2019 Arrowrock Reservoir Kokanee Fishing Report

[UncleLucas]

Wednesday June 5th

Fished today from 7-330. We ended up with 6 kokes and 3 trout. We lost two kokes and let a TON of trout back for another day. Pink was good first off, then green all day. 20 ft in the morning going down to 35 during day. Fish caught all over the lake and very sporadic with kokanne just here and there. Biggest fish was a 19 inch toad and smallest was around 13. A beautiful day to fish but there was lots of debris on the lake. Water temp up to 75 when we left.

 

[UncleLucas]

6-8-2019

Fished from 6am-1:30pm. There was a good bite before the sun hit the water, then it just quit. We caught 3 kokes and a bunch of trout that were released. Green was best color again. Fish caught from 5-35ft deep.

 

[sturgeon8r]

Bumpy Arrow rock road.

Fished from 6 am to 11 am. Road was pretty lousy. But thats arrow rock... caught 2 pike's..... 5 trout. landed 1 koke. lost 6 fish at the boat. little windy at sunrise. then FLAT calm.
BE CAREFUL!!!!!! LOTS of Large logs. twice as many smaller logs.
Great day on the water.
Caught most fish on Green, pink was a close second

 

[Pauli]

Fished Arrowrock today from 0600 to about 1215. No Kokes for me today.... 5 trout and several pike minnows. Fished with Green, Orange and Pink Hoochies. Lost several at the boat...could be that one or two may have been a Koke. Longline and DR from 10 to 45 feet. Talked to a few other guys at the ramp and a few of them managed one or two Kokes by noon. Had one of the trout for dinner tonight. VERY orange meat. Delicious! They were all orange....more so than I've seen in a while. One of the guys was telling me that Fish and Game was at this reservoir taking samples. They are trying to figure out what happened to the Koke population. Apparently they were interested in the plankton....but I didn't see them, but I see from the Lucky Peak thread that they were also in the lower reservoir too. I hope they get this figured out. It's disappointing that Fish and Game is not more forthcoming about this situation. I haven't seen where they have even acknowledged that there is a problem with the Kokes in these two reservoirs.

Getting to be about time to head west and hunt for silvers. Going to be a monster run this time around.

Pauli

 

[fish4kok]

New Year Day 2020

Hoping for a successfully and fun filled year to the Arrowrock Kokanee Fishermen.

 

[MMDON]

Very cool! Happy 2020 and how was the bite? worthy12

 

[fish4kok]

Very cool! Happy 2020 and how was the bite? worthy12

There were 2 trucks with boat trailer parked at boat ramp. I didn't see the other boat so that probably fishing further up stream. This boat was close by the dam area. They said that caught few trouts and couple Kok but that got off the hook. It was rain before 11:00Am and then warmer the rest of the day.
Few bank fishermen in sandy area but I didn't drive down there so I didn't know if they catch any.
Road wasn't bad, few pot holes.
Good New Year Day for those who fish in Arrowrock.

 

[MMDON]

There were 2 trucks with boat trailer parked at boat ramp. I didn't see the other boat so that probably fishing further up stream. This boat was close by the dam area. They said that caught few trouts and couple Kok but that got off the hook. It was rain before 11:00Am and then warmer the rest of the day.
Few bank fishermen in sandy area but I didn't drive down there so I didn't know if they catch any.
Road wasn't bad, few pot holes.
Good New Year Day for those who fish in Arrowrock.

That's awesome! Thanks for the report!

 

[Pauli]

Anyone know if there is ice on either Arrowrock or LP?

Pauli

 

[fish4kok]

Anyone know if there is ice on either Arrowrock or LP?

Pauli

Both reservoirs were open on the New Year day and the boat ramps were use able. Temporary ramp was at Turner Gulch. Water in Arrowrock was about 3/4 full.

 

[Pauli]

Thanks for the report Fish4Kok. Getting to be about time to pull the boat out of winter storage. Will do it this weekend. Let's see what the weather has in store for us. Hoping for better times in our local reservoirs.

Pauli

 

[pollackoke]

Thanks for the report Fish4Kok. Getting to be about time to pull the boat out of winter storage. Will do it this weekend. Let's see what the weather has in store for us. Hoping for better times in our local reservoirs.

Pauli

Road to Arrowrock is becoming moon-like in several places; got to go very slow. Lot's of water up there (reported at 80% full). More water than average and more than last year at this time.

 

[Pauli]

I think a buddy and I will brave the road and try our hands at slaying the elusive Kokanee on Monday. Hopefully this is the "middle year" and the Kokes are on the rebound. Anyone else thinking of giving it a try?

Pauli

 

[Pauli]

Kokabow Event

Has anyone attended an Alan Greenhalgh seminar lately? I see he has been making the rounds lately and will be at the Sportsman's Warehouse in Nampa on Feb 1st. I plan on attending.

Pauli