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billfisher;n603564 said:Good job! They look like they are a little plumper than the last couple years. What color jigs? I've been trolling up a few but 101/2 is the biggest so far. Thanks for the report!
This place is LOADED with them in 2.5 hours we caught over 100 of them....none over 10"....but still plenty tasty.I can't believe this thread is 4 years old because I was toying with the idea of going back up even though I've heard they are quite a bit bigger at Detroit. I do like the scenery up there, though.
Just picked up a kayak and figuring out deep trolling. In this situation, with no downrigger, would I drop my line to the bottom at 60', then paddle away at a typical trolling speed?Long lining...in 60' of water
A one ounce sinker gets you down to about 25' which I have found to be fine for April.Just picked up a kayak and figuring out deep trolling. In this situation, with no downrigger, would I drop my line to the bottom at 60', then paddle away at a typical trolling speed?
I called ODFW regarding Kokanee size and number in green peter a couple years ago. If I understand correctly, I was told that the population is self sustaining at a number higher than what is being caught. Accordingly they tend to increase in number until they eat themselves out of food after which fewer successfully spawn and the population dips, resulting in better fed fish the following year. Kokanee are not being stocked. I asked if there was any way to stabilize the population for better quality fish and he basically said catch your limit as often as you can. Trout are stocked 30,000 per year though.I had not bothered going up to Green Peter since 2014 after hearing about how small the kokanee were, supposedly due to overstocking. Yesterday three of us in kayaks went up to see for ourselves and fished about 4+ hours mostly trolling but also armed with jigging rods. It was slow but we scratched out a few trolling. It was not until the last hour after we decided to head back to the ramp that we encountered a few bigger schools that seemed to be on the bite and went after our jigs readily. It was a challenge staying on the schools as they were moving and the wind was starting to blow our kayaks but we kept searching around and ended up with 12 total in a short period of time.
So, how big? I measured them all and they ranged from 9' to 11 3/4" and the average was 10.15". View attachment 603558