Big kokanee

[quackattack90]

Looking to make a trip this spring to find some big kokanee.  Can anybody give me some lakes that hold such fish.  I'm use to the little buggers out of the SW WA reservoirs.  Thanks

[jackmaster]

Alder lake in Elbe has some kokes in it, but it's a bit of a haul for you!!

[Skillet]

Roosevelt is a perennial big kokanee factory.

[Firedogg]

The OP is looking for big ones, the kokes in Alder are not very big. Still fun to catch, but they don't get much size to them. His SW reservoirs get larger ones.

[Jason]

I think Riffe has decent size Kokes

[yum tag soup]

I think Riffe has decent size Kokes

riffe has coho. No kokes.

[Fshnpole]

Roosevelt, there are some nice ones.  Read a report of a 24" 4.5 lb caught a couple days ago.  Check NW fishing reports.

[huntnnw]

Roosevelt is a world class Kok fishery... 20" fish are the norm out there

[fishnfur]

Not my thing, but Merwin, and perhaps Yale (Lewis R.) is where all the Oregon guys go when they come up to fish.  I thought Riffe had Kokes too.     Mayfield has little tiny ones from my experience.

[cem3434]

Riffe has landlocked coho and chinook, if I remember correctly.  I could be wrong, but a true kokanee is a landlocked sockeye. I think most confuse all landlocked salmon as kokanee. 

[Jason]

Riffe has landlocked coho and chinook, if I remember correctly.  I could be wrong, but a true kokanee is a landlocked sockeye. I think most confuse all landlocked salmon as kokanee. 

Your right, Kokanee is a land locked Sockeye not  Coho or other land locked salmon.

[HntnFsh]

Riffe has landlocked coho and chinook, if I remember correctly.  I could be wrong, but a true kokanee is a landlocked sockeye. I think most confuse all landlocked salmon as kokanee. 

Yep. Mostly coho. No Kokanee

[JBar]

Don't overlook Chelan, have not personally fished it but have seen some monster Kokes come out of there.

[Widgeondeke]

Not my thing, but Merwin, and perhaps Yale (Lewis R.) is where all the Oregon guys go when they come up to fish.  I thought Riffe had Kokes too.     Mayfield has little tiny ones from my experience.

I've fished Yale.  Tons of jokes, but not big uns.
Merwin has the bigger fish of these 3 reservoirs

[KFhunter]

palmer lake