2019 Dworshak Reservoir Kokanee Report

[sawtooth]

Good Luck to all those fishing Dworshak this year.

 

[Elkchaser]

Recent success

I've been hearing a few, small fish are being picked up on Dworshak. Anyone on here been up yet?
Heard the fish are shallow around Merrys.

 

[bigjim1992]

Dworshak

Heard a rumor of a guy catching 30 in canyon creek a few weeks ago. Pretty reliable source. Wish it would quit snowing so I could get my boat out.

 

[Elkchaser]

Catching reports

With a few nice days last week, did anybody get out on Dworshak and catch any kokes?

 

[bigjim1992]

Dworshak report

We went out Saturday the 16th great day of fishing. Got our limits in about 5 hours.

 

[Elkchaser]

Tips

Hey Big Jim
Where did you fish and what depth are you going?
Thanks for the intel

 

[bigjim1992]

Tips

Next bay below canyon creek where the dock is. Was running one with one ounce and one with two going out 30 to 40 feet. Going out again tomorrow I’ll let you know how we do.

 

[Elkchaser]

Sounds good, thanks.

 

[amxerhull]

Next bay below canyon creek where the dock is. Was running one with one ounce and one with two going out 30 to 40 feet. Going out again tomorrow I’ll let you know how we do.

Thanks for the report, Jim.

 

[bigjim1992]

Dworshak

Fished canyon creek most of the day today, pretty slow, probably should have moved around a bit more. We got 20 so not bad but not great.

 

[Elkchaser]

Not a bad day at all BigJim. Are they decent size?

 

[bigjim1992]

Size

They are right around 9 inches for the most part

 

[Elkchaser]

Catching reports

Anybody get out this weekend?

 

[ricks]

Headed up Thursday. See whether I remember how it's done.

Rick

 

[Elkchaser]

Catching reports

We got out yesterday. Fished 5 hrs, 3 rods, close to Boat launch, caught 34. Tried no lead, 1 , 2 , and 4 oz . Made no difference. We had 30 minute stretches with no fish and then 3 on at once. 11 inches was the biggest but all nice and fat.

 

[ricks]

We got out yesterday. Fished 5 hrs, 3 rods, close to Boat launch, caught 34. Tried no lead, 1 , 2 , and 4 oz . Made no difference. We had 30 minute stretches with no fish and then 3 on at once. 11 inches was the biggest but all nice and fat.

Thanks for the report. Sounds like fun and I can't wait.

Rick

 

[amxerhull]

We got out yesterday. Fished 5 hrs, 3 rods, close to Boat launch, caught 34. Tried no lead, 1 , 2 , and 4 oz . Made no difference. We had 30 minute stretches with no fish and then 3 on at once. 11 inches was the biggest but all nice and fat.

We went yesterday. Took most of the day to find them but when we did we had two good hours. Put 9 in the cooler and lost more than that. Biggest were 11 inches, others were 9-10.

We were down 15-20 feet on the downriggers and out 50-75 feet with 1 ounce of lead on the long lines.

 

[JasonMarquitte]

Fished last Sunday at canyon creek and it was slow for us so we moved to merry cove. We started catching fish around 10AM with 30-50 foot setbacks at various depth from 15-35 feet. Hooked and shook off a bunch and kept three for lunch. All were under 11". Most fish came on paulina peak lemonade and purple haze. I will be out Saturday the 6th in my big red design concepts with "moe" on the side. Say hello

 

[ricks]

Fished last Sunday at canyon creek and it was slow for us so we moved to merry cove. We started catching fish around 10AM with 30-50 foot setbacks at various depth from 15-35 feet. Hooked and shook off a bunch and kept three for lunch. All were under 11". Most fish came on paulina peak lemonade and purple haze. I will be out Saturday the 6th in my big red design concepts with "moe" on the side. Say hello

Thanks for the report. I didn't do any good at all around the dam or up at Indian Creek yesterday. Just a couple. Nice fat fish, but I didn't see much more action around us. I must of forgotten how to fish...

 

[Elkchaser]

Where's the Fish?

Fished all day today near the dam and didn't have a bump. WTH? Talked to at least 6 other boats that had the same results. I've never had a day like this. We tried every trick in the book. Two weeks ago we caught nearly 40 doing the exact same thing. Just been blueback fishing a couple a years, somebody tell me what's going on. Are they moving up already? Flushed over?