5 Reasons You Struggle With Spring Kokanee

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Early spring or ice out Kokanee fishing can be tough. Some of those challenges can be overcome and others are beyond your control. In this video I discuss five reasons you are struggling with spring time Kokanee fishing.
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@returnofsid 2 месяца назад

Viewing again, learning more!

@ClintFredenberg Год назад

Anything in the net, no matter how much struggle is better than the alternative. Great info and great video as usual.

@doublereefed Год назад

You are pure awesome. What I love is you catching Koke after Koke while telling us why it's going to be hard to catch them. You 'da man!

@dylanroach1411 Год назад

Thumbs up for struggle bus net job and not losing it.

@decoyoppymang6068 Год назад

I'm impressed by the size of kokanee in this lake, this early in the season. They are healthy specimens for sure. What lake were you on in this video? I'm sure looking forward to your visit to the Seattle area to gain some intel on our area lakes. I'm in N Seattle specifically a city called Shoreline. Lk WA has been awesome for a couple of months allready and i've been fishing that at least once a week if not twice but look forward to doing some out of the city fishing.

@campingkids Год назад

Another great video and thanks for teaching us about Kokanee over the past couple years. I have learned a lot and caught more fish because if it than other anglers around me on my home lakes in Colorado! Sometimes I feel guilty at the fish cleaning stations when other come up with a smaller catch.

@taylordenman6105 Месяц назад

What area of Colorado are you in? I’m in the springs and fish 11 mile a couple times a week for the kokes, just curious how you’ve been doing in your part of the state

@campingkids Месяц назад

I am in Thornton and will start heading up to the mountains after the 4th to get after a few Kokanee. Reach out if you want to get out l!

@jonlobello7151 Год назад

Good one. I'm horrible at netting salmon the first few times out in the early spring, so you aren't alone there. I'll be working up at Baker Lake on the salmon smolt "barge"coming up in May. I'll be exposed to both coho and sockeye salmon juveniles, but my job will be counting and tagging the coho smolts and getting them ready for the "salmon taxi" to be released below the dams on the Baker river. Of course those fish will go down the Skagit and into Skagit Bay and Puget Sound or as some people call it, the Salish Sea. I doubt that I'll fish out here this go around because I have to be back in the U.P. by July for a health evaluation and cardio workup. But next year my job will be waiting for me and I'll be better prepared for living in the west. Presently, I'm counting coho on a Skagit trib in Lyman, WA.

@jessetharp6319 Год назад

Great video. I’m chomping at the bit to get out this year.

@rthyde1 Год назад

Thanks for another great video Tyler. I have quite a few kokes in my freezer from following your channel. My 18 ft boat looks like a killer whale and is super loud even with my electric motor. I run 25ft of 8# mono to 50ft of 18# micro lead than clip on a planer board and run it out 30 to 40 ft. Pretty much run at least one of these set ups all year with great results. If there is alot of boat traffic I take off my boards and do longer set backs. Manuevring around boats with boards sucks for everyone.

@lessalik6280 Год назад

Pumped to spring kokanee fish in BC, hope to see you out there!!

@Derekfowler88 Год назад

Doubled up good work, thanks for the vid’s

@tri_nofeet Год назад

This video is spot on!

@kevinenos7941 Год назад

Lol. Still better than me in a boat with net.

@colbysteffenhagen1703 Год назад

Excellent video as always, thanks for sharing!

@bradfarrahgerwing154 Год назад

Ugh my Bridge Lake up in the cariboo is still iced in..starting to break up but stillsheets of ice on Webcam So late this year...,,hoping to leave Thursday if i see its clear.....heatwave this week should help

@trentwilliams1984 Год назад

Thanks again for another informative video

@rowandizzzle_fn1 Год назад

Keep up the content

@jjphelps8426 Год назад

Amazing net job!

@macsmith2092 Год назад

I'm planning to get out for the first time this season next weekend here in idaho. Great timing on the video. Thanks for sharing.

@fishwhistle9666 Год назад

Thanks for the video, been loving the info...hope to put a few in the boat next time I get out! Cheers

@waynecollins7929 Год назад

Great work , this video shows a major strength of the snap weights, that its way faster changing weight and going back to flatline , get to try it later this week in a little puddle out in the seedskadee

@reapergrim76 Год назад

Good to know! 😊

@AURoger1946 2 месяца назад

Very good teaching videos. Keep up the good work. Your the best.

@stingray4540 Год назад

Even when I mark fish, I usually run at least one surface rod.

@paulevans6719 Год назад

Once again a great video. A lot of new information to process. I will be back on Whiskeytown again next Saturday and will be keeping things shallow and hopefully I'll take a few fish home too!

@nicholassenones8563 6 месяцев назад

as for the net job, all that matters is that you got it on board.

@jernplays1815 Год назад

Tried Dworshak this spring a few times got a few on but they are so dang small 6-8 inches. IDFW need to plant some Coho in that lake or something to keep koke pop in check.

@chubbrock659 Год назад

All those people drop in on you because they can see you know what the heck you’re doing!😂

@TinyTrout Год назад

I love your videos. Could you please do a sockeye video on set up, and what time of year is best for the lower columbia?

@spiltmilt Год назад

I don't live there anymore. Its pretty simple just use a small spin-n-glo and coon shrimp and plunk tight to the shore on the Columbia. Late June and early July are the best times.

@TinyTrout Год назад

@Spilt Milt Productions thank you.

@user-sd8zq8er9v Год назад

Do you know when and if they put in catchables. It's been pour fishing! Thanks

@user-sd8zq8er9v Год назад

Spilt milt I met you at spectacle lake 2 years ago in my green inflatable. You are my hero and you gave me the clues to kokanee. Do you know if spectacle lake and palmer lake were stocked with kokanee this year?

