03-31-2003, 04:00 AM
[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]Kent, you should do fine with BLM's techniques. The Gorge can be hit and miss at times, but if you can locate structure that will definately help. Do you have a Gorge map, if you don't I would suggest getting one. Structure is key to increasing your odds. Find the typical structure, humps, ridges, dropoffs, and river chanels and fish right near the bottom.[/size][/#0000a0][/font]
[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]What part of the lake are you heading to? If you don't want to get a map, PM me and I will take digital pics of the area you want to go and send them to you. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]I have fished with jigs as small as 2" up to 9" depending on the conditions, if the barometric pressure is low, I fish small jigs and I slow down a little. If the pressure is high or if it has been steady for 3 days or so then the fish will be more active and more likely to take large stuff in my experience. Here is a link to a weather site that has pressure data. Right now the conditions are great, the pressure is above 30 and has been that way for about 3 days. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
[url "http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/wrhq/GetMetar.cgi?RKS+Public+Riverton"][font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/wrhq/GetMetar.cgi?RKS+Public+Riverton[/size][/#0000a0][/font][/url]
[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]If I were to go tomorrow I would bring my big jigs and work them aggressively on good structure. Here is a picture of some of the jigs in my Gorge box. The longest ones are 9" to give you scale. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
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[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]One thing that I have seen on the Gorge but I haven't seen on the Bear is the tendency for the fish to catch the jig on the fall. Be aware of where the bottom is, if your jig stops short, set the hook. Maybe this happens at the Bear, but I haven't seen it. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]The big fish have seen about everything made by man so if the fish aren't biting try something off of the wall. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]I never did have great success for kokanee, so someone else will have to answer that question. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]I think your best bet for early morning lisences would be the Evanston Wal Mart, I think they are open early if not all night. I don't think that you can get them online yet. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
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[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]What part of the lake are you heading to? If you don't want to get a map, PM me and I will take digital pics of the area you want to go and send them to you. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]I have fished with jigs as small as 2" up to 9" depending on the conditions, if the barometric pressure is low, I fish small jigs and I slow down a little. If the pressure is high or if it has been steady for 3 days or so then the fish will be more active and more likely to take large stuff in my experience. Here is a link to a weather site that has pressure data. Right now the conditions are great, the pressure is above 30 and has been that way for about 3 days. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
[url "http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/wrhq/GetMetar.cgi?RKS+Public+Riverton"][font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/wrhq/GetMetar.cgi?RKS+Public+Riverton[/size][/#0000a0][/font][/url]
[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]If I were to go tomorrow I would bring my big jigs and work them aggressively on good structure. Here is a picture of some of the jigs in my Gorge box. The longest ones are 9" to give you scale. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
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[/size][/#0000a0][/font] [font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]One thing that I have seen on the Gorge but I haven't seen on the Bear is the tendency for the fish to catch the jig on the fall. Be aware of where the bottom is, if your jig stops short, set the hook. Maybe this happens at the Bear, but I haven't seen it. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]The big fish have seen about everything made by man so if the fish aren't biting try something off of the wall. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]I never did have great success for kokanee, so someone else will have to answer that question. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
[font "Technical"][#0000a0][size 3]I think your best bet for early morning lisences would be the Evanston Wal Mart, I think they are open early if not all night. I don't think that you can get them online yet. [/size][/#0000a0][/font]
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