Reports for Green Peter Reservoir 2000

I fished Green Peter Saturday 8-18-01 with 3 of us in the boat. We fished all morning and again late in the day for about 2 hours and caught 29. We fished 2 downriggers at approximately 60 feet and had one rod with a Bolo spinner and 3 oz. of lead. We caught fish about equally on all 3 setups, but landed fish much more readily on the downrigger setups. We were using the troll rig hooked on the downrigger ball with a dodger and orange bead spinner trailing behind but hooked on the downrigger line a foot above.

We fished mainly from Whitcomb boat ramp down towards the Quartzville arm. We marked plenty of fish on the finder. Great year at Green Peter when you can consistently get nice catches like this. The fish are ranging from 9 inches to 13 inches.
This report submitted by Dan

We were actually trolling by 8 am. Fishing was not as good for us as itwas for some who have reported previously. However, we seemed to be doing better than most of the other boats. We saw very few caught. We quit around noon with 12 fish. We got a few early at 40 ft. but most came at 50 to 60 ft. We had the most action on spinners and purple hoochies behind dodgers. I Tried R&K spinners with the bigger blades to get the fish at 60+ ft. Nice sized fish with most going 13 to 14 in. The fish are starting to mature some but still very bright nice and looking. I can't believe I forgot the corn! So we used crappie nibbles instead and caught fish. Would we have done better if we had the corn...who knows? I was able to launch my boat without difficulty at Thistle Creek but getting out was a zoo. Besides the others taking out, there must have
been 25 lined up to put in. I hope to return to GP, but not on a weekend.

We tried the dam area and the bridge and found no fish on the screen. We graphed lots of fish on the North side of the island and from the mouth of Thistle Cr. to the West end of the island. And those are the spots we caught our fish. There were 5 other boats working this area that were not landing many fish.
This report submitted by John

My son Matt and I went to Green Peter on Sunday to enjoy a day of kokanne fishing. We didn’t get our lines in the water until about 9:30. What a gorgeous day, lots of sun and no clouds. The first couple of hours were tough and we only boated a hand full of kokes. We had talked to 2 other boats and they had not had a bite so it was a slow late morning start. The lake was like glass and I was beginning to get concerned about the light bite. Not to worry! About 12:30 the breeze started from the west and that changed everything. We ended the day at 4:30 boating 26 beautiful August fish. The better part of 20 kokes were over 12” with 2 on the tape at just over 14”.

The fish were all over the place in the lake with most taken from 40 to 45 feet on this day. We tried trolls but our success was using Triple Teazer 000 and 0000 dodgers with Apex on the 0000 and home made spinners on the 000. The most amazing thing on this day was the lack of fisherman and really few skiers and various other water toy sports. Don’t be afraid to make a trip on a sunny summer August day you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Caution however, don’t forget the sunscreen. I’m old enough to know better and look like a beet.
This report submitted by Steve

Took Friday off and spent it at the lake with Boone a friend who had never fished for Kokanee before. We got on the lake at about 5:30 am and spent a very enjoyable day fishing. The weather was a mixed bag with sunshine, clouds, rain and some wind. Fishing was good. We boated 46 kokanee for the day. We caught a lot of very big fat kokes. We also got a few smaller fish in the 9 to 10 inch range.

Beer cans with wedding rings at the 40 foot level was the tackle used by both of us. Very few fishermen on the lake today. My friend is hooked on Kokanee, especially after I broiled him and his wife some for dinner that night. Fish are still in great shape. I hope to get up to the lake at least once more before bow season starts. Hope you all have great fishing.
This report submitted by Guy

