Surprise at Fish Lake

[TroutFool]

Spent yesterday and today at Fish Lake with some good buddies trolling and we caught a decent number of rainbows, a couple tigers and splake, but I was surprised to pull this guy out of the water. I had heard they started stocking Kokanee in Fish Lake, but I didn't think they'd be big enough yet to start catching. All around a great time and some great catching!
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[liketrolling]

That is a good looking Kokanee, about how long was it?
looks like you had a squid on I don't see a dodger, you may of got more if you had a dodger on.
I catch a lot of rainbows running dodgers also.
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[TroutFool]

If the picture was a few inches higher you would be able to see the dodger on there, and you're right, the dodger and squid combo worked really well. I tipped the the squid with gulp maggots. The Kokanee was around 12" and very healthy.
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[brookie]

Great to see some kokanee coming out of FL. I fished there through the ice quite a few times this past season. Had one come up through the ice. Unfortunately it came off just as it cleared ice and went back down. It wasn't as big as the one in your photo - did not get the opportunity to get a tape on it.
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