2014 Green Peter Fishing Reports

[bigbobwilliams]

when fishing mornings and the sun comes out and fishing around 35' or shallower I will switch to a gold dodger or painted chartreuse. the deeper ones I switch from glo or white to silver base dodgers with pink splatter or matrix color schemes. and go from there. dfly

Went out Wed 6/4 from 7am till noon. Bite was off but still ended up with a nice cooler full of silver bullets! At about 40 - 45 feet. Water temp up to 65 deg. Pink and Chartreuse worked about as good as anything. ended the day with good action on a green and black wedding ring. Talked to a lot of people with only a few fish. Wind as almost always was a factor. Talked to one old boy that was jigging near the dam and ended up with a limit. I was fishing by the floating john east to the next inlet. Lots of fish on fishfinder but had to work at it to get them in the cooler. Fish for dinner, nobody got hurt, didn't break anything and got home safe. That equals a great day. nananana

 

[JLPerry]

Thanks for the report, BigBob...

Have you tried fishing up any of the arms of the lake or going up to the upper end?

I usually fish between Thistle Creek and the island...but that's just me...and my little boat & motor.

 

[Lund troller]

Thinking about going to greenpeter with someone who hasn't been kok fishing before.When I was up at odell on the fourth a couple of guys said the fish where only 10"-11" .I was just wondering if that was true? Maybe I should go back to odell

 

[DLM]

At GP you will catch 10 Kokes under 9 inches for every one you catch over 10 inches. We fished the derby on Saturday and while we did catch one that was 14 inches, it weighed just over 8 ounces. We caught fish all the way down to six inches.

 

[JLPerry]

Unlike last year when 12 inchers were the norm in July...



I haven't been fishing in about a month but plan to remedy that next week at GP.

 

[Kokanee Storm]

"At GP you will catch 10 Kokes under 9 inches for every one you catch over 10 inches. We fished the derby on Saturday and while we did catch one that was 14 inches, it weighed just over 8 ounces. We caught fish all the way down to six inches. "

I am new to the forum this is my first post. I was at the tournament too. Nothing we landed that day amounted to much. I just returned today to prove to myself there were better fish in GP. I finished the day with 45 in the boat and 15 in the cooler. That's about three to one by my count. Everything I caught today was fat! Bellies were stuffed full. Nothing over 12" but nice fish. 75-80 feet deep near the island on dodgers w/hoochies. in orange and pink.

 

[andy7918]

Fished Saturday evening from Thistle Creek. I am new to Green Peter having recently moved to the area, but have targeted Kokanee quite a bit at other Oregon lakes. I usually jig, don't have a downrigger on my boat. Had no luck jigging on the points of the arms near the thistle creek launch. Even though I could see what appeared to be Kokanee on the surface.

 

[Lund troller]

So is it true that we need to catch and keep all the fish that we hook to get bigger fish next year?

 

[dragonfly]

what you would keep wouldn't even put a dent in it, f&g needs to not stock it next year and let the remaining starving ones have a chance at some food so they will grow! if they want to plant something do trout or some oversize trout like they did at merwin. at least they don't compete for there food. I have fished that lake for 20+years and this is the smallest and skinniest fish I can remember and the trend seams like they are getting smaller on average each season. I would rather work at it and catch a few big ones than an easy 25 bait fish. dfly

 

[Lund troller]

Sounds like a plan who do we talk to? There has to be some one out here that has a name or number to get the ball rolling.

 

[Lip Ripper]

Green Perter

Sounds like a plan who do we talk to? There has to be some one out here that has a name or number to get the ball rolling.

Call the Biologist at 541-759-4186 ext 249

 

[JLPerry]

what you would keep wouldn't even put a dent in it, f&g needs to not stock it next year and let the remaining starving ones have a chance at some food so they will grow! if they want to plant something do trout or some oversize trout like they did at merwin. at least they don't compete for there food. I have fished that lake for 20+years and this is the smallest and skinniest fish I can remember and the trend seams like they are getting smaller on average each season. I would rather work at it and catch a few big ones than an easy 25 bait fish. dfly

What has ODFW been doing at GP regarding stocking? One would think there could be enough spawning area in Quartzville Creek and the middle Santiam above the lake. I think ODFW ceased stocking at Odell Lake some years ago...

 

[Riles0911]

Coming down fishing for some Kokanee there at Green Peter for the first time and camping for a few days. I'm also thinking about bringing a few on my crawdad traps along to set while I fish. Anyone know of a good area to set them or am I just wasting my time. Hope this good weather holds on.

 

[JLPerry]

I don't know about the crawdad population in GP...they're probably everywhere...you might try northeast of the island where it isn't too deep.

Will be going salmon fishing out of Westport WA on tuesday and wednesday next week...then plan to hit Green Peter on friday for kokes.

 

[andy7918]

Went fishing on Saturday Am, caught a few trolling between island and South shore of lake as well as near the dam. Fish were really small, smallest was 7.5". Caught on an orange wedding ring.

 

[JLPerry]

Thanks for the report. Last year at this time the fish were running 12-13 inches. I may go up there tomorrow to see what I can do...

 

[JLPerry]

Fished Green Peter today from 7:15 to 10:15am. Light winds, nice weather...fish were biting well for the first half hour...caught two...but then the bite quit. Caught the little one at 40' and the larger one at 64'. Lots of fish showing on the Humminbird at 90-110' but that's too deep for my rinky dink downriggers. Had a good time, anyway. Only five other boats on the lake...which is down about 30' from full pool.

 

[kokechaser]

We to fished gp yesterday

Fished Green Peter today from 7:15 to 10:15am. Light winds, nice weather...fish were biting well for the first half hour...caught two...but then the bite quit. Caught the little one at 40' and the larger one at 64'. Lots of fish showing on the Humminbird at 90-110' but that's too deep for my rinky dink downriggers. Had a good time, anyway. Only five other boats on the lake...which is down about 30' from full pool.

My wife & I fished from 6;30 to 3 pm we kept 36 kokanee. We fished from 54' to 92' the bite was all over that range. The fish are starting to turn & we had to cull quite a few of the ugly ones. The fishing will still be good for a couple more weeks but you will halve to do some culling, if you are fishing deep bring them up slowly & they will usually swim away ok { if the eagles & osprey don't get them first } o well I guess they need to eat to. I noticed the reel you are using, the shimano looks like my 21 sg I've had mine for over 30 years & it still does the job. O yea we were using gang trolls & home made wedding rings pink & orange worked the nest for us.

 

[JLPerry]

Yeah...that is a Shimano that I've had for over 20 years along with a matching rod...caught a lot of kokanee on that outfit!

Will probably go back up to GP at least once more this season...