Went back to Green Peter with my brother on Saturday. We fished one pole on the downrigger and one pole trolling 3 oz. weight, beer can and my homemade beaded spinners. In the morning the downrigger was out fishing the other by 2 to 1. But in the afternoon it was the opposite. We ended the day with 13 kept on trolling and 10 keepers on downrigger for a total of 23. We had a 10 min. span were we caught 6 fish with 2 double ups. It was crazy, the boat next to us finally came over and asked what were they doing wrong. Come to find out they were fishing at 20'. We informed them to go to 65' instead. They came by a couple of hours later with 5 fish to say thanks. We caught almost all of the fish at 55 to 65 feet. Even though we were marking fish at 45' they did not seem to be feeding. All the fish were 12" or better with the vast majority at 13". We even had one 14" late in the day. We only lost 2 fish at the boat, one due to a double hookup so no one was able to net. We tried the old flip into the boat method which was only 50% effective. The other one was a netting error, just flat missed the fish. Actually he was headed towards the trolling motor and I got a little over concerned. Still a very good hook-land ratio for Kokanee. I was surprised how few people were out on the water, not that I am complaining. The fish are in great shape, big and fat, and the boat ramp is in good shape. I probably won't do much more Kokanee fishing this year. I have a bunch of fish yet to smoke and am running out of room. So anyone not fishing this year due to the low water you are missing out. If you do go out good luck and happy fishing. I am headed for the Washington coast for some ocean Salmon fishing and can't wait.

This report submitted by Damon

The weather at Green Peter today was a little bit rainy and cloudy. Nothing bad, but I think it was strong enough to nock the bite down. We put in at about 5:30am and motored out to the south shore off the Island. It was 30 mins. before we had our first fish of the morning and the bite did not improve that much until about 1230. The fish just did not seem to be very aggressive today. We ended up with 20 kokes but we really had to work to get the number.

I took a friend along and he brought his down rigger and used it on my boat. He fished at about 50 feet. He caught fish but they were on the small side. I used my standard gear at about 40 feet and It seemed like I caught all of
the 12 to 13 inchers. It just was not a normal day for kokanee at GP. We fished all over the lake, but the best action was where we started first thing in the morning across from the island.

Hopefully next trip will be a little better.
This report submitted by Guy

Took my brother to Green Peter on Sunday for a day of fishing. He is visiting from California. We got on the water about 8:00am and trolled down to the Island. There were a few boats down there but they all left as soon as we got there. I now know why, the fish were not biting. So we headed back to the dam but stopped after Thistle Creek due to the large number of fish on the finder. We ended up in this area all day. We were catching fish before noon at around 45 feet and then in the afternoon around 65 feet. It took us a while to figure out the change in depth. Even though there were allot of fish at both depths the feeding depth seemed to change. My only guess is that when the sun was overhead it went deeper. We also had a change from no wind to a strong breeze during this time. The other interesting thing we noticed is that when the sun started to set the fish moved with the sun across the lake. Or I should say the area fish that were biting move across the lake. May or may not be something to this. Anyway we ended up with 14 keepers. One nice thing was our land ratio was almost perfect. I attributed this to a new lure I made up. I took the basic bead setup I normally use on fishing line and put it on stainless steel wire. I also put a slightly larger real silver spinner on. The wire seemed to give a better resistance during the strike and the #10 treble hooks were almost always double hooked and in deep. I had one very aggressive 13 inch male that had it all the way to the gills. It was a good thing to because he was out of the water three times before he got to the boat. The ironic thing is that I made the change to wire because I hate the tangled mess in my tackle box that the fishing line wedding ring style lures make not because I was trying to improve the hook up ratio. This new setup is more like a trout lure so no tangles. If anyone is interested send me a note and I'll try to get a picture or instructions on building one out. As a side note, I finally figured out how to fish with downriggers. Buy an electric one! What a joy compared to cranking all day. In fact I quit using a downrigger for that very reason. But now I will never go back, now that I know how much fun these fish can be to catch without all the crap on the line. Anyway the fishing was great the lake was quite, the weather was great and the boat ramp wasn't busy. What more could you ask for?

This report submitted by Damon

My friend and I fished Green Peter this past Sunday (7/15). We used various color combinations of buzz-bombs. We were informed by a reliable source that jigging would be just as effective at trolling. We sat at the dam from 7:30 am till about 1:30 pm, and marked lots of fish at 12 feet (rainbow) and at
35-55 feet (kokanee). There were a couple of other boats there, and one other boat had caught 2 fish. In the 6 hours of fishing, we had 3 bites. We used both the blue and pink pearl, and orange buzz bombs with varying
combinations of shrimp, corn, and eggs. Needless to say, we did not enjoy the fishing very much. I did drop my line to 12 feet and caught a nice rainbow, though. After reading the previous report that someone had wrote about yesterday's fishing, I am starting to believe that trolling is the way to go. Does anyone have any ideas for building a down rigger, or is it just too much hassle? Anyway, have fun!
This report submitted by Leroy

