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By: bjw444mar
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out yesterday and caught 25 Blue Backs (tribal permit) the bite wasn't red hot but pretty steady and it took about 4 hours to catch my limit. I didn't use any weight and had my lake trolls back ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/19/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Went to Coeur D’Alene Lake after Kokanee Saturday morning. We launched out of Mica Bay and headed across the lake around Driftwood Point. It took a while to find them, but once we did and dialed in th...
By: bjw444mar
Posted: 5/13/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Started around 10:30 water temp was about 51, fished by Harrison. Fish started out about 30 feet deep but moved up as the day went on and the water warmed up. The bite was slow but steady and I ende...
By: linty
Posted: 6/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Launched out of Sun Up Bay and headed across the lake between East Point and Powderhorn Bay. The launch and dock system is improved over last year. Water surface temp was about 55° F. It was a little ...
By: linty
Posted: 10/6/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/5/2013
Hot Spots: 3
My son and I hit the North end of Coeur d'Alene lake Saturday morning. It was brisk, but the sun was out and very little wind (rare for CDA lake). We launched out of Higgins at about 8:30 - the parkin...
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 8/30/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/30/2019
Hot Spots: 0
We fished CDA around Arrow Point from 830am to 1100. The kokanee fishing has been great and it will only get better! The fish are running around 14 inches with some up to 16". I haven't seen the fish ...
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 9/15/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I fished The LIttle Big One kokanee derby with my brothers on Coeur d' Alene Saturday. The morning bite was very good. We tried to find bigger fish staging to spawn of off the points and it paid off w...
By: NWFishGuy
Posted: 5/5/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/5/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled 1-1.5mph from 6:30a to 10:30a with a single bite around 7a. Used pink hoochies with shoe peg corned scented with anise/bloody tuna, trolled 8in behind a standard chrome dodger. Fished Powderho...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/17/2023
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2023
Hot Spots: 0
The kokanee are small this year (July 2023) averaging 8 inches, seem to be only biting in the thermocline- 15-25 ft range with a downrigger and 30-50 ft back, trolling a flasher -hoochie-2 pieces corn...
By: mabee
Posted: 5/10/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched the boat at Rocky Point and Ran to Spokane point , and was fishing by 7:30 boated a couple in the first few minutes, it was pretty windy so we picked up and moved to East Point, trolled from...
By: goinfishin
Posted: 9/25/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled Bennett Bay to Moscow Bay on Lake CDA for Kokanee. The bite was hot. Forgot my downrigger and had to improvise with some split shot in order to longline. Had fun boating 11 10" on average. L...
By: goinfishin
Posted: 9/29/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/28/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Put in at 10-30 am at Bennett Bay area. Trolled Bennett Bay to Higgens Point and back. Many boats on the water in procession. Prob' taking advantage of the hot bite and the impending spawn. The bite w...
By: goinfishin
Posted: 10/26/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I was out on CDA, Bennett Bay - Higgens Point area yesterday fishing for Kokanee. Marking solid schools from 40-70ft. Water temp 51F. All caught at 50ft on the down rigger 50ft back at 1 mph on a 4” ...
By: mdw80
Posted: 5/8/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day on the lake not to many boats water temp is rising so fish are starting to bite 3 on the boat almost 3 limits fish are bigger than last season all in all great day
By: goinfishin
Posted: 9/12/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/11/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Went fishing on CDA yesterday on my kayak 10-30 till 2-30. Water temp 68f. Boated 8 10” Kokes off the downrigger at 50’ used a Macks Shuttle Hawk to save bringing the ball up every time lost 6. That w...
By: Husky
Posted: 9/11/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/9/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got out to target some Kokanee. As always Mica Bay produces. Started fishing around 5:30pm headed south across the mouth of Mica Bay. I had 3 fish in the boat before I even got my second rod ...
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 10/13/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We got to Higgins Point at noon and headed out towards blue bay and wolf lodge. I saw lots of fish around 30-35 ft so I dropped the riggers down and the action began. It was non stop for the next 2 hr...
By: saspinwall
Posted: 10/14/2014
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished a lake off the Coeur d'Alene River as we do each October. We caught 50 crappies 4-12 inches with most of the fish running 12 inches. Used white and yellow crappie jigs at 18-20 feet near the bo...
By: agneww1987
Posted: 4/3/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/30/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Trolling on the south end of the lake. Caught a few fish but it was a long grind to get what we got. Fish were caught on helmeted herring between 15 and 20 feet deep
Posted: 3/7/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/2/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry new member. Fished 7 to 1 with helmeted herring and a 1 and a half oz weight on the boards. Got. A 7 and 10.5 lber. Slower than usual but it's just gonna get better
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 4/1/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out Sunday to CDA with the kids for a few hours of fishing. The weather was rainy mostly but I decided to try my luck for some Chinook. We launched at the Mineral Ridge boat launch and headed t...
Posted: 4/3/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/1/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Starting to pick up some larger fish in cda. Helmeted herring on the boards or trolled behind Dodgers at 45 ft have been the ticket for me. Water is starting to dirty up so it might be about time to s...
