06-15-2012, 11:02 PM
The basics.
Kokanee fishing is best with some kind of dodger which moves back and forth in the water. There are two basic styles a skateboard and a sling blade. The skateboard dodger has two rounded ends and trolls best at 1.2 mph. The sling blade style is longer and the front end is pointy. The best speed for this style dodger is 1.7 mph. With lead core, speed keeps the dodger from going deeper so I would suggest the skate board style. Fish 4 to 6 colors which is a deep as lead core will go with out flat lining due to the resistance of water pressure on your line. You will want a 30' top line attached to your lead core as Kokanee jump like crazy and this will allow you to fight the fish on the top line without them using the lead core to pull on and rip themselves loose. Then the dodger with about 12" of leader to a spinner. Pink and green are the two most productive colors for the depths you will be fishing. Fish pink spinners early and then as the fish move down in the water column switch to green. For the novice gulp maggots in pink are the most common bait but you can go the the grocery store and pick up a can of "shoe peg corn." This is a white corn that kokanee really like the scent of. Those are the basics. After you taste a kokanee and become and addict it becomes a whole other world. You then get an STD, (Salmon Tackle Disease) and things will never be the same.
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Kokanee fishing is best with some kind of dodger which moves back and forth in the water. There are two basic styles a skateboard and a sling blade. The skateboard dodger has two rounded ends and trolls best at 1.2 mph. The sling blade style is longer and the front end is pointy. The best speed for this style dodger is 1.7 mph. With lead core, speed keeps the dodger from going deeper so I would suggest the skate board style. Fish 4 to 6 colors which is a deep as lead core will go with out flat lining due to the resistance of water pressure on your line. You will want a 30' top line attached to your lead core as Kokanee jump like crazy and this will allow you to fight the fish on the top line without them using the lead core to pull on and rip themselves loose. Then the dodger with about 12" of leader to a spinner. Pink and green are the two most productive colors for the depths you will be fishing. Fish pink spinners early and then as the fish move down in the water column switch to green. For the novice gulp maggots in pink are the most common bait but you can go the the grocery store and pick up a can of "shoe peg corn." This is a white corn that kokanee really like the scent of. Those are the basics. After you taste a kokanee and become and addict it becomes a whole other world. You then get an STD, (Salmon Tackle Disease) and things will never be the same.
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