BLM..... Kokes through the Ice???

[Cdragon]

Hey BLM,

I noticed in another thread that you mentioned catching some Kokes through the Ice. We were also up on the Berry yesterday and caught 2 fish that we had a hard time identifying. Do the Kokanee at Strawberry have small spots on them. These fish were smaller than the Cutts we were catching...... maybe 13-15 inches and their noses seemed to come to more of a point than the cutts. Also the tail seemed to be a little narrower. We thought that they might be some kind of Cutt-bow or something like that.....but just couldn't seem to put a finger on it. Bad thing is..... since these fish were a bit smaller, I neglected to get a picture of them. Could these be Kokes?

Fish On!!
Cdragon
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[Theekillerbee]

I aint the fish knock out king BLM, but it sounds like they might be Kokes. Kokes are very silver, and they loose their scales very easily. The scales will even come off just on the ice. If your fish were on the ice, and if you picked them up, if they lost a bunch of scales, then they were kokes, if no scales rubbed off, they wern't kokes.

BTW the kokes they caught were quite small.
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[Cdragon]

Yes..... the scales did come off on the Ice. They were also on my glove when I put the fish back in the ice hole. I'm pretty sure they were kokes after reading about them and looking at a few pictures on the net. Pretty cool...... Now I'll know what to look for next time I go. I guess I just had cutthroat on the brain.

Thanks for your info TKB!
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[ramp_tramp]

The kokes have no teath until they start to turn. by the way how and where? If I thought there was a chance for a koke I'd brave the slush.
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[BearLakeMack]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]The slush, for right now, is a thing of the past. We drove sleds on a solid lake with a couple of inches of powder.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Try deep water in the narrows. IFG caught the kokes in 120 ft of water but suspended to 22 ft. They were quite small but they were kokes none the less.[/size][/black][/font]
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[fishin4fun]

BLM-

All those bad spots OK now (realizing they could change again)? If one was to head to the Renegade area via snowmobile across the lake, is there any issues of open water, pressure ridges, or such anymore or is it pretty solid sailing?

Thanks- F4F
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[Cdragon]

Both of these fish were caught in 35 feet of water in the Strawberry Bay area. One other question...... do the Strawberry kokes have any spots at all.... or are they completely silver?
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[Theekillerbee]

Usually a silver belly, but the top half can have some very light spotting. Sometims they look like a trout when viewed from the top.
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[BearLakeMack]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]We ran across the lake yesterday from Strawberry Marina, through the narrows, and almost to Soldier Creek. We encountered a few slush spots but they were very small and isolated. The pressure ridges are there but covered with snow so still check them out. Its pretty smooth sailing but don't take anything for granted,[/size][/black][/font]
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[Theekillerbee]

Here is a pic from some kokes I caught 2 summers ago. These aren't from the berry, but you can see the top fish has several spots on his back. You'll have to click the pic, cause I left it big for easier viewing.
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[muskyhunter]

Hey Killerbee,those look like Porcupine Kokes??We did really good for those in the summer of 03!!M.H.
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[Fish-or-die]

Cutthroat will almost always have a rust colored slash under the throat. I was up there last monday and had a couple that only had like 1/8" right near the tip of the mouth. The proclamation says that if a fish has "any" cutthroat markings then it is a cuttroat?
My $.02
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