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Made it to soldier creek today looking for the kokes. Got on the water by 7:30, and by 8 our first koke was in the boat. After that...nothing! Friend hooked up on a pig of cutthroat but got off at the boat. Tried all depths from 15-35', pink, green, orange, yellow dodgers and squid combos. Varied speeds from 1.1 - 2.1 and nothing was happening. Seemed that was the major consensus with all the guys were talked to in passing boats. Was really slow, Sorry nothing exciting to report.
Had one question. Our fish finder (humming bird 110) was giving us fish at depths at anywhere from 110-150 ft depending on the depth of the lake. My question is this; are those kokes that are down that deep or is the fish finder giving a bad reading?
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Sorry it was slow but thanks for the report.
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I have seen fish real deep at soldier creek but don't now what they are
Kokes like water Temp around 52 deg and will try and find it if it is there.
most of the time when fishing for kokes I have the fish finder set so I don't see the bottom I just look at the water between 10 ft. and 60 ft. this time of year the kokes are up high. With your fish finder (humming bird 110) you may not see them.
At flaming Gorge in the fall when the water has turned over I have got kokes down 90 feet while fishing for lake trout
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I too have seen those fish deep and tried trolling various lures through them one day & never hooked up. Might have to stop and try jigging one up.
The koke fishing at SC has been difficult for me this year also. Haven't even got close to dialing them in. Yet, you see guys on the board catching multiple limits. I generally have had some banner days on the lake, in years past. Hope it changes soon.
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That's good to hear that you guys got into them. How deep were you finding them?
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15 feet in the morning 20 in the afternoon
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Hey LT, looks like you got your finder fixed or replaced. Hummin Bird must have treated you well. Question, when you have it set to see 10 to 60 feet, and you don't see the bottom, does the depth still print on the screen? Particularly on SC, with the extreme variability of depth, I use that to decide where I point the boat. I like to stay over 80 feet or greater, even better 100 feet. Some of those underwater hills come up to 45 feet or less real fast. Later in the season, you can drag off even out in the middle - been there done that.
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I have two onix the one humminbird is working on it may get it back in a week
I'm using the other one
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(Question, when you have it set to see 10 to 60 feet, and you don't see the bottom, does the depth still print on the screen?)
the depth is still there
here is two from the past at Flaming gorge one is kokes the other is laker pups
you can see where I have it set the one is 10 to 71 feet
the other is 30 to 94 ft.
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That is helpful, I am going to employ that strategy. Thanks
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