2017 Lucky Peak Reservoir Kokanee Fishing Report

[formulaben]

No wind at arrowrock. More water. All Kokess got off. Landed 13 trout. Great shirtless day trolling down 24 feet . Pink hoochie/ anise krill soaked pink Firecorn

How many Kokes did you hook?

 

[Hoochie Bro]

You mentioned "being over the kokes". I bet not and as a matter of fact I know not. For some strange reason the kokes at LP can be caught right up to the surface. Obviously there are a bunch of other factors in technique but 100% for sure people should be fishing LP much more shallow than the traditional kokanee fishing depths. On some days If I stand up on the seat of my pontoon the flasher is visible paddling along back there just below the surface. That is with the DR ball set at 5ft-8ft but with the paper flasher system the lure is slightly above the DR setting. You do need to be quite a bit further back from the boat fishing this shallow but it absolutely works at LP on some days.

I also guess that these fish are holding deeper but come up when they are attracted to the lure. Don't really know the exact particulars but you can deduct this all from the fact that we catch a consistent amount of kokanee fishing very shallow at LP.

I also don't know about "fire corn". I know lots of guys swear by it and I'm sure it works for them but.....
What I do know is that LP kokes like the following mixture. White shoepeg corn soaked with the oil squeezed from a can of tuna fish (vegetable oil version). Then when we get to the lake we add a very generous amount of Mike's Blue Herring oil (I found it at Walmart) and a little bit of Lucky Peak water. This bait combo 100% works up there and has now without fail for two seasons. I've concocted a bunch of misc combos of stuff including dying the corn bright colors, adding bloody tuna juice, bloody tuna powder, ect ect and none of them seemed to consistently produce action like the previously mentioned bait. Weirdly we got more action when I added the lake water. I read about that on the net and it ended up being real. The internet expert warned against using tap water.

F-Bomb, I really appreciate all the advice and will take your bait setup into account next time!
I too have been living vicariously through all the success everyone on this forum has had, so I'll be trying to make it up when possible.

As for the kokes near the top- maybe the slow current mixes the water and causes upwelling when it comes into contact with the canyon walls- allowing for cold top water and kokanee at the surface (purely a guess)

The "Firecorn" is one of those branded bottles of shoepeg corn, marinaded in some "secret" recipe with a fancy label on it- after your bit, I think I'll switch to your proven method.

It is also encouraging to hear about Arrow Rock as well - New in town so I'll have to check that out too.

 

[Hoochie Bro]

Trout

No wind at arrowrock. More water. All Kokess got off. Landed 13 trout. Great shirtless day trolling down 24 feet . Pink hoochie/ anise krill soaked pink Firecorn

Good to hear! How big were the trout on average? All we had in Arizona were sickly 8 inch stockers for the most part 101thumbsdown101

 

[nepetbutler]

Tuesday

trout and kokes

 

[nepetbutler]

firecorn

F-Bomb, I really appreciate all the advice and will take your bait setup into account next time!
I too have been living vicariously through all the success everyone on this forum has had, so I'll be trying to make it up when possible.

As for the kokes near the top- maybe the slow current mixes the water and causes upwelling when it comes into contact with the canyon walls- allowing for cold top water and kokanee at the surface (purely a guess)

The "Firecorn" is one of those branded bottles of shoepeg corn, marinaded in some "secret" recipe with a fancy label on it- after your bit, I think I'll switch to your proven method.

It is also encouraging to hear about Arrow Rock as well - New in town so I'll have to check that out too.

i only use pink firecorn soaked in procure anise krill oil. make sure your woman is gone and nuke the mixture for 15 secs. carry nonscented wet wipes to keep the oil off your lamiglass rod and okuma cold water reels. making sum now while my lady is working. heading to lp dam at noon

 

[kodiak1]

Nice catch on Tuesday, Nepetbutler! Were you at Arrowrock again or Lucky Peak? I'm heading up Thursday weather permitting. Mike

 

[nepetbutler]

Arrowrock .got those from 10-3

 

[Pauli]

Turner launch

Anyone been up to LP lately? I'm wondering if the Turner ramp is still in the water. The last time I was up there, a few weeks ago, the ramp was still in the water....but the trailer backed off the end of the concrete into the abyss. Apparently the Arrowrock road is really bad....so I thought LP might be in order.

Pauli

 

[hooknhunter]

Anyone been up to LP lately? I'm wondering if the Turner ramp is still in the water. The last time I was up there, a few weeks ago, the ramp was still in the water....but the trailer backed off the end of the concrete into the abyss. Apparently the Arrowrock road is really bad....so I thought LP might be in order.

