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Pauli said:
Hello All...
Today I made my first Kokanee run for the season at Arrowrock.....it was fabulous. I had outfitted my boat with a new trolling motor and really just wanted to give it a dry run. I installed a Minn Kota Riptide St last week and today was my first try with it. Finally.... a product that makes trolling a jet boat completely hands off. What a pleasure GPS guided navigation equipment is. I also tried out my new Cannon down rigger, my first down rigger ever. Ended up boating 5 Kokanee in about 4 hours. I probably should have been limited out earlier in the day....but I was kind of preoccupied with the new toys. The fish started out at about 15 feet and through out the afternoon they ended up hitting at around 40 feet. I marked several fish at 70-80 feet but wasn't able get them to take the bait.

On the way in I was starting to regret not stopping at Lucky Peak...because the road in to Arrowrock was just horrible. While I was out fishing I heard a road grader working on the road from the dam to the boat ramp. The trip out was WAY better than the trip in. The grader worked for several hours and did an amazing job on the ruts and pot holes. I hope they come back for a few finishing touches, but they did make quite an improvement.

Although I missed several strikes, I landed all five on a small dodger with a green hoochie (with red fire corn). Two of the fish were 15 inches, 2 were about 14 and a half, and the last was only about 11 inches. The smaller fish caught was the first one of the day....so I thought I had better keep it in case I didn't catch any more the rest of the day.

With the beautiful weather, calm winds and a reasonable amount of action, I am preparing to go back out again tomorrow (this time my wife wants to go). Hope to see some of you out on the lake

Pauli
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nice to hear about the road. I have been up 4 time this year and the road was horrible. We are heading up in a few hours and am looking forward to a smooth ride. Gonna hawl up the camper and stay the weekend. Get to try out the new fish finder. No more black and white fishy icons. I get color and DownVu action :) Mabe see ya'll up there. Im the red tracker, blue chevy, and pop up camper
 
Got skunked for the first time ever in this boat, and also my first time getting skunked at Arrowrock.

Fished from 3 until sunset. Only one bite.
 
Fished Arrowrock for the first time this year yesterday, from 11:00 to 4:00. My wife and I caught one small trout, and three koke's from 13 to 15". All caught on various flashers and nightcrawlers from 10' to 20' deep. Water was 42 degrees.
 
Headed up to Arrowrock again yesterday. My wife boated one small Kokanee and I got skunked :-( Hot and cold.....so goes Kokanee fishing. At least the weather was great. I did manage to meet Terek up there.

Pauli
 
5 hours, 3 fishermen, one small trout. Tried every lure in the tackle box. Found lots of fish on the fish finder but couldn't interest them. Bald eagle near the marina all day.
 
ImprovePhotography,
How was the water clarity at Lucky Peak. The last few weeks it looked like chocolate milk as we headed up to Arrowrock.
 
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Fished from 2 to 4:30 at LP, worked the dam/cliff front, saw some other boats boat fish, we got 2 sockeyes ;) and one koke, only bite we boated. Marked fish at all depths but our luck hit at about 25' on FWG royal blue w/mags. Was slow for us. Wind was picking up around 3. I have a bit of a gripe with the bank fishers at Barkley(is Spring Shore open yet?) I was with someone who doesn't back up a trailer or drive the boat and the bank fishermen were pissed as hell when I attempted to beach near the docks, I thought our boat registration paid for these ramps/docks/parking areas...O well, can't wait for the season to pick up. Good luck All!!
 
What is the reason for the water color? We noticed it when we went to arrowrock last month. I remember last fall hearing people talk about the off color of LP, is this a continuation of that? When should we expect it to clear up?
 
Was nice to see a fellow forum member up there. So sorry pauli, you should have stayed. Got on the water about 20 min after you left. Was rushing to get the new fish finder hooked up ;) we were only able to fish for 1 1/2 hours before dark. Landed 4. Sat. was kinda slow. First thing in the am was hot, but they kept pulling the hook. Landed 6 and lost like a million. My dad showed up at like 4 and we got a couple hours out. Landed another 4. Sunday was hot hot hot. Had 9 in the cooler by 10. Went back, ate and grabbed the wife. Went back out and got another 4 and a bunch of trout. The koks would stop, then the trout would start hitting. Mornings they were at 15 feet, and as the water warmed up, they went down to 27 feet. We kept marking fish at like 50-60 feet, but were hitting them much higher. Finally dropped a rig down to 50 feet. I hate running that low, cuz you always hit bottom. Got 2 squaws at that depth. First ones of the year. All the fish we were hitting where by the dam where i told you about pauli. We tried where you told me that you got some, and nothing. Also counted 18 boats running over there. :/

Ended up taking home 24 fish and released a bunch of trout. Best results where on pink wedding rings with UV herring corn. 15 feet in the am and 27 feet in the afternoon. Running at 1.27 mph. I will post a pic as soon as the cloud uploads it
 
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the ones with the heads hanging up the edge where over 15 inches. Second one from the left was 16 1/2. Most of the trout fell into the sink. Not koks, so they dont count anyways ;) Big fish all in all, but im used to anderson rats
 
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Fished from 2 to 4:30 at LP, worked the dam/cliff front, saw some other boats boat fish, we got 2 sockeyes ;) and one koke, only bite we boated. Marked fish at all depths but our luck hit at about 25' on FWG royal blue w/mags. Was slow for us. Wind was picking up around 3. I have a bit of a gripe with the bank fishers at Barkley(is Spring Shore open yet?) I was with someone who doesn't back up a trailer or drive the boat and the bank fishermen were pissed as hell when I attempted to beach near the docks, I thought our boat registration paid for these ramps/docks/parking areas...O well, can't wait for the season to pick up. Good luck All!!
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Lame to hear. We were up at arrowrock. Had the first boat problem ever on this boat. Starter wouldnt engage for a bit. We drifted threw about 6 shore fishers lines. They were more than friendly about it. Actually it was a big joke cuz I had to get wet so i didnt really mess up there rigs. Got started up and out of there, but they where real cool about it. Ended up going out and slaying them. All you peps having trouble at LP, head up to Arrowrock. Water clarity is fine and the bite is hot. Just look out for logs in the water. (even some trees, lol.)
 
if the attachments dont open, check out the pics in my pic folder "first camping trip of 2015, arrowrock"
For some reason, i havent been able to open anyone elses attachments
 
My guess to the large amount of silt that is coming through the system is due to the mud slide on the South Fork of the Boise last fall and the rapid rise of water depth coming in to Lucky Peak for the last month. This rise has slowed quite a bit the last week, so I am hoping that things will clear up in the next couple of weeks.
 
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Part of the time last fall Arrowrock had clear water and Lucky Peak had murky water. The same appears to be true now. I had assumed most of the problem was from the slides and mud above Arrowrock on both forks, but now I'm not so sure. I don't understand how Arrowrock can be cleaner than Lucky Peak. The rapid fill we have had this spring doesn't explain the problem last fall. I admit I'm confused, and more than a little concerned. I hope Lucky Peak clears and doesn't become continually off color like Cascade or CJ.

Physion
 

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