Flaming Gorge Kokanee Fishing Guides

The  Triangle G Fishing Services Ashley National Forest Permit has been changed over to the Flaming Gorge Fishing Company. Terry has Guided the fabulous canyons of the beautiful Flaming Gorge Reservoir for 10 years under the Triangle permit. You have the opportunity to catch trophy Mackinaw trout, Rainbow Trout, Kokanee Salmon, Carp and Smallmouth Bass. While you’re fishing, you may be able to enjoy the natural beauty of colorful Red Canyon, the clear emerald water of the reservoir, and the abundant wildlife. Terry  uses a 24′ jet ship for his guiding. His fishing trips include all tackle and equipment required to supply you with a productive fishing trip. (oldmoeguideservice.com)

The major thing in catching kokanee is to find schools and fish at the correct depth. By May or early June, kokanee action picks up with fish suspended at 25 to 30 feet over deep, open water. As the summer progresses, kokanee move deeper, and by August they can be from 60 to 70 feet deep. A depth finder is invaluable for locating fish; then, either a lead-core line or a downrigger is needed for trolling lures through the schools you find. Without a depth finder, work deeper intervals till you find fish. Kokanee hold for long periods of time, if you catch one, it pays to make some number of more passes through the same area. (Click on this site)

There’s typically where the northern end at least is covered in ice. So, a well-liked winter activity is ice fishing. The bigger lake trout are targeted off in the deeper water using vertical jigging methods, and the smaller trout and kokanee will be found in shallower water using smaller jigs and baits. It’s becoming well-liked to fish for the burbot through the ice at night time. This may sound crazy, however come out to Flaming Gorge in the dead of winter, in the center of the night and it seems like a whole bunch of small towns lit up by lanterns & head lamps up and down the reservoir. (flaminggorgecountry.com)

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Lucerne Valley mile south of the colorful canyons of Flaming Gorge and one mile north of some of the best kokanee fishing on the Wyoming side of Flaming Gorge. Our rental fleet of ski boats is the best on the reservoir. Add a houseboat rental to your visit and enjoy the peace and scenery of this beautiful 91 mile long reservoir. If you like more modern adjustments our cabins on the water are the perfect choice. We supply a ship slip with the cabin so you may also enjoy the lake and come back in dock each evening. (flaminggorge.com)

Rainbows are found during the reservoir and typically become active in April. Fishing top water down to 50 feet, rainbows, browns, and 20 26 lake trout are plentiful. By May or early June, Kokanee salmon action picks up. They’ll stay shallow, usually between 25 to 30 feet deep, in the winter and spring and go deeper in the summer months. Throughout the summer months, lake trout may be found at 70- to 120-foot depths, where they gorge and grow to huge sizes. Smallmouth bass may be found in the lake throughout the summer months, along the rocky shoreline habitat during the Gorge. (tourwyoming.com)

The 1st good slam-hit turned out to be a 25-pound lake trout that put up a tremendous fight. I d get a little on him, and he d take lots back in return. Once succumbing to the net, we knew we had a good one. Oh, there are much larger lakers in the Gorge; 40-pounders and over. But this was a good start for us. We were instructed to keep out lures inside a couple of inches of the bottom, and hits and swats kept coming. Some attracting jigging action had those lakers diving to the bottom to check out our offering. We could see all this on a Lowrance fish finder, and it was quite thrilling. (standard.net)

Ong drifts swimming any sized streamer around underwater structure,  headhunting in riffles, nymphing,  swinging streamers via two handed rods all catch our wild fish of Western Wyo and the Green River draingage.  We can guide the Green River drainage in both Sublette and Sweetwater Counties here in western Wyoming. Working the margins of Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge also.  We fish over 200+ river miles on some number of rivers, generally following the best fishing in this distinctive river system.  . (wyomingfishingcompany.com)

In June our kokanee are concentrated in the river channel. That’s where our coldest water is. As the summer goes on these fish are going to go into their pre-spawn and move up on structure. I’d say pre-spawn will start the 1st of July, then they’ll be tougher to catch. Now, In the meantime, they’re biting. We’re fishing in 70-90 feet of water and our bigger fish are starting to move toward structure, especially on the east side where the contour goes from 70 to 80. (pautzke.com)

Burbots are native to Wyoming, however on the reverse side of the Divide. It wouldn t have been hard at all, maybe a 15 to 30 minute drive, Mosely says. Burbots may have been caught on one side of the Divide and released into the Green River drainage. We really believe there was more than one release because they showed up in a couple of different tributaries around the same time. (saltlakemagazine.com)