Landlocked Kings in Roosevelt?

[buckcanyonlodge]

My brother caught one about 5 pounds a few years back. Two of the guides that used to work out of Seven Bays told me they had seen them caught also. They do come down the Spokane River from Lake Couer d 'alene. Probably as smolt.

[YJ Guide Service]

We have caught multiple Chinook from Lake Roosevelt most of them coming from the Arm. I have talked to the fish checker and he said you would be supprised by the number that are caught each spring. The fish from what he said are from Lake CDA but they think the fish might be starting to naturally reproduce to some extent.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Sure wish more landlocked kings were established in more of our bigger deeper lakes. They do fine and create great opportunity since we really can't fish for coastal kings anymore.
I know they grow to good size in Lake Coeur d' Alene Idaho and taste good too.

not natural.

Neither is lake Roosevelt....

 

[YJ Guide Service]

The ones we have caught tasted awful, and white meat...Would never keep another one unless they started reproducing really good and started eating the shrimp.

[huntnnw]

They have put a season on them in the spokane river. I caught one when I was 16 in the river about 22"

[plugger]

I have heard of them in there, Mostly in or around the Spokane arm. There is a big lake right below Roosevelt that got a huge plant of them a few years back, sterile ones like triploids. Did some research and they want them to stay put, was the reason they were sterile. We caught several last year walleye fishing and they were running 4 to 5 Lbs. I plan on targeting them this year some, they should be, I hope 6 plus this year.

[TommyH]

Have seen some small ones in the arm. It sure would be sweet to get big Chinook back in there.

[huntnnw]

Theres suppose to be some big ones in the water above upriver damn and the spokane river