbsup
Fished about 30 ft deep.
Good luck everyone
God Bless DW
Left the house around 3:30 p.m. and was on the water around 4:30. Fished until the lightning and thunder made me high-tail it to the launch around 6:30 p.m.
Ended up with 6. The biggest one was my biggest this year. 17.5 inches and 2.01 lbs. thumbsupthumbsup
Fished about 30 ft deep.
Good luck everyone
God Bless DW
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Left the house around 3:30 p.m. and was on the water around 4:30. Fished until the lightning and thunder made me high-tail it to the launch around 6:30 p.m.
Ended up with 6. The biggest one was my biggest this year. 17.5 inches and 2.01 lbs. thumbsupthumbsup
Fished about 30 ft deep.
Good luck everyone
God Bless DW
Nice fish!! Way to go.101goodpost101
Had a nice haul on 7/3 straight out from the boat launch. Started around 830 AM and finished up with 10 fish by 1 PM. Not too shabby!
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That is A very nice fish!! Good job...101cheers101
Fished on Independence Day solo and caught a limit. Dropped the first line down around 0630. Action was crazy fast until the light hit the water. By 0730 I had three in the boat and had lost three. Mostly lost them because I was to busy trying to get another line in the water and had a first rate cluster going on. Should have just ran with it and focused on fishing one rod well.
Once the light hit the water things slowed way down. Couldn't buy a bite after 0930. Finally changed a few things up and finished out at 1130. The key switch after the light was up high was a UV pink spatter back hoochie.
Fished today (Sat.) with my son. Didn't have a real hot bite early like Wed. but once the light hit the water it picked up and was steady. Had 8 by 0930. Then it slowed down a bunch. Picked up two more by 1100. Then nothing for a while finally finished out at 1330. Best lure/dodger combo was silver dodger with orange hoocie. Outfished the pink 2:1.
Still catching them at 25'. Went down to 35' for awhile with no luck (this was in the dead spell where we couldn't buy a bite).
Both Wed. and today, caught some that had the first signs of pink showing on the caudal fin and base of the tail. Also caught a couple males that had the hook starting to grow a little. Still plenty of time for fishing, but they are starting to head towards maturing.
Between the two trips (three limits), 1/2 were the 17-18" fish, 1/4 in the 15-16" range and 1/4 in the 12-15" range. Didn't go above the junction of the South Fork and Middle Fork arms. The squawfish weren't to bad down lower in the reservoir. Only caught 6 in the two trips combined.
They are dropping the water pretty fast now. Probably about 2' a day. Some of the humps near the south fork are getting up there. Was cruising along fishing at 25' and not really paying to much attention to the depth finder when I glance at it and we are in 35' and shrinking. In another week I would probaby have been making a donation to the collection and marking my GPS to come back in the fall. Anways, hope this helps someone. Have fun.
Once the light hit the water things slowed way down. Couldn't buy a bite after 0930. Finally changed a few things up and finished out at 1130. The key switch after the light was up high was a UV pink spatter back hoochie.
Fished today (Sat.) with my son. Didn't have a real hot bite early like Wed. but once the light hit the water it picked up and was steady. Had 8 by 0930. Then it slowed down a bunch. Picked up two more by 1100. Then nothing for a while finally finished out at 1330. Best lure/dodger combo was silver dodger with orange hoocie. Outfished the pink 2:1.
Still catching them at 25'. Went down to 35' for awhile with no luck (this was in the dead spell where we couldn't buy a bite).
Both Wed. and today, caught some that had the first signs of pink showing on the caudal fin and base of the tail. Also caught a couple males that had the hook starting to grow a little. Still plenty of time for fishing, but they are starting to head towards maturing.
Between the two trips (three limits), 1/2 were the 17-18" fish, 1/4 in the 15-16" range and 1/4 in the 12-15" range. Didn't go above the junction of the South Fork and Middle Fork arms. The squawfish weren't to bad down lower in the reservoir. Only caught 6 in the two trips combined.
They are dropping the water pretty fast now. Probably about 2' a day. Some of the humps near the south fork are getting up there. Was cruising along fishing at 25' and not really paying to much attention to the depth finder when I glance at it and we are in 35' and shrinking. In another week I would probaby have been making a donation to the collection and marking my GPS to come back in the fall. Anways, hope this helps someone. Have fun.
spoons
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A little late but here it is...
Went out on the morning of the 30th. I thought I was going the extrat mile by getting up at the crack of dawn, after a "big evening" Friday night. I should have left Boise about an hour before daylight. I had some rookies wiht me from out of town, put on about 8am. Ate dust all the way to the ramp and had to park about 200 yards down the road... at 8 am...
It looked like salmon season at arrowrock res.
They seemed to be moving a little higher in the water.
Fishing was pretty slow that weekend for me. Ended up getting 4 in the boat, lost about a dozen more. 4 NPMinows. Hooked all the kokes equally on pop gear and widding rings and dogers with hoochies. Big delicious fish!
Went out on the morning of the 30th. I thought I was going the extrat mile by getting up at the crack of dawn, after a "big evening" Friday night. I should have left Boise about an hour before daylight. I had some rookies wiht me from out of town, put on about 8am. Ate dust all the way to the ramp and had to park about 200 yards down the road... at 8 am...
It looked like salmon season at arrowrock res.
They seemed to be moving a little higher in the water.
Fishing was pretty slow that weekend for me. Ended up getting 4 in the boat, lost about a dozen more. 4 NPMinows. Hooked all the kokes equally on pop gear and widding rings and dogers with hoochies. Big delicious fish!
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dedub
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Good report, thanks for the detail!
sawtooth
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Took a buddy to fish Arrowrock on Thursday. Picked up ten nice kokes most being 17-17.5" in length. Air quality was amazingly good considering that you couldn't see across lucky peak, because of the smoke early in the morning. Got to the lake around 7 am and fished until 12:30. Water temp went from 71 degrees in the morning to 77 degrees mid-day. Fish are still in pretty good condition, but some were starting to show just a hint of color around their fins and scales are become a little tougher to take off of some. Fillets are still looking good though. Fish all fought like crazy. You could tell instantly if you had a koke on or one of those pesky squawfish.
H82Miss
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My daughter and I went out with Duckpoppper on 7/18 and had a great time. The fishing was a bit slow but my 8 y/o daughter caught her first Kokanee and ended up with her first limit. We started around 0730 and ended around 1430. The last 3 we caught were absolute pigs, > 18"
We ended the day with 9 kokes, (6 for my daughter, 3 for Duckpopper, I was the net man and taking pics), 1 small rainbow, and 2 pikeminnows. It was hot but the occasional breeze made it tolerable. A fun day for sure and now my daughter is hooked on Kokanee fishing too!
We ended the day with 9 kokes, (6 for my daughter, 3 for Duckpopper, I was the net man and taking pics), 1 small rainbow, and 2 pikeminnows. It was hot but the occasional breeze made it tolerable. A fun day for sure and now my daughter is hooked on Kokanee fishing too!
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I'm thinking about taking my granddaughter to AR on Monday. I have a small boat and motor, and once I commit to a part of a big body of water, there's not a lot of time to explore another part if I strike out on the first choice. I only get to take her once or twice a year, so I'd like for it to be a good trip. Thanks for any info you feel comfortable about passing along.
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