Pauli

Pauli,

Do you ever go to Anderson? Did okay there in the last few weeks. You might find it worth the extra driving.

 

[Pauli]

Pauli,

Do you ever go to Anderson? Did okay there in the last few weeks. You might find it worth the extra driving.

Yes...we have been to Anderson a few times this season. We did pretty well... I'm just not into that long drive. Now, since the days are shorter, I would want to leave the house even earlier in the morning. Either of the 3 reservoirs seems to have me driving through Boise during commuting hours. 101thumbsdown101101thumbsdown101101thumbsdown101 After a day of fishing....that's a drag.

Pauli

 

[Trailbob]

Anyone been up to LP lately? I'm wondering if the Turner ramp is still in the water. The last time I was up there, a few weeks ago, the ramp was still in the water....but the trailer backed off the end of the concrete into the abyss. Apparently the Arrowrock road is really bad....so I thought LP might be in order.

Pauli

I went to LP on Sunday afternoon and launched at Turner. The ramp was still in the water and I didn't have any issues. Took my 5 year old grandson, so it was a quick trip. Mainly targeting trout near the dam, but no bites. Another fisherman said most boats were fishing further up the lake.

 

[Pauli]

I went to LP on Sunday afternoon and launched at Turner. The ramp was still in the water and I didn't have any issues. Took my 5 year old grandson, so it was a quick trip. Mainly targeting trout near the dam, but no bites. Another fisherman said most boats were fishing further up the lake.

Thank You for the update.

Pauli

 

[Pauli]

Hoping to make it to either Lucky Peak or Arrowrock on Wednesday. Looks like the wind should cooperate. Any creel reports out there??? How about the road conditions going to Arrowrock?

Oh.... if you didn't know about the weather station at Barclay Bay, here is the link to it. It's part of the Weather Underground network. I think the Residents there above the Barclay launch keep the station operational. I find the 10 day outlook pretty good.....The real-time observations are also a great tool.

https://www.wunderground.com/weather/us/id/boise/KIDBOISE49?mr=1

Pauli

 

[Physion]

lp report

Hi, Pauli,

I was told by an HP employee that a group of HP windsurfers maintain the Barclay Bay weather site. I check it whenever I am planning a trip to LP. It's a great site.

For your creel question, I fished Wednesday before Thanksgiving and got 1 kokanee and a 16 inch rainbow in Gooseneck. I caught both right near the surface. I didn't fish the area close to the dam because of the wind. I got cold and quit early.

Physion

 

[Pauli]

Thanks Physion,

I think the wife and I will head out to the reservoir on Wednesday.....but still undecided if it is going to be Arrowrock or Lucky Peak. Suppose we could drive to the Arrowrock dam and check out how bumpy the road is. Seems like the fishing has been better up there lately.... at least for me.

Pauli

 

[Oldfishnfart]

We went to Arrowrock on Black Friday. We arrived at 8:30
2 of us fishing had 10 in the boat by 11:30 and then took 2 hrs for the last 2. Loaded the boat at 1:30.
Fished 1 long one with 5/8 oz and three on riggers at 10-25' most fish caught at 20' although several hooked on the long line.
Gold dodgers w hot pink hoochie was top producer all fish were caught with some pink combo. Tried other colors on my stack rod and pink was the color. We use anise and garlic scented corn.
All fish were healthy 13-16".
The road was a lot better than it was on my last trip over 2 weeks ago. It is rough in spots but I have seen it a lot worse. Good Luck!

 

[fish4kok]

Very good fishing report

We went to Arrowrock on Black Friday. We arrived at 8:30
2 of us fishing had 10 in the boat by 11:30 and then took 2 hrs for the last 2. Loaded the boat at 1:30.
Fished 1 long one with 5/8 oz and three on riggers at 10-25' most fish caught at 20' although several hooked on the long line.
Gold dodgers w hot pink hoochie was top producer all fish were caught with some pink combo. Tried other colors on my stack rod and pink was the color. We use anise and garlic scented corn.
All fish were healthy 13-16".
The road was a lot better than it was on my last trip over 2 weeks ago. It is rough in spots but I have seen it a lot worse. Good Luck!

Thanks Oldfishnfart for fishing info. at Arrowrock. Glad that you guys did very well on Black Friday. My wife and I will heading there today.

 

[fish4kok]

Best wishes for 2018 Kokanee Fishing

I drove up to Spring shore Marina to watch people plunged in to cold water for the Polar Bear Day. The water in the reservoir very much open except the area below the bridge of Robie creek. I saw only one fishing boat trolling by the dam area. There wasn't a portable dock at Turner Gulch boat ramp. Beautiful sun shine today, hopefully those 2 guys catch some fish.
Good luck for fishing in LP 2018.