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] The wife and I went to Porcupine today spent Nine hrs. on the water. The lake is filled to the brim and dirty especially towards the dam. I have usually never done very well there for the Kokes when the water is not clear. We did manage 4 Kokes boated and 2 lost, we also caught 3 Rainbow and 1 Brown,they were released. The Kokes were not large and ran from 10 to 13 inches. I was told by a friend that the DWR stocked fingerling Kokanee in there this spring. I have been fishing Porcupine since 1976 and I don't think I have ever heard of the DWR planting Kokanee in there, they have stocked other species of trout and even Splake years ago. I hope this is true about the Kokanee stocking. We were using down riggers and as much as I hate to say it, I was forced to go to small Pop gear due to the water being dirty. We found red to be the best color in both the #1 Needle Fish and my old reliable Tripple Teaser. We trolled at 1.4 to 1.8 MPH with the Balls at 25 Feet. I plan to give it a week or so to allow for the water to clear up some. There were a half dozen other boats there today but I only seen one other fish boated and It looked like a trout.
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At least you found some willing fish! I had wondered if the recent pounding of rain would muddy the waters up there, as it has been spilling for some time. I'm not sure when I'll get the chance to go up there again....hopefully soon.
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TheeKillerbee, we will be going again on the 24th, can't make it this next weekend as we are having an archery 3D shoot at the Club on Base Sat. and Sunday is Father's day as well as my Birthday. If you guys make it up before then, give us a report.[cool]
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[red][size 3]Were you folks in the Crestliner flying your BFT flag? I hope that wasn't you in the Bayliner. Where are the wake patrol folks when you need them? We were up there in the afternoon with my kids looking for the Kokes but didn't find any. My boys picked up a couple Browns, one going 21" and a tiny rainbow pulling leaded lines. Actually the bigger Brown hit a suspending minnow next to shore. We pulled up and there were about a dozen little minnows going airborne along the shore so my son tossed the the lure out along the edge of them and hooked up. Kinda fun. [/size][/red]
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Yes that was the wife and I in our Crestliner. As far as the Wake Patrol I don't know what that is all about. I guess there is an un written law on the lake supposedly making it a wakless lake, But according to Verl Hanchet (game warden) when I asked him about this a couple years ago he said there is nothing in the books saying it is illeagle to creata a wake in the lake. I fired up my big motor when we left Sat evening and went down the center of the lake to load my boat. There were no boats in the middle fishing at the time. If there is a law against this I would like to know because I would not do this in the future. Thanks.[
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Hi guys, I fish Porcupine quite a bit and as far as I know, a boat motor cannot be more than 10 HP? I think that is right.
The regulations up there state something about not creating wakes...I do not know all the details.
All I know is I've fished up there at Porcupine a lot, and usually most people respect the regs. It really hasn't been a problem, at least every time I've been there.
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The regulations on the states fishing waters do not show any type of motor or wake restrictions on Porcupine. I think this is a local policy to reduce the use of pleasure boaters. I haven't really seen a problem there either, but like I say if I'm on the opposite end of the lake from where I'm parked I do start the Big motor up and head in unless there are alot of boats or canoes on the lake. If someone can show me where this law is documented I will not run my big motor. when I head in. I'm not trying to start an arguement, I just want to make sure in within the law. [cool]
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Neveronsunday, What type of boat were you in, I did see a red Tracker I think that had several youngsters in it and it looked like they were using lead core. That's the boat I saw that landed a trout. We did have our BFT flag flying, Any of you BFT'RS see us stop by and we would be glad to give any info we could furnish concerning our fishing good or bad.[
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[red][size 3]That was us in the Tracker. I have BFT stickers on the side glass but haven't come up with a decent flag pole yet. We were going to cruise by and say Hi but always seemed to be heading some other direction. [/size][/red]
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[#ff0000][size 3]There used to be signs up there saying wakeless only and word of mouth over the years before that. I don't know any more other than that. I assumed it was privately owned and it was the rules of the folks that manage it. There I go spreading rumors again. Anybody know for sure? I like the wakeless deal up there but truth be told, I brought ours up on plane for about 20 seconds to blow the cobs out after idling around all afternoon before putting it on the trailer but tried to be discreet in the little cove there. [/size][/#ff0000]
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[#ff0000][size 3]I was a little tempted to break out the dodgers and cowbells to see if that would help. Sounded like it helped stir up the Kokes for you a little. Makes sense with the water clarity. [/size][/#ff0000]
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