July 15, 2001
My wife and I made a 11:30 am. trip to the lake today. We were very surprised by the lack of crowds and putting in without a wait. It was quite breezy at first but that didn't slow the bite. We started up by the dam and trolled with the wind down the lake to the island. The first half of the drift produced several fat nice Kokanee in the 12 to 13" range. My wife got the biggest, a fat 13 1/2"er. We used spinners tied with a stinger hook to help keep from losing so many fish. I feel like it made a difference of about 30% more fish landed.

After the first run we made another drift, only this time concentrating on the first half of the drift and then picking up and running back up for another. We finished the day with 34 Kokes, most of which were over 12". We didn't count the ones under 11". We fished 50 to 60 feet down. All in all an excellent day with surprisingly good weather and few other fisherman.
This report submitted by Robert

I fished Green Peter Saturday 7-14-01 for probably 4 hours and caught about 25. I had several small children and my father in law along for part of the day so made a nice outing. It is fun to take kids fishing when the fishing is as good as it is at Green Peter right now. We fished at 50 feet on the downrigger. I lost a downrigger over the side. It was old and broke in three pieces and boy, did it sink fast. We fished with a ford fender right on the ball and then up about a foot on the downrigger wire rigged a dodger and small orange bead spinner about 4 feet back. It worked great. We fished a 3 oz. weight and Bolo troll rig, trailed by a orange bead spinner and that caught fish, too. Though it turns into a winching operation to pull the fish in.

The fish are running anywhere from about 9 to 14 inches at G.P. this year. Lots of good action and not too crowded.
This report submitted by Dan

I made an unplanned trip to Green Peter today. I was suppose to go to the John Day river to do small mouth fishing, but sometimes the best plans just do not work out. So Instead, I took my two sons (Nate and Jon) plus two of Nate's friends to the lake to tube and fish. We did not get a very early start and did not get to the lake until about 7:30 and really did not get fishing until about 8:00am. It took awhile to show Nate's two friends how to
rig up and just what to do when kokanee fishing.

I did not even get a pole into the water, but it was great fun to see the kids get excited about kokanee fishing. I kept asking about tubing, but they wanted to fish. So we kept at it until about 1200. Then we got everyone wet and tired as I did my best to dump them all off the tube.

We did ok on the kokes. We ended up with 25 kokanee for the 3 boys that manned the poles. They were fun to watch as they spit in the water to get strikes or just talked to the kokanee to get them to strike. At times two of them would root against the other to lose his fish if he had gotten to far ahead of the other two in terms of how many fish he had in the boat.

We really had an assortment of sizes with the kokanee we caught. We released 2 or three little kokanee. The ones we kept ranged any where from 9 to 13 inches. We were fishing at 38 to 41 feet and the bites were still soft. You had to watch close to visually see some of the strikes. Used the standard beer can spinners , wedding ring and corn. It was a great day and especially fun to see really good kids enjoy a day at the lake fishing and have fun together.
This report submitted by Guy

This report is for Saturday July 7th. We put in at the dam at 05:15hrs. Wow, what a bumpy road. I was figuring it would be quicker to pull out and it was at 24:30hrs. Started out trolling and marking fish between 30 to 50ft. Lots-O-Fish! Problem was not much action at the pole. Noticed most people heading straight for the dam and jigging. After several hours we decided to join them. No luck, but still marking many fish. I wonder if the corn I was using went bad. Later we trolled up the right side and got several bites and as many got off at the boat. Went into one cove across from Thistle boat ramp where we caught fish last month. Landed two Kokes rather small. Hope was fading fast. The winds kicked up around noon and couldn't keep the boat straight heading back to the dam. Lost two Koke trolls because I wasn't watching the depth finder close. At this point I felt like I was just learning to fish again. Headed back after many passes off the point mentioned earlier. The sun was too hot and we were out of beer again. When I pulled up my little down-rigger ball, low and behold I must have drug this Koke for an hour. I wasn't able to get the release correct. If anyone has an idea let me know. I have the small clamp on Scotty with a 4lb ball. I tried attaching the trolling blades to the ball and only using the wedding ring on the main line. I wasn't able to get the pole to bend like most others do before it released.
This report submitted by John

