2023 Deadwood Reservoir Kokanee Reports

[sawtooth]

May your boat survive the ride in and your nets be full this year.

 

[Silver]

Deadwood Ice

Any of you guys have a trick for knowing how to figure out when the ice starts coming off Deadwood Reservoir? I'm guessing it should start soon, right?

 

[clearwaterb]

There wont be any getting into Deadwood anytime soon. Cascade is still frozen.

 

[rem40xb1]

Roads

Any reports on the roads to Deadwood

 

[rem40xb1]

Deadwood road

Lohman ranger station said about another week for cape horn #579

 

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Small fish

The fish in Deadwood are very small again this year 6 to 9" Good job IDFG

 

[Spit the Hook]

small kokes at Deadwood

Small kokes at Deadwood means there should be some great trout and Chinook to catch which love eating those 6" kokes!

 

[rem40xb1]

My buddy just got back from deadwood yesterday and he didn't have any luck on the big fish. The biggest was 3 lbs and he is very good at catching the big fish in deadwood

 

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[River Rat]

Dead Wood

Beautiful picture, thank you very much for sharing. I havent been there for several years, that picture makes me want to return, ha ha. How was the road in, besides rough as usual. Were you able to catch anything of any size, I hear they are running rather small this year.

 

[rem40xb1]

Deadwood

I went in over Scott Mtn it is rough but if you go slow it isn't real bad--The Kookanee are small and not worth a trip--I caught 5 Rainbows in the 5 to 6 pound range in 5 days--I also caught 2 small chinook that I was able to release--Fishing will get better when the reservoir is lower--right now it is full-- Best time is when it is at 50% full