Well guys here is what we did today at Arrowrock. We caught three limits of Kokanee, 16 squawfish (gutted)and released. 3 trout netted. Lost a bunch of Kokanees oh well. Hoochies tipped with corn. Wedding rings also tipped with corn (white corn). Two colors morning with leaded line. Afternoon 4 colors. Downriggers Morning 23ft. Afternoon 40ft. Speed using a GPS 1.6 MPH.101chromefish101
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idahowolverine
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Good Job Ken. Were you in the main part of the lake or up in the s.fork arm. I am hoping to get back up there this Sunday. The boy has hockey on Saturday so hopefully the weather will be good then.
Yep, Wife does the smoking. Fishing in Main Res. Went up the south fork to the barn up river, above where Willow creek comes into res. Didn't fish that area. Thinking about going too Anderson Ranch, maybe today, or Tomorrow. Ken. 101chromefish101
sawtooth
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Headed up to Arrowrock this morning. Caught my limit by 10 am. Started the morning catching a fish at 25 feet. After the sun hit the water, I dropped the riggers down to 35 feet and finished out my limit of 6 nice kokes.
The largest was 17 inches with the others around 14 to 15 inches. Like most other on this thread, I had to wade through several squawfish and a few trout to catch the kokes. Most of the kokes were in water deeper than 70 feet. Fun day, great weather, and nice looking fish.
The largest was 17 inches with the others around 14 to 15 inches. Like most other on this thread, I had to wade through several squawfish and a few trout to catch the kokes. Most of the kokes were in water deeper than 70 feet. Fun day, great weather, and nice looking fish.
idahowolverine
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Jim are you camping up there this weekend. My son has hockey until 430 Saturday so we might go for a evening trip but are definitely going Sunday morning. If you see a red and white center console cresliner with a 70 Yamaha. swing by and say Hi.
sawtooth
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Not saying all of them are that deep. There was a gentleman with his dad and two boys that were getting fish closer to the top without downriggers. I just went deeper because I was marking fish at that depth and in an attempt to get below the squawfish. I would catch a few squawfish at the lower depths but not nearly as many as on top. Plus I hit a school of kokes that were easy pickins at 35 feet and hit my line everytime I passed back over them. Good luck to you this weekend.
jimbojump
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Yeah we are sir...I believe Im gonna set up on the knoll by the N fork wash out across from the campgrounds....I have a white and yellow Sun Runner closed bow with a white Johnson and a black Merc kicker...looks like it'll just be myself and my honey this go round...but thats good cuz we always catch a bunch when its just the two of us...LOL...Wheeeee! Thanks Ken for the update...we'll try deeper this time
metalheadgene
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Took an hour or so but we finally found them yesterday....all 50' down with a few on the leadercore which i figure was around 35-40'.
Chartruse and hot Pink worked well......
Chartruse and hot Pink worked well......
jimbojump
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Our weekend was crap-tastic...we pounded every inch of the lake for two days and only found two takers. Tried every where...every depth from 15 to 45...guess I should have dropped to 50...Also we were constantly harrassed by wake boarder boats one even sideswiped us so bad Vickie fell on her tailbone and slammed her neck into the side of the seatback....I hate those things...the very reason I wont go to LP...now they are deluging AR...I need a few days to recover from this latest BS...I did manage to pull a limit of really nice trout from the mid 40 to 50' range...but still no kokes there...
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Ken Jones could I ask you what color combos are working for Arrowrock? I've made it up to anderson ranch at pine this week and had good luck with a red double dee flasher and a pearl wiggle hootchie along with fishing with Gary dodgers. I have never fished arrowrock for kokanee but know it can be a hard reservoir for your downrigger with the sudden rock bars that come up fast on the sonar. I have been long lining a second line with a 3/8 oz slip egg weight in front of my pop gear for fish in the top 20 feet of water, I suppose I'll step it up to 3/4 oz for the depth at arrowrock. Has the speed at which you catch the kokanee been consistant the multiple times you have been out? I believe you stated you trolled at 1.6 mph on your GPS that would help me know how heavy a weight I would need if I use a slip weight. Thanks James
FiliIslander
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Great Day of Fishing Arrowrock!!!
Got in the water at 7 a.m. today and shot straight across from the dock. Used a pink sling blade and pink and white hoocie combo with withe corn marinaded in shrimp oil and my friend used pink u.v. sling blade with a pink wedding ring with white corn. Marked fish at 15 to 25 feet. We dropped the downriggers down to 20 feet and caught first Kok in 5 minutes. We were on fire till about 10:30. By then we had 7 Koks and 3 trout. The squaw fish were no where to be found till around 11:00. About 5 squaws caught. All the koks were around 14'' to 17'' range and an 18" kok which im holding in one of my pics. We dropped down to 35-40 feet from 11:00 to 12:00 and stayed with pink colors. My buddy and I boated 3 more Koks and called it a day. I caught my limit of six and my friend caught 4 including the 18'' one. We lost 8 Koks today but very happy of the turn out. Good luck everyone if you guys get out there.
Got in the water at 7 a.m. today and shot straight across from the dock. Used a pink sling blade and pink and white hoocie combo with withe corn marinaded in shrimp oil and my friend used pink u.v. sling blade with a pink wedding ring with white corn. Marked fish at 15 to 25 feet. We dropped the downriggers down to 20 feet and caught first Kok in 5 minutes. We were on fire till about 10:30. By then we had 7 Koks and 3 trout. The squaw fish were no where to be found till around 11:00. About 5 squaws caught. All the koks were around 14'' to 17'' range and an 18" kok which im holding in one of my pics. We dropped down to 35-40 feet from 11:00 to 12:00 and stayed with pink colors. My buddy and I boated 3 more Koks and called it a day. I caught my limit of six and my friend caught 4 including the 18'' one. We lost 8 Koks today but very happy of the turn out. Good luck everyone if you guys get out there.
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redmanjr1
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Nice haul FiliIslander!