Chuck , my younger daughter, and I headed up to Green Peter Saturday for the Kokanee. It the day turned out to be a story of "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". We started trolling about halfway out the Thistle creek arm. Chuck
started getting hits right away. After Chuck put a few fish in the boat, my daughter hooked up and was able to get one in. I was just enjoying the surroundings... After moving out into the lake, things slowed down some, and the wind picked up a little, so we headed up to the dam. Once again at the dam, Chuck started getting fish right away. My daughter also picked up a couple of more fish. I was still enjoying the wild life.

My daughter and Chuck had the same little Dick Night lure on. After a little while, my daughter wanted to rest, so I traded lures with her. I felt like I was stealing candy from a baby, but fish were at stake! Anyway, I still could not do anything. When my daughter put her pole back in, she started catching fish on the lure that I traded with her! She is only five, so a lot of her hook ups were missed. I finally put one fish in the boat after about 4 hours of fishing. At the time, my daughter had 4 and Chuck had about 13.

We finished the day with Chuck getting 18 into the boat, my daughter put 5 in, and I had 6, for a total of 29. All I can say is, I am glad my daughter quit fishing to give me a chance to catch up!

The fish were all big and fat. Most were around 13", and were caught about 50' down, using Dick Night, and other spoons.
This report submitted by Brad

Headed up to Green Peter Saturday with a friend who just mounted a pair of downriggers on his boat and wanted to break them in. We got a late start, 12:30, because we installed a black box for the downriggers before heading up to the reservoir. Started out on the East bank by the dam fishing four rods, two on each downrigger. A variety of lures fished behind dodgers worked, but different ones at different times of the day. Homemade wedding rings with real silver blades caught the most fish. The fish were anywhere between 60 and 40 feet. It was a good day on the reservoir and the fishing action was constant. We rarely had time to sit most of the day. Caught a total of 46 fish by 8:00 and lost a fair number too. These fish are getting fat and have some girth too. About 10 of the fish were between 13 and 14 inches. There should be some 15 inch fish by the end of July.
This report submitted by Brian

Went to Green Peter Friday night with my middle son. Picked him up after work and got to the lake at about 6:30pm. Beautiful evening with some wind and sunshine. Talked to two different groups and 2 county sheriffs. They all told me that fishing was poor. The sheriffs said they had checked only one boat that had more that two fish and the boat with more than two had 20 kokanee, but they had jigged at the dam all day to get those. Undaunted, we headed to the dam and started trolling back up the lake hoping for the best somewhat unsure about the reports.

Well , it took us about 10 mins. to get our first kokanee and by the end of the evening we had 12 very fat, healthy kokanee in the boat. We quit trolling when the wind stopped and the sun dropped behind the mountains. We tried some jigging over schools of kokanee and an Odell approach of casting to jumping kokanee. Kokanee were jumping everywhere but they were not interested in our jigs. I did manage one kokanee jigging at about 35 feet. All in all a great evening. We beached the boat, had a little dinner and went to bed.

Got up early the next morning and started trolling off the points south of the island. The bite was good and we kept busy catching and losing fish all morning. My hook and land ratio was decent, but my son could not get a fish in the boat. He had bites right alone with me but they just would not stay on. I double checked his setup several times since he was using the exact set up as mine but nothing I did seemed to help. Go Figure.

We ended the day with 25 kokanee. They were all big and fat. I released all of the small ones I landed. Our total for the two days was 37 kokanee. We left at about 1:00 pm. We had planned on staying later than that, but Roberts last report of waiting in line for an hour to put in did not seem appealing to me so we checked the boat ramp and no lines at all, so we got out while the getting was good.
This report submitted by Guy

