2013 Lucky Peak Fishing Thread

[JTM]

Kokanee are separate from your trout limit in the southwest region. All other salmonide or fish in the onchorynchis family are included in the trout limt and possession limit. Coho salmon, atlantic salmon, and landlocked chinook salmon count in your trout limit. So for example if you went to deadwood reservoir you could keep 25 kokanee per day and 50 in possession. and then you could keep 6 trout per day but only 6 in possession not 12 because unlike kokanee the daily limit is equal to the posession limit. The trout limit would include all Atlantic salmon, fall chinook, rainbow trout, and cutthroat trout that you caught combined to equal 6 fish. You would have to consume those six fish before catching another daily limit. Anadromous salmon or steelhead have separate limits and possession and different regulations and seasons and require a tag.

Thanks for thr education, it seems now it is even more confusing. I am heading to Cascade soon and I always thought the Kokes and Coho counted in the same limit sounds like that has changed. I need to read up.

 

[JTM]

Hey JTM.. last year they changed the reg's.. you can now have 6 kokes and 6 trout in our bag limit.. yeehaww... after eating kokes. trout have become less important to retain except for Sturgeon food... YEP, it's true..... Jt

Thanks Rafting I'm going to update my self, But I agree after eating Kokes Trout don't work for me!!!!!!

 

[JTM]

Hit LP today, Between me and my son we both pulled a limit. thumbsup We had to work for them but pretty much had the lake to ourselves, caught several Rainbows as well all went back. Some big fat pigs, also some shakers but all in all a great day!!!!! Oh BTW the water was 54, it was warming up till they filled it in like 2 days.

 

[id_birdhntr]

Went out yesterday for a couple of hours and managed to land one really nice fish on green at 15 feet. Had a few others on earlier that we couldn't get to the boat which were on pink at 10 feet. Highest water temp we saw was 57.5. Saw one other boat land a fish and that was it.

 

[Physion]

I boated a lot of fish on Friday, May 31, and kept 6. I caught most of them between the ramp and the opposite side. Five were about 15 inches and the others were 11 to 12 inches. All were caught about 25 feet down. Fish and Game people at the check station said others had not done so well. I suspect the fish have probably moved away from weekend boat traffic, but Friday was a great day on the water.

 

[JTM]

I boated a lot of fish on Friday, May 31, and kept 6. I caught most of them between the ramp and the opposite side. Five were about 15 inches and the others were 11 to 12 inches. All were caught about 25 feet down. Fish and Game people at the check station said others had not done so well. I suspect the fish have probably moved away from weekend boat traffic, but Friday was a great day on the water.

I agree the pressure is hurting the fishing for sure, I had the same result from F & G at the check site. He said most people were complaining saying the fishing was horrible. I have got AR out of my head now, Back to LP.

 

[Sluggo]

Just curious...has anyone tried vertical jigging for Koks at LP or AR with any success? I know this is a popular method in other lakes and states but have not heard of it here. Just wondering.

 

[sturgeon8r]

Fished from 7 am to about 11. hooked 12 fish. most were around 13 inches. kept 3 at about 15. water temp 61-62. orange worked OK. had the best luck with multi colored orange. Fished 15-25 feet. do not have speed on my finder but we were doing something right

 

[Sluggo]

Fished yesterday and boated 12 Kokes and 3 trout. One nice sized Koke (15-16 inches) and the rest were around 12 inches. Did not get a tap using Dodger/Hoochie combo. Caught all fish using silver flashers and Kokabow lure between 10-20 feet. Did not mark many fish on the fish finder. Are all the larger Kokes deeper????

 

[Cricket]

Fished yesterday and boated 12 Kokes and 3 trout. One nice sized Koke (15-16 inches) and the rest were around 12 inches. Did not get a tap using Dodger/Hoochie combo. Caught all fish using silver flashers and Kokabow lure between 10-20 feet. Did not mark many fish on the fish finder. Are all the larger Kokes deeper????

What color Kokabow were you using? I have lots of those lures.

 

[Sluggo]

Cricket...we caught most of them on a Kokabow Falcon (red & orange glass beads with a gold blade). We also had luck with the Blue Fury (blue & orange glass beads with a blue blade with orange reflective tape). Gook luck.

 

[riverrunner16]

Fished Sunday.....boated 4 Kokes about 13", lost about 6 at the boat (rookie net guy) and probably another 6 between hook-up and boat....and a few small trout.
LOTS of boats fishing !!!
Green wedding ring with corn seemed to be working best, but they were hitting about everything. Do you guys use rubber snubbers ?..I used to, then kinda quit for some reason.

Thanks,

 

[JTM]

Fished Sunday.....boated 4 Kokes about 13", lost about 6 at the boat (rookie net guy) and probably another 6 between hook-up and boat....and a few small trout.
LOTS of boats fishing !!!
Green wedding ring with corn seemed to be working best, but they were hitting about everything. Do you guys use rubber snubbers ?..I used to, then kinda quit for some reason.

Thanks,

Used to then quit, I find that with a single hook and a stinger = 2 single hooks is far more fun and less lost fish, they will twist and most likely get the second hook in them.

 

[sturgeon8r]

fished from 7 am to 11 am boated 9 koke, 1 trout. lost 3 more. and had 3 drive bys. Also attached flashers to my DR balls. Pink corn, Pink hoochies. fished 20-30 foot of water. (started at around 15) Caught fish at all depths. caught most of the fish at 20 and deeper. Fish were about 13 inches. Water temp started at 64 and by the time we left was 65.8. the fish we found were along the banks and as the sun got higher they moved away from the banks and deeper.

 

[sturgeon8r]

my daughter and I limited out this morning. 12 OK fish. all ran about 13 inches with 2 at 15. Great day on the lake. took us about 3 hours. we lost around 10 other fish to.

 

[TonyP]

I've been fishing AR, haven't tried LP yet this year, where are you catching the kokes on LP

 

[Cricket]

I've been fishing AR, haven't tried LP yet this year, where are you catching the kokes on LP

We went to LP on Sat June 15th using leaded line and a DR. We both caught our limit. Leaded line was out 2 colors with a Kokabow lure and pop gear. We also had a Kokabow lure and pop gear on the DR. DR was 25 feet down entire day. Same size fish were caught at different depth with the leaded line and DR. Most fish were about 13 inches long. We were fishing across from the boat launch

 

[JTM]

Well hit LP today, fishing was hot!!! But not big fish, but plenty of them. Got a limit in an hour but culled allot, and ended up with some nice fish but had to work for them. Biggest was 14".

 

[Sluggo]

We fished LP on Thursday and limited out on both Kokanee and Trout. I have never caught a tagged fish before until Thursday...caught 3 trout which were tagged. Used silver flashers and gold/red Kokabow. Interesting that 90% of the fish were caught on leaded line (3 colors) and only 10% on downriggers.

 

[Cricket]

Sluggo,

Were you using the Kestrel or the Falcon Kokabow? Both are gold/red but different colored beads. Nice to know about the leaded line. Not sure what is up with the fish being so small this yr. LP had some hogs in there last yr. What part of LP were you fishing at?