01-17-2012, 02:26 PM
Kokes are the reason I got a finder to start with. They are so depth oriented that if you fish a few feet off the bottom you can only catch trout when you might have nailed the Koke if you only knew they where ten feet higher up. I fished Rirey Reservoir near IF one day and had tons of people all around me and we were nailing the Kokes one after another and no one else was catching a thing. The fish and game were having a big come catch Kokanee day and so they hurried over to find out what we were doing and it turned out the fish were only ten feet down and everyone else was fishing way too deep. Once the word spread everyone started catching fish. So it can be important for Kokes not sure the perch and bows need one but I take it just in case. The problem I have is finding where the school is at. Seems like under the ice the Kokes really school up. We'll have to go try the Kokes after the cisco. They were so small last summer maybe they are overpopulated so we need to thin them a little so they can grow bigger next year. Kind of a long drive for a few small fish but they do smoke up well. Anyway catch ya later. J
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