07-18-2006, 02:45 AM
Lunddude: Sounds like an excellent Sunday at Anderson. 24 is a whole lot better than my nephew and I did. What was your method this time? Did you hit the "racetrack" at the Lime Creek bay area?
I'd like to try a couple of more areas there but don't have the luxury of time to discover where they are. Lucky for us we were pointed to the fish by Kodiak and others and the fish were there. Ton of them down there according to my finder. We marked definite pods throughout that area as well as isolated fish at the same depth away from the groups.
I pulled my last batch of 10 from the Big Chief last night. Turned out really good. Indian Candy recipe with apple chips this time. 2 pans over 5 hours time. Really good. I think I have my "go to" smoking system down now in relation to brine, smoke time, pans, etc. I'll vary recipes now from time to time.
Your recipe sounds great; I'd like to try something like that next time.
I can only eat one for lunch with Ritz and a brew or two. Very rich and oily. About the best fish I've ever eaten. A 14 or 15" kokanee is more than enough for one meal.
Take care and look forward to your reports. We have to keep this board going and get more new members out there after kokanee. Once they smoke a couple they'll know...
The California based group on another forum is well organized. They all have CB's and you have 50 or 60 regulars reporting regularly on several state fisheries. Good source of info although their frustration level and incidents with power boats and just numbers of people on some of the lakes is scary. I thought it got busy on our Idaho lakes but nothing like what they experience.
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I'd like to try a couple of more areas there but don't have the luxury of time to discover where they are. Lucky for us we were pointed to the fish by Kodiak and others and the fish were there. Ton of them down there according to my finder. We marked definite pods throughout that area as well as isolated fish at the same depth away from the groups.
I pulled my last batch of 10 from the Big Chief last night. Turned out really good. Indian Candy recipe with apple chips this time. 2 pans over 5 hours time. Really good. I think I have my "go to" smoking system down now in relation to brine, smoke time, pans, etc. I'll vary recipes now from time to time.
Your recipe sounds great; I'd like to try something like that next time.
I can only eat one for lunch with Ritz and a brew or two. Very rich and oily. About the best fish I've ever eaten. A 14 or 15" kokanee is more than enough for one meal.
Take care and look forward to your reports. We have to keep this board going and get more new members out there after kokanee. Once they smoke a couple they'll know...
The California based group on another forum is well organized. They all have CB's and you have 50 or 60 regulars reporting regularly on several state fisheries. Good source of info although their frustration level and incidents with power boats and just numbers of people on some of the lakes is scary. I thought it got busy on our Idaho lakes but nothing like what they experience.
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