04-18-2022, 01:03 AM
In the past few years since Kokes were planted in Jordanelle. I catch 90% of kokanee at Jordanelle all season from April to august at 10 feet and less even when surface temps are in the high 60’s. I’ve caught many, many kokes there usually limits pretty fast until Last year. It was tough at Jordanelle for me at any depth.
I still believe now with so many fish eaters of size , the koke numbers are lower than in the past several years. DWR planted lots of Splake , wipers, cutthroat and some musky. Interesting for as many splake they have planted don’t see it heat of many being caught. I’ve only caught 2, but usually don’t fish how and where you would expect to catch them. I think that make it harder for lots of koke fry to make it to catchable size. They are still there for sure but don’t seem to be in the numbers that were there 2018,2019,2020. Usually boat limits in as fast as an hour to just a few hours.
I still believe now with so many fish eaters of size , the koke numbers are lower than in the past several years. DWR planted lots of Splake , wipers, cutthroat and some musky. Interesting for as many splake they have planted don’t see it heat of many being caught. I’ve only caught 2, but usually don’t fish how and where you would expect to catch them. I think that make it harder for lots of koke fry to make it to catchable size. They are still there for sure but don’t seem to be in the numbers that were there 2018,2019,2020. Usually boat limits in as fast as an hour to just a few hours.
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