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Old 07-07-2020, 08:13 PM
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My wife rented a place waterfront on Kokanusa Lake and I have not been there in many years.

Any tips, or insight to that lake?

I am familiar with planer boarding and have a mast set up, have down riggers, and have fished for Salmon, Trout, Kokanee in many other BC lakes with success - so a simple nudge is all I need.

I am assuming I'd fish it the same way. Apex, Coyotes, Hoochies, Lymans, wedding rings, micro dodgers and flat fish.

How about better versus worse areas to try (don't need exact GPS) maybe just a nudge.

Any recent info is appreciated.
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Old 07-07-2020, 08:26 PM
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My wife rented a place waterfront on Kokanusa Lake and I have not been there in many years.

Any tips, or insight to that lake?

I am familiar with planer boarding and have a mast set up, have down riggers, and have fished for Salmon, Trout, Kokanee in many other BC lakes with success - so a simple nudge is all I need.

I am assuming I'd fish it the same way. Apex, Coyotes, Hoochies, Lymans, wedding rings, micro dodgers and flat fish.

How about better versus worse areas to try (don't need exact GPS) maybe just a nudge.

Any recent info is appreciated.
Koocanusa ("Koo"tney - "Can"ada - "USA") Always thought it was some Native name till my brother pointed this out. He lives in Whitefish Montana and says the lake has some great Kite Surfing weather... which usually means fisherman be warned. I heard the same holds true in the northern section in BC. Watch out from underwater submerged hazards, floating wood and wind.

On the USA side they catch some giant bows, bulls, kokanee and who knows what else. I know guys fish the Canadian side just never hear that much about it and minimal information. Would love to hear how you do when it is all said and done. Good luck!
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Old 07-07-2020, 08:39 PM
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Snubber, wedding band tipped off with maggots, slow troll. I fished the east side of the lake from the bridge south about 5km and would catch about 30 Kokanee in a couple hours. Lots of fun and they are delicious.
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Old 07-07-2020, 08:48 PM
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I also had some luck with wedding band and maggots. Kokanee, rainbows, squawfish. Seemed to be mostly smaller fish but good action.
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Old 07-07-2020, 08:59 PM
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If you have a little boat with an electric motor you can swing over to Baynes lake and catch bass by the hundreds too.
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Old 07-07-2020, 09:27 PM
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If you have a little boat with an electric motor you can swing over to Baynes lake and catch bass by the hundreds too.
How big would be too big for Baynes Lake? I was there once very long ago and would love to go back?
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Old 07-07-2020, 09:40 PM
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How big would be too big for Baynes Lake? I was there once very long ago and would love to go back?
You could probably get a 16’ tinner on there. I put a 14’ Lund deluxe on there.
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Old 07-08-2020, 04:29 AM
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If you have a little boat with an electric motor you can swing over to Baynes lake and catch bass by the hundreds too.

I have a list of over 40 Bass lakes in lower BC.

Lots of them are in that area.
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Old 07-08-2020, 07:49 AM
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Do a search on AO We had a good discussion last year about kookanusa lake. Also you can fit pretty much any boat into baynes I plopped my 18’ Lund adventure in there several times and putted around with the bow mount minn kota. The guy right next to the launch freaks our every time yelling no motors allowed. Only thing is you need good tires and 4x4 to pull a big boat out of there it’s gravely and steep.
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Old 07-08-2020, 08:38 AM
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Lake is full pool this year which is great (I dont think I have seen in last 10 years). Water is still freeeeeeezing haha. Tons of logs/debris in the lake so be careful. Picture for attention haha
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Old 07-08-2020, 10:48 PM
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Snubber, wedding band tipped off with maggots, slow troll. I fished the east side of the lake from the bridge south about 5km and would catch about 30 Kokanee in a couple hours. Lots of fun and they are delicious.
I'll echo these tips. This area has always been productive for us from the bridge past Waldo Cove on the east side of the lake around the Baynes Lk area. Fished a few times with friends that have a place in Baynes, not this year though. Trolled a Ford Fender with a pink Dick Nite trailing, never needed maggots but they work too. We seemed to pick up squawfish when we slowed down or got too close to shore. Didn't use downriggers but I'm gonna guess we were down about 15-20 ft. GL!
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Old 07-09-2020, 10:12 AM
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Just a heads up on what seems like common sense now. Was out on Koocanusa a couple of years ago while staying at my buddy's Montana cabin. While boating on the US side we were stopped for a safety equipment check mid lake by a Law Enforcement vessel which had 4 border patrol agents and 2 coast guard officers onboard. Suffice to say almost 3 hours later we were back at the cabin with a warning and no charges. Things we learned and should have known:

- always carry your ID, buddy's was in his truck in the parking lot mine was at the cabin as the kid officer who wrote down our info had spelling problems and as such they could not find our names in the Border Crossing system
- make sure you have some sort of boat registration on board to prove it is your boat
- make sure all required safety equipment is onboard especially a fire extinguisher for inboards over 16 feet ( my buddy had taken it out when spring cleaning and neglected to put it back )
- we had some beer onboard but they were cool with that as long as the driver is not impaired

The officers were very professional and mostly friendly but we sure were the center of attention at the public launch when they escorted us off the lake.
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Old 07-09-2020, 10:25 AM
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So, curious question, while on the lake, can you cross the border and fish on that side? I am assuming you can't make a "landing" like stopping for ice cream or fuel on the other side?

I was assuming you couldn't …..

Never thought about that …… what's the story there?
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Old 07-09-2020, 11:24 AM
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So, curious question, while on the lake, can you cross the border and fish on that side? I am assuming you can't make a "landing" like stopping for ice cream or fuel on the other side?

I was assuming you couldn't …..

Never thought about that …… what's the story there?
I don’t know the lake in question but I used to fish Ross lake that is in BC/Washington and as long as you held both fishing licenses and followed the regs it was no issues. I would even stop for a crap on the US side because their campground had nicer bathrooms
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Old 07-10-2020, 09:28 PM
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I don’t know the lake in question but I used to fish Ross lake that is in BC/Washington and as long as you held both fishing licenses and followed the regs it was no issues. I would even stop for a crap on the US side because their campground had nicer bathrooms
Smuggling turds into the US..... lol .... that was funny. Can't say i blame you, flush it there and let them deal with it - dumping our toxic waste over the border is a good idea !!!
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