Water temperature has a major affect on fish activity and All fish have a preferred temperature range in which they are most active and, therefore, more susceptible to being caught.
Rob Chambers from RMT said preferred temp. for Kokanee is 52deg
I have heard of 54
So the water temp. at Strawberry Fri 7/18/2014 at about 11: AM was
70 deg on top
69.2 --------down 5’
68.5 --------------- 10’
68.5 ---------------15
67.8 ---------------20
62------------------- 25
57.8---------------- 30
56.1---------------- 35
54------------------- 40
52------------------- 45
48------------------- 50
47.1 ---------------- 55
46.4----------------- 60
45------------------- 65
45.2 --------------- 70 feet deep
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Preferred Water Temp fishing
Fri I was running my downriggers from 33 to 39
saw fish at 45 feet, did put one rigger at 45 but did not get a bite.
Agree the water temp definitely affects where you’ll find which fish. When we were there last Thursday - all our kokes were on the bottom depth bait or 50-55ft (we stack our down riggers) and all the cuts and bows came off the upper bait (about 15ft above the lower).