Danny Coyne has some great intro to kokanee videos on his website. BCFISHN.com , hit the drop down menu "By Species" you'll find kokanee.
Danny Coyne has some great intro to kokanee videos on his website. BCFISHN.com , hit the drop down menu "By Species" you'll find kokanee.
There was a time I thought all parties that cared for wildlife and habitat conservation could find common ground. I was wrong. Adapt....
Seeker has some good advice too.
ekul246, make sure you check out BCFishn.com as well. Danny Coyne has a lot of great information on kokanee fishing as well.
Got my gear together. Was planning to go out to Alouette this coming Saturday but not sure now with this weather.
Should I still give it a go?
Last edited by ekul246; 02-04-2019 at 11:05 AM.
Last edited by Rieber; 02-04-2019 at 03:10 PM.
Trolling for Kokanee was once the "only way" using a snubber behind a wedding ring and baited with corn kernel. We don't do that anymore. We now use a spinning rod and reel and cast/spin from shore or boat for them using a "kokanee killer" or a small 1inch fast sinking lure of lead (similar to a deadly dick) that's painted a neon orange, red or shade of pink with a couple of maggots on a single hook. Fish it close to the bottom, jigging all the while. If trolling with a spinning outfit and to prevent "line twist" don't rely on swivels alone, but use a suitably sized plastic rudder 3 or 4 feet ahead of the terminal rig.
They'll never end hunting...may make it illegal, but they'll never really kill that way of life!
I have picked up a couple dodgers, I have some Kokanee snubbers, spoons, some wedding bands, a couple hoochies, some cured pink krill, red cured Kokanee pautzke shoepeg corn. I also have some of my own cured sockeye roe tied up in balls I was thinking of trying too. Was planning to give it a go these last two Saturdays but with this snow and getting sick I've been alternately in bed or plowing/shoveling snow. This Saturday is my first ever salmon saltwater charter. So Kokanee will have to wait a couple more weeks. Kawkawa will be open for Kokanee by then. Maybe I'll head that way instead.
I'm going to give bottom fishing, float fishing and trolling a try. Appreciate all the tips from everyone. When/if I am successful, I'll post some pictures.
Ekul246
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I look forward to hearing how you do. Good luck when you get out there.
Here's some pro tips.
Lose the snubbers, they are not your friend.
Tie your rigs with a stinger hook 1.5" back of the main hook, this works better than any snubber ever will.
Kokanee are scrappy and they almost always dig the stinger into the gill plate.
Since losing the snubbers and running stingers my landing rate has increased about 300%
Gang trolls and wedding bands do not produce as well as Dodgers and hoochies.
Dog tail Dodgers are the number one producing Kokanee dodger consistently, I've got about 80 Dodgers and I only fish two now, UV moon jelly Dogtails, they always produce more fish no matter what lake or time of year.
If you can find some Mack's wiggle bills for your hoochies get them, they make a big difference.
Smaller is always better with hoochies and pink UV is your friend.
Corn is #1, it doesn't have to be shoepeg, peaches and cream works just fine.
Home brew corn is better than Pautzkes, check out Ben Fougere videos on YouTube for some recipes.
With home brew corn I find it produces better but more importantly it's not mushy and stays on the hook better.
Change bait every 15 minutes, fresh is good.
Don't be afraid to troll fast and if you get on the fish stay on them, I troll circles over a school and get limits fast more often than not.
Good luck.
Texas Walker ! Whats your Fav KOKANEE lake to fish ? RJ