Lake of the Woods or Fourmile?

Badgerj · 06-02-2009, 04:55 PM

Has anyone fished Lake of the Woods or Fourmile Lake yet this year? I'm assuming the road to Fourmile is open by now?...

Klamanite · 06-02-2009, 10:07 PM

I tried to check out fourmile a week and a half ago and only got to mp 2. The drifts were still up to my bumper (mid thigh), and completely covering the entire roadbed. I may try again this week after work.

ORtrapper · 06-03-2009, 07:39 AM

I fished lake of the woods about a week and half ago and caught some small trout (8"-10") and one rainbow about 16 inches. marked some big fish on the bottom but couldnt catch any of those guys. the same day I tried to get up to fourmile and the drifts were deep. had to drive through them and then pull the boat through with a chain. made it up about 3.5 miles. I just read the ODFW report and apparently the road is open up to about a mile from the lake as of tuesday. I am hoping it will be open this weekend.

Ive only been up there one time (without a boat) and didnt do real good. Im hoping to get into some kokanee and trout. does anyone have any tips for fishing it? thanks in advance.

Badgerj · 06-05-2009, 08:07 PM

Thanks for the update guys. I have only fished Fourmile once and it was from a friend's drift boat...no motor or fish finder and the wind was horrible. Needless to say we didn't stick around too long. I know there are some nice fish in there and I want to take my boat up there to give it a try. I would like to get into some of the browns in Lake of the Woods. Does anyone know if they still catch any kokanee out of there? I haven't heard much about it lately. Thanks again.

Jason

Badgerj · 06-05-2009, 08:10 PM

Klamanite,
That Brown on your avatar is one of the most beautiful fish I've ever seen! If you don't mind me asking was it from local waters?

Jason

Klamanite · 06-05-2009, 08:49 PM

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Klamanite,
That Brown on your avatar is one of the most beautiful fish I've ever seen! If you don't mind me asking was it from local waters?

Jason

Thanks a bunch, I'm pretty proud of that fish. I caught and released him at East lake last July

There's another pic of him at the top of the page in the trophy thread. Also, if you go to trophy trout hunter on the web there's lots of incredible fish in there too

Badgerj · 06-06-2009, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Klamanite

Thanks a bunch, I'm pretty proud of that fish. I caught and released him at East lake last July

There's another pic of him at the top of the page in the trophy thread. Also, if you go to trophy trout hunter on the web. There's lots of incredible fish in there too

Oh I drool over that site daily. I was planning a trip to East Lake at the end of this month (I've never been) but my big motor just kicked the bucket so I'm not sure about timing now. Anyway you should be very proud of that fish! Its incredible. Hopefully I will run into you on the water some day. I'd love to swap some fishing stories.

Jason

ORtrapper · 06-07-2009, 07:14 AM

I was the first vehicle this year to make it into to fourmile yesterday and fishing was good for trout in the 14-18 inch range. Didn't mark any kokanee or big fish in the deeper water though. morning was very foggy, cold and windy. the fog eventually burned off, but the wind persisted as long as we were there. headed to lake of the woods about 2 o'clock and there was kokanee all over the screen. started jigging and managed eight fish. Trolled for a while and got one strike, that was it.

upperklam · 06-07-2009, 08:52 AM

ORtrapper, was their still snow drifts in the road?

ORtrapper · 06-07-2009, 12:26 PM

there was some snow drifts that you could drive around on the way up there, but there was one at the very end that no one had driven through that I got about halfway through and had to dig/winch the rest of the way. after I broke the first trail, there was other people driving through it as well and by the end of the day, the bottom of the ruts had melted and were down to gravel. I would say just about any pickup could get through there now. better get up there!

upperklam · 06-08-2009, 04:14 PM

Probably be a few weeks and I'll pull the boat up there. The mac's should be getting bigger. Thank's for the road report.

Badgerj · 06-08-2009, 08:43 PM

ORtrapper,
Thanks for the report. I had planned on giving it a try yesterday but my kicker motor died on me Saturday afternoon (my big motor died a couple weeks ago) so I was out of comission. I'm hoping to have everything squared away and try this weekend. Were the trout caught trolling? Do the kokanee in Lake of the Woods get a lot of pressure? I haven't fished it a lot but I've never seen many people that were obviously after kokes. Thanks again.

Jason

ORtrapper · 06-09-2009, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Badgerj

ORtrapper,
Thanks for the report. I had planned on giving it a try yesterday but my kicker motor died on me Saturday afternoon (my big motor died a couple weeks ago) so I was out of comission. I'm hoping to have everything squared away and try this weekend. Were the trout caught trolling? Do the kokanee in Lake of the Woods get a lot of pressure? I haven't fished it a lot but I've never seen many people that were obviously after kokes. Thanks again.

