(04-29-2021, 02:51 PM)Mildog Wrote: It was only two years after kokes planted at Jordanelle and it was on for nice sized kokes and good fishing. Rockport should follow a similar path I would guess, seems to have lots of food, Rainbows do well. I would expect the Kokes to do well also!!
Mildog

(04-29-2021, 03:40 PM)2knots Wrote:

(04-29-2021, 02:51 PM)Mildog Wrote: It was only two years after kokes planted at Jordanelle and it was on for nice sized kokes and good fishing. Rockport should follow a similar path I would guess, seems to have lots of food, Rainbows do well. I would expect the Kokes to do well also!!
Mildog

Have you heard anything about the kokes spawning in the rivers or creeks running into the Nelle. The piece I saw on the new plants looked like they planted in the streams so hopefully they imprint to the stream and return to there for spawning.

(04-29-2021, 07:25 PM)a_bow_nut Wrote:

(04-29-2021, 03:40 PM)2knots Wrote:

(04-29-2021, 02:51 PM)Mildog Wrote: It was only two years after kokes planted at Jordanelle and it was on for nice sized kokes and good fishing. Rockport should follow a similar path I would guess, seems to have lots of food, Rainbows do well. I would expect the Kokes to do well also!!
Mildog

Have you heard anything about the kokes spawning in the rivers or creeks running into the Nelle. The piece I saw on the new plants looked like they planted in the streams so hopefully they imprint to the stream and return to there for spawning.

My brother is working in the Victory Ranch area and last fall they were working down by the river and he said that there were salmon all over in to pools that had spawned out and were dying off. Hopefully there is some good recruitment from these spawns and numbers will stay up in the lake.

(05-03-2021, 03:46 PM)Mildog Wrote: I went up and checked the river above Jordanelle last fall, there were quite a few kokes spawning. I have not heard and have no idea if there has been any successful return from the spawn in the river. I would be interesting no know if the DWR has any info on that.
My guess is that the return in negligible not sure why but that’s my guess.
I still have a theory that Jordanelle is not going to be as good as the last 3 years for Kokes.
I may post something on that later after another trip or two to try and get into them. Here are a couple pics I took, there were a number of pools that had kokes spawning in the hundred yard stretch I looked at. It was hard to get pics unless the sun angle was right so I just took a couple.
Mildog out

(05-03-2021, 04:46 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote:

(05-03-2021, 03:46 PM)Mildog Wrote: I went up and checked the river above Jordanelle last fall, there were quite a few kokes spawning. I have not heard and have no idea if there has been any successful return from the spawn in the river. I would be interesting no know if the DWR has any info on that.
My guess is that the return in negligible not sure why but that’s my guess.
I still have a theory that Jordanelle is not going to be as good as the last 3 years for Kokes.
I may post something on that later after another trip or two to try and get into them. Here are a couple pics I took, there were a number of pools that had kokes spawning in the hundred yard stretch I looked at. It was hard to get pics unless the sun angle was right so I just took a couple.
Mildog out

Well that is great news, I think if even a few can have a successful spawn, they will over time increase their numbers, just like The Berry. Even at the Berry the DWR stocks a lot of kokes there. IMO of all the lakes they are stocking the kokes in, Jordanelle has the best chance of being a success, because of the size and depth of the lake, time will tell.


Here's a hint to my theory for Jordanelle that might hurt Koke fishing this year and beyond. Too many hungry mouths that don't exist elsewhere.  Introduced piscivorous predators that are now big enough to eat small Kokes, Namely Wipers, Tiger Musky, Splake, Cutthroats and the existing Smallmouth and Browns. In the early part of the process when Kokes were fist planted the predators were not big enough to impact it, they are now. I hope I'm wrong! I will post more on this later in another thread

(05-03-2021, 05:33 PM)Mildog Wrote:

(05-03-2021, 04:46 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: Here's a hint to my theory for Jordanelle that might hurt Koke fishing this year and beyond. Too many hungry mouths that don't exist elsewhere.  Introduced piscivorous predators that are now big enough to eat small Kokes, Namely Wipers, Tiger Musky, Splake, Cutthroats and the existing Smallmouth and Browns. In the early part of the process when Kokes were fist planted the predators were not big enough to impact it, they are now. I hope I'm wrong! I will post more on this later in another thread

(05-02-2021, 07:49 PM)kentofnsl Wrote: I don't mind kokanee being planted in lots of reservoirs, but I would also sure like to see sterile macks planted in several local reservoirs.

(05-05-2021, 03:23 PM)stan55 Wrote: I have. Don't expect a Strawberry experience but you can catch them. Same lures and tactics as the Berry work. Area by the dam and then towards the US 40 bridge have had them. Never picked up more than a couple but marked some decent schools of them. Usually 30 to 40 ft down over 60 to 80 foot depths.

(05-04-2021, 12:17 AM)EyLayo Wrote:

(05-02-2021, 07:49 PM)kentofnsl Wrote: I don't mind kokanee being planted in lots of reservoirs, but I would also sure like to see sterile macks planted in several local reservoirs.

If I read correctly in the other thread, one of the Bear Lake biologists said they started planting macks in new waters. Causey and Stateline were mentioned.