2021 Dworshak Reservoir Kokanee Fishing Report

[THouse]

Monday of Memorial Weekend

Fished Monday a little between Dicks Cr. and Elk Creek. Then fished the north side below Dent Bridge, better fishing below Dent Bridge. Downrigger at 33 feet with dodger and pink/white micro hootchie did by far the best. Other three rods did okay with orange/bronze early and chrome/pink later using 2 oz at 60-80 ft and dodgers or flashlites with hootchies or spinners. I forgot the corn but the fish didn't seem to mind, the Berkeley Power Maggots in pink worked great. Most fish 9"-11", fished three and a half hours and put 43 in the boat, lost some and released some small ones. Surface water temp was 62 in am and 68 in the afternoon.

What is everyone else seeing out there?

Travis

 

[Dorf]

Fished Monday a little between Dicks Cr. and Elk Creek. Then fished the north side below Dent Bridge, better fishing below Dent Bridge. Downrigger at 33 feet with dodger and pink/white micro hootchie did by far the best. Other three rods did okay with orange/bronze early and chrome/pink later using 2 oz at 60-80 ft and dodgers or flashlites with hootchies or spinners. I forgot the corn but the fish didn't seem to mind, the Berkeley Power Maggots in pink worked great. Most fish 9"-11", fished three and a half hours and put 43 in the boat, lost some and released some small ones. Surface water temp was 62 in am and 68 in the afternoon.

What is everyone else seeing out there?

Travis

I had similar success all last week with similar gear (brad's dodgers, pink micro hoochies, diy corn) and depth directly across the channel from Freeman Crk. Trolled 1-1.2 mph.

 

[Big Mack]

5/30/2021

5/30/2021 0730-3pm. Started by Big Eddy and maybe got 1. Went to Indian and got 4 or 5. Went down to the dam from there and got another 4 or 5. Ran up to between Dicks and Elk and got 10-15, but that was at mid-day heat and barely any wind. Ford Fenders and dodgers with wedding rings with corn and maggots. 2oz at 70 feet and 3oz at 40 feet got the fish.

 

[Fog]

Caught a couple limits in Canyon Creek the other day. From the surface to 40' depth.

Biggest was 9"

Only time I've ever had more bites on yellow than on pink and red. They seemed to like pop-gear this time more than dodgers, that is also new to me.

 

[Kate]

Fished Friday from Cranberry Ck upstream on the north side just over 4 hours for 50 kokes and 1 19" rainbow. Half Fast Arrow Flash and Simon Dodgers (pink)with various hoochies triple hook set up with corn and either white or pink power bait maggots 4 oz from 60-85 feet, great day!

 

[crappieslayer]

Caught a couple limits in Canyon Creek the other day. From the surface to 40' depth.

Biggest was 9"

Only time I've ever had more bites on yellow than on pink and red. They seemed to like pop-gear this time more than dodgers, that is also new to me.

Had that happen to me one time at Anderson. I had 3 rods out with dodgers and squid and was picking up a few, but had grandson on his kiddie pole with a bolo gang troll on, and he was killing them.

 

[whatadeal]

Fished Friday from Cranberry Ck upstream on the north side just over 4 hours for 50 kokes and 1 19" rainbow. Half Fast Arrow Flash and Simon Dodgers (pink)with various hoochies triple hook set up with corn and either white or pink power bait maggots 4 oz from 60-85 feet, great day!

thanks for the info
checking to see if you had any kokanee fishing reports since it got hot!!!!!
thanks

 

[Dorf]

thanks for the info
checking to see if you had any kokanee fishing reports since it got hot!!!!!
thanks

I fished Friday and Saturday. It slowed down for me vs two weeks ago, but I think I was just off the game. Other people did just fine. With the hot weather, getting out there early seemed to be a factor.

