2018 Anderson Ranch Reservior Kokanee Fishing Report

[hooknhunter]

I would agree with Terek in that you can load and set a dr in about 10 seconds total.

I have made it a point to watch peeps fishing with DR. I pay very close attention and I have yet to see ANYONE do it that fast, or even close to that fast. Takes most I've watched, well over 2-3 minutes. If you won't look down your nose at me, maybe you could take me fishing with you some time so I can see how you do it. I'd love to see a pro in action. I have no problems with anything that works. My belief is never argue with success. But so far, I see no need to transition to a DR to be successful, and based on what I've seen both at close and at far, I have no desire to change.

No doubt, there have been days when I watch peeps with DR out fish me. Makes me jealous as #$Z%@. BUT, I have also seen plenty of guys with DR drooling while I catch and they are not, on other days. I'm all for being able to adapt to the situation and do what catches. I just see no evidence that DR is superior to other methods every time, I have proven to myself, that often but not always, DR are NOT superior. Whatever works, don't argue with success.

I've also seen days (been on both sides of it, actually) when side by side fishermen using setups that are identical in almost every way, and one guy catches while the other guy watches. It can drive you mad.

I believe the question that started this conversation had something to do with "do you need a DR to be successful at Anderson". My experience says, No, you do not.

Peace out. I'm going fishing.

 

[crappieslayer]

My experience a few days ago at Anderson, was to not pay too much attention to what the fish finder was showing. I showed fish at 8ft, 23ft, 35ft, 45ft, but I caught most of the fish at 18 to 20, and caught a nice 15in bass trolling at 35ft. I usually put one stacker at 35 and the other at 18. If someone is with me I have them go 10 and 40. Then we see what gets hit the most.

 

[Waterskipper]

Docks

Can everyone please email congressman Simpson about the docks not being in the water at Curlew. It is easy to do, so please take the time. Thanks! Happy Fishing!

 

[4449]

Physion and I fished Anderson today from 1000 to 1630. Using downriggers, we boated 13 kokes and one King. Average size of the kokes were 16"; King was about 13". Started using a pink hoochie with a smile blade, then later in the afternoon switched to green which kept the bite going until we were done. Our depths ranged from 28-37'. My thanks to Physion for allowing me to fish with him... I need a boat.

 

[Trailbob]

My wife and I camped and fished Anderson on the evening of 6/27 and 7 to 1 pm on 6/28. On 6/27 we fished out from Curlew and caught 9 kokes to 17", and a 14" chinook. DRs from 25 to 35'. Watermelon, copper/chrome, and blue/chrome dodgers with pink hoochies or pink bead spinners, all with plain corn.

6/28 we fished from Curlew and worked our way to about 1/2 mile west of Lime Creek. Caught a few right off, then slow until around 11:30 when the bite picked up. I usually fish 4 DRs, but forgot two at home so I stacked one DR with two rods at 25 and 35, and set the other at 30'. During the slow period, I also put out a rod with 4 colors of lead core and a crawler/pop gear set up (for trout).

At the end of the day we kept 17 more kokes to 18", and released a couple of small ones. The hot ticket was a watermelon dodger with a pink hoochie, and a gold dodger with a pink bead spinner. 30 to 35 feet. We also caught two kokes on the trout set up.

My 2 cts on the DR vs lead core/long line. I have and use both. Normally, if I have to go more than three color of lead core (about 15' deep), then I prefer DRs. On the lakes I used to fish, it was common to have to go 50 to 100' deep in the summer for kokes so DRs were a must. I think I'm probably faster rigging and putting down a DR than letting out 3 or 4+ colors of lead core.

 

[John123987]

July 4th

Caught 4 kept 1 17”. Fished 30-35 feet down using orange and green dodgers with pink or orange hoochies and firecorn. Hooked into a big fish that wasnt fighting very hard but was very heavy with a few kicks here and there. Lost him before we could see what was. Any ideas on what it could be? All the guys we taked to said it was pretty slow as well.

 

[fish4kok]

Good Friday Fishing @ Anderson.

