ridgeratt
2/2/2014 7:10:00 AMCongrats on the trips.
Nice to hear the fish cops are down checking as well.
Nice to hear the fish cops are down checking as well.
hewesfisher
2/2/2014 7:54:00 AMAwesome kokanee Alan! The biggest one we've taken (4lbs, 2ozs) was boated a couple years ago by my wife downstream from Sterling Point and it hit a Rip'n Minnow trolled at rainbow speeds. Sounds like you guys had a great two days on the water. Really happy to hear WDFW is checking folks, in the 8+ years we've been fishing Roosevelt, we've never seen one. The closest we came was going through a safety check at the ramp with a Park Ranger. Wednesday's trip may be in jeopardy with the overnight low Tuesday forecast to be 4° and Wednesday's high only 17°. :-(
strikezone
2/2/2014 9:21:00 AMAlan:
What a beautiful kokanee. If it wasn't so far to come from Castle Rock, I would love to head over and enjoy the wintertime fishing with you. I'm not sure my camper would not freeze up in that cold of temeratures. Also my Lund doesn't have a top on it so I would be out in the weather. But I'm glad to see you having such a good time and staying warm.
Denny
GET THE NET
What a beautiful kokanee. If it wasn't so far to come from Castle Rock, I would love to head over and enjoy the wintertime fishing with you. I'm not sure my camper would not freeze up in that cold of temeratures. Also my Lund doesn't have a top on it so I would be out in the weather. But I'm glad to see you having such a good time and staying warm.
Denny
GET THE NET
Kekedatackleco
2/2/2014 11:04:00 AMBeautiful picture of the water. That is a really nice Kokanee too! Two days of great fishing on Roosevelt... I have to say I'm a little envious. Thanks for the report.
Dave
Dave
soberg
2/2/2014 12:39:00 PMGreat fishing. The Roosevelt Kokanee are on my list to figure out. No luck yet for me. Nice job and cograts.
onerka007
2/2/2014 3:17:00 PMAwesome, makes me wonder if the kokes are spread out this year. The kokes are delicious and the best fighting fish. Truly a trophy fishery even if you only get one or two an outing.
onerka007
2/2/2014 3:17:00 PMAwesome, makes me wonder if the kokes are spread out this year. The kokes are delicious and the best fighting fish. Truly a trophy fishery even if you only get one or two an outing.
downriggeral
2/3/2014 12:23:00 AMChalie, The silver had a very small adipose fin and thus was a wild one. The game warden looked at the adipose and he agreed it was small but still there.
onrrka007 - I did finally figure out out that the orange clouds I was seeing on the sonar were most likely zoo-plankton daphne. The water was loaded with fish in those areas and we caught trout that were full of them. I also sonared kokanee (Lowrance HD7 with Airmar P66 Transducer) in the 30 to 40' range. Not schools but individual fish. Didn't take the time to target them; maybe next time!
onrrka007 - I did finally figure out out that the orange clouds I was seeing on the sonar were most likely zoo-plankton daphne. The water was loaded with fish in those areas and we caught trout that were full of them. I also sonared kokanee (Lowrance HD7 with Airmar P66 Transducer) in the 30 to 40' range. Not schools but individual fish. Didn't take the time to target them; maybe next time!