Fishing Arrowrock

[Ken Jones]

Guys I have 50 plus years fishing all these waters I try too tell it the way it is. The high water in Arrowrock spilling over in Lucky Peak Puts more food in Lucky Peak for Kokes. Fresh water shrimp and plankton.

 

[Ken Jones]

Anderson Ranch ( Idahowolverine)

July, idahowolverine would be a good time two fish Anderson Ranch. The fish in the morning are suspended around 25ft maybe a little shallower. After noon fishing will be a little deeper I think. I troll with two sets of leaded line. One I go out three colors the other 4 colors. (Afternoon that distance) Mornings I like Green or chartruse flasher with a chartruse wedding ring tipped with either yellow corn or white corn. I just started using Hoochies so I can't say much about them yet. Two down riggers, depends on depth of fish located. I have a JET BOAT that says Going fishing on a tube ontop the boat. Writting on boat BlueThunder.101chromefish101

 

[Fish-happens]

Rocky mountain chartreuse flasher 12 inch 15 lb leader. I tie double cutplug rig with number 4 hooks. Cabelas has chartreuse, pink and green stripped hoochies. Get the smallest size and trim back about 1/2 inch. We tip with corn or wigglers. Hooked 14 last Saturday. Love the hoochies

 

[metalheadgene]

Arrowrock

Beautiful morning although it took me a while to figure out things. The good news is there are Koke in there....all spread out and requires lots of patience and determination. They were deep....and also caught lots of fat 14-16 inch trout. And definitely excecuted my portion of the pike minnow eradication program.

 

[jimbojump]

Hahahaha...been slaughtering upwards of 30 Squaws per day every time I go there...LOL...in fact my neighbor made me a whoopin stick with a handle to crush their pathetic heads before I feed them to the herons, seagulls, and even a gorgeous Bald Eagle came in and nabbed one....seems the Osprey's think squaws suck too cuz we didnt get any takers from them when we pitched some in front of their nesting grounds...hahaha...gotta love that!

 

[Pzak]

Gene - JIm, are you guys closer to the dam or over by the south fork? Only Kokes I have taken from AR in years past have been in the mouth where the SF flows into the main res.

 

[jimbojump]

Running up the S fork has some success to it...the mouth didnt merit any takers for us but we saw a guy having some luck out there...its still random hit or miss right now....but I didnt catch ANY by the dam or the boat ramp area...no not one....LOL...jerky fish

 

[idahowolverine]

We also headed over to Arrowrock on Sunday. Like everyone else lots of squaws. We finished with 7 koks and three rainbows. My son had a good time with a 17 3/4 inch kok that just danced on the water like a steelhead. Lots of fun.

 

[metalheadgene]

I agree that it is a random thing. I started out at the confluence of the southfork and after 2 hours of nothing I moved to the dam. But I had just as good of luck on the troll back to the ramp and in fact caught the biggest Koke along the bank straight across from the ramp....in otehr words they are spread out.

 

[metalheadgene]

Based on the reports i have been hearing at Anderson Ranch..sounds like it is picking up at alll the lakes? We had a geart day on Arrowrock....had our limit of Kokes (3 of us) and kept some nice trout.

A different lake for me...im used to getting 3-6 huge 18-22 inchers but these were all 15 to 18 inches with several small ones released. It was like fishing Lucky peak.

 

[jimbojump]

how far from full pool do you think the water is...its been filling up like gangbusters for the last week or so...

 

[kodiak1]

http://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/ramps/arrowrock/arrowrock.html

Here is the bureau of rec website that gives great info about most of our reservoirs. Mike