My wife and I fished in Anderson yesterday from 7:30Am until 5:30PM. We took home 22 Kok from 14" to 18". Fish was really hot in early morning of West Side Curlew boat ramp, we boated 14 Kok at 10:30AM then it was slow down, caught the rest of them by Lime Creek and Wood Creek.
We fished with 3 poles, 1 long line and 2 DR and most of the fish caught on DR from 35' ~ 40'. Vance dodger copper + pink squid + white corn with anise or herring scent.
The long line (70' ~ 100') set up with 2 oz sinker + Ford Fender + Talon Kokabow + white corn. we caught only few fish on this rod.
By the end of fishing talked to 2 fishermen whose bagged their Kok limit at Wood Creek area. I didn't ask for the the depth or lure info...
The other fishermen boated 35 Kok with DR @ 50' deep.
That was a nice day and the wind so calm in the afternoon. Reservoir is about 8' from full. Fish is slightly change color.

Got home, when I backed up the boat on the drive way, I noticed a sound like metal rubbed on the trailer wheel. I checked on next day and that was outer bearing was badly damaged. I bought 2 set trailer bearing kits at NAPA and will replacing them all. Lot of miles after 26 years rolling...

 

[JagerR]

Snake Warning!

I Pulled out of the lake around ten last night, at the dock near the dam. Walking up the ramp, about half way up I heard the BUZZ! I damn near got it, a coiled four foot rattle snake. I would have taken it out but he gave me the slip before I could, not a good spot for a snake with the amount of people taffic at that spot. Fished Friday & Saturday evenings, Friday was great! Not that many people on the lake, caught around ten huge kokes. Saturday evening sucked(might have been the huge amount of boat and jet ski traffic), a few small ones and one decent one.

 

[sawtooth]

Took some family from out of town up to Anderson Ranch today. Didn't get on the water until 10 am. Fished til 2 pm. Our boat landed 11 kokes all 15-18". Lost 4 or 5 others at the boat, as those reeling them in were all rookie fishermen. Sling Blades and home made spinners in pink and orange were the hot ticket at depths of 40-50 down on the downriggers. Hooks were tipped with shoepeg corn soaked in Herring and krill oil. Most caught out in front of Curlew. Two or three of the larger fish were starting to show faint shades of pink near the base of their tail.

 

[Tripleteaser]

Went up this morning to Anderson and fished from 7 to 10:30. We landed 9 fish, 5 of them were the big guys 16 to 18" in size and and the rest were 10 and 11" fish. Fished from Fall creek to Wood creek at 40 to 55' down. We were using pink spinner and wiggle hoochies.

 

[JagerR]

Fished yesterday evening from about 6pm-9pm and caught maybe a hand full of 12 inchers and one 18 inch king. I’m not marking many fish, haven’t the last few runs. I fish around the Fall Cr. area, anyone notice the the kokes moving closer to the main coves?

 

[G3 longliner]

Fished yesterday evening from about 6pm-9pm and caught maybe a hand full of 12 inchers and one 18 inch king. I’m not marking many fish, haven’t the last few runs. I fish around the Fall Cr. area, anyone notice the the kokes moving closer to the main coves?

went yesterday to Anderson Pretty slow for us not much of a morning bite - left early 1:30 looked like bite was picking up kept 4 nice ones thru back a lot of 11-12s looked like the downrigger boats where doing best we were longlining they has a little blush to them but not bad yet

 

[JagerR]

Fished yesterday evening from 6-10, very slow. Worked depths 60-70, marking fish but not many hits. Was able to boat 4, 2 nice ones that is already showing signs of changing colors.

 

[Spit the Hook]

I fished Wednesday and though the bite was not spectacular it was pretty consistent. Boated 10 between 7-12:30. Lost that many more. Only had one downrigger as the other is needing repair. All were between 14-17". Fished 40-52' deep.

 

[fish4kok]

My wife and I fished on Wed and yesterday. We took home 41 Kok size from 14" - 18.5". On Wed. (9:00AM - 6:00PM) we boated 18 fish and 23 Kok on Thurs. from 7:00AM -3:00PM.
Vance dodger + Signature pink squid (short leader 10.5") + white corn + herring scent, 35' line out then DR 40' - 45'
My wife used Kokabow sling blade + modify squid with the color light pink with blue dot on the back and clear on the belly, 14" leader (skirt purchased from Kokanee Tackle shop on Fairview ave.) see picture.
Fish is hot in early morning, after 10:00Am it slows down. In the afternoon they'll bite again and then there will be windy...
There were many boats on Curlew and Lime Creek on Wed. but there weren't many on Thurs. Most of the fishermen quited by noon or when the wind came up.
I bought 2 Chamberlain Stacker 101 line release last year and didn't use until now, after it dial in that work very good, really love this line releaser.
Good luck and tight line to you all.

