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2019 Lucky Peak Reservoir Kokanee Fishing Report
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riverrunner16
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Anyone been up lately..itching to get the boat out ?
Any idea on ramp conditions at Spring Shores ?
Thanks
Any idea on ramp conditions at Spring Shores ?
Thanks
Hey Riverrunner,
Talked to a guy who fished LP this week. Knows it as well as anyone. Three of them had one strike all day. Had the downriggers at every depth, plus longlining......nada. I've heard the trout are active at CJ, but chasing rumors there is akin to chasing them at Cascade!!! Seems to rarely pan out. I'm going to give Anderson a go for chinook in about a month; looking forward to that. Good luck wherever you go. Mike
Talked to a guy who fished LP this week. Knows it as well as anyone. Three of them had one strike all day. Had the downriggers at every depth, plus longlining......nada. I've heard the trout are active at CJ, but chasing rumors there is akin to chasing them at Cascade!!! Seems to rarely pan out. I'm going to give Anderson a go for chinook in about a month; looking forward to that. Good luck wherever you go. Mike
riverrunner16
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I fished lucky peak 4 times in the past 8 days, trying to figure out where the fish were and what they were doing. I have been fishing all the regular spots, wasnt getting fish, or even marking that many fish. I fished the entire water column, from the surface to 60 feet on the downriggers.
In my 4 outings I caught a total of 2 kokanee, but getting a handful of trout each time I went. The kokanee by the way had a very light colored meat, and less fat content than the ones i have caught in LP prior years.
I dont know what has changed at LP, it seems like fishing is getting progressively worse.
On to the other lakes...
In my 4 outings I caught a total of 2 kokanee, but getting a handful of trout each time I went. The kokanee by the way had a very light colored meat, and less fat content than the ones i have caught in LP prior years.
I dont know what has changed at LP, it seems like fishing is getting progressively worse.
On to the other lakes...
Idahosmitty
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I've been out on LP 3 short trips this last week and have been catching Kokanee and RB trout with one Chinook. I have been using pink, nickle, and watermelon flashers/dodgers with pink hootchies/wiggle hootchies, and various colors in the watermelon scheme. Fish seem to have been liking 1.0 mph from 10-25.' I have been around 90' to 100' back. In those 3 outings, landed 5 koks, 3 trout, 1 chinook, and 1 northern pikeminnow. For scented corn, using predator and kok special. Kokanee have been in the range of 12"-15." The largest was a 16.5" trout......Hope that gets someone going in the right direction. thumbsup
UncleLucas
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Fished LP today from 9-430. We caught 5 kokes 13-15inches and 3 trout. Pretty consistent bite before noon around the cove where the fire was last year. Caught fish from 20 -40ft range and orange was the best color for us and pink close 2nd. All the action was before noon. When the wind quit blowing the bite turned off. On a side note the koke meat is definitely not as pink in years past, however it's still firm and taste great.
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Idahosmitty
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I was launching at Spring Shores.....
One hit!!! No Fish!!!
Solo fishing today at LP and this is my first fishing trip of the year. Fish around Charcoal Creek and Pipeline Gulch then toward the Goose Neck Bay. There's one hit on the long line pole with 60' lineout, 11/2oz lead Ford Fender + Kokabow Talon. The DR didn't do any good, fish from 7' down to 40'. Little bit windy in the morning and die down about 1:00PM.
I asked few other fishermen and they didn't do good either.
Exciting time was after launching my boat with the help of the new KFF member from Twin Fall. We chat little bit...His new Mercury motor has problem with the fuel not flow to the motor...
I started my boat up and went to park my truck. When I came back I heard the engine running with abnormal sound. When I step in the boat I saw water just over the carpet on the back. Dang!! I forgot to put the drain plug back in from last winterize. It was plastic screw in type plug. He's helping me again to load the boat on the trailer, I pull the boat out of the dock and by the time that I realized that I forgot to raise the out drive up. The skeg ground on the concrete few feet but didn't damage so bad. It's took almost 15' to drain water out.
He also found and fixed the fuel line kinked on his boat We both left the dock about 10:15AM...
Thanks you for your help and I was glad to meet you.
Solo fishing today at LP and this is my first fishing trip of the year. Fish around Charcoal Creek and Pipeline Gulch then toward the Goose Neck Bay. There's one hit on the long line pole with 60' lineout, 11/2oz lead Ford Fender + Kokabow Talon. The DR didn't do any good, fish from 7' down to 40'. Little bit windy in the morning and die down about 1:00PM.
I asked few other fishermen and they didn't do good either.
Exciting time was after launching my boat with the help of the new KFF member from Twin Fall. We chat little bit...His new Mercury motor has problem with the fuel not flow to the motor...
