07-19-2011, 03:44 PM
Hi all....just wanted to write a drop a quick note after just getting back from spending an amazing week on Flaming Gorge with family and friends...what a terrific time! It was our first time ever fishing the Gorge, but WOW what an experience!!
The weather could have been better but wasn't too bad for the most part, the company was terrific and, oh yeah, the FISHING was unreal! It was almost comical to see how easy it was landing those 4lb+ Kokanee every day we went out. Watching the chaos that comes from having doubles and triples on the boat over and over was an amazing experience for the kids and of course, for us parents as well.
I don't know a lot about fishing for Kokanee on larger bodies of water, so I was watching and learning the entire time we were out there, but for those who haven't fished with Rocky Mountain Tackle before, all I can say is that they have obviously figured it out!
When other boats would see our kids landing back-to-back-to-back fish they would start following us. They would go through the exact same area where we had just landed fish and they would come up dry. I'm not sure if it was the combination of dodgers and squids, or the colors that RMT has in its arsenal, but whatever it is, it's obviously the best way out there to catch Kokanee salmon, LOTs of them.
We averaged fishing about 3-4 hours each morning before the kids would get tired and wanted to go swimming, or eat, or go tubing, and we averaged Kokanee numbers in the mid to high 20s every day we went out. In all, for our fishing for the entire time we were there, we averaged 7 FISH AN HOUR fishing with RMT dogers and squids.
One of the days the weather raised havoc on a lot of people fishing and most of those that had been fishing that we talked with back at camp were either skunked or only landed a few fish; and although we only fished for a little over two hours that day, we managed to boat 14.
The majority of what we landed were 3.8-4.3lb fish with the two largest fish being a pair of solid 5+ pounders. It was interesting showing up at the cleaning station to have other fisherman there taking pictures of our fish and commenting that they did not know the Kokanee got that big!
Anyway, posted a few photos of the fish with the kids. The grins pretty much say it all!
Cheers and tight lines!
-Addicted
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The weather could have been better but wasn't too bad for the most part, the company was terrific and, oh yeah, the FISHING was unreal! It was almost comical to see how easy it was landing those 4lb+ Kokanee every day we went out. Watching the chaos that comes from having doubles and triples on the boat over and over was an amazing experience for the kids and of course, for us parents as well.
I don't know a lot about fishing for Kokanee on larger bodies of water, so I was watching and learning the entire time we were out there, but for those who haven't fished with Rocky Mountain Tackle before, all I can say is that they have obviously figured it out!
When other boats would see our kids landing back-to-back-to-back fish they would start following us. They would go through the exact same area where we had just landed fish and they would come up dry. I'm not sure if it was the combination of dodgers and squids, or the colors that RMT has in its arsenal, but whatever it is, it's obviously the best way out there to catch Kokanee salmon, LOTs of them.
We averaged fishing about 3-4 hours each morning before the kids would get tired and wanted to go swimming, or eat, or go tubing, and we averaged Kokanee numbers in the mid to high 20s every day we went out. In all, for our fishing for the entire time we were there, we averaged 7 FISH AN HOUR fishing with RMT dogers and squids.
One of the days the weather raised havoc on a lot of people fishing and most of those that had been fishing that we talked with back at camp were either skunked or only landed a few fish; and although we only fished for a little over two hours that day, we managed to boat 14.
The majority of what we landed were 3.8-4.3lb fish with the two largest fish being a pair of solid 5+ pounders. It was interesting showing up at the cleaning station to have other fisherman there taking pictures of our fish and commenting that they did not know the Kokanee got that big!
Anyway, posted a few photos of the fish with the kids. The grins pretty much say it all!
Cheers and tight lines!
-Addicted
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