Lake Pend Oreille holds millions of kokanee, and is a prime fishing destination for the salmon, and for other species of fish. Kokanee have been a staple of the lake since the early 1900’s and have created an incredible ecosystem for producing world class fish. Fishing Pend Oreille should be on every angler’s bucket list….
Starvation reservoir has kokanee? Unfortunately, not for long. The state of Utah stocked kokanee in Starvation from 2016 to 2020, but haven’t attempted to stock them since. In speaking with state biologists, they just didn’t prove to be self sustaining enough. It’s likely that a few will live on for a few more years, but…
There are some lakes across the country that have no limit on kokanee salmon. You won’t find that in Utah, but Porcupine Reservoir has a kokanee limit 3 times greater than other locations in the state (limit of 12 kokanee at Porcupine). Porcupine Reservoir can provide some fast and fun kokanee salmon fishing. The latest…
In 2020 the Utah DWR stocked kokanee into Lost Creek Reservoir. Not as many as were stocked in Rockport Reservoir at that same time, but biologists are hopeful that they’ll be able to succeed in the reservoir. People can expect to have success in Lost Creek Reservoir kokanee fishing now, but it should continue to…
Kokanee fishing has been growing in popularity in the USA, and that led the state of New York to try its hand at introducing Kokanee Salmon into more waters in the state. From 1996 to 2003, the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) introduced some limited numbers of kokanee to a dozen bodies of water…
Moon Lake is a smaller lake located on the south slope of the High Uinta’s in Duchesne County, Utah. It’s a high mountain reservoir that was expanded by a dam on what was then the smaller Moon Lake. Moon Lake is a medium sized lake, and is one of the most overlooked kokanee spots in the lake. It’s out of…
I recently had a conversation with the Utah DWR about the kokanee fishing in Stateline Reservoir. The report from his is that they are numerous but small. In order to try to manage for that, they said, “We have started stocking some lake trout into Stateline (started in 2020 so they are not fully established) and are…
East Canyon Reservoir is a smaller reservoir in Northern Utah that has been providing some hot kokanee fishing. At 14-16 inches long, the fish aren’t quite as big as they are in Strawberry, Jordanelle, Flaming Gorge, or Rockport Reservoir, but they’re still good eating size, and the fishing has been reported as good. The reservoir…
If you’re trying to catch kokanee from the shore at Strawberry Reservoir in June or July, it’s going to take an insane amount of luck. They’re deep. That doesn’t mean it can’t happen, or that it hasn’t happened. I know of people that have caught kokanee from shore at Strawberry. But if you want to…
People go to Lake Roosevelt for kokanee salmon fishing to find big kokanee. These kokanee grow to look like footballs. They’re big, they’re fat, and they’re tasty. They can also be a challenge to catch. This article will tell you everything you need to know to catch kokanee at Lake Roosevelt, from the bait people…
