Anyone Still Fishing

[obifishkenobi]

Good morning everyone. I'm just curious if anyone is still on the water fishing particularly on Ririe? Just trying to see what the status of Kokes is going into the winter. I know that the entire summer of 23 was/has been a bust for the most part on Kokes, but, has it picked up at all or does it look like it may make the ice fishing a little bumpy going into the winter ice. 

I sure hope that something has picked up. Even though I cant get out any more due to health, I am always in the hopes that someone might be getting into some nice mess of Kok and enjoy some great messes of fish for the table. With the winter temps starting to hit us hard, it will still be a while before ice is on and ready for anyone to walk on out on it to try and get some fish on the ice. But, with night time temps still staying down in the below freezing temps, it's really setting things up for an earlier than normal hard water season. 

Good luck everyone, I hope you all get something positive from Ririe this year.

Be safe an watch out for any signs of spookes lingering around Ririe .

I have not been to Ririe since August, I don’t have much hope that Kokanee will be any better this winter than last. The only glimmer of hope is that in August I was marking large schools of fish on the Juniper end. I ran my gear through the schools with no takers, my guess is they where juveniles that we will be catching this year or next. The good thing about Ririe is even if the Kokes won’t cooperate there are plenty of Rainbows and Perch that will.