Were you fishing at Roosevelt or Banks?

Nice catches, almost came over last week. Sounds like I should have. Couple ?s do you know if the koke fishing is good the end the of summer? Is it only a real early am bite?

Yowzu! Way to go, thanks for the report, great to hear of somebody catching Kokes. I'll bet the early start was a big plus for you.

Very nice. Tried to do the same yesterday, but hard to be on the water at that hour with a 90min commute plus another 30min boat ride. Thanks for GREAT pictures and report!! :-)

Nice report and nice fish but don`t they need to be cliped to keep?

I'm still pretty mad at myself for not getting over there when the big Kokanee were so hot a couple years ago...... Looks like I need to start paying attention to the Roosevelt reports again, Maybe I'll get a second chance? It's hard to pull the trigger on a 4.5 hour drive each way for me, but for the chance of a beautiful fish like those I might just have to! Thanks for the report! Those are amazing fish!

Sorry for the delayed reply's, LOHANS4 yes I was fishing Roosevelt in front of Jones Bay, TIGHTLINES68, I know that fishing during the summer for these big Kokanee you need to fish deep, I have caught them as deep as 60-120 ft on downrigger and from my own experience "YES EARLY MORNING ", I was only boat out at that time meaning the fish are less "Spooky" more boat traffic the deeper they go, "Just Saying", HEWESFISHER, It would be great for you to come and stay for a couple days so you wouldn't have to drive so much to get there, " It would be worth your time", BDA, you can have 2 of those big Kokanee with adipose fins and thank you WELD22 for answering BDA' a question, These Big Kokanee are fun and hard to catch, so every advantage you have take it, wake up early, soak your shoepeg corn, here's my secret sauce recipe, Mike's Krill, Kokanee and Sockeye Dipping sauce, the Kokanee in Roosevelt feed on fresh water Krill, little shrimp like plankton, make plans to stay for a couple days, leader length 16 to 27 inches, Dodger size , I was using a moon jelly Gibbs Dodger full size 8inches long, Lure choice, I was using pink homemade fly and pink squid with pink flashabo skirt inside the squid and a glowburst smiley blade 1.0 , trolling speed 1.7to 1.8, thanks for the great comments, "Sacrifice" your sleep and time it's worth it!! Tight Lines and Keep Reelin!!

Thanks for the great update. Short of putting me on the fish and baiting my hook don't see how you could be more helpful. Planning on being down there and stay at Keller or Spring Canyon for a couple of nights so I can get on the water early. If you see the reddest Hewescraft you've ever seen out there swing by and give us a Howdy. Should be on the water Wednesday, Thursday and early Friday.

Good luck PART-TIME, and good fishing always!! My Dad always told me " Son you can't "catchum" sitting on the couch"! Have fun and I hope you catch a "Big One"!!

Swawilla Basin? That is a really good area to fish for those big Kokanee, there is a old pump on the south shoreline just across from the basin , I have caught many big Kokanee there in front of that pump 47-57 ft on downrigger then head back east towards Keller Ferry, several coves that hold those big Kokanee. Let me know how you did, and I want to see pictures of those Big Kokanee you caught!! Tight Lines and Keep Reelin!!