Jason

Yeah we were catching fish in fourmile trolling spoons in about 20-30 feet of water along the shore. didnt see ANY kokanee in there, have you had any luck with that? I have been up to LOTW twice this year and have not seen anyone else fishing for kokanee, I dont think they get much pressure. it seems that all of them are concentrated in the deepest part of the lake and the biggest I caught was about 10 inches. Im not quite sure yet, but Im pretty sure I will be up there again this weekend.

Badgerj · 06-09-2009, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ORtrapper

Yeah we were catching fish in fourmile trolling spoons in about 20-30 feet of water along the shore. didnt see ANY kokanee in there, have you had any luck with that? I have been up to LOTW twice this year and have not seen anyone else fishing for kokanee, I dont think they get much pressure. it seems that all of them are concentrated in the deepest part of the lake and the biggest I caught was about 10 inches. Im not quite sure yet, but Im pretty sure I will be up there again this weekend.

I have never fished kokes in Fourmile so I really don't have any frame of reference. I was telling Klamanite that I read a report stating that this was supposed to be a great year for the kokes in there but I haven't heard any good reports so I'm a little puzzled. I'm planning on heading up there Sunday just to try out the new motor and fish a little. Thank you very much for the report.

Jason

benny boy · 06-09-2009, 11:35 PM

Mike and Eric,
You guys are killing me. I want to be fishing those lakes. I was always stoked for the chance. I may have to come to Klamath one of these days and pay your fellas a visit. Good luck to all and post some fish pics when you can! I do miss the desert a little bit!!!

ORtrapper · 06-10-2009, 08:34 AM

hey BB! yeah you need to get down here so I can take you out to some secret spots

. maybe I can get up there sometime and you can show me a thing or two about your neck of the woods....Im always up for learning about new places!

benny boy · 06-10-2009, 05:32 PM

ORtrapper-
Man you have my number, hit me up anytime and I will gladly show you how to catch little stocker fish!!!! I may definitely have to come that way someday!

ORtrapper · 06-12-2009, 08:01 AM

went up to lake of the woods on wed night and got 12 in the boat missed lots of other biters. fish werent very big. went on thursday morning and got 8 in the boat, but bigger fish. there were 3 other boats targeting kokes on thursday as well. talked to one of the guys and he said they didnt get any. I think I'm hooked. gonna have to head up there today since today and this weekend are my last days off work!

Klamanite · 06-12-2009, 08:14 AM

Glad you got into some. How was the weather up there? Lotsa rain here in town, I imagine you experienced some as well.

wanafish · 06-12-2009, 08:48 AM

Hey ORtrapper. I know your hooked. in more ways than one!

benny boy · 06-12-2009, 08:13 PM

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Hey ORtrapper. I know your hooked. in more ways than one!

I think I have to agree! I only met you a few times and saw you always had a companion!!!! Good for ya man, and glad the fishing is good too!

ORtrapper · 06-14-2009, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by wanafish

Hey ORtrapper. I know your hooked. in more ways than one!

oh you are right....its ALL your fault too!

yes it was raining off an on Wednesday when we were up there, but still had a good time with my favorite fishing partner

ORtrapper · 06-19-2009, 04:16 PM

couldnt let it die! finally got some pics uploaded. here is one of the nicer kokes we got.

Klamanite · 06-19-2009, 06:40 PM

That's a beauty......Nice fish

chartreuse moose · 06-19-2009, 07:35 PM

ORtrapper nice fish.
What kind of fish does Fourmile hold ?
How big a boat can you get in there ?
Thanks in advance for the information

Rick on Rogue · 06-20-2009, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by chartreuse moose

ORtrapper nice fish.
What kind of fish does Fourmile hold ?
How big a boat can you get in there ?
Thanks in advance for the information

I launched my 16 ft Fisher Sport Avenger there in quite a storm last fall and we had a lot of fun. Need 4X4 because of loose sand launch area.

ORtrapper · 06-20-2009, 08:36 PM

fourmile has trout and kokanee. as far as I know, that is the only kind of fish that are in there.

benny boy · 06-21-2009, 08:45 PM

ORtrapper,
you are killing me. I almost miss Klamath...almost

glad to see you are catching some nice kokes! How long was that fish? 12 inches or 3 feet? Hard to tell from that camera angle

Just playing, glad you are getting some fishing it!

ORtrapper · 06-22-2009, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by benny boy

Hard to tell from that camera angle

I was wondering when someone was going to comment on that

guess you'll just have to come down here and find out for yourself

benny boy · 06-22-2009, 09:53 PM

Well shoot man, I guess I may just have to do that!

Badgerj · 06-24-2009, 06:10 PM

Do any of you guys fish for the browns in Lake of the Woods? I'm going to give it a try in the next few weeks but I haven't heard any reports in a while.