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My wife, son and I went to the gorge over the 4th of July and had a blast. We fished Saturday morning for kokes and it was kind of slow, but we still bagged 4 nice kokes between 3.9 and 4.5 pounds. It was 90 degrees in the heat of the day and without any kind of cover on our boat, we don't usually fish in the afternoon. Saturday evening came and there was a terrible wind storm. Gusts were strong enough to rain down large branches from the trees in Manila and damage the siding and roofs on several businesses. So . . . no fishing that night. Monday morning we were at it again and the fishing was much faster. We found a nice school and just kept trolling back and forth over the top of them, catching at least one salmon every pass. We thought we had a double at one point, but it wasn't a true double, one was one of those stinking ugly little 3lb macks. By days end we had about 16-20 salmon with the smallest one being 3.9lbs and the biggest being 5.0lbs. Not equivalent to a day on the water with my mentor, Sockeyeslayer, but a whole lot of fun nonetheless. Pics attached, enjoy! The last pic is the 5lber. He had a remarkable girth and must have been 4+" across the back. He also had a cool hooked jaw/nose and a mean looking face, an awesome fish! We almost lost him. When he got to the boat he started jumping up into the air and thrashing violently. I couldn't tell where he was in the splashing water, then I'd swing at him with the net and BOOM, he'd shoot up two feet in the air! Hot lures were anything Shasta, with the best luck on the green cripplure.
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Congradulations on the nice fish I am glad that the mentoring has paid off just continue to enjoy the kokes and pass it on to your son!!
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Jared Johnson (SockeyeSlayer)
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Great report and pictures, love that picture of your boy with the kokanee in his lap, he looks like he is going to be a fisherman when he gets a little older. The kokes sure are huge this year. WH2
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nice fish,,,speaking of the wind,i had talked to the people that owm buckboard marina on monday.They recorded gusts of 75mph on sat nite,,,,,,,,,so yes it was windy.
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BLM his wife, my wife and I were all camped at Lucerne this weekend. The wind storm saturday night was the worst I have ever been in. I have seen microburst up there, but never winds sustaining over 60 mph for an hour. Luckily we had some accommodations we were able to stay in during the rath. I guess some 5th wheel trailers and the port a poties on swim beach didnt fair so well during the wind.
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Great report fishhungry. May I ask what area of the Gorge you found them in? I will be up there looking for kokes next week. Thanks, Dale.
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all were caught in deep, open water in the anvil draw area.
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Killer Diller, I am headed up there on the 15th and just can't wait to do some fishing.
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