Opening weekend report - Wikiup-Suttle

nwsoftball · 04-27-2009, 10:31 AM

Wikiup was a bust. Up at 4:00am and on the road early. An early sign of a rough day was the spilling of coffee on my wrist complete with blisters. The next sign was the road construction on Century. Just a bit rough! A big thanks for the Bump sign placed right at the bump instead of 50-75 yards ahead of it. The boat launch appeared to be a lot better than it was. From the boats that wouldn't start and the boat waiting to come back in to put the plug in, a guy long lining between the no wake buoy and the dock it was a little more than busy, but we managed. We headed off towards the dam and quickly determined that, at least for us, the lake was going to be unfishable. We never even got a line wet and decided to get out before the mass exodus could occur. We were loaded up at in the driveway at 9:30am.

Sunday morning we headed for Suttle and it looked like it was going to be a repeat of the previous day. But, the wind stopped and it was an enjoyable day on the water. We saw a bald eagle right away and figured if he's fishing so should we. While the wind was still up, we anchored and I caught 3 tiny kokanee vertical jigging in 63 feet of water. I really hope that they are next years' fish. 6 and 7 inch kokanee aren't much for fillets. After it died down, I marked a lot of fish 13'-20' off of the 10 MPH buoy in the middle of the lake. I threw the tackle box at them for about 3 hours without a hook up before we called it a day.

eric71m · 04-27-2009, 10:57 AM

Thank for the report NWsoftball... It seems that you've mastered the Midget kokanee class.. LOL sorry...
Glad I didn't waste the gas driving down... More yard work done and off the honey doo list at least...

FallRiverGuy · 04-27-2009, 12:03 PM

Did you keep the dinks, and if so did you look for signs of eggs or milt sacks?

nwsoftball · 04-27-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by FallRiverGuy

Did you keep the dinks, and if so did you look for signs of eggs or milt sacks?

I put them back. I don't know for sure when I'll be back out there but will keep one if it's hooked badly and check it out.

JAG · 04-27-2009, 06:23 PM

Thanks for the report. I'm the guy you met from the class with the drift boat and two boys. We fished Lemola Lake and caught some browns jigging. Can't wait to hit the Kokanee.

Jim

Half fast Toyn · 04-27-2009, 06:34 PM

I hit smith and suttle on Saturday. Suttle was wet and wild. Smith gave up a few limits of trout to drifted powerbait. I posted a report but guess i guess the godulators didnt like it.

springer_97011 · 04-29-2009, 11:20 PM

Fished Wikiup Sat-Mon and found a very good brown bite,best I have seen in several years.We only fished an hour or two everyday but managed to hook several nice browns each day.The weather was cold and nasty but it didn't take the the smile off my sons face on his first trout opener catch.

FallRiverGuy · 04-30-2009, 07:01 AM

Yep, that is one happy camper.