sawtooth
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Old Woody,
With the water temp rising daily, did you try fishing deeper? Where you marking fish at the same depth or were they deeper?
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Old Woody,
With the water temp rising daily, did you try fishing deeper? Where you marking fish at the same depth or were they deeper?
BlueBack79
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agreed. we only boated two little guys by the dam, at 20' & 25'. started off this a.m. at spring shores. saw nobody catching fish, anywhere. marked a lot between 30'-35'.
sawtooth
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Last year about this time the same thing seemed to happen. I was catching fish regularly at 20 feet and then the weather heated up and the fish became few and far between. After about a week or two of hit and miss fishing, the limits returned but I was catching them in 40-50 feet of water. I wouldn't be surprised if that is what is happening now. Justs my 2cents.
Fishing OK Today
Started late today around 9:00. Spring Shores. Marked fish right away at about 20-23 feet. Pearl squid, maggots, rocky mountain small blades. 1.2 or so speed. Hooked and landed couple of limits. More small ones for some reason. All big ones were 16 on the money. It was all done by 11. Water temp is climbing.
Started late today around 9:00. Spring Shores. Marked fish right away at about 20-23 feet. Pearl squid, maggots, rocky mountain small blades. 1.2 or so speed. Hooked and landed couple of limits. More small ones for some reason. All big ones were 16 on the money. It was all done by 11. Water temp is climbing.
6-1-12
OK here are the pic's late because I went camping, 3 total big guy's threw back a ton of little guy's. These two are like twins one came at 20 and one at 15 go figure??? 1 is a solid 18 one is 17.5 and the not pictured was 16 on the money. The sink is 16 for referance....
http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww179/JTM_62/DSCF0517.jpg
OK here are the pic's late because I went camping, 3 total big guy's threw back a ton of little guy's. These two are like twins one came at 20 and one at 15 go figure??? 1 is a solid 18 one is 17.5 and the not pictured was 16 on the money. The sink is 16 for referance....
http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww179/JTM_62/DSCF0517.jpg
Old Woody
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Bikini fishing?
So I saw Mr. Predator out there on Saturday slaying fish while I was basically out for a boat ride. Since you told me you were using pearl squid and maggots, my wife and I went into town on Saturday evening and stocked up on both. Unfortunately, they didn't seem to work on Sunday (at least not for me). After some thought, I realized there was one big difference between your boat and mine. You had a gal in a bikini netting your fish! I tried to talk my wife into the bikini thing but I guess she lacks the true dedication it takes to bring in the fish.
There was one lure that was working great for me Sunday. We put in at Spring Shores at about 7:00 and went out about 100 yards off the boat ramp. I put down my first line with pop gear and an orange wedding ring and within 30 seconds I had a 16" fish on. I didn't even have time to put another line in. We landed that fish and put the same setup back in. Bam! another fish on, this one about 11" so we tossed it back. This is really starting to look like a great day as I put the same lure back in the water and within 5 minutes I have another nice kokanee on. We get this one right up next to the boat and he heads straight to the downrigger cable, wraps up, snaps off the line and takes my lucky lure with him.
We spent the next 2 hours with absolutely no action. Tried eveything in the box but nuthin doing. We ended up fishing til 2:30 and hooked about 10 more fish of various sizes. We lost 2 nice ones at the boat and got 3 16" fish in the cooler. No consistancy on what they were hitting. We got them on an orange squid, blue wedding ring, red and green wedding ring, and a pale green wedding ring. All between 22-24 feet.
So I saw Mr. Predator out there on Saturday slaying fish while I was basically out for a boat ride. Since you told me you were using pearl squid and maggots, my wife and I went into town on Saturday evening and stocked up on both. Unfortunately, they didn't seem to work on Sunday (at least not for me). After some thought, I realized there was one big difference between your boat and mine. You had a gal in a bikini netting your fish! I tried to talk my wife into the bikini thing but I guess she lacks the true dedication it takes to bring in the fish.
There was one lure that was working great for me Sunday. We put in at Spring Shores at about 7:00 and went out about 100 yards off the boat ramp. I put down my first line with pop gear and an orange wedding ring and within 30 seconds I had a 16" fish on. I didn't even have time to put another line in. We landed that fish and put the same setup back in. Bam! another fish on, this one about 11" so we tossed it back. This is really starting to look like a great day as I put the same lure back in the water and within 5 minutes I have another nice kokanee on. We get this one right up next to the boat and he heads straight to the downrigger cable, wraps up, snaps off the line and takes my lucky lure with him.