Had the crazy idea of going to the lake today with all the beautiful weather and all. My Son managed to get a day off work so there were three of us in the boat this time, with two rods working. When we got there it looked quite windy and the line to put in was quite long. It took us about an hour to get in. Once in though the wind wasn't quite as bad as it looked. We motored up close to the dam and trolled down the lake toward the island. My Son's rod was pretty dead but the other one was catching fish very regularly. It wasn't till we were half way to the island that the other rod started to get a bite or two. But the hot rod was the one with one of RK Spinner's new spinners on it. It was catching fish two to one to the other rod and ended up catching the biggest fish of the day, a nice 13 1/2"er down by the island. We were hooking fish all the way down. It didn't seem to matter where we were on the lake. When we got to the island my Son asked me "what the heck is that?" "Looks like a pontoon boat Son." "No dad, I think it's a floating latrine." "No way, not at Green Peter." Sure enough, he was right. We caught fish all the way over to the the new floating latrine. Then we motored back up the lake and caught a few more till it was time to take out. We ended up keeping 23 fish in the 4 1/2 hours fishing that seems like 1/2 hour of fishing. It was great. Fishing in the afternoon seems to be quite good but the Sun is in the wrong position for pictures and the right position for sunburns. WARNING: If you're thinking of using a jet-ski close to shore, close to the ramp, think again. A guy was doing that and had his pickup keyed real bad.
This report submitted by Robert

We went up to the lake again today and as usual we got there before daylight. The bite was steady most of the day. I was able to limit and my son, well lets just say he was good company. Talked to a number of people and their results were anything from did not catch a single fish to double limits.

We were fishing at 35 feet. I used beer cans and wedding rings. I also experimented with some home made willow leaf type flashers. They worked just as well as the beer cans until I moved to the dam and wind drifted. At that point all the fish were caught using the beer cans. I do not know just why they stopped working. The willow leaf flashers are nice because you do not have the resistance that is produced by the beer cans. Some more testing is in order.

The fish are beginning to get loose scales, but they are still in excellent condition. The neighbors are enjoying fish dinners tonight.
This report submitted by Guy

When the wind is from the West the fish bite best, when the wind is from the East it rains the least. There was no question which direction the wind blew from today. We put in around 2:00pm. It was raining then and it was raining when we pulled out four hours later. It didn't seem like all that much time had gone by. There were some times without bites. Those were even welcomed as the rain poured down in buckets. There were times when the rain let up and fishing was quite good. Probably would have been better if I hadn't forgot the fish finder. No pictures this time, too much rain. We came home with 11 nice fish..................... and only because of the weather. As soon as we started back down the hill the clouds parted and the Sun came out. It was still a great day.
This report submitted by Robert

I and buddy went to Green Pete after work Thursday, the 21st, . We began fishing at 5:00pm and as soon as we reached 35-40 pulls we were catching fish! The rod was in the rod holder for about 15 seconds before the first bite. It was nonstop for 3.5 hours!! We boated 27 and lost 15 at the boat just out of reach of the net. We were using Ford Fenders (1/2 brass, 1/2 chrome) and over six feet of leader. Attached to that was a wedding ring and tipped with corn. The secret was to dip the wedding ring in the juices of the corn. The size ranged from 8 to 13 inches. The breakdown of the size of the fish is: (approx) a 1\3 were 12-13, a 1\3 was 10-11, and a 1\3 were 8-10. That was an evening to remember.
This report submitted by Mike Coburn

Report for Green Peter on 6/17/01 was good. Boated Nine nice fish and lost about four others. Not great considering I was on the water for about six hours but better than I have ever done. Lake fishing is a bit new to this Fly Fisherman so I have done a lot of trial and error fishing before I started catching fish. Even this last trip I spent a lot of time messing with the down rigger before going to the tried and true method of weights, beer can and home made beaded spinners. The best lure of the day was a treble hook with 2 small white beads behind two sizes of green beads ( one large centered between two small ). Oh, and corn soaked in anise on one hook. In all most of the fish came in a 3 hour stretch of time between 1PM and 4PM. Best location was off the points between the dam and Thistle Creek ramp.
This report submitted by Damon

Spent the morning at Green Peter with my 11 year old son. It was a great fishing day. We hooked and lost more kokes than I care to even think about. We managed to boat 19, but probably lost twice that many. Most of them seemed to just let go at the boat. However it was truly a great day with my youngest son. Even he was impressed by the beauty of the early morning. We fished at 35 feet and caught kokes all over the lake. Again the size of this years Kokanee is very impressive. Mass and length are exceptional for GP.
This report submitted by Guy

