Lake 5

[Jim F]

Made it up there this AM, but not early enough. I got there at about 10:30 and the action was pretty much over, but there where LOTS of fish on the ice from other people! I'm going again bright and early tomorrowthumbsup

 

[montanafishin]

Really wish I was making plans to go fishing instead of going to the mall in California with the family . I think there were more people in the mall than in the entire state!

 

[Jim F]

From what I saw on my fish finder, there will be plenty left when you get back. Frustrating to watch a black screen for 4 hours and not be able to raise a bite. I tried everything.

 

[Jim F]

today, in a half hour, then game over

 

[LarryPhan]

nice kokanees !!!!!! good job im going to head up during new years maybe we can meet up on the ice

 

[Jim F]

You got my number, give me a shout a day or 2 before.
They bit before light, gotta get up early

 

[montanafishin]

Merry Christmas everyone

 

[Jim F]

I spent 9 hours on Lake 5 today,(6AM-3PM), only got 3 fish, & no one else set the world on fire either. Weather was warm, windy, rain /snow and generally unsettled. Barometer was way down too.
Not impressed

 

[LarryPhan]

its okay this weekend for sure we will get'em all of them

 

[Jim F]

They are saying -6F Friday and 0 on Saturday,
BURRRRRRRRRR, you got'em Ice house?

 

[Neptune]

Fished today from 7:30-2:00, lots of fish on the finder and on the camera. They would chase the flasher on the drop but then bolt when it stopped. Only got 4 fish all on different color droppers and peppered throughout the day no hot bite time.

I think this weather has them a bit lock jawed. No one was firing it up. Heard one group that was there from 0 dark thirty til about 1 got 16 fish between 3 of them....like any lake this one can be red hot one day and dead then next.

 

[Jim F]

we're going in the AM if ya'd like to join in the fun. At least we'll have someone to BS with if its dead

 

[Jim F]

Well, the weather man was wrong again, not -6 but -17 degrees there this morning!

10 more nice kokes though signfishin
Met up with Larry, had a good time despite the cold

 

[Jim F]

Oh yeah, the bite was good from 7-7:45 am, then nuttin'

 

[Thunda]

Hey Jim & Neptune, could you help me with a question?

Im used to fishing for Kokanee on Georgetown, How does the Kokanee fishing up in the flathead differ? I know the Kok's are a little larger up here.

A couple of my buddies use different techniques than I am used to. Have either of you fished Georgetown?

Any tips for up here? Beaver, Five, Bitteroot(?)

 

[Jim F]

Welcome aboard Thunda,

I've never fished G-town, so I dont know what you use there.
I have for years, used a Swedish pimple as a flasher/jig with a hook suspended below. Varying hook and flasher colors till you find what works. Almost any glow hook will produce. When they are "on the bite" it doesnt seem to matter much what it is. Years ago, I used the pimple with the original treble and maggots and done well too. One year glow trebles where killer. Lately, doesnt seem to be so.

There where 2 guys catching kokes on a small, white, shrimpy looking flies, just off the bottom, the fish seemed to be smaller down there.

I'm heading to Lake 5 Tuesday morning, wanna go?

 

[Thunda]

Thanks Jim for the info and the invite. Have to work on tuesday morning but maybe another day?

I use the same setup. However some of the people I have talked to use a longer rod and fish about the same time you do or throughout the day.

On Georgetown we always did best early morning at lets say 3- 6 am and then from about 7 or 8 am on fished for rainbows. We also ALWAYS fished with a light in the hole. Have you ever tried this up here? Or do you use other attractors?

 

[Jim F]

with a little notice I can go anytime day or night. I just got home from up there. 2 of us, from 8 till midnight got 25 fish, He had a light submerged. Same type of rigging. Most at 15 feet, some 1 foot under the ice. I got there at 4pm to catch the dying light, only got 2 during the transition to dark. The guy I fished with, has fished there for 25 years, he says he caught over 700 salmon there last winter. I can believe it, because he kicked my ass tonight & I'm usually the one to do that!

I do think the longer rod makes a difference. more leverage = faster acceleration for the hook set. He was using 5' rods, & I wasn't, he was hooking, I was missing.

 

[Jim F]

Headed up an hour before daylight, anybody going?

 

[Neptune]

Was the guy you fished with named Kevin? If so He taught me how to fish for Kokes...

with a little notice I can go anytime day or night. I just got home from up there. 2 of us, from 8 till midnight got 25 fish, He had a light submerged. Same type of rigging. Most at 15 feet, some 1 foot under the ice. I got there at 4pm to catch the dying light, only got 2 during the transition to dark. The guy I fished with, has fished there for 25 years, he says he caught over 700 salmon there last winter. I can believe it, because he kicked my ass tonight & I'm usually the one to do that!

I do think the longer rod makes a difference. more leverage = faster acceleration for the hook set. He was using 5' rods, & I wasn't, he was hooking, I was missing.