The trick is going to Idaho. I hit the hard deck at Mackay Resevoir at first light and left around 12:30pm with my 15 fish daily limit of Kokanee the largest was 15”, the smallest was 12” with rest in the middle, I also caught and released 4 rainbow the largest was 18”. I was fishing in about 20’ of water the hot jig was a white with red spots maniac twin tailed with legs bug looking thing tipped with a meal worm and mikes trout flavor smelly jelly on a 1/16 oz jig head. I found them by starting at the bottom and working one turn of my real up at a time. The Kokanee came through in waves the first was at about 10am that time I caught them 4 turns off the bottom getting 10 in about a half hour then it went dead until about 12:15pm when I caught my last 5, 6 turns off the bottom as soon as I got my jig down. I called It quits, but I’m sure I could have caught more. I caught the rainbows through out the day before and between the waves of Kokanee. Now my dilemma is should I go back there Friday or go try Chesterfield for trophy Rainbows.
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Nice haul, and good pics also...do you fish there for kokes in the summer also?
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Those kokanee in the when caught and ate in the colder water month's are some of the best eating fish I've ever tasted!! Nice haul.
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That was my first time there, I am planning to return this summer with my boat. Ririe is another reservoir in south east Idaho that I have caught lots of Kokanee out of in the summer and winter.
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Congrats on a great day!
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Based on your description of reeling so many reels up I gather you fished without a fish finder. If that is true, I am impressed that you were able to catch the kokanee without a fish finder.
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I've ice fished Utah for >35 years and only ever seen one hard sided shanty, it was on Hyrum and half sunk/froze in.
Do you tow yours out daily to keep the same from happening?
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That was not my shanty there where several of them on the lake I assume they leave them on the Ice all winter I talked to a couple of guys fishing in one and was jealous because it was really cold and those two guys where literally sweating inside theirs.
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I would love to have a flasher or fish finder for ice fishing. I think I’ll put it on my wish list for next Christmas. Fortunately I was only fishing 20’ of water so finding them in that small of a water colum was not to tough, when I fish for them at Ririe I’m in 50-80 ft of water and it’s a lot tougher but when I did last year guys who had fishfinders would call out the depth of the schools as they came through. I would count down my drop so I could get get in the range of the passing schools.
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