Hunter757
7/25/2016 9:25:00 AMThanks for the report. Loosing fish is no fun but better then not getting a bite!
downriggeral
7/25/2016 9:27:00 AMHi ArrowNaughtic - Thanks for the report. Are you using the factory tied hooks? Hooks like the Gamagatsu wide gap in the dropshot/downshot series with thin wire make a big difference. Low speeds don't seem to make for very good hook sets but sometimes it seems the fish aren't biting that hard anyway.
Tight lines - Alan
Tight lines - Alan
Billm
7/25/2016 12:05:00 PMI have also switched over to Gamagatsu size 6 Big River hooks. I seem to have a bit more luck landing the fish with these hooks. Thanks for the report. I have never fished the lake, but have wondered about the fishing every time I drive by the lake.
ArrowNaughtic
7/25/2016 7:15:00 PMLake level is about midway Mike, that means about 4 weeks tops for launching off the concrete boat launch. After that it becomes 4WD launchable but not so fun. As for the wedding rings used, I take apart the factory hooks and use my own #6 hooks in tandem, spaced about 2 inches apart. Worm goes on first hook and 2 pieces of corn on the trailing hook are the ticket.
I have fished that lake for the last 30 years, Trolling speed is very important on that lake. Slow and lots of twists and turns while trolling. Most bites come when making the turn into the line, dropping the lure down and slowing it down. Towards the end of the fishable season up there, the lake level drops enough to make passage up the Little Kachees impossible. When that happens I move to the opposite side of the lake and go to where the stream from little lake dumps into the bigger lake. You can follow the stream bed down and the action is usually red hot then.
I have fished that lake for the last 30 years, Trolling speed is very important on that lake. Slow and lots of twists and turns while trolling. Most bites come when making the turn into the line, dropping the lure down and slowing it down. Towards the end of the fishable season up there, the lake level drops enough to make passage up the Little Kachees impossible. When that happens I move to the opposite side of the lake and go to where the stream from little lake dumps into the bigger lake. You can follow the stream bed down and the action is usually red hot then.
G-Man
7/25/2016 8:33:00 PMMike, you can view the lake level at this site: http://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/yakima/yaktea.html
Right now it is sitting at 90%, of the big threee resivoirs, Kachess is usually left last to drain.
Right now it is sitting at 90%, of the big threee resivoirs, Kachess is usually left last to drain.
the doc'
7/26/2016 9:53:00 AMsize 6 hooks? for what- 8" kokes? Smallest i use, is 4. and, i just switched up to size 2, and even 1, as a trailer. the fish grow, as the year moves on. so should the hooks. i also have a long handled net. you dont want the fish to get any closer than 5 or 6' from the boat, at netting moment. lost fish are horrid. I had a day last week, when it was pointed out to me, the fish grew. so should the hooks. lol. so, im ready now. try owners "mouiskitto hooks, in #2.