Landlocked Kings in Roosevelt?

[7mmfan]

Was reading a report on another board today and a guy posted a report about a HUGE kokanee that he caught. The picture is definitely a small king, and others that posted a response agreed, it was a king. Has anyone ever heard of landlocked kings in Roosevelt before? I definitely have not.

http://www.washingtonlakes.com/ReportComment.aspx?id=1310&lid=450&t=5

[singleshot12]

Never heard of Roooevelt but wouldn't doubt it,i know there a few in Chelan

[Mfowl]

I've never heard of one in Roosevelt either. They used to be fairly common in Chelan. Could be a fluke or a bogus report? I've heard of plenty of black mouth caught in Lk Wa and Sammamish including one by my brother so I guess its possible. It definately looks like a king in the pic. Maybe its the start of a new opportunity? 

[singleshot12]

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.

[huntnphool]

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.

[Tman]

kings would be plenty natural for Roosevelt.  It was us that ruined the historic runs of those fish.  Shame too!

[Houndhunter]

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....

[singleshot12]

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.

Is anything really natural or native in this state anymore? Makes more sense to provide land-locked salmon than to have hatchery salmon

[jason stevens]

Theu tried putting them in blackmans lake quite a few years back.it was a bad idea they were floating within days.guess they should have thought it through but they were tasty.

[wannabhntr]

Anything in Lake Cda will/could be in Roosevelt. An old friend of mine holds or held the state record pike. He caught that on Long Lake. Last summer another monster pike was caught in Riverfront Park. Its all connected.

[bearpaw]

One problem with Roosevelt is that they flush so many fish downstream with the big drawdowns, unfortunate....

[Skillet]

Walleye fishing Roosevelt last spring and we boated a small chinook.  They put a few in there, but I don't know if it's an ongoing program.  If they could raise them up in pens like they do the blackmouth here in the sound, it might keep them from wanting to go downstream with they draw the reservoir down. 

[bowhunterforever]

I have heard of a few being caught on Roosevelt.

[bearpaw]

I thought I heard the tribe considered putting Chinook in Roosevelt with BPA funds to mitigate the loss of salmon due to Coulee dam. I had thought they scrapped the plan but maybe they have a few fish they are trying out? Maybe someone who knows more can add better info?

[magnus100]

I caught a couple on two different trips about 10 years ago right ner the mouth of the Spokane. Haven't seen one in about 10 years myself.
Mike

[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