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Welcome to the Forum Travis

The water has 4-5 ft of visability right now and this will contribute to fewer bites this time of the year. The closer to the dam, the clearer the water. Give it 2-3 weeks and conditions will change. The fill on the reservoir is slowing considerably and the water will start clearing up. There are colors of dodgers that do relfect better in the curent water conditions, so changing up colors till you get one that helps draw the fish is a big help. If you have copper colored dodgers, try using them if you really want to get out and fish this time of the year. There are several areas that always have a better concentrations of kokanee on Ririe. Just look for the grouping of boats and watch their trolling patterns. A fish finder is a big plus to help you out with finding the fish. Trout can be found everywhere!

Tips up and have fun.

Gonefishing
 
Thanks for the reply I might give it a run again on Thursday had a good time the other day nice being on the water
 
I have been using the same line for ever on my trolling polls and am going to change out this year and use metered stuff. What test should my main line be? Thanks.
 
I use 8 pound on downrigger line and 10 pound on long line.

There will be lots of answers. None of them wrong if they catch fish :^)

Rick
 
ricks said:
Hey, welcome! Hope to see you both here and there. The real kokanee season is just getting going. I am somewhat envious of you getting to live right there. Some of the best fishing anywhere, and you living right on top of it. Some people just know how to make good decisions.

Rick
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Thanks for the welcome Rick.
 
ricks said:
I use 8 pound on downrigger line and 10 pound on long line.

There will be lots of answers. None of them wrong if they catch fish :^)

Rick
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I was thinking about that same thing, but just thought I would throw it out there. Thanks.
 
Fished from 9 AM to noon today in front of Spring Shores. Hooked and landed 3 Kokes all about 14 inches. Sort of slow. Wind came up so we left. Two hooked on green (celluloid) flashers with a Kokabow look alike lure in green. First fish caught with 6 inch dodger silver and pick with a pink hoochie. Fished with down riggers at about 15-20 feet down. Got the hits all when turning! Trolling between 1.3 mph and 2.0.

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Fished LP this AM from 9-12. Limited thanks in large part to a triple, in which all three poles went at the same time, and somehow landed three biggies, and followed that immediately with a double. Followed by 30 minutes of no action!! The fish seemed to be between 10 and 15. They weren't picky about pop gear or sling blades, wedding rings or pink hoochies. Took a while to find them, and when we did we had the area to ourselves. Tons of boats in the narrows and glad to stay away from that mess. Tried Berkeley maggots and wasn't sure if they helped or not. Mike
 
We are hoping to go up to Lucky Peak tomorrow, we tried it last weekend with no cooperation from Mother Nature. Landed one nice trout and two kokanee, lost three more with the kids. But we still had a great day. All on weddings rings, and we were about 20 ft deep. I was surprised looking at the water temp. I thought they would be a bit deeper. Hopefully the weather holds out for a nice evening.
Good Luck this weekend everyone!!!
 
kodiak1 said:
Fished LP this AM from 9-12. Limited thanks in large part to a triple, in which all three poles went at the same time, and somehow landed three biggies, and followed that immediately with a double. Followed by 30 minutes of no action!! The fish seemed to be between 10 and 15. They weren't picky about pop gear or sling blades, wedding rings or pink hoochies. Took a while to find them, and when we did we had the area to ourselves. Tons of boats in the narrows and glad to stay away from that mess. Tried Berkeley maggots and wasn't sure if they helped or not. Mike
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Thanks for the update Milke.
 
Greetings all. I normally fish LP down in Boise. But my daughter and I came up to Salmon fish. River a bit high. So we went out this morning. Fished from 6 to around noon. SLOW....... BUT still the best day to spend with my daughter. we hooked only 12 and boated 8 of them. 8-10 inches. fished Elk, creek, Dicks creek. and a spot in between. fished 30-45 foot. hooked 80% of fish in 40 foot. Pink trolled slow?
BE CAREFUL LOTS of logs and branches floating down.

Fished along side a guy from Nampa. Nice guy.
 
With the water rising I can see how a lot of stuff would be floated up. Thanks for the warning. And the post. I can't think of a nicer way to spend a day with your kids.

Rick
 
Another LP limit, This one took me 3 1/2 hours. They were eating green in the AM then seemed to prefer hot orange and would not touch green, also caught 2 Trout let them go unharmed. Lot's of boats in the mouth of the narrows and like Mike I was staying out of that circus. They are getting larger and meaner!!!!!



 
Fished from about 6 am to 11. caught all our fish from 630 to 830. caught 2 at 15. 3 at 25 foot and 1 at 40 foot? the one at 40 feet was a nice 13 inch fish. 4 fish on DR's 2 on longline.
pink hoochies. white maggots and green maggots.
heading back to Boise tonight or tomorrow. Careful on the lake. saw 3 trees floating this morning.
 
sturgeon8r said:
Fished from about 6 am to 11. caught all our fish from 630 to 830. caught 2 at 15. 3 at 25 foot and 1 at 40 foot? the one at 40 feet was a nice 13 inch fish. 4 fish on DR's 2 on longline.
pink hoochies. white maggots and green maggots.
heading back to Boise tonight or tomorrow. Careful on the lake. saw 3 trees floating this morning.
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Thanks for the report. We have had better luck than you but most of our fish have been between 40 and 50 feet on the downriggers. If you are going to try one more morning, drop down to that depth. Our longlines have been 2 to 2-1/2 oz. between 75 and 100 feet back on the line counters.

John
 
Made my first trip to Dworshak for the season and had a great day on the water. We fished both Canyon Creek and Dicks Creek pulling 2 long lines and 2 on the down riggers. Caught fish anywhere from 5 to 45 feet but most where caught between 15-25 feet. Ended up bring 42 kokanee home with us and am looking forwarded to breaking the smoker out.
 

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