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My wife, nephew, and I fished L.P. this morning. We limited out by 11:30, but had to work at it. We hit it early in the A..M., but had a tough time of it until we realized we were below the fish. Our lead core was the only thing catching fish. Finally we figured out that we had to ignore all the marked fish from 28 to 45 feet, and get the 'riggers up to 18. Once we did, we had good success. One other boat was catching fish regularly, and when I asked him what he was doing, he said he was trolling kokanee killers--no flashers or dodgers, tipped w/ shoepeg. He came in with two limits the same time we did. We were using the usual. Talked to lots of others, and most boats only had 1-3 fish. When they would come over and ask us what we were doing, they would say they had been too deep. The depth was very specific. 20 feet just would not produce. This time last year I was fishing at 27 feet. Go figure. 6 of the fish were 16 1/2 to 18", and FAT. I am convinced that soaking the corn has been helping. Mike
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I fished Lucky Peak on Sat the 26th for smallmouth from 6am to 1pm. I caught a few 1 to 2 lbs but definitely slow. I saw hundreds of fry from half inch to two inches in length and the bass that I caught were spitting them up. That could explain why they weren't biting. They obviously were gorging themselves with them. I couldn't tell what kind of fry these were. Anyone have an idea what they might be??
On another note I had a wakeboarder boat coming towards me and turned right in front of me while I was doing about 45 MPH. Before I could slow down I hit his wake and launched my boat and when I hit the water it broke the head completely off my Minn Kota trolling motor. Of course he was gone before I could get going again. So now I have to replace my trolling motor. 1200 dollars for a new one. I hope my insurance will cover it. So be careful out there and watch out for these jerks.
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Oops. Corrected the date. Thanks. By "soaking the corn" I meant that on the night before fishing, I soak some Green Giant white shoepeg corn in some kind of scent. These can be purchased in most fishing outlets. There are some out recently specifically for kokanee. Some use garlic, others use anise, as examples. Hope that helps. Mike
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where do you find shoe peg corn? Is it canned or frozen? All I ever found is frozen stuff.
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Not sure where you reside, but in Boise you can get it at Turners Sporting Goods Store on State, and Albertsons carries it. (it is canned)
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I got some at Walmart-last time I looked the one on State and Glenwood had a couple cans left
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Fred Meyer carries the shoepeg corn also--it is green giant brand. Seems late for kokes-are they turning yet???
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Just barely. The males have just a hint of a hooked nose, and you can see just a hint of pink on the big kokes The 10-12 inchers are apparently next year's class.
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