@spiltmilt Год назад

Yes they were stocked.

@user-sd8zq8er9v Год назад

@@spiltmilt thanks man I bought 1 of your shirts a week ago I hope it helps

@catfishman9516 4 месяца назад

@@spiltmiltwhat kind of cooler do you use to put fish in while on the kayak?

@johnmathews8781 Год назад

15 ft down with 2 oz weight is about 10 ft deep. How do you figure this? Do you have a chart or a formula that you use?

@davidthompson7874 Год назад

In the spring when reservoirs are moving lots of water through and levels are fluctuating what does this do to the Kokanee and the bite? I thought you did a video on this at one point but I cannot find it. Thanks

@spiltmilt Год назад

Fishing tends to be poor when water levels are dropping but better when stable or rising IMO

@fishroper Год назад

General question, what is the wind speed limit that you’ll stay out on the water trolling for Kokes?

@spiltmilt Год назад

12 mph

@MosesMcCart Год назад

High average net job in my boat.

@micahgelfand8282 Год назад

😅😅😅 made it to the net so that's all that matters

@michaelr4401 Год назад

Do u look at barometric pressure before fishing for kokanee still? For good fishing is rising or falling pressure ideal? Any strategies if pressure not ideal? Thank you

@spiltmilt Год назад

Stable is best. Rising is okay. Falling sucks.

@kirkesplin7292 Год назад

Been really trying to understand depth.. it seems at my kokanee fishery close to me, water temp is rarely above 55 degrees. Even mid summer. When Temps on surface are around 46 to 48, I find a lot of active fish at the 15 to 25 foot range. Is that something you find on deeper high mountain lakes? Or maybe some thoughts on why that may be?

@spiltmilt Год назад

Do you know what the water temp is at those depths? Makes me wonder.

@victorkrasnodemsky8958 Год назад

Hey Tyler, I’m looking into getting a red Kokanee rod primarily for the bright color. Seems like the only options on the market right now are the red Lamiglass or Santiam rod. What do you think will fish droppers (up to 4 or 5oz) and bigger trout (5-6lb) better?

@spiltmilt Год назад

The Lami has more backbone for droppers and bigger fish

@victorkrasnodemsky8958 Год назад

Sweet. Thanks for the reply!

@thehonfleur Год назад

Do you generally choose a 50ft set back when using the snap weight? Cheers

@spiltmilt Год назад

Variable depending on the conditions but minimum 30’

@thehonfleur Год назад

@@spiltmilt Thanks!

@livinglife2535 Год назад

corn recipe!

@thehonfleur Год назад

So the kokanee are on the surface in early(colder temps) spring for warmer water? Does this go for rainbow trout as well?

@spiltmilt Год назад

Generally that is the rule

@thehonfleur Год назад

@Spilt Milt Productions Thanks brother!

@pasichnyk Год назад

Do you only run the clip weights in the spring? Are you seeing better hookup/landing ratio compared to a normal slider with a couple foot bumper before your dodger, or you just like them better these days?

@spiltmilt Год назад

I run them year round. I like them better for a couple reasons. I get a higher landing ratio. I get less tangles when dropping gear down. Lastly, I can drop my gear down much faster.

@pasichnyk Год назад

@@spiltmilt good reasons. I’ll have to try, I’ve always ran sliders with droppers, but I’m normally running a single downrigger.

@chubbrock659 Год назад

Good question… I thought you used sliders for your weights. Do you prefer clip ons? Is there a situation where one is better than the other?

@ericward6919 Год назад

@@spiltmilt I love my snap droppers except that I have lost a lot of fish dicking around with trying to get it unclipped by myself. If I have another body in the boat, its not that bad.

@spiltmilt Год назад

I prefer clip ons.

@ag8782 Год назад

I am hitting up Detroit lake this weekend, and there is a sudden heat wave in the area. Will this affect the fishing? If so have any suggestions on where to start? Thanks!

@spiltmilt Год назад

Hard to say. It will certainly increase melt coming into the lake which could affect Kokanee depending on how much they are letting water out.

@ag8782 Год назад

@@spiltmilt Thanks for the help! If nothing else it will be the first time fishing in t shirt weather this year:)

@CustomCompost Год назад

What temps do you start fishing for them. 39 deg here and no luck trolling.

@spiltmilt Год назад

I fish them from 37 F on up. Try slower troll speeds or jigging if you can get them on the troll.

@deitrickorullian505 Год назад

Do you use a longer leader length for spring?

@spiltmilt Год назад

No I don't.

@deitrickorullian505 Год назад

@@spiltmilt What length do you usually go with then?

@pnwhunter Год назад

Can you link the clip on weights?

@spiltmilt Год назад

Add whet ever lead weights you want to these amzn.to/43WcQ7O

@alsellers5657 Год назад

Fontenelle is still locked up with 38" of ice... it's going to be a while.

@spiltmilt Год назад

That is wild.

@fishwhistle9666 3 месяца назад

Do you find that dodger size or lure size needs to be a bit smaller?

@spiltmilt 3 месяца назад

Not necessarily sometimes more action is needed

@fishwhistle9666 3 месяца назад

Thanks. Going to try monte tomorrow. Ice off last Sunday.

@spiltmilt 3 месяца назад

Nice. Such a fun lake!

@NorthwestOpenSeason Год назад

Tyler: “this is why you suck at kokanee fishing… oops, hold on, let me land this double… Anyway, back to why you suck at kokanee fishing… 😂 great video

@bradfarrahgerwing154 Год назад

I only have leadline setups.....should I increase my monofilament length by 30 or 40 ft to help,stay up top but away from the boat? I normally only run 15 ft mono after my leadline Thanks

@spiltmilt Год назад

That could help when running near surface certainly.