Rufus Woods Kokanee

stmcmurray76 · Post by **stmcmurray76** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:42 pm

Hi, I will be camping Memorial Day near Rufus Woods and was wondering what people know about the Kokanee fishing here, I see only trout reports. Is there a specific location that works best or do I have to hunt them down. I am familiar with fishing for Kokes in Lk Stevens, are the gear and techniques similar?

primetime · Post by **primetime** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:52 pm

Monster trout! Football rainbows

Post by **Steelheadin360** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:53 pm

Ive never heard of Kokanee in R.W. but if you want to hit Chelan or Palmer Lake, those two both have excellent Kokanee populations.

eat-sleep-fish · Post by **eat-sleep-fish** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:40 am

It used to be an okay kokanee fishery 15-20 years ago, in fact, biggest kokanee I ever saw came out of there. It was around 5lb, awesome fish caught by a friend. It has been a long time since I pulled one out, usually fish it 6-7 times a summer. What we caught them on were homemade spinners tipped with maggots and shoe-peg corn.

stmcmurray76 · Post by **stmcmurray76** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:16 pm

Thanks for the responses guys. WDFW says it has Kokanee, but never saw any reports on them, must be a dwindling population. Guess I'll just have to get some lunker rainbows.

Post by **Bodofish** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:53 am

Why catch bait when you can catch huge trout?

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