I started my boat up and went to park my truck. When I came back I heard the engine running with abnormal sound. When I step in the boat I saw water just over the carpet on the back. Dang!! I forgot to put the drain plug back in from last winterize. It was plastic screw in type plug. He's helping me again to load the boat on the trailer, I pull the boat out of the dock and by the time that I realized that I forgot to raise the out drive up. The skeg ground on the concrete few feet but didn't damage so bad. It's took almost 15' to drain water out.
He also found and fixed the fuel line kinked on his boat We both left the dock about 10:15AM...
Thanks you for your help and I was glad to meet you.
BrooksGoneWild
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One hit!! One fish (rainbow)
First time fishing LP and I have to say the fishing wasn’t good but the fishermen I ran into were great! As @fish4kok said, the morning started of pretty eventful at the Turner dock. After fish4kok drained all the water out of his boat we both headed into the area he described. I was marking a few fish at 20’ and a bunch down around 80. I was trolling a green hootchie on one side and a pink one on the other. The only fish I picked up was a rainbow at 20’ on the pink hooch. I had one fish swim right next to my downrigger ball but wasn’t interested in what I had to offer.
First time fishing LP and I have to say the fishing wasn’t good but the fishermen I ran into were great! As @fish4kok said, the morning started of pretty eventful at the Turner dock. After fish4kok drained all the water out of his boat we both headed into the area he described. I was marking a few fish at 20’ and a bunch down around 80. I was trolling a green hootchie on one side and a pink one on the other. The only fish I picked up was a rainbow at 20’ on the pink hooch. I had one fish swim right next to my downrigger ball but wasn’t interested in what I had to offer.
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Quiet evening at LP
Daughter and I decided to wet a few lines tonight after the rain let up (getting spring fever). Tried many colors, lures and depths but ended up skunked. Water levelappears to be coming up. Color getting a tad cloudy and debris is starting to appear.
Daughter and I decided to wet a few lines tonight after the rain let up (getting spring fever). Tried many colors, lures and depths but ended up skunked. Water levelappears to be coming up. Color getting a tad cloudy and debris is starting to appear.
Well done
Well done Rickz73. Hopefully my getting skunked was because I started late in the day (3:30 in the afternoon), but could be something else - I am still fairly new to Kok fishing.
Appreciate the report.
Well done Rickz73. Hopefully my getting skunked was because I started late in the day (3:30 in the afternoon), but could be something else - I am still fairly new to Kok fishing.
Appreciate the report.
dwood
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Rick, Where were you fishing at? Also do you know if the docks are in the water at Turner?
Rick, Where were you fishing at? Also do you know if the docks are in the water at Turner?
BrooksGoneWild
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There is a dock open at Turner.
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The (other) Dead Sea
I hit Lucky Peak from sunrise to about 1100 hrs today. Trolled from the silver pipe all the way down to Goose Neck bay.... more than halfway to the dam from Spring Shores. Then trolled from just north of the dam, all the way to the south past the dam, and back again. Then I shot across to Charcoal Creek back towards Spring shores. I got NADA...Zip...Zilch! One long line out fishing from between 20 feet to 10 feet. The other line was on a down rigger varying from 20 feet to 60 feet. I tried Wedding Rings and Hoochies in orange, green, pink, optic yellow..... along with various Kokabow blades....tipped with grubs and/or shoepeg corn. Very concerned with how few fish I actually marked. I ended up with only two quick bites. Was going to troll the area directly across Spring Shores but by that time I had about enough. There was only one other boat on the lake. He was trolling across from Spring Shores. When I left the lake he had it all to himself.
Water temp was 39 degrees, decent clarity and very little debris floating on top. Weather was nice....sun was in and out of the clouds and there was about a 7 knot breeze. Air temp was 38 degrees when I launched. I'm going to give the reservoir a few weeks before I try again.
Pauli
I hit Lucky Peak from sunrise to about 1100 hrs today. Trolled from the silver pipe all the way down to Goose Neck bay.... more than halfway to the dam from Spring Shores. Then trolled from just north of the dam, all the way to the south past the dam, and back again. Then I shot across to Charcoal Creek back towards Spring shores. I got NADA...Zip...Zilch! One long line out fishing from between 20 feet to 10 feet. The other line was on a down rigger varying from 20 feet to 60 feet. I tried Wedding Rings and Hoochies in orange, green, pink, optic yellow..... along with various Kokabow blades....tipped with grubs and/or shoepeg corn. Very concerned with how few fish I actually marked. I ended up with only two quick bites. Was going to troll the area directly across Spring Shores but by that time I had about enough. There was only one other boat on the lake. He was trolling across from Spring Shores. When I left the lake he had it all to himself.
Water temp was 39 degrees, decent clarity and very little debris floating on top. Weather was nice....sun was in and out of the clouds and there was about a 7 knot breeze. Air temp was 38 degrees when I launched. I'm going to give the reservoir a few weeks before I try again.
Pauli
Only fished LP one other time but i think where i mainly fished was called charcoal bay. Not sure about any docks at turner
