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Covered a lot of water today but only pulled put 3. Lost a couple. All nice size. 20 to 30 ft on pink kokabows
 
skipped the chinook fishing. Got a late start and didnt get to the lake until about 08:30 but managed to get 30 out of Dicks Creek before we had to leave. Fish were up and down all day from 16' to 27' depending on wind and clouds. Purple and green dodgers and spinners were the best. As usual I stuck with the downriggers because I like to use the ultralight gear but there were a couple boats using pop gear and leadcore who also did well.
 
3RivrFishr, I musta drove right by you at Dicks.

Wife and I started right out off Bruce's single ramp and went across the dam. It was ok, but we weren't marking fish, just catching the odd one here and there. So headed up past Big Eddy - buddy of mine said he was knocking them dead there last week. All I got was small mouth and trout hammering my koke lines, especially a dodger with a white hoochie on a short downrigger.

That was boring, so headed up to Indian creek. Did ok. Probably around 25 by 1100. Fish were scattered around but regular as clockwork.

So, being me, got antsy and headed up to Dent. Tried right across from the ramp. Caught a couple, nothing hot. So hit the bridge. 4 or 5 other boats working the east side of the bridge. Soon found out why. There was a couple of knarly big fish balls on the finder just after passing under the middle of the bridge and then circling around on the Orofino side another big ball along that shoreline. Circled with the other boats until we were limited and headed back.

Was a perfect day. Been a while since I had the gumption to hang in and limit out. Wife was game though. She got tired, but felt good enough to steer and handle the net while I worked the lines. She's starting to get the hang of it and other than being a little seasick after a day on the water, she's loving it.

See all ya'all out there next time.

Rick
 
Fish today from 10:30 until 1:30 and caught three rainbow trout 6 Kokanee and one perch I was catching them at 10 foot 15-foot 25 foot 40 foot and 50 foot
 
Rookie

Hey guys! I'm goin camping up at the state park for 5 days over the fourth. This is my second time ever, last time struck out. I was wondering if anyone would let me into the loop and share some info on where to look for some fish it would be greatly appreciated!
 
Hey Rookie. Not too hard right now to find fish From Freeman either go down lake to the Canyon Creek inlet or up lake to Dicks, Elk Creek or even all the way to the bridge. We pretty much could catch some fish right in the middle of the lake anywhere this year. Finding schools and working them is the trick. And that will change from week to week. Hence we share what we find here. Couple weeks out will mean some changes in behavior, depth and locations.
 
planning a 4 day trip down there starting Friday. anyone know what the water level is like? I prefer to camp on the beach, but it was too full for memorial. Just want to plan accordingly.
It seems by the comments that the fish are finally getting to a standard depth. 20-30 from what I have seen, is this true? and is anyone getting any good sized chinook? I want to try targeting them, if the bite is on.
 
I don't think the water level has come down much, the online teacup diagram shows 97% full and there wasn't much beach there last I time I visited about 10 days ago.

Last trip we did find the fish in the 20-30 foot range where the previous week (memorial day weekend) we were finding them only 7-12 down.
 
Stick with the koje gear that's the best way to hook one, their so scattered they take forever to find but they do hit the koke gear.


terek said:
planning a 4 day trip down there starting Friday. anyone know what the water level is like? I prefer to camp on the beach, but it was too full for memorial. Just want to plan accordingly.
It seems by the comments that the fish are finally getting to a standard depth. 20-30 from what I have seen, is this true? and is anyone getting any good sized chinook? I want to try targeting them, if the bite is on.
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GrimReaper said:
I don't think the water level has come down much, the online teacup diagram shows 97% full and there wasn't much beach there last I time I visited about 10 days ago.

Last trip we did find the fish in the 20-30 foot range where the previous week (memorial day weekend) we were finding them only 7-12 down.
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thanks grim. I was there on sun memorial weekend and all our fish were caught at 15 feet as well.
 
terek - my wife and I will also be arriving to Anderson Friday, camping at curlew. Come say hello if you have time, find our gold trailblazer with large black car topper, or boat is a green and white crestliner with downriggers and white Johnson outboards. Looks like a couple other forum members will be there as I saw their posted plans for curlew. I've have not met many forum members in person yet.
 
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