Houseboating Lake Koocanusa...any info appreciated

[Rennich98]

Heading to lake Koocanusa for a week and wondering what the regs are for this lake...my brother also tells me that there is sturgeon in here...true or not...went two years ago and caught 164 sucker looking fish but I am looking for some better fish this time around...any help appreciated

[Kingfisher]

White jigs down deep for lakers. Or something red up high for the kokanee.

From what I hear the water is still extremely high right now. It will surely affect the fishing. Be patient and good luck.

Rob

[Rennich98]

Thanks I leave on Friday so still lots of time for more comments

[6mmhunter]

Just got back from Koocanusa yesterday. I was fishing the Montana side but the kokanee fishing was excellent.

[Rennich98]

I'm leaving for the BC side so hopefully it will be the same as the Montana side

[johann_seb]

Originally Posted by Kingfisher

White jigs down deep for lakers. Or something red up high for the kokanee.

From what I hear the water is still extremely high right now. It will surely affect the fishing. Be patient and good luck.

I'll be there in a week. And white spinny tail (3" meanie) brings to mind another question - is there any way to put a trailing hook on a jig? I like the 6" meenie, but I get a lot of short strikes and shredded tails.

andy.

[fishinggeek]

dont bother with sturgeon. fish for bulls, kookaney's and rainbows. i think the montana side limit for kookaney salmon is 100, or 50 per day in the lake. fish a wedding ring or very small spinners for the salmon. remember, they are 6-10inch fish, so fish small hooks. they are near the surface or close too. if you find them you can jig on them or troll threw them and catch them in the 100's per day. Check out some of the small streams flowing into the lake and you will find brook trout and cutties. We caught over 100 brookies and redband trout in some of those creeks. Amazing that brookie limit is 20 or so i think per person per day.

[ÜberFly]

I pretty sure all of BC is single barbless so you wouldn't be able to put a trailing hook on or you could just have a single trailing hook and remover the others.....

Originally Posted by johann_seb

I'll be there in a week. And white spinny tail (3" meanie) brings to mind another question - is there any way to put a trailing hook on a jig? I like the 6" meenie, but I get a lot of short strikes and shredded tails.

andy.

[johann_seb]

I'm pretty sure the single barbless is rivers, specifically. The rest it depends on the water, and I can't find anything that says this lake is a class ii or anything..

[Rennich98]

Could somebody tell me what the regs are for the BC side and what depth is best

[ÜberFly]

Not sure! But then again all I've fished are rivers and Shuswap Lake...

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/

[fish&fry04]

we just returned, we fished across from kikomun provincial park, water was great, high but warm. We trolled on Ford Fenders with pink wedding rings, all we caught were small sunfish (green backs, slight rainbow sides, silver bellies, only about 6-8 inches long at about 20 feet deep, 50 feet off shore). we were also informed to use rubber snubbers as their mouths are fragile and the snubber helps stop tearing. Never caught any kokanee we fished surveyors for bass on frogs and had good success.

I find BC regs bit confusing to read, Kookanusa not listed specifically, and purchasing online license bit confusing.

have fun, miss it already.

[BeeGuy]

Originally Posted by ÜberFly

I pretty sure all of BC is single barbless so you wouldn't be able to put a trailing hook on or you could just have a single trailing hook and remover the others.....

Originally Posted by johann_seb

I'm pretty sure the single barbless is rivers, specifically. The rest it depends on the water, and I can't find anything that says this lake is a class ii or anything..

That's right, BC is far from all single barbless.

Single Barbless is a general reg for moving waters in BC. This is not a bait restriction either.

Check your local and regional reg's.

Koocanusa falls under Region 4 general regs.

[seahawkfisher]

fish 7 fry, those sound a lot like small kokanee, especially if caught trolling; sunfish are a panfish.

[Bigdad013]

you can have more than one hook as long as they are single, barbless. I know we have discussed this before, but if you can show me anywhere in the regs that say you can only use one hook, I will eat my words. I was pulled over by the F&w and asked them to confirm this, and yes you can have more than one hook. It was always a pain to take the one hook off a lure with 2 on it, like a j plug.

