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Greetings Friends, Members, Sponsors & Fellow Fisher People, As I sit here looking out the window at all the beautiful Idaho fall colors I can’t help but ask myself, “Where did 2011 go?” What a blessing that we didn’t have severe flooding with all the snow pack of last winter. I’m hoping the slow warm up of this spring-summer helped keep more of our young 1-2 year old chinook in the lake. This years summer kokanee report from Idaho Fish and Game
seems promising and there have been reports of the kokanee that
were planted in Mica Creek showing up on some of our lines. You
cant miss these beauties, they are 2 yr olds that are Bright Red. They
seem to be exploring the North end of the lake. I would like to once again thank our fine members, sponsors and those that contributed to my first Big One Derby as your Club President. We went live with our website (lcaaidaho.com) and will continue to keep the website up to date with current club news, meetings and club events. Make sure to browse the site and offer feedback. It had been a pleasure to exchange e mails and phone calls with many of you this past year. I hope some of our conversations have helped to produce some fish. What an exciting Big One Derby it was this year. We had 2 fish over 24lbs and over 300 fisherman/women. That’s 3 fish over 24lb in the past 2 years. Lets cross our fingers & maybe we will see someone weigh in a 25lb Monster next summer. We have decided as a club to continue the 4 day derby in 2012, in hopes to help the recovery of larger chinook. It appears we are helping the fishery by taking less from our waters. Thanks again to Idaho Fish and Game for reducing the catch/keep to 2 fish over 20”. As I always tell folks, “If you I want to thank Pete and Paige Woods for organizing a steelhead trip in Lewiston over the Oct 21-23 weekend. We had a few boats enjoy some nice fall fishing. I didn’t manage to hook anything, but my fishing partner did, and I got to see Pete fight a couple dandy's. Cooper’s, Colliton’s and Schwenk’s boats had some success stories. Good Times! I’m hoping to get down there again with a group before years end. Look for pictures of the trip in this newsletter. Fins and Feathers will hold their annual Winter Derby Dec 3-4th 2011. The LCAA donates $100 for the largest fish caught by a club
member. Stop into Fins and Feathers to sign up. Winter fishing is
nothing like the dog days of summer. I recommend you get out and
try it. You may not catch a 20lb fish, but you will catch large numbers
of 2-3 year olds. For many anglers the action is steady and the
fewer hours to fish ratio makes it fun. Stay with the basics rolling
straight herring or squid set ups behind a flasher. Fishing over the past month has been steady. Lots of 16-18” chinook
that were planted in Wolf Lodge are showing up on the North
end of the lake as well as many 5-7lb fish. The largest fish that I
have heard of over past month was caught by Matt Palmer. He was
doing a fishing charter when he hooked a beautiful 18lb fish. Way
to go Matt. We will be announcing our New Monthly Club Meeting Location
on the club website in December. We also plan to announce a New
club Vice President. Mark your calendars and become involved in
2012. Come and get to know fellow members and help us to keep
this ship sailing.
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