Kokanee Pics and Reports 2013

[Toni]

Sorry I haven''t added much so far to this thread. I hope to remedy that.

[Toni]

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[RiverChromeGS]

Pulled a limit this morning as well, not as big as they were last year in my lake, dissapointing but still nice fish with a 11 inch avg

[MotoBoat]

Pulled a limit this morning as well, not as big as they were last year in my lake, dissapointing but still nice fish with a 11 inch avg

Using the same "early season set up" as last year? Thanks for sharing. Not even close to the same tug as the Steelhead were given you?

[RiverChromeGS]

Pulled a limit this morning as well, not as big as they were last year in my lake, dissapointing but still nice fish with a 11 inch avg

Using the same "early season set up" as last year? Thanks for sharing. Not even close to the same tug as the Steelhead were given you?

Yep, same setup as last year, all surface rods this early too. Kokes are fun but im seriously missing steelhead already, haha

[MotoBoat]

Have you tried that set up in other lakes containing Kokanee? Like Stevens?

[Eddie L]

Mainly fishing 20-35 feet deep off downrigger

[Toni]

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[MotoBoat]

Mainly fishing 20-35 feet deep off downrigger

What lake are you fishing EddieL? I tried a copper colored FST while trout fishing this last weekend. Surprisingly, it would not swim enticingly at faster speeds. Seemed like, if I remember correctly. 2.0 mph was to fast. I could not fish it because of the wind was pushing us around at that speed and faster. Good to know the FST works for the Kokanee. Makes sense, slow trolling speed for Kokanee, and the FST!

[RiverChromeGS]

Have you tried that set up in other lakes containing Kokanee? Like Stevens?

Havent done many other lakes but did have success in stevens and shannon when i tried them

[Steelheadin360]

So I pretty much got ruined for kokanee this weekend at Chelan , Average fish was 17" with big fish going 20.5" and smallest being a 12.5" I boated 15 fish and lost a few more. Insane fight from these big kokes and they really put on a show! im just gonna hang up the gear until i can go to chelan again

[jd39]

Haven't had time to post a report, these are Clear Lake kokanee. Liked the lake, will be back.

[Toni]

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[Mike Carey]

Lake Chelan May 4-6:

[Toni]

I know that these are not as big as the Chelan koke's but they are what I was blessed with.

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[Mike Carey]

whatever the size Toni they are still delicious and fun to catch.

[hewesfisher]

Lake Roosevelt kokes - small one is 17 1/4" 1lb, 13oz and the larger one is 18" and 2lb, 4oz.

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[eenakok]

Lake Roosevelt kokes - small one is 17 1/4" 1lb, 13oz and the larger one is 18" and 2lb, 4oz.

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Great looking Kokanee!

[shiral]

Love this thread. I haven't fished much in Washington Lakes. I live in Hoquiam but only fished lakes when I lived in Colorado.
My husband and I would love to fish for Koks again but didn't know where or if they were any lakes with them here. Please let me know what lakes are good for fishing Kok's in Western Washington and when. thanks

[Mike Carey]

Love this thread. I haven't fished much in Washington Lakes. I live in Hoquiam but only fished lakes when I lived in Colorado.
My husband and I would love to fish for Koks again but didn't know where or if they were any lakes with them here. Please let me know what lakes are good for fishing Kok's in Western Washington and when. thanks

That's a tall order!

One thing you can do that many people don't realize is filter the fishing reports by species. So go to the "Latest Reports" tile at the top of this page, then set the state to "WA" and for Species select "Kokanee". You'll now have just kokanee fishing reports to browse on the reports section of this web site.

That will give you the more popular lakes that get regular report action. You can expand your search from there by going to that lake's "Information" page (there is a link on each report to "Read All Fishing Reports for Lake ____". When you go to this page, one more link, "View Descriptions, Photos, Maps, and Hotspots for _____". That will tell you all you need to know about the lake.