We spent the next 2 hours with absolutely no action. Tried eveything in the box but nuthin doing. We ended up fishing til 2:30 and hooked about 10 more fish of various sizes. We lost 2 nice ones at the boat and got 3 16" fish in the cooler. No consistancy on what they were hitting. We got them on an orange squid, blue wedding ring, red and green wedding ring, and a pale green wedding ring. All between 22-24 feet.
Fished Sat. and scratched out a limit (although one was a dink that had one hook through the eye and the other in the gills). Fishing was slow and very few other boats seemed to be doing much.
Fish were caught on pink blades and hoochies. 2 at first light 20' deep and rest at 15'. Did get a nice 18" fish with the rest being the normal 16's or so except the afore mentioned dink.
Fish were caught on pink blades and hoochies. 2 at first light 20' deep and rest at 15'. Did get a nice 18" fish with the rest being the normal 16's or so except the afore mentioned dink.
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Yeah It was not a down rigger cable, although I think that would be pretty dam funny. No boats we that close. I have caught enough logfish, rockfish, and bushfish in my life to know the difference. This was a real Big ass fish. I am so bummed out that I couldn't hang on. I am also pretty sickened by the fact that one of the bigger fish in LP is dragging a lot of tackle. I posted the story to find out what people know about big fish in LP.
Bikini Fishing Works!
Hey, the bikini gets it done every time. Nice wooden boat...kokanee with class. Went out Sunday too. Hooked a few nice fish off the Spring Shores docks early. Then dead. Landed trout, several pike minnows, and some small guys. Went towards Turner Gulch. Lots of boats mid res off cliffs. You guys do any good? Not much for me down at other end. Bikini made everything alright.
Hey, the bikini gets it done every time. Nice wooden boat...kokanee with class. Went out Sunday too. Hooked a few nice fish off the Spring Shores docks early. Then dead. Landed trout, several pike minnows, and some small guys. Went towards Turner Gulch. Lots of boats mid res off cliffs. You guys do any good? Not much for me down at other end. Bikini made everything alright.
Old Woody
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Speaking of women fishing
Hey, as long as we're talking about women fishing.....
I have noticed that whenever I go fishing with my wife her rod always catches more fish. Drives me crazy. We're not talking just a little bit better, I'd say at least 80% of the fish we caught were on the rod she was baiting up. I talked to a friend who had heard that men have some chemical on their hands that the fish don't like. So I searched the web and found this article:
http://www.earthsports.com/m/news/view/Do-Women-Catch-More-Fish
This seems to confirm what I've seen personally.
Before I moved to Idaho about 3 years ago I did most of my fishing on coastal streams in Oregon. When we fish for salmon and steelhead we always wear nytrile gloves to keep the scent off the gear. Most of the guides there swear by this method. They also refuse to let anyone on their boat with a banana. They swear that salmonids hate the smell of bananas. At any rate, I think I'm going to try wearing gloves next time and see if it helps.
Anybody else out there tried wearing gloves while fishing for kokanee?
Hey, as long as we're talking about women fishing.....
I have noticed that whenever I go fishing with my wife her rod always catches more fish. Drives me crazy. We're not talking just a little bit better, I'd say at least 80% of the fish we caught were on the rod she was baiting up. I talked to a friend who had heard that men have some chemical on their hands that the fish don't like. So I searched the web and found this article:
http://www.earthsports.com/m/news/view/Do-Women-Catch-More-Fish
This seems to confirm what I've seen personally.
Before I moved to Idaho about 3 years ago I did most of my fishing on coastal streams in Oregon. When we fish for salmon and steelhead we always wear nytrile gloves to keep the scent off the gear. Most of the guides there swear by this method. They also refuse to let anyone on their boat with a banana. They swear that salmonids hate the smell of bananas. At any rate, I think I'm going to try wearing gloves next time and see if it helps.
Anybody else out there tried wearing gloves while fishing for kokanee?
DowntownBrowns
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"They swear that salmonids hate the smell of bananas."
Hhahahahaha
Hhahahahaha
BlueBack79
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you can try gloves, or, just put a bit of scent on your fingers PRIOR to rigging/baiting up.
sawtooth
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Or try to convince your wife that she should bait all the rods and you will just drive the boat and reel in the fish.laugh hyst I think you might be better off with blueback's recommendations.
Old Woody
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More on bananas
Just in case you thought I made it up.....
http://www.azinet.com/captjim/bananas.htm
Just in case you thought I made it up.....
http://www.azinet.com/captjim/bananas.htm
DowntownBrowns
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I'm heading to Arrowrock in about 30 minutes- and I stopped by Fred Meyer last night to get some bananas. Yes the bananas are joining us. Will let y'all know how we do.
DowntownBrowns
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We did pretty good.
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