 

[whatadeal]

I fished Friday and Saturday. It slowed down for me vs two weeks ago, but I think I was just off the game. Other people did just fine. With the hot weather, getting out there early seemed to be a factor.

thanks for the info

 

[icelander]

Any Reports?

I fished Friday and Saturday. It slowed down for me vs two weeks ago, but I think I was just off the game. Other people did just fine. With the hot weather, getting out there early seemed to be a factor.

Just checking to see if anyone is doing well with the early drawdown, and how far up the reservoir they've moved? Thx!

 

[eschmit04]

Were still catching fish. Landed 75 yesterday.

Does ANYONE have any info on targeting larger fish? I have lucked into a school 3 times of fish 12-14" and landed a 16.5" koke. I've only found these fish in the early season and have been unable to target them repeatedly.

 

[icelander]

A few bigger than average

Were still catching fish. Landed 75 yesterday.

Does ANYONE have any info on targeting larger fish? I have lucked into a school 3 times of fish 12-14" and landed a 16.5" koke. I've only found these fish in the early season and have been unable to target them repeatedly.

Thx eschmit04! We boated a few to 12" in mid June, but like you had a hard time finding many of them.

 

[eschmit04]

Thx eschmit04! We boated a few to 12" in mid June, but like you had a hard time finding many of them.

I've only found em April may. Then they are gone. They have to be somewhere... Wondering if people deal with this in other lakes???

 

[Fog]

Planning to head up tomorrow.

Figured I would check in here and see how far up they are right now.

Anybody know where to start looking for them?

 

[eschmit04]

From Indian creek to the head waters.

 

[Fog]

We ran from the dam up to Canyon Creek and tried there first.

Caught a few but it was slow. Tried up a little higher and even though we were marking them they didn't bite. So Back to Canyon Creek and ground it out for a few hours. Got 13. Largest few were 12" and pretty fat. They ranged down to 9"

Saw them as deep as 70', but didn't catch anything at that depth. Saw them jumping on the surface but didn't catch any on the surface either. All the bites were in the 30-45' range.

They liked the pink kokanee flies behind green and orange dodgers. Early on a pink and orange micro hoochie got a couple, but then nothing more on that.

 

[icelander]

Farther Up

We ran from the dam up to Canyon Creek and tried there first.

Caught a few but it was slow. Tried up a little higher and even though we were marking them they didn't bite. So Back to Canyon Creek and ground it out for a few hours. Got 13. Largest few were 12" and pretty fat. They ranged down to 9"

Saw them as deep as 70', but didn't catch anything at that depth. Saw them jumping on the surface but didn't catch any on the surface either. All the bites were in the 30-45' range.

They liked the pink kokanee flies behind green and orange dodgers. Early on a pink and orange micro hoochie got a couple, but then nothing more on that.

We found scattered fish from Elk Creek up a few miles, then schools farther up. They're moving up pre spawn. Most fish are at 30'. Snooped around til we found mostly 11"+ fish. Lots of 9" fish. Limits no problem. Next years fish are very small. Hope there's adequate feed for them to put on a few inches, but with the early draw down it's doubtful.

 

[amxerhull]

We found nice fish in Elk Creek last Monday but the smoke put an early end to our day. We were surprised that the the eggs in the females were still immature for this late in the in the year. Sure would like to get another trip in but the heat and smoke will probably prevent that from happening.

 

[whatadeal]

any info on where they are catching kokanee now?

We found scattered fish from Elk Creek up a few miles, then schools farther up. They're moving up pre spawn. Most fish are at 30'. Snooped around til we found mostly 11"+ fish. Lots of 9" fish. Limits no problem. Next years fish are very small. Hope there's adequate feed for them to put on a few inches, but with the early draw down it's doubtful.

Checking to see if anyone can give some information on where to start looking for some kokanee to catch?
Plan on going Sunday or Monday
thanks

 

[amxerhull]

We fished Elk Creek yesterday. The fish were scattered and the bite was slow. The fish are still bright silver, no sign of color change.