[Rennich98]

So what different types of fish are in koocanusa

[seahawkfisher]

can also fish with 2 rods if you are the only person in the boat

[Sooner]

We are thinking of doing the houseboat thing on Kookanusa as well in the next few yrs and it's great to hear the fishing is good. Can the guys who have been comment on the house boating part. I hear its way better then the shuswap for places to park, swiming(beaches) and camping over night. Plus not near as many houseboats. I have done the shuswap a few times and we want to try out this place next. Sorry for the de rail of sorts.

[chubbdarter]

Originally Posted by Kingfisher

White jigs down deep for lakers. Or something red up high for the kokanee.

From what I hear the water is still extremely high right now. It will surely affect the fishing. Be patient and good luck.

Rob

There is Lakers in Kookanusa now?

[6mmhunter]

I've fished Koocanusa for many years and have never heard of a laker coming out of there.

[BeeGuy]

Originally Posted by GLon3oug

rivers and Shuswap Lake...

What about them?

and www.anuz.info/jie5.jpg???????

[ÜberFly]

It's in the regs... Single = "one"!! From what I've been told treble is NOT considered a single hook. So in the case of a plug type lure, all the trebles have to be replaced with one single hook!! NOT 3 single hooks!

here, right from the bc reg definitions, so if it just says barbless, treble is ok, "single hook" means no trebles

single hook … a hook having only one point.
(In contrast, a treble hook is a hook having
three points on a common shaft.)
Note: use of a treble hook is permitted
unless “single hook” is specified.

Originally Posted by Bigdad013

you can have more than one hook as long as they are single, barbless. I know we have discussed this before, but if you can show me anywhere in the regs that say you can only use one hook, I will eat my words. I was pulled over by the F&w and asked them to confirm this, and yes you can have more than one hook. It was always a pain to take the one hook off a lure with 2 on it, like a j plug.

[ÜberFly]

"SINGLE" barbless only on the Sushwap!

Originally Posted by BeeGuy

What about them?

and www.anuz.info/jie5.jpg???????

[Bigdad013]

Originally Posted by ÜberFly

It's in the regs... Single = "one"!! From what I've been told treble is NOT considered a single hook. So in the case of a plug type lure, all the trebles have to be replaced with one single hook!! NOT 3 single hooks!

here, right from the bc reg definitions, so if it just says barbless, treble is ok, "single hook" means no trebles

single hook … a hook having only one point.
(In contrast, a treble hook is a hook having
three points on a common shaft.)
Note: use of a treble hook is permitted
unless “single hook” is specified.

Not true, where does it say you can only use one hook? I don't see it anywhere. And right from the mouth of fish and wildlife and rcmp, it's perfectly ok to use more than one single barbless hook

Copied from the regs
IT IS UNLAWFUL TO....
␣Use barbed hooks or a hook with more than one point in any river, stream, creek or slough in B.C. (Note: the use of barbed hooks in lakes is permitted, unless noted in the Regional Water-Specific Tables.

[ÜberFly]

You are correct!! I stand corrected!!

Multiple Trebles can be replaced with multiple singles! I spoke to Officer "Bob" out of the Pentictin Office...

P

[Kingfisher]

Originally Posted by chubbdarter

There is Lakers in Kookanusa now?

Sorry meant BULLS. Not lakers. What the heck was I thinking?

Rob

[koothunter]

I live 5 min from koocanusa. There are rainbows, cutthroats, bull trout, Kokanee, and northern pikeminnow aka(squawfish, chubb, etc.). Get a willow leaf, not too big, and a wedding ring. Put about 3-4 maggots on the hook and troll away. They are very easy to catch and really tasty. The limit is 15/day( I think). You may want to use a rubber snubber as they have really soft mouths. They average about 8-10". If you are catching the squawfish then speed it up a bit. Hope that helps.

[BeeGuy]

Originally Posted by ÜberFly

"SINGLE" barbless only on the Sushwap!

Shuswap.

And there are a fair number of "single barbless" lakes.

More than I'd care to list.

There are 16 single barbless lakes in Region 4 alone.

[Bigdad013]

Originally Posted by ÜberFly

You are correct!! I stand corrected!!

Multiple Trebles can be replaced with multiple singles! I spoke to Officer "Bob" out of the Pentictin Office...

P

I was a non believer as well years ago, the argument still continues with many I have spoken too regarding this.