Ririe Never Disappoints

[obifishkenobi]

Great report and haul there Shawn and Randy, you guys really killed them. Looks like the kokes everywhere are turning color already.

They have more color in the picture than person, they are still in great shape.

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WOW, good for you guys. I was out yesterday morning from 6 until noon and never got one bite from a kok . We tried everything under the sun, including what you guys were using.  We must not have held our mouth right, but, we were further up the water in/near the narrows. I also talked to 3 other boats who were having the same luck as we were.  Not a fish one . We could see a ton of fish on the finder but no takers.  They were between 30 and 60 ft. Last time we were out we did well and had fish in the same range. But, not sure what we did wrong yesterday except went back to the same area.  I am wondering if with the water dropping and warming up a bit, they have moved closer to the dam?

Those are awesome fish and typical of what I had been seeing, bigger, better, and most awesome  

When we were getting ready to leave, 2 kids had the unfortunate luck of their truck running out of diesel right in front of my truck so we couldnt move to get our boat out. No one was around the truck so I was like really, lol.  I started honking the horn and pretty soon here comes the 2 kids running up from the water no where near the ramp and the kid tells me he ran out of diesel. Thats a problem. I told him he would have to back it down along the side of the parking area into the law enforcement parking area.  He said, but its not a standard transmission so I cant let it coast. I was like really? I said just put it into neutral and youll have to turn really hard with no power steering and trying to turn with the boat, a big ski boat to get it moved.  Low and behold, this young bull got it moved  but, man was he using everything he had to turn the steering wheel to get the truck moved.  Now that's what I call pre-trip planning.  MAKE SURE YOUR VEHICLES HAVE FUEL, lol.

Anyhow, there were a lot of boats on the water yesterday so I hope more ppl had the luck you did.  Thats one awesome mess of fish there.  I think it looks like the bite actually will be on for a while more so fill those freezers for the winter and smoke a few tasty ones for a nice treat .

I have a favorite spot on the Juniper end that holds Kokanee year round but especially late in the season when the kokes come back to where they where planted to swim in circles and die. The fish are working their way there now but they are still dispersed, we caught the last few fish to finish our limits at another of my spots down at the start of the narrows before you get to the power lines. In the next couple weeks the schools will get a lot bigger at Juniper and continue to move down where I’ll catch them down to 90’. My fish hawk showed the water temp at 56 degrees at 45’ and 52 degrees at 50’ . We caught them on squids, beads and blades even serpent spoons all behind 4.5” pink dodgers. I’m going to be at palies Wednesday through Sunday and if I get frustrated trying to find the Kokes there I ll come back to Ririe for another day of catching. I will most certainly be back the first Saturday in August as my in laws do a family reunion at Blacktail that weekend by then the fishing is always super fast generally hooking up as fast as we can get the gear down.