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7-17
Capron6
It was nice to meet you today even tho we just talked from boat to boat. We chat with people on here and never meet them in person. The nice thing about these forums is the great people on here give out some of there secrets on how to catch Kokanee I think that's great. I am not a new comer to Kokanee fishing I have been doing it for 30 years, and I am still learning. thumbsup
 
Lip Ripper: nice to meet you as well. We ended up the day (7-17) with 27 before the heat got to us and we needed to get hydrated with some MGD. Still using the same tactics as the past week or so. Just need to locate the fish that want to bite, they have been moving around some. Same colors are working. The one R&K hoochie that has been the big producer is getting really beat up! Guess I better call Robby and get a couple more. Hope to see more KFF folks out there.
Ron
 
7-21
Capron6
I saw you up there today how did you do?
I was on the water at 5:30 and left at 12 with 23. It was hot and heavy where I was fishing. I found them at 40 ft today. I am still using the red hoochie or the lure with the blue beads. thumbsup
Richard
 
I'm headed to Green Peter Thursday night. Will be on the lake all day Friday and Saturday morning and Sunday morning. I have a 18' Seaswirl tan color with aqua colored sun top. Would be glad to visit with any fellow kokanee fisherman. Any advice on where to start fishing? We did okay 4th of July weekend near the point just east of Whitcomb Cr. boat ramp and between the island and floating restroom.
Dan
 
7-22
Dan,
I would start West of the rest rooms 200 yards out if front of the arm before the rest rooms. Then work your way East to the next arm. Good luck fishing.
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Richard
 
Lip Ripper
Thought I saw you out there yesterday. We were covering pretty much the same water, just not at the same time. You had an excellent day and we saw your net waving frequently. We started at about 0700 until around 1400 and ended up with 36 for the day. Additionally, we lost around two dozen during retrieval. Seemed they would make a couple small runs and then they were gone. I am working on solving that problem for sure!
Ron
 
Richard,
Thanks for the advice on where to start fishing. We'll start there on Friday morning and see how it goes. I caught a 21", 4 lb. Chinook right in that area on the 4th of July weekend.
Thanks again,
Dan
 
Today was a sad day for the people that lost there boat, it burnt right to the water. I was the second one to get there to help. I don't know how the fire started but it went quick. They all got of the boat safely and were picked up immediately. I was 3/4 of a mile away when I saw the smoke I new right away there was trouble. I didn't know that Yamaha could push that boat that fast.
I only caught 15 fish today,I put back 10 small ones and lost 4 so I guess it wasn't all that bad.
 
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Tell us more Lip. Inboard/Outboard, aluminum/fiberglass. Fire is something that we all have to be cautious about and any info would be appreciated.
 
David,
It was a 17 or 18' ft fiberglass with a inboard. When I first saw the smoke it was white so I am not sure what happened. What ever happened the fire spread pretty fast when I got there the hole boat was on fire.
Richard
 
Green Peter boat fire

As some of you know there was a boat fire Thursday at GP. My hat is off to the quick response to the guys in the big Bayliner, they did a great job getting the guys on board. I was the second boat there to assist where ever I could. Here is the report from the Democrat Herald on what happened.

Four men were rescued about 8:30a.m.Thursday after the boat they were on in Green Peter Reservoir caught fire.
After going about a quarter mile,the motor was left to idle while the men prepared their fishing gear.There was an explosion at the port side of the engine cowling,blowing a "bowling- ball- sized hole" in the cowling at deck level. A flame shot out of the hole,igniting the boat,The men jumped overboard and were rescued by other boaters. One man reported minor burns.
 
We fished Green Peter Friday 7-24-09, Saturday and Sunday. We fished mainly in the area south of the island and then also between the island and the floating restroom. Overall the fishing was good and we ended the weekend with 52 fish. Some were small, but there were some dandies in there too. We caught one that was an honest 16" and numbers in the 14 - 15 inch size. We had on what must have been a larger chinook and got it to the surface before it shook free. We fished in the 45 - 55 foot range. Saturday morning was stellar fishing. We found them deep that morning in the 55 foot range and the bite was fast and furious with pink or red dodgers and UV pink hoochies from Rocky Mt. Tackle with white corn, no scent. The standard 1.2 - 1.4 mph did the trick as ususal. We also caught fish on Apex lures, particularly the silver color. We launched at the Whitcomb boat launch but it is going to be unusable soon.
Dan
 
Hit the lake Monday 7-27 to get my nephew out for a few fish. The weather was hot and the bite was a little tougher than it has been lately. Managed 18 before I had to come in and hydrate. Thursday 7-30, we did a little better. Got 22 but the kid was having trouble keeping the fish on and we should have had around 15 more I'm guessing. The hoochie bite has turned off quite a bit but found a couple of spinners that picked up where they left off. The main body of the lake in open water has been good with the fish at around 50' or so. Temps have been in the 100's here which is pretty rare for the GP area and has made the fishing a bit more challenging. The main thing in my book is that the kid got some fish and had a pretty wide smile on his face. Mission accomplished.

I missed Lip Ripper out there this week. Those that know his boat should pay attention, he always finds some fish. Maybe that is why I slowed down a bit???
 
Thanks for the report. I'm going tomorrow to give it a go. What kind of spinners were you using and were you running them behind dodgers?
 
We fished Green Peter Sat. 8-1-09 with good success. The launch at Whitcomb Cr. is really down there but we did manage to get the boat in the water. We started fishing around 7am and had good success for several hours. Pink UV hoochies from Rocky Mt. Tackle really worked well behind Sling Blade dodgers. A pinkish red UV dodger was quite effective. After the first several hours we continued to pick up fish throughout the day as the bite would come and go. We ended the day at 30 fish, with a mixture of 12-13" fish and smaller ones. We could not get the 14-15" fish to bite like last weekend. We caught most of the fish at 45-50' and then went to 55-60 later in the afternoon. We worked the area to the west and south of the island.

I was privileged to take a 10 year old boy fishing who's dream had been to fish at Green Peter. He caught 10 fish and was quite excited about it all.

Dan
 
8-2
Ron,
I am going to go after the Kokanee in the morning, but I promise to leave you some. laugh hyst It is going to be a bit cooler I hope.
 
8-3
Another great day of fishing at GP. Two of us were fishing at 5-45 this morning and had the boat loaded at 2 PM with 50 fish. We put back several small ones and lost several but it was a fun day. We started fishing with the red hoochie and dodger and it worked good all day. One fish was 16.5 long with several 12'' & 13''. Early in the morning they were 40' deep and after about 9:00 we went to 50' and did real good.

Ron we saved you a few but they may have a ripped lip or two. laugh hyst

Richard
 
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Thanks for giving me some lip, Lip. worthy12 You got me today. Thought I saw your boat a couple times, but you kept hiding in a secret spot. Had two fishermen aboard today so I mostly drove and netted. From 0700 - 1300 we managed 24 in the boat, with a couple released and half a dozen lost enroute. Still a pretty good day. Same spinner worked, found a crappie tube that got the other rod going later. Size and depths pretty close to what you were doing.
rw
 
8-4
Ron,
Sounds like you did OK,I found several east of the Island but the wind was real bad. I was going to come over and join you but it looked like there was several boats there.

8-4
Yesterday GP was great fishing today not so good.
I started at 6 AM and then the wind came up so I quit at 10:00 with only 7 fish. By the way when you hook your favorite lure to your dodger be sure to close the snap. I trolled for 1/2 hour and not a bite when I pulled it up to see why, and there wasn't any lure. I caught them on a silver apex today.

Richard
 
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