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Coeur d'Alene Lake Report
Kootenai County, ID

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04/13/2013
41° - 45°
Trolling
Salmon
Other
Green
Windy
Other
All Night
41° - 45°
04/14/2013
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The weather kicked off the derby in Idahoan fashion, 45mph gusts with sideways rain and snow/hail and made for some interesting fishing. We camped at Mowry state park boat in site and made it out on the water by 5am each day. 6 fish weighed in Sat, 2 on Sunday and a mere 10lb took first place out of 160 some fisherman. We boated several small salmon but none over 26". The salmon are chasing bait in the 30's and up. VK bait holders, herring/sardine off boards with 1/2 ounce banana wieght and DR's at 30ft worked well for us. If you wish to put your salmon skills to the test, this would be the place. G'luck


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MotoBoat
4/15/2013 10:28:00 AM
Sound like you guy's were going thru some bait! How many sub 26" do you figure you caught?
Anonymous
4/15/2013 5:01:00 PM
Are those kings?! I had no idea that they were in any lake other than Chelan. Nice Fish!
SsendaM
4/15/2013 6:56:00 PM
The state record was caught here at 42lb.(land locked chinook) That was some time ago and a different strain has been planted since then that does not want to grow as fast but they are still here. From what I hear Chelan is a hard fishery for these guys as well. They just don't take the bait like a ocean run Salmon...

We boated 5 fish, those two were the biggest. We also replaced 4 thrashed herring/sardines from bites that didn't want to stick and changed bait often. When Wholesale Sports (sportsmans warehouse) went out of business they had bait 75% off so you can imagine how fast that went =) Most the anglers fished from Carlin Bay south to Harlow Point and I didn't hear much on the radio.. During the winter derby only one fish was turned in so this fishery is questionable for me at the moment. I wanted to guide here when I got my license but i'm not so sure anymore..
bennick
6/3/2013 4:31:00 PM
Hey I have a cabin across from harrison in cleland bay, i just got a 15 foot super fisherman and want to get into salmon fishing. Can you tell me where the best places to go are? i haven't the slightest clue, thanks, tight lines.
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