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Hit Lucky Peak yesterday and fished from 7-9 p.m. Fished mostly in sight of spring shores. Trolled at speeds of 1.7-2.2 mph. Had 4-7 solid bites but only landed one koke, 15-17". Used green dodgers with pick hoochies tipped with shoepeg corn. Most fish were at depths of 20' and above.
 
Slammin: I've heard of them being caught on large hoochies, rapalas, and salmon spoons such as coyotes. I used an 8" flasher.
 
Took my boat up to LP yesterday (5/18). My buddy and I fished from 7:30am to 3:30pm. Although we brought home 9 very nice Kokanees ( one 16 1/2", several over 15"), it was fairly slow given how long we were out there. With 4 lines in the water, it was very hit or miss throughout the bay and in the upper channel in front of the marina. Couldn't get dialed into them in any one location. Marked plenty of fish in the teens and 20s, they just didn't seem to be biting much. Used lead weights (1 to 3 oz) to get down to the fish. Used Sling blade, Gary's Gear dodgers, and Ford Fenders. Used various hoochies, spinners, wedding rings and various colors. No one combo/color seemed to be better than any other. Caught a few fish at each depth we fished (1oz, 2oz, and 3oz, ~80 clicks out on the reel counters). Ended up with maybe 12-15 hits each for the day, but many never hooked up. And we lost 3 Kokes at the boat. So, not a bad day. In fact, a great day! A day spent Kokanee fishing is always a great day, just a little better when there are Kokes in the cooler on the way home.

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KokaneeKevin
16' Tracker (beige w/ green stripes), 75hp, 4-str Merc
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Nice day for fishing. We put 24 in the boat in a couple hours. Started at the ramp and worked across the dam face. Put 5 or 6 on there. Headed up and dropped back in at Indian Crk and trolled up to Canyon and back. Saw another boat, looked like a Crestliner with a red stripe, they were boating several fish every 10 minutes or so. That boat was spinning around fairly tight in the mouth of Canyon Crk. Didn't want to bother them, so trolled back to Indian and quit for the day.

Very nice size fish compared to last few years.

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Good luck to everyone tomorrow! I'll be the ugly guy in the 1-man pontoon! If anyone is willing to let me on a REAL boat I'll flip the fuel bill and clean the boat! I can fish! Let me know otherwise you will see me bobbing and weaving in the wind and you will be stuck with a guilty conscious if I drown! Peace!
 
Went up to the derby, was nice meeting some other koke fisherman, didn't win but landed some nice kokanee and one perch.
They are on the smoker now.
 
I thought the problem was me. I mostly never see any pictures that were downloaded onto the forum server, just error notice when clicked - except of course my own photos work for me. Only ones that are stuck somewhere else and linked do I see of other posters photos.. I don't currently have a place to stick photos so I tried the server again. I'll see if I can do something else.
 

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Well we fished for 2 hours and packed it in when the storm rolled in. We landed 4 kokes the largest was 13 inches. We had 2 LDR's.
 
Whoa, ricks, those are decent kokes! Suddenly, excitement abounds in the Dworshak kokanee community.

Go get them Ken and Barb, I will look for you on the reservoir after I finish Springer fishing.

John
 

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