Went out to this unique lake for the weekend and I'm not very interested in going back anytime soon. Figured out why there aren't very many posts on it.

This lake is about 1.5 - 2 miles long with consistent depths ranging from 30 - 120 feet deep. It has very heavy bottom debris....lost alot of gear and the weather is constantly changing, with extreme winds at times. Small Kokanee infest this lake...with the larger fish being about 10 inches.

Hit the lake Saturday morning for the bite. Started by trolling from the Northeast tip to the Southwest end...One pole with a red flatfish and the other with a rotation of powerbait, fly and flatfish.

I caught 4 kokanee mainly in the Northeast (shallower) part of the lake. No sign of trout.

As we made it through the first half, the lake got REALLY deep...bottoming out at 120 feet. At the other end we noticed a group of about 4-5 boats tied up in the same spot to a tree in about 40 - 60 feet of water. We decided to stillfish off the bottom with powerbait just west of them a few hundred yards in about 28 feet. After about 5 minutes, my buddy landed a nice 13 inch cutthroat! Continued to fish for many hours and not even another bite....figured it must have been a fluke.

For the evening bite, we managed to beat the rest of the boats to the "hotspot" and tied up to that tree. We were marking a ton of fish on the finder but didn't catch 1. The other boats arrived shortly after we got there and they tied up to us. Apparently the best way to catch kokanee, if thats what you're after, is flys with maggots and very small baits like salmon eggs or little balls of power bait.....and CHUMMING. These people were catching these little guys left and right there.....I didn't see the point so we split.

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