Made a couple of trips for kokes, yesterday we caught 54 and got 27 today. We were fishing 3 poles. I had my daughter Anna with me both days, along with my son Kenny yesterday and my wife Carita and other daughter Sofia today. If there is ever a Kokanee tournament I will enter it with Anna as my partner. She had the hot pole all day both days and it didn't matter which pole it was. She also managed to net every Kokanee I got within range, which as you know is no small feat. We caught most of the fish off the points between Thistle creek and the Dam. Same depth, 30 to 45 pulls with 4 ounces of lead, big silver flashers-(Not Dodgers), 6 foot leader to the smallest chrome bladed wedding ring and unscented corn on a #6 red Gamakatsu hook. Lots of people and lots of patience required at the boat ramp as every person with a brand new boat showed up and took a good 20 minutes to figure out how to unload the thing.
This report submitted by Mark

Headed up to Green Peter with a friend on Friday. We started out trolling at 40' with down riggers across from the island. The bite wasn't spectacular, but then again it was consistent. About every 10 to 15 minutes we would get a fish on. It took a while to figure out that the fish would not pull the line out of the clip. As soon as the pole tip would bounce just a little, you would have to quickly pull it out of the clip, then most of the time you would get a hook-up. The fish seemed to be biting short. We were running double hooks, and about half of the fish came in on the second hook, and some were even falling off in the net. There did not seem to be any particular lure that was the "go to" lure. We tried several different spoons and wedding rings. Most of the fish were between 12" - 13", and FAT. These fish are a blast the way they jet through the water, and then tail walk across the surface. They fight like little Steelhead!

This is the first time I have fished Green Peter on a Sunday. It is also the first time I have fished it later than 3 pm. It was one of the most memorable fun trips to the lake I have made so far. We arrived about 2:00pm. expecting hordes of people and found instead very few with near perfect conditions. I decided to try towards the dam. I couldn't wait and stopped to troll about half way there on the North side by the points. My wife was immediately into a fine 13"er. Unfortunately what happened next was beyond anything I have seen.....for me. I lost near 10 fish in a row before boating one and probably lost darn near that before boating another. Together we lost an awful lot of fish. About 5:30 till 6:30 we had at least four doubles in a row on. We released many small ones and kept 13 fish that were right at 13"es. My wife was actually complaining because she had no time to sit and relax :-) It was wonderfully hectic and the fishing conditions just perfect. The weatherman missed this one all the way. I don't believe I have seen Green Peter this good this early in the season with such fine fish.
This report submitted by Robert

I took advantage of the free fishing weekend and took a friend and three kids up for Kokanee again. We doubled our catch rate of last week, fishing 3 and 4 poles. We followed the same path, but we also found that the path didn't seem to matter as much as the pattern. We found the greatest concentrations of fish within 100 feet of the points that extend into the lake. However, I usually just use an electric trolling motor so I couldn't handle the wind with my big drift boat out at the ends of the points after about 7:00 a.m. and we fished the arms where it was calmer.

We were fishing from 25 to 50 pulls out with 4 oz. of lead. Same rigs on the end as we used last week:i.e. size 5 silver plated willow leaf trolls with chrome/red wedding rings on 5 foot leaders. Our catch rate was poor compared to last week, for 2 reasons that were all my fault. First, we arrived at the lake with no net. Second, we were missing a lot of strikes, and it was not until the end of the day that I bothered to notice that 2 of the hooks had bent over tips. Even so, we came home with 50 fish, of which 3 were rainbows and 1 was a very disoriented largemouth bass. (Took him at 30 pulls!). If I had been a little smarter we could have doubled our landing/strike rate easily.

I also found that the wedding ring can be greatly improved on for about 20 cents. Most of that twenty cents is the hook. Just get folded clevises, #00 Indiana blades, some small glass beads, and a good #4 or #6 Steelhead hook. I used an alternating pattern of green and red beads ahead of the hook and this worked better than what we pay a buck or more for at the store. The jeweled band is not important . A long leader is critical. I switched from 4 to 8 lb. test because I was breaking off all the bigger fish trying to land them without a net.

