Best Kokanee Attractors: Lake Trolls vs Dodgers 

I don’t use Kokabow products

I know it's crazy quiet

It's weird to me that they are bothrred by rotating blade but not by a dodger