Kokanee Salmon Fishing on Blue Mesa Reservoir in Colorado

Blue Mesa Reservoir is the largest kokanee salmon fishery in Colorado. Everybody loves Kokanee salmon fishing and loves to eat them. Kokanee salmon are Colorado land locked salmon. The salmon drive anglers crazy by biting one day and snubbing the same exact baits the next. Here at Blue Mesa Fishing we love fishing for Kokanee. We don't claim to understand these fish better than anyone else or are using the secret weapons to fill limits daily. Here at Blue Mesa, we work hard and always keep an open mind. Kokanee salmon are the cousin of the sockeye salmon of the West Coast. They offer a very exciting fight, great taste and an intriguing bite pattern. In the spring the fish are loosely scattered. Salmon are in many areas of the water column and will make anglers work for a limit. As the water temps warm, the fish start to congregate in the stratified layers and can relieve some of the question marks in your spread. These are the days of plenty when kokanee can really fly over the rails on the right pattern, you begin to remember why we all love salmon fishing. As the Colorado summer moves on, kokanee salmon move deeper and deeper and begin to move towards the river. Here one day and gone the next! We chase all the way to September until they disappear from the lake and flood the river will brilliant streaks of red. Instinct will guide them back to the spawing grounds and at the exact same time, a new class of kokes begin to strengthen their hold on the lake. 1,2 and 3 year old salmon begin to Feed vigorously in the open basins of the early season and give anglers another shot a steady Colorado kokanee salmon fishing.