June 9th ,I made my first trip to Green Peter. I was at the boat ramp just before day light and put in just as another group was pulling up. I headed to the rocky point south of the island and started trolling at 20 feet. I had 5 kokes on within the next 30 mins. Being by my self, I did not try to net any of the kokes. I usually just flip them in the boat with decent success. but
not today. Of the five hooked, I got just two in the boat and it continued that way most of the morning.

The bite stop at 20 feet, so I moved on down to number 7 and fished off the point south of number 7. I moved down to 30 feet and the bite was good all morning long. The lake was very flat most of the morning. I pulled off the lake at about 1:00 pm. with a limit of 25. I would of been off a lot sooner, if I could of just gotten the fish in the boat.

I used beer cans and wedding rings with corn. The fish are in great shape. Fat and long for Green Peter. I did catch one male kokanee that was all ready turning dark, had no scales and showed the first signs of the hook jaw. I thought that was odd for this time of year. Looks like a banner year for the lake. If you see a Boulton Power Boat on the lake, stop by and say hi.
This report submitted by Guy

My fishing bud Damien and I launched at Thistle Creek around 6:30 hoping for a good day. It was a maiden journey for my new(96) boat. We trolled the south side of the island and landed one trout and one very nice Koke 15". Then the wind and rain kicked up. After an hour of no activity we decided to try the dam and get jiggy-wit-it. Nothing marked and nothing caught. However, we were watching several boats trolling nearby and landing fish. We followed suit and whoop there they were. Caught two nice kokes and a couple trout. Had many hits but couldn't keep them on. Followed the advice of one friendly angler and tried the point on the south side across from the boat ramp entrance. We marked many fish and landed five more fish before we ran out of beer. The morning produced 11 fish total ranging from 11 to 15 inches. The guy I talked about earlier had 22 in his boat and said he had 40 the day before. Looks like a good year to own a fishing boat. Now if I can only get my fishing buddy to wake up on time we may get more time in the water before our kitchen passes expire.
This report submitted by Johnny

After reading the report from yesterday, and having the first opportunity to fish with the Grandkids, we all headed for Green Peter with high hopes. When we got there and were just rounding the last turn to the boat ramp my Granddaughter decided she didn't want to go. Well too bad, too late to turn back now. The lake level was as reported at 985. The lower boat ramp was the one to use as the lake had dropped seven feet from last week. They always dump lots of water to float the big boats for the Rose Festival. Hopefully next week will see a rise in the level. After we got started it started to rain, of course. There was a very light wind as we headed for the Quartsville arm and a hopeful repeat of last week. The repeat did not happen. No fish on the finder and only a couple of missed strikes for the first hour. We picked up and went to the far side of the island as the weather cleared and got quite pleasant. We had several strikes here and my Grandson boated his first Kokanee, a fine 12"er. After some time and just about when the fishing picked up a little I again had problems with the trolling motor battery. Perhaps it was a blessing. We ended the final Kokanee fishing trip of the year with the Grandchildren early. They were happy to get home :-)
This report submitted by Robert

June 2, 2001
I took my dad and a couple friends to Green Peter yesterday morning and we started trolling from Thistle Creek at 0600. Right off the boat ramp we got one, then a fish about every 10 minutes after that. We eventually put the downriggers away because it seemed that the only 2 poles that were hooking up were using 4 oz. banana sinkers to get down. The best level seemed to be between 28 and 45 pulls. It was overcast and sometimes rainy, they may be deeper when it is sunny. This is the biggest I have ever seen the Kokanee at GP. They averaged an honest 13" with 1 @ 15" and most 14".The fish are very fat also. We also had the best landing to hookup ratio I have ever had, with only 1 fish getting off at the boat and maybe 5 missed hits. The 2 poles that were catching the most fish were using 5 bladed silver plated willow leaf trolls. Behind these was 5 feet of 4 pound ultra green, chrome bladed red wedding ring, and a red #6 Gama hook with plain white corn. Sometimes I filled the jeweled band with power bait and this seemed to help. I can't wait to get back,
Mark
This report submitted by Mark

