Lucky Peak 2009

[coty449]

Anyone do any fishing lately? I was wondering if it's done?

 

[DragginBalls]

I have been going pretty regularly and it is still pretty good. You need to hug the banks a little more if there is a lot of boat traffic. Fishing between 30 and 40 on the downriggers. Pink hoochie or pink uv apex been the best. Double D's or sling blades for the hoochie. Green in the mornings just like always.thumbsup

 

[coty449]

Dragginballs: Thanks for update! Where are you buying your tackle?

 

[DragginBalls]

Howards in Nampa has some Radical Glow hoochies that have been the best performers. He has a few apex's. Sportsman usually has a good selection of apex lures but I havn't been in for a while. I went yesterday evening and it was tough. We turned back 4 or 5 sardines and kept 11 fish. We only caught one big one and the rest were 14" fish. Pink uv or straight pink and the purple uv apex caught most fish. Hoochie got the big one. Good luck!!!

 

[kodiak1]

I have always wondered about many of the 2" hoochies being a bit large for kokes, esp. the smaller ones. And now that the big ones seem to have shut down in prep. for spawning, I ordered some of the new extra-small hoochies that are now out on the market. They are only 1 1/2"s and have gotten great reports. I bought mine online from Shasta Tackle. Also picked up their new UV pink mid-size sling blade to put in front of it. Always a sucker for new products!!! Any way, if you can't find it here in the valley, try Shasta or Kokaneemart.com. Mike

 

[DragginBalls]

A friend of mine went up yesterday morning and they caught 8 big fish. They are not the 18 1/2" fish but they are all of 17. These fish seem to be just starting to get a small amount of color, as well as the ONE that I got in the afternoon. Mike, let me know how the small hoochies are working for you when you get back out. I have been catching a lot of fish in the trolling motor covelaugh hyst Most of the fish seem to be on the banks right now. 25 to 35. Mike

 

[BlueBack79]

anyone heading up weekend? we will be going EARLY sat. morning. have only been to the peak a couple times this year. is anyone still fishing the narrows? we will be in a 19' smokercraft with a couple honda's (115 & 9.9) and downriggers.

 

[kodiak1]

Thanks for the info, Mike. Yes, it will always be the trolling motor cove, won't it!!! I would head up, but I am heading out in a few days to go try and catch their bigger cousins, out on the Olympic Pen. There are 6 million pinks coming in this year, twice the size of the previous largest run since records have been kept. Since the coho should be coming in about the same time, hopefully I will find at least one vulnerable salmon out in the salt! I will definitely let you know how the new gear works. The Sling Blades arrived today, but the hoochies are on back order. Apparently, they are a red-hot item. Mike

 

[DragginBalls]

Be prepared for slow fishing unless something has changed from Monday and Mike I am jealous of you. I usually try to go to Neah Bay but with work being slow I have to skip. Hope you get into them up there!!!

 

[kodiak1]

Thanks, we'll sure try. Just like Lucky Peak, with larger waves and larger hoochies!! Neah Bay has been hot for big kings of late. We prefer the quieter waters of Sekiu. Wish you could head out there this year. LP could pick up. Remember, the Sept. and Oct. fishing was good last year. Mike

 

[oneeye]

I may be able to help you out with the hoochies. ordered a bunch in bulk a month or so ago. What size are you looking for?

 

[kodiak1]

Unfortunately, mine have already been paid for; just waiting for the backorder to be filled. Have they worked well for you? Thanks so much for the offer. Mike

 

[Excaliber]

They really shut off the last trip( Sat). We worked really hard for 10 and they were all smaller fish in the 10-14 inch range. We hooked a couple bigger ones that came off when they jumped.

Most fish were caught at 20'. There were big schools shallower and some were in the 40' range.
last saturday we had one that was 19" with several over 16". The biggest one looked like a Gorge fish. They all but dissapeared last trip.
We were seeing fish stacked up big time heading up towards the bridge. We worked them over but they wouldn't bite. Maybe they just don't bite once they head up the creek arm?

 

[oneeye]

We fished monday from three til seven @ 27' with fifteen in the boat seven were nice fish (turning pink though) sixteen and over, with one still silver. the others were smaller fish. used a larger silver w/ silver tape dodger and pink or orange hoochie. from the bridge out.

 

[oneeye]

Kodiak, if your hoochies dont come in in time look me up and i'll trade you out when yours arrive. I'd hate to make a trip and not have enough hooch !

 

[kodiak1]

Thanks, Oneeye. Nobody nicer than fishermen!

 

[Firstmate5210]

Stormy Seas

Me and my grandpa hit LP today.. that was a mistake. The storm up there was terrible, there was mudslides and rock slides the whole way down the hill on the way home. The fishing wasn't much better. one squawfish is all we caught. we sure couldn't figure it out this year.. we tried a bunch of different depths, lures, colors, paterns.. nothing.. this was the worst year we've had.. any tips out there??

 

[Mojo]

I'd start with speed. At the Peak, I do best trolling the high side of 1.5 to 2 mph. I caught fish all year from 25 to 35 feet consistently. If you do not have a downrigger, I would run a 2 oz trolling sinker on 15 pound test braid, then about 16 inches of mono to your dodger, then 10 to 15 inces to your hootchie or spoon depending on dodger size. I did really well on 4 or 5 different brands of dodgers. Send our 4 different ones first thing in the morning, and switch the other rods to the one that is getting all the fish. This season corn outfished gulp or power maggots, but not by much. I learned that lead line is great for hooking fish, but lousy for letting you land them. Kokanee can use the resistance of lead line to pull free.

There is my Lucky Peak Koke tutorial Ver 1.0 I'm sure there are others that have much to offer, as I only fished it 6 or 7 times. We did really well almost each trip, with one weather exception.

 

[coty449]

I fished out of Spring Shores yesterday from about 10:30 to 2:30. It was hot, hot with very little wind. The two of us boated 7 brights, 12-13" and one red 17". As Mojo recommends troll speed was from 1.5-2.0 MPH. Caught all fish at about 25'. Deeper settings caught nothing. The 5 caught on DR, 4-5 pulls back from ball, set at 25', were all caught on a 3 0 copper shiny dodger, short leader (12") and a small 3/4" length green and white spin and glow, 3 green beads front and back with two Gami hooks and shoepeg corn. On weighted lines caught a fish (using 3 0 dodgers) on a chartruese hoochie with Mack's chartruese smiley blade, a purple headed crappie tube with red smiley blade and a 3/4" pink spin and glow. Of the weighted lines the one with the most strikes was the pink spin and glow. Dodger color didn't seem to make much difference.
Fish were very scattered, not near the shore, so when you find fish stay in that area. I spent more time in non-productive areas than I should have.
Fish were fairly aggressive and hooked well, with few lost even though, at times, one would have thought I was trying to beat them off with the net.

 

[MMDON]

Anyone left that is still fishing L.P.?