08-12-2019, 02:48 AM
Black Tail is the shallower end of the lake most Kokanee fishermen fish towards the north or Juniper end of the lake and until this last winter the Black Tail end of the lake was closed to fishing and access in the winter because elk and dear use that area for winter range. I’ve been reading the same post as you and other boards my take is that with fewer fish in this year class they have been more scattered making it harder to catch but they are fat and larger this year. But now that they are getting towards the spawn they are schooling up near where they where planted at the Juniper launch ramp because there are no suitable spawning areas at Ririe so they will probably swim around the ramp area until they die.
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