Flaming Gorge

[bone8]

I been thinking of making the 5hrs drive myself where did you launch

[Bduck]

Always enjoyed a spring koke trip to the Gorge usually in April. I’ll be missing out on all of spring fishing and might get lucky for a late summer trip. 

[SkunkedAgain]

@Bduck

Always enjoyed a spring koke trip to the Gorge usually in April. I’ll be missing out on all of spring fishing and might get lucky for a late summer trip. 

Oh oh, sorry to hear that, got some operation and recovery in head of you?  Hope it goes well for you… Later Jeff

[Bduck]

@SkunkedAgain

@Bduck

Always enjoyed a spring koke trip to the Gorge usually in April. I’ll be missing out on all of spring fishing and might get lucky for a late summer trip. 

Oh oh, sorry to hear that, got some operation and recovery in head of you?  Hope it goes well for you… Later Jeff

Yep, heading to the carving table 2wice

[AFDan52]

Always look forward to a fishing trip to the Gorge , Might plan an extra trip this year . I’ll see how things work out later this summer .

[SilverSlimer]

Im debating too a trip this weekend, keeping an eye of the wind forecast

[Redrebel]

I just got back from the gorge. I went up really quick and my buddy came on my boat and was helping me work on my technique with my new to me rods. Fenwick FS 89 and an Olympic DS3 reel. It took me a while to be able to find an FS 89 to get it re-wrapped. When we went out Tuesday morning, we spent a lot of time messing around with the rods and not as much time bumping the bottom as we should have. That afternoon I got a five pounder. Called it a day and got up early the next morning and I only had four hours to fish before I knew the wind would come up. Ended up with a very nice 39 possibly stretch it to 40 inch. My guess is a solid 24 to 26 pound fish but a guess nonetheless, since my scale did not want to turn. That fish fought extremely hard and peeled line from 25 feet to 90 in no time. No Kokanee fishing for me this trip. There will be plenty of time for that this summer.

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[Sbg89]

@bone8

I been thinking of making the 5hrs drive myself where did you launch

Lucerne

[portofthesea]

@Redrebel

I just got back from the gorge. I went up really quick and my buddy came on my boat and was helping me work on my technique with my new to me rods. Fenwick FS 89 and an Olympic DS3 reel. It took me a while to be able to find an FS 89 to get it re-wrapped. When we went out Tuesday morning, we spent a lot of time messing around with the rods and not as much time bumping the bottom as we should have. That afternoon I got a five pounder. Called it a day and got up early the next morning and I only had four hours to fish before I knew the wind would come up. Ended up with a very nice 39 possibly stretch it to 40 inch. My guess is a solid 24 to 26 pound fish but a guess nonetheless, since my scale did not want to turn. That fish fought extremely hard and peeled line from 25 feet to 90 in no time. No Kokanee fishing for me this trip. There will be plenty of time for that this summer.

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FS 89 and an Olympic reel sounds like a steel line outfit, I used to use the same set up.

[joshomaru]

Nice fish, Reb. I fished up there Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The big “W” was the real winner of the trip. We had a total of two fish follow us to the boat (one fish followed my buddy’s lure in and turned at the boat, and followed it back to the boat again, but didn’t commit to a strike). On Friday we launched out of Sheep Creek to try and get some respite from the “W.” We had made it almost all the way to Carter Creek when we had an engine issue and had to turn around and limp back to the ramp to fix the problem. We lost the weather at that point and stuck close to Sheep Creek throwing marabou jigs for bows… nada. We marked very few fish the whole trip. I think the low pressure front pushed the fish down and turned the dinner dong off.
Saturday was just straight up miserable with the “W” coupled with the cold temps. We were the only boat that launched out of Lucerne as far as I saw.
That’s “The Gorge” for you, though! We make plans and work around Mother Nature’s plans instead.
Glad you got into a nice fish, though!

[Redrebel]

@joshomaru

Nice fish, Reb.  I fished up there Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  The big “W” was the real winner of the trip.  We had a total of two fish follow us to the boat (one fish followed my buddy’s lure in and turned at the boat, and followed it back to the boat again, but didn’t commit to a strike).  On Friday we launched out of Sheep Creek to try and get some respite from the “W.”  We had made it almost all the way to Carter Creek when we had an engine issue and had to turn around and limp back to the ramp to fix the problem.  We lost the weather at that point and stuck close to Sheep Creek throwing marabou jigs for bows… nada.  We marked very few fish the whole trip.  I think the low pressure front pushed the fish down and turned the dinner dong off. 
Saturday was just straight up miserable with the “W” coupled with the cold temps.  We were the only boat that launched out of Lucerne as far as I saw.
That’s “The Gorge” for you, though!  We make plans and work around Mother Nature’s plans instead.
Glad you got into a nice fish, though!

Bummer about the wind, that is my nemesis up at the gorge. I try my hardest to go by the wind forecast. I always figure, If I can’t land a parachute I can’t fish. A great day up at the gorg is being able to chase the Lakers for a little while and finish out your day with Some Kokanee. There was none of that for me this trip because of the W. Hope you get your motor issues figured out. My next trip is coming up soon. Looks like sbg89 is doing well with the kokes. I have one of Colton’s Kokanee lures That an old timer, kind of chuckled At when he saw it on my boat. I want to get a Koke on that lure!

[joshomaru]

Colton is a good dude. If you haven’t been to his new shop across from the market, you should!

[Redrebel]

@joshomaru

Colton is a good dude.  If you haven’t been to his new shop across from the market, you should!

I was hesitant to go in. I didn’t know if it is a storefront or shop. Either way I wish the guy luck and hope he does well selling his tackle. I still need to take the time to run his large blades when I don’t have the ability to lay out steel.

[Sbg89]

I took the boat out on flaming gorge this last weekend. Fishing for Kokanee was good. All Kokanee were caught on Christensen Lakeshore tackle equipment. Trolling speeds varied from 1.2-1.7. Hopping to head out again this weekend.