I got to the lake at 7:30am but didn’t get my first koke until 8:30am. I had some bites but no takedowns until that first one. I went from 35 foot to 140 foot of water and all the fish came at 10-14 foot down on my downrigger cables. On the fish finder I saw fish at 30-40 feet down but they never bit even when I had my gear down that far.
These fish are interesting in that when they come up they are almost white and then in the bleeding bucket they start to get some color.
I brought 7 home and lost maybe 2 or 3. It wasn’t red hot bite but I would troll around without a bite and think if I don’t get a bite on the next pass I am going home. Then I would get one. The next thing I look at my watch and it is 11:30 and I have stuff to do at home so I quit at 7 kokes in the boat all caught on Wannafish A Lures Orange and gold, Mini Squiddy Thang Pink, and Pink Splatter. All attached to Dick Nite’s dodgers in Copper Hot Orange Tractor Tread UV , Chartreuse HotHead UV, and Pink Splatter UV.
One kokanee had a funny blunt nose. All males.
It was mostly cloudy with only 1 shower. The water temperature was 64 when I started and 65 when I left. Water visibility was about a foot. I was last here in Aug. The water level had dropped a lot. Two ramps were usable with a long back ups. In Aug. all three could be used. This is my third trip to Alder and I quite like it. It has generous limits. Ten kokanee plus five trout. Last trip I got a cutthroat.

To get to the Alder Lake park I took Hwy 7 so going home I turned left and came to a road closed sign just before the turns. So I had to back up to a road, to back up between driveways to head back toward Elbe to take the Alder Cutoff Rd. where they had an official road block. All in a good day of fishing

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