Still no kokanee at Ririe

[duksnfish]

So what does anyone think is going to have to happen to get the Koks to start biting again? Is there such a die off that we just dont have the populations to catch any? I mean, you would think that someone would at least pick a few up here n there  But, even the off internet folks are saying very very very few koks are being caught which is just amazing. I mean the last couple of years has been in a down turn for them. Such a high 2-3 years back and then just like falling off of a cliff, they stopped. This goes for frozen lake too. What goes folks, any idea?

I'm blaming it on the pandemic, because this did not happen at just Ririe, lots of koke lakes are having the same problem. I think that during those two years, more people than ever went fishing and they went after the kokes, in huge numbers. During those two years I saw more people out fishing during the week than I have ever seen, it did not seems to matter what day you got out there, it was always crowded and those high numbers of people decimated the koke population, in just about every lake. There are likely other factors but the pandemic made matters worse, IMO.

I guess I can see that as every time I went fishing on Ririe, it just seemed like everything, everyone was on the lake and many had not just one limit, but, it seemed like almost everyone had a limit in the boat or close to it. I'm also wondering if just the stress on the water from so many boats, fishing or not, might have had an impact to the Kokes. They just didnt get a break to settle down with all the boats fishing, skiing, wake boarding on and on. No place to hide or just settle down like they have in past years. Whatever it is/was, I sure hope that over the next several months, the kokes can get a break whatever it may be and come next year, we have a decent fishery. It's just tough plain and simple.