Fishing Ririe

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Any recent updates on if there are still Kokes to catch here?  Looking to be in Idaho Falls this weekend and wondering about taking kids out for a few hours Saturday.

In my experience at Ririe there are kokanee near the Juniper launch ramp year round, some years more than others,  creel surveys done by fish and game earlier this year looked really good and it should be a great year. Catching Kokanee through the ice is much more social than typical ice fishing where people try to spread out. I would encourage you to go talk to other groups out on the ice and they will most likely invite you to set up near them, because when the schools of kokanee come through the more gear in the water helps keep the kokes attention and the bite going. There can be long periods between the schools passing under you and you can fill that time by targeting perch on the bottom. Chrome and pink 1/5oz. Swedish Pimples are a great option you can tip them with corn or Berkly maggots but honestly when the school is under you they will take it without bait. Good Luck