01-04-2021, 04:15 AM
With borrowed truck and snowmobiles, I headed out with the family to recreate the trip last missed.
Arrived at 0745 and parked at the turn off. It was a fun little ride to the lake and there was not another soul around. I was surprised how low the water was. It was cold, overcast, and snowed off and on, but little accumulation. We set up on the opposite side of the lake in 12-20 FOW and began catching little rainbows and grayling pretty quickly. Most fish were off the bottom, but fish were caught throughout the water column.
The slush was all frozen and the ice was an easy 12+ inches.
Ended up catching 4 kokes about 14". 2 were silver and 2 were red. I'm not a biologist, but I think it has to due with maturity/spawning?
Do the kokanee in Smith and Morehouse have a chance to spawn in that little river?
In the end there was a plethora of tiny trout, some grayling, and the kokes.
I've never been up there in the winter, so it was a lot of fun to see and fish the lake when it's frozen.
Arrived at 0745 and parked at the turn off. It was a fun little ride to the lake and there was not another soul around. I was surprised how low the water was. It was cold, overcast, and snowed off and on, but little accumulation. We set up on the opposite side of the lake in 12-20 FOW and began catching little rainbows and grayling pretty quickly. Most fish were off the bottom, but fish were caught throughout the water column.
The slush was all frozen and the ice was an easy 12+ inches.
Ended up catching 4 kokes about 14". 2 were silver and 2 were red. I'm not a biologist, but I think it has to due with maturity/spawning?
Do the kokanee in Smith and Morehouse have a chance to spawn in that little river?
In the end there was a plethora of tiny trout, some grayling, and the kokes.
I've never been up there in the winter, so it was a lot of fun to see and fish the lake when it's frozen.
