(09-08-2021, 09:20 PM)fast_randy Wrote: Great pictures. Thanks Pat. I fished Jordanelle the first day it opened, for trout. You couldn't use a boat, just bank fishing. Me and Glen Mortensen. A blue and silver castmaster would get one on just about every cast. I think cutthroat.Times has changed. If you have followed the reports over the years you know how the lake has evolved. Totally different ecology. Tough to catch much from the shore anymore...unless you show up after the hatchery truck dumps its fall load of finless Freddies. Even though the lake has become popular for the recently added kokanee, it is still stingy for most species. Still a few cutts in the mix, but most are rainbows...with a smattering of nice browns.
(09-08-2021, 09:55 PM)Cowboypirate Wrote: Can't wait to see the first TD vid. Expect it to be full of whitty repertoire and fishing tidbits - don't leave us hanging, PatStill experimenting with the best way and the best place to mount the camera for capturing the shots I want. Those are important concerns when you are by your ownself...in a float tube. I don't have a lovely assistant (like Cookie) to catch all the fish so I can just shoot the video. Do you have Cookie under exclusive contract? If not, how would she feel about fishing from a float tube?
(09-08-2021, 10:13 PM)joatmon Wrote: Pat, sounds like a fun trip, thanks for the info. Any thoughts on the wipers or muskies in there? Seems like both of those hybrid predators should be getting big from eating the ever abundant perchlings, but see very few reports of anyone catching them. Maybe they are feasting on kokanees? I often miss the gill netting info, so maybe I'll track down the latest to see what DWR has to say.DWR would definitely be a better source of real info than myself. As I admitted, I have been a no-show there for quite a while. However, I have followed the reports and have had contact with both fellow tanglers and DWR folks who TRY to manage the lake. So I have seen the ups and downs...and have my own theories on the reasons for the vagaries.
I have not had access to any DWR publications on Jordanelle for quite a while. The same for some of the other lakes. Between Covid and funding problems there just have not been the resources allocated for more frequent or thorough studies. But here are two of the last couple of things I got on Jordy. Might be some stuff in there you have not yet been exposed to.