08-11-2008, 06:13 PM
I had the Opportunity to go Flaming Gorge with some great guys this last weekend. LunkerHunter2 had planned a Kokanne fishing trip to Buckboard for three days and invited Kokehead, Cajun, and myself to share the experience.
We left Friday the 8th at 4:00 AM and headed up to the Buckboard Wastelands. We arrived sometime after 7:00 and got camp set up on the beach, and the fishing stuff ready to go. Once out in the lake, it wasn’t hard to tell where the kokes were at, we just headed straight for the congregation of boats. The fishing was pretty slow the first day but we managed to land 15-20 kokes, and lost a bunch at the boat. Most of the kokes we caught the first day were about 2 -2 ½ pounds, with a few smaller and a few bigger.
After a long day of Koke fishin, we headed back to camp, cooked up some wieners, and relaxed for the rest of the night.
Day two we were up early and ready to get after some big kokes. We went out to the same general area and started we surprised to find that the fishing was slow once again. We did bring in quite a few kokes, but we had to work for them. It was nice having Kokehead (Kelly) on board to set us up with some killer RMT rigs, that got those kokes to bite when nobody else was catching them. Later in the afternoon we reached the highlight of the day, when we landed a huge 5 + pound koke. He was a big, red, hookjawed koke almost totally red.
He was definitely wall worthy, and Kelly decided that he would mount him. Because of the weather on day two we didn’t get too much fishing in, we were too busy fighting the wind, rain, and white caps. We just about lost Brody’s tent a few times.
Day Three we got up a little later because of the wind. We headed out to the hotspot and started catching a few kokes and bows. We got a few nice kokes for the cooler and Brody landed some real nice rainbows that were probably close to 20 inches. We also got a few small macks throughout the trip. After we got our limit of kokes for the day we decided to call it a trip and we headed back to camp, got things packed, and went home.
It was a great trip and great company. We ended up catching about 40-50 kokes from 1-5 pounds, 5 or so Rainbows, some decent smallies, and a few small macks. I just wanted to thank Brody for planning the trip and also Cajun and Kokehead for the good company.
There are a few pics attached from the trip, Brody has a bunch of pics as well that he will post later. Enjoy!
[inline "Brody's Pink Koke.JPG"]
[inline "Brody's Pink Hookjaw.JPG"]
[inline "Brody's Big Silver.JPG"]
[inline "Brody with King Koke.JPG"]
[inline "Cajun's koke.JPG"]
[inline "Cajun's Smallie.JPG"]
[inline "Kelly's Hookjaw.JPG"]
[inline "Kelly's RMT Koke.JPG"]
[inline "Kelly's Wall Hanger.JPG"]
[inline "Matt's red koke.JPG"]
[inline "Matt's pink hookjaw.JPG"]
[inline "Matt with the Monster.JPG"]
[inline "Another Brody Bow.JPG"]
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We left Friday the 8th at 4:00 AM and headed up to the Buckboard Wastelands. We arrived sometime after 7:00 and got camp set up on the beach, and the fishing stuff ready to go. Once out in the lake, it wasn’t hard to tell where the kokes were at, we just headed straight for the congregation of boats. The fishing was pretty slow the first day but we managed to land 15-20 kokes, and lost a bunch at the boat. Most of the kokes we caught the first day were about 2 -2 ½ pounds, with a few smaller and a few bigger.
After a long day of Koke fishin, we headed back to camp, cooked up some wieners, and relaxed for the rest of the night.
Day two we were up early and ready to get after some big kokes. We went out to the same general area and started we surprised to find that the fishing was slow once again. We did bring in quite a few kokes, but we had to work for them. It was nice having Kokehead (Kelly) on board to set us up with some killer RMT rigs, that got those kokes to bite when nobody else was catching them. Later in the afternoon we reached the highlight of the day, when we landed a huge 5 + pound koke. He was a big, red, hookjawed koke almost totally red.
He was definitely wall worthy, and Kelly decided that he would mount him. Because of the weather on day two we didn’t get too much fishing in, we were too busy fighting the wind, rain, and white caps. We just about lost Brody’s tent a few times.
Day Three we got up a little later because of the wind. We headed out to the hotspot and started catching a few kokes and bows. We got a few nice kokes for the cooler and Brody landed some real nice rainbows that were probably close to 20 inches. We also got a few small macks throughout the trip. After we got our limit of kokes for the day we decided to call it a trip and we headed back to camp, got things packed, and went home.
It was a great trip and great company. We ended up catching about 40-50 kokes from 1-5 pounds, 5 or so Rainbows, some decent smallies, and a few small macks. I just wanted to thank Brody for planning the trip and also Cajun and Kokehead for the good company.
There are a few pics attached from the trip, Brody has a bunch of pics as well that he will post later. Enjoy!
[inline "Brody's Pink Koke.JPG"]
[inline "Brody's Pink Hookjaw.JPG"]
[inline "Brody's Big Silver.JPG"]
[inline "Brody with King Koke.JPG"]
[inline "Cajun's koke.JPG"]
[inline "Cajun's Smallie.JPG"]
[inline "Kelly's Hookjaw.JPG"]
[inline "Kelly's RMT Koke.JPG"]
[inline "Kelly's Wall Hanger.JPG"]
[inline "Matt's red koke.JPG"]
[inline "Matt's pink hookjaw.JPG"]
[inline "Matt with the Monster.JPG"]
[inline "Another Brody Bow.JPG"]
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