Bullards Bar / Englebright Lakes
Go Deep for Late Season Kokanee
DOBBINS – The kokanee salmon season at Bullards Bar Reservoir is at its tail end as the fish move into their fall spawning mode.
"Bullards Bar is slowing down. The fish are going deep and turning gray," advised Brett Brady of Bare Bones Guide. "This is your last chance of the season if you want to chase them."
"We got 40 fish on Bullards Bar today, but it got a little rough after 9 a.m. We ended up throwing the kitchen sink at them," Brady advised after his most recent trip to the reservoir. "It was like they wanted something different all the time. We trolled at 70 to 80 feet deep."
Anglers interested in catching some kokanee should troll with Tpex lures, spinners and hoochies, tipped with white corn.
Bullards Bar is holding 775,376 acre-feet of water, 80 percent of capacity and 106 percent of average.
Few anglers have been on the water at Englebright Reservoir fishing for trout. However, this is generally a decent time of year to hook rainbows and an occasional brown while trolling with Rapalas, Needlefish, Cripplures and nightcrawlers behind dodgers. Expect to hook holdover rainbows in the 12 to 18 inch range.
Englebright is holding 68,050 acre feet of water, 97 percent of capacity and 103 percent of average.
- Dan Bacher
