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Took a chance to hit the Pig yesterday afternoon to try some trollin'. The weather wasn't the greatest, as we dodged changing wind directions and hit and miss showers, but we managed to boat a few "average" pig kokes. We were using squids and spinners. Didn't mark that many fish, so maybe they are still too shallow and in the narrowest part of the fish finder cone. Saw a few trout jumping as the sun was going down.
The lake is about 8-10 feet from full pool, and the water was just over 50 degrees.
I have a small boat, so we just launched at the first pull-off. The "ramp" looked rutted out, but I didn't get super close to see how bad it was. I didn't make it back far enough to see the back "launch".
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Being utah native for 60 plus years I embarrassed to ask, but when you guys refer to the pig what lake is that? [bobsleepy]
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It's short for porcupine or porky that's why it's called the pig.
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Can't see the attachment. Is there a picture?
Thanks for the report, been wondering how it's doing.
When you say "average" size kokes, what ya mean? End of last year they were getting some decent size, I mean for that lake.
It's south of Hyrum, just past Paradise. Little wakeless lake. And when they refer to a "ramp" don't get fancy ideas! It's purdy rustic!
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So can a person safely launch a 18 ft boat or are they prohibited?
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You can launch an 18' boat, but the road is all dirt/rocks, and as was mentioned before, the ramp is a very loose rocky road in a canyon. It is wakeless speed as well.
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lol more gear to buy.... Ain't that d hull truth. Wish I knew about the Kokanee gear before I spent a ton on rapalas, pop gear, spinners and spoons. I end up using my Koke gear for fishing most all trout. Last year I even ran them on my toon at the reservoir that shall not be named and killed some of the nicest triploid bows I've ever landed. Even worked on the Tigers too.
Thanks For sharing
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If I do go out and buy gear for these fish, probably would be a couple of wedding rings and then be done. Especially since I don't chase them regularly. Not a salmon fan although my family likes them.
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Those are some of the biggest kokes I have seen come out of there in a while. Looks like the additional pressure the last couple years has already thinned them out some.
BUTLEY, are those from this spring or last year? They will be good fish by fall.
I talked to the biologist and he said that they are the same gened fish that are in Strawberry. So there is potential for them to get bigger! Lets hope!
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They are from this year, about a week or so ago. I was excited to see how big they are this year compared to past years.
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Can you catch kokes from a toon?
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Don't know never tried.[cool]
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