Chrome Fisher
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Anyone fishing kokanee at Anderson Ranch?
2013 Anderson Ranch Fishing Thread
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sawtooth
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According to this gov. site, http://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/ramps/anderson/anderson.html the lake is 41 feet from full. Let us know how it goes.
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Went out there, the launch at elk creek is good to use, though the dock is high and dry. Fished by the dam and twords evans creek. Saw big schools down deep, usually around 70-90' down. Saw quite a few at 150' down. Very few less than 40' down. Tried various depths and set ups, not even a bite. Water temp was in the low to mid 40's depending on the area you were at. No other boats that I saw. Went scouting as well and didn't se anything anywhere... If anyone else is having any luck out there let me know. I prefer to fish Anderson
spoons
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Has anyone been up lately?
I'd like to catch some koke but wanting to avoid some of the congestion at LP?ARock.
I'd like to catch some koke but wanting to avoid some of the congestion at LP?ARock.
redmanjr1
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I normally don't try Anderson until at least mid to late May depending on how quickly the weather warms up.
elkbowhntr
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Fished Anderson on 5/4/13. The day could have been much better with rain off and on all day. We ended up boating 32 after 6 hours of fishing. Fishing in the morning was moderate then turned hot about 2:00 and was good until we pulled off the water at 4:00. We fished hoochies, wedding rings and kokabow lures and found that the pink kokabow was the hot lure of the day. Now let's talk fish.....SMALL!!! 9 - 10 inchers. We fished near the Curlew Creek launch, so maybe they are larger by the dam. We did end the day with a nice 24" +/- bull that was a nice surprise.
sawtooth
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elkbowhntr, Glad to hear that the fish are starting to move up at Anderson. Those bull trout can get big. Just remember that as a protected fish they are not supposed to be taken out of the water at any time and released as soon as possible. Thirty-two kokes in one day, time to crank up the smoker.
redmanjr1
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elkbowhntr,
How was the air temp up there? Usually still pretty cold I think. Are the boat launch docks in place yet? Nice haul of fish though even if small. Thanks for the report!
How was the air temp up there? Usually still pretty cold I think. Are the boat launch docks in place yet? Nice haul of fish though even if small. Thanks for the report!
elkbowhntr
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Temp was mid 60's on Saturday and when the sun came out it was very enjoyable. Docks are in place, but it appears that only about 8' of concrete remains from the water line to gravel and only 1 full dock is floating.
Thanks for the heads-up on the bull sawtooth. We did out best to remove the lure, grab a fast pic and release.
Thanks for the heads-up on the bull sawtooth. We did out best to remove the lure, grab a fast pic and release.
spoons
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too early.. oh yah.. way early....
Blah blah blah... I should have went to Anderson like my instincts were telling me.
CJ was a trainwreck.
Glad to hear things are happening at Anderson.
Blah blah blah... I should have went to Anderson like my instincts were telling me.
CJ was a trainwreck.
Glad to hear things are happening at Anderson.
redmanjr1
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Hit Anderson this morning. Water level is VERY low. Not sure I've seen it this low before. Got a late start and we were on the water by 8:30. Fished until 3:00 and only boated 16 fish. We lost probably 10 - 12 fish. As indicated by previous posters the fish are very small. Hope something improves and these little guys start growing. All in all a great day because it was Monday and we were on the water and it was our first koke trip of the year. Fish were biting mostly on double wammys and yellow/orange assassin spinners. Most fish were between 15 - 25 feet. Fished between Lime Creek and resort on far side of shore.
Yea, I was so bummed I only bass fished today. All the other people I spoke with on the water over the last 3 days were having the same luck or worse. Some reported only catching 6-7 inch kokes. The word must be out because there were very few boats trolling for kokanee today @ Anderson. I even went down past Fall Creek on Saturday & trolled but still only caught dinks. The fish I did catch came at 30-40 foot depth with the 40 foot mark producing the most consistently. In 2 days of trolling for kokanee I never brought a fish home, not sure if I'll go back this year or not. I know one of the fish biologist personally in the Jerome office & I plan on calling him this week to see if he can shed some light on what's going on at Anderson. I'll report back what I find out & post it on this forum. With the price of fuel these days it's not worth spending the $$$ to go to Anderson.
redmanjr1
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I'd be very interested to hear what the biologist says. From past experience I know an over population can cause small fish because of a lack of food. Not sure if that is whats going on here though. Did water levels come up any?
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