Just an FYI In Mid July from my notes, last year the temperature at 25 Feet at Jordanelle was 67.1 degrees, Surface temp was 68.4 degrees at 40 feet it was 57.2 degrees. So the fish you were catching were in the high 50's to 60 degree temps if you were fishing in July. I can tell you that out of over 90 Kokes last year at Jordanelle only a handful that I caught were deeper than 15 feet. The bigest temp drop was between 40 and 50 feet, 5 degrees cooler at 50 than at 40. I never caught a fish there or even marked many if any. That is warm temps for Kokanee but it held up for me all year and the year before. If you are above them a bit they will often come up, "usually" they don't go down much to chase a lure, but never say never. So if you are below them you are most likely missing a bunch, if above them, more likely they will come up and hit your set up.
I'm just saying don't overlook trying shallow. We usually fished for less than 3 hours to limit 3 or 4 of us in the boat and often under 2 hours.
I'm just saying don't overlook trying shallow. We usually fished for less than 3 hours to limit 3 or 4 of us in the boat and often under 2 hours.
time spent fishing isn't deducted from ones life