 

[pollackoke]

Killing me!

My wife and I fished on Wed and yesterday. We took home 41 Kok size from 14" - 18.5". On Wed. (9:00AM - 6:00PM) we boated 18 fish and 23 Kok on Thurs. from 7:00AM -3:00PM.
Vance dodger + Signature pink squid (short leader 10.5") + white corn + herring scent, 35' line out then DR 40' - 45'
My wife used Kokabow sling blade + modify squid with the color light pink with blue dot on the back and clear on the belly, 14" leader (skirt purchased from Kokanee Tackle shop on Fairview ave.) see picture.
Fish is hot in early morning, after 10:00Am it slows down. In the afternoon they'll bite again and then there will be windy...
There were many boats on Curlew and Lime Creek on Wed. but there weren't many on Thurs. Most of the fishermen quited by noon or when the wind came up.
I bought 2 Chamberlain Stacker 101 line release last year and didn't use until now, after it dial in that work very good, really love this line releaser.
Good luck and tight line to you all.

Yo, fish4koke......you are killing me here!

I have been unable to get out for over a month (family health matters to attend). Anyhow, your report and photos are fabulous! Such a beautiful job cooking your up catch and sharing with us land lubbers. You are and artist man worthy12. Good luck to you as the season winds down.

 

[fish4kok]

Yo, fish4koke......you are killing me here!

I have been unable to get out for over a month (family health matters to attend). Anyhow, your report and photos are fabulous! Such a beautiful job cooking your up catch and sharing with us land lubbers. You are and artist man worthy12. Good luck to you as the season winds down.

Yo, pollackok...I wish your relative get well soon. I had a same situation as yours back in 2015. Thank you for your very kind words. Best wishes!

 

[hooknhunter]

fish4koke,

Those look really yummy.

 

[JagerR]

Fished Sunday morning from 0630-1130, it was a rough day for me and my daughter. We had a total of 4 hits and boated one small nook. Put in at the dam, fished a few spots on the way to Fall Cr. and didn't have any luck. Then fished the Wood Cr. area for a bit and nothing. Back to Fall Cr., there was way to many boats water skiing way to close to us, called it a day. I'm fishing 45'-60' range at speeds 1-1.5, swapping out colors here and there, seen a few schools of fish on the finder. Any tips? I have never fished past Wood Cr., should I be in the Lime/Curlew area this time of year?

 

[F-Bomb]

Anderson Report

Fished Curlew area then towards Lime Creek Sat from 10am to 4pm with many intermittent breaks for dog play swimming and napping. Pretty slow for us but we managed about 15 boated fish of various sizes and varieties. Most caught on silver dodger with a Shasta Tackle pink glo squid tied 8" back at 35ft-38ft. Used Pautske fire corn pink with Mikes blue herring oil. The biggest fish were right at 17 and a very slight tint off of silver. On Sunday it was about the same but we also had a crazy amount of bites without a solid hook up. Mostly fished with just two setups DR. The weighted long lines didn't produce anything and is just a PIA to manage.

On Sunday we caught five fish right off the bat with the Saturday combo and technique then it slowed way down and I started the random switch and change with a hit or fish about every hour so not very exciting. I switched to new corn coated with powdered bloody tuna and Mike's blue herring and that seemed to be the ticket. At 4pm we finally accidentally caught a really hot nice 17" at 52ft. Weirdly this was up the narrow section past Lime towards Fall Creek. We marked a bunch of fish at 50 to 60 and finally got the combo right and that was what they wanted. We could only catch them going one direction and in the same 200 yard stretch. The wind was blowing steady and pretty hard so our troll speed was slow at 1.5 to 1.6MPH. We got 6 nice 16-17.5" pre-spawners one after another and lost three in that one single little area. We did five passes and caught 6 fish with a nice big fish double. Time ran out and that was it. Those fish were really hot and that was a lot of fun!

Through the weekend we caught 3 chinook all about 14". Two bass and several squawfish one of which was about 24". Something big and mean also broke my 10lbs leader hoochie setup off after a few pulls...would have liked to seen it.

A bunch of boats on Saturday and early Sunday but by noon on Sunday almost everyone went away. Sunday at 4pm when we finally got things rolling there were only three boats within eye sight.