Being the lazy soul that I am, I didn't get on the water till shortly after 8:00. At first I thought it would be a very short trip without fishing. My trolling motor did not work. I decided to motor out to the lake and blow the cobwebs out of the engine anyway. When I got to the other side of the lake I slowed down and immediately saw a fish or two on the finder. I tried the trolling motor on the downrigger battery and it started working. So, I was in business. It wasn't long till I lost my first Kokanee of the year. Green Peter looks great even if it is still low. It wasn't long after the first loss that I boated my first fish. By trolling by the point across from the island ( number 5 on the map ) I was able to pick up a fish or two each pass. I was trolling at 39 feet and using the usual wedding ring type spinner and corn and the Pumpkin dodger that SEP sells. Even though the lake is still filling it had the look and feel of July instead of late May. After the wind came up I thought it was time to try the Quartsville arm. After entering the arm I slowed down and saw fish, so I dropped her down. Immediately I was into fish, one after another after another. It was too easy. All are running right at 11 1/2" and pushing 12". It's obvious, this is going to be a terrific year for Green Peter. I ended up coming home with an easy 17 and could have had my limit had I desired.

Took the family to GP on Sunday. The wind was already blowing when I got there at about 9:30. We headed up the Quartsville arm and trolled up the arm for about an hour or so. We had a couple of take-downs and one trout. I thought we were going to be in for a long day. We switched tactics and let the wind push us along. With two drift socks out, our speed was just right. We really started to get a lot of action. We were using lake trolls with hand-tied spinners, #6 Gama hooks tipped with white corn (soaked in anise oil) and a piece of worm. I usually use Jet divers but our speed was too slow for them to be effective so we switched to banana sinkers; 3 oz. on one rod and 2 oz. on the other. I put the 3 oz. down 35 pulls and the 2 oz. down 30 pulls. This combo was the ticket. Non-stop action for about an hour or more. We boated six very nice Koks (12" +/-) and few trout. We probably lost a least as many. Kept the kids busy netting fish. All in all a good day especially for my second trip to GP. Good luck - Ed!
This report submitted by Ed

Fished from 1000 to 400. Caught 10 (kept 4) trout drifting across points and ledges. The mid-day wind coupled with two drift socks moved my boat just right. I was using a Mini Troll with a hand tied spinner with a #6 Gama hook tipped with a piece of worm and anise oil. I used a Luhr Jenson #30 Jet Diver to get it all down. The action was pretty steady all day and I didn't burn much gas. the ramp was a bit tricky at Thistle Creek. The main ramp didn't have enough water so you had to use the "alternate" over to the left. Very tight with a full sized truck and boat. I will be back this
weekend with the kids. Good luck!
This report submitted by Ed

We put in at Thistle Creek Ramp. We fished the from 2pm-4pm. We fished the Quartsville arm to get out of the wind. We hooked up with 14 fish and boated 6. Only 1 trout for the day :) all the rest were of course Kokes. Lots of boaters on he water today, I did not expect to see that. The parking lot was pretty full. Most fish were pretty shallow, about 30 feet and up. The biggest fish was 12" and fat, they were all fat. Simple setup with 2 - 2.5 OZ weight, flashers, and wedding rings with white corn soaked in anise oil. Happy fishing. The wife out fished me!

I went fishing for Kokanee (I know it is a little too early!). Needless to say, it was a slow day for fishing. However, just when I thought of giving up and going home, we started picking up fish on the finder at around 42 feet. We were between #5 and #7 (as labeled on the map on the web page). I noticed a hit on my rod, I lifted out of the holder and set the hook. At first, It felt like any other Kokanee. Then, after reeling up approximately a couple of feet, I felt a "good" tug. I thought, this feels like a good sized fish!! It wasn't but a few seconds later that the fish decided to make a run for it! The other two fishing with me thought I had bottom. I showed them the action happening on my rod and the truth was known...you have a nice fish on!!! I was worried because I use 4lb main line! The complete setup was a Ford Fender, snubber, and wedding ring with corn. I add to the excitement, I had forgotten to bring my net! If I was to tire this fish out and bring him to the boat without him breaking off the line, how was I going to bring him into the boat!! I asked for the assistance of one of the other guys to help. I instructed him to pinch tight between the gills on the underside and bring him into the boat as careful as possible. I was amazed that this was accomplished!!! I did not have a scale, but I estimate the weight to be around 5-6 lbs and measured 26". See the attached pictures. What a day!! PS: We caught 4 small Kokes after that but we released them because it didn't seem right to keep the little ones when you have such a big one in the fish box!