Northwest Fishing Magazine May 2025 Volume 4 Issue 7 - Flipbook - Page 9
from the large pine tree.
Try jigging after ice-off and
then switch to trolling in
the summer. Great trolling
lures include Pro-Troll
Kokanee Killer, Worden's
Spin-N-Glo Kokanee, and
Mack's Double Whammy.
For a great place
to stay, check out
wallowalakelodge.com
WICKIUP
Wickiup as a storage
reservoir is one of the
largest in the state, and its
waters harbor rainbows
and brown trout. And the
kokanee grow big, too.
Fed by the Upper
Deschutes via Crane Prairie,
the Davis Lake sump, Davis
Creek, Browns Creek and
several springs, some of the
best fishing is in the old
channels. At its deepest,
the lake is 70 feet deep,
but the average depth is 20
feet.
Kokanee are spread
throughout the lake early
in the season, but tend to
school up and head toward
deeper water (the channels)
as temperatures warm.
Both jigging and trolling are
productive throughout the
season.
EAST LAKE
East Lake kokes average 12
to 17 inches. While kokanee
are known to feed on
plankton in most waters,
the most reliable food
sources at East Lake are the
chironomids and midge
larvae (chironomids). This is
the reason a lot of people
who are good kokanee
anglers sometimes struggle
at East.
Jigging works best early
in the season and trolling
takes more trout later in the
season. Fly-anglers can take
kokanee all season long
on wind-drifted Callibaetis
nymphs or on chironomids
fished below an indicator.
PAULINA LAKE
Paulina Lake shares the
caldera of Newberry
National Volcanic
