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I fished Friday with ZERO bites again.... Saw one boat net a fish. Water is still really dirty compared to this time last year. Don't think i'm going back until things clear up and water level stabilizes.
 
Trolled around 4 hours por nada on Wednesday, mainly in the top 40 feet of water.
Marked scattered fish, nothing impressive.
Water was way off color with plenty of debris everywhere.
Weather was gorgeous and it was great to get back out on the water.
Better keep your eyes open, though, if you're running wide open...lots of floating and barely floating crud!
 
fished sunday for 2-3 hours. started by the dam. fished up the lake towards Spring Shores. 1 bite. finished by the dam. water still pretty dirty. maybe 10 foot temp was 49 to 50. little windy. fished 10 - 15 feet. downrig and long lined.
 
Many bites yesterday across from Marina am 530-930 Longlining wth pink squid in the wind.lost all.thumbs-up
went home tied dropshot hooks and switched too ultralight gx2 Uglysticks.
 
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Does the level of the reservoir fluctuate affect to the fish bite? They released a lot of water to Boise river couple weeks ago, now they start to fill it up again, from 4/21 until today water level is raising 6'. First section of the dock may be floating now...
Look at the USGS current condition of the LP
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/id/nwis/uv?site_no=13201500

only time I have seen water level fluctuation affect the bite is if it muddies the water, or changes the temp. or thermocline drastically
 
Were we catching more fish at this time last year? Seems I am doing way more fishing and a lot less catching this year. Maybe I am just out too early?
 
I did well during March and April last year. I didn't do very well the first part of May. I'm not sure how that compares with the reservoir level changes or with the runoff from snow melt.

Physion
 
Went to LP this afternoon and fish from 2 ~ 5PM. In 50 minutes caught 2 Kok 14" and 1 16" rainbow in the dam area. 100' long line without weight Ford fender + Pink Kokabow + white corn. Last 2hrs no bite. Water temp. 48 deg. and the end section of dock is floating.

At Tuner Gulch prking lot, there were 2 trucks with boat trailer (one is mine). The other boat must fish upstream and they quit about 3:00PM.
 
The water levels are Nearly back to where they were before the drained the lake off. Hopefully the natural changes will stabilize things for the immediate future. Last year the lake was 3046 ft at this time and this year it is only 3029 ft. Could be the difference?
 
Tandem or Single

Hey Downriggeral, do you use those drop/split shot wide gap #2 hooks with a tandem set up or just a single hook? I remember when all lures came with treble hooks (bad for kokes). After replacing those danged treble hooks (with singles) we were able to land some kokes. That was a long time ago when kokenee were just being introduced and no one had much skill. The best thing that works for me to catch these slippery things is to take along a big bag of Good Luck.

Hope you all catch your limits of whoppers!
 
Last week the water temp from 50 to 52 deg. in some area. Yesterday was 48 deg. in the dam area, there was about 4 deg different.
This is my 2nd year fish for kok at LP. Last year I didn't do good in early May either, later in May that I caught more fish. June July we bagged our limit in ~ 4hrs. LP is close to home but the water is also to busy in summer.
I did good in Anderson last year too. Caught them at 75' with DR and the water temp at the surface was 76 deg.
 
Got to love the people that park at the top middle of the ramp to tie-down.

Drives me insane. One of the many reasons I'm for a state boating license. Maybe they'd learn that he boat ramp is a thoroughfare, not a parking spot... 101duh101
 
My first DOUBLE (at least with Kokes).... OK....Here's my story. Today was my first Koke trip of the season. I hit Lucky Peak at 7:00AM and for the next 4 hours it was nothing....Nada...Zero....Zilch... not even a bite. I was being a good boy trolling with the popular colors and lures....Hoochies....Wedding Rings....Pink....Chartreuse...Orange...and...Nothing. I used plain shoepeg, fire shoepeg , garlic shoepeg, worms, grubs and eggs... but ZIPPO! I fished on top with no weights, with the down rigger from 50 to 10 feet in 10 foot increments...but nothing. But at 11:30 things changed. I had to throw in the kitchen sink!!! At the bottom of my tackle box was a jar of Power Bait Orange Mini Marshmallows. What the heck, I tried everything in the box...... I was fishing two lines and decided to try the orange Marshmallows with an ALL chartreuse Wedding Ring. 30 seconds after putting that thing in the water (35 feet behind the boat with an ounce and a half weight) and WHAM!!!! ....The rod bends and I have my first strike of the day. I decided to use the same bait on both poles (chartreuse Wedding Ring and Orange Marshmallow) and I'll be damned if both rods didn't produce great Kokes....at the same time. ...my first Koke double!! The first was 16 and a half inches and full of eggs....the second was 15 and a half . I fished till about 1:30 and caught 2 more Kokes and several trout....Including one that measured 18 inches. The water temp was right at 49 degrees and I trolled between 1.2 and 1.8 knots.
 
My favorite rig in early am is 1/4 oz trolling sinker, 8" steel leader ,pink small slingeblade, pink glow hoochie tipped w/ pink crappie power bait and anise soaked Firecorn,100' Longline ,lots o wet wipes, while cooking English bacon.
 
I haven't been out for three weeks. Arrowrock or Lucky Peak this weekend? I really need to catch a fish or two. Suggestions from recent trips?

Physion
 
I haven't been out for three weeks. Arrowrock or Lucky Peak this weekend? I really need to catch a fish or two. Suggestions from recent trips?

Physion

arrowrock is dead. 6 trips this year, and no koks. been doing alright at lucky peak. shallow, long lines are the top producers
 
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 encounter current, they swim into or face the current. it is natural. look at late summer for instances when the lake is being drawn down. Most all of the larger fish travel way up the lake. Kokanee go first because the flow alerts them of spawning in the future. The bass and others ( Bull trout, larger rainbows) are right behind because of the food source. When the dam gets shutoff, which I hear could be next week, maybe a bit later, they will come out of their funk and start being fish again. hopefully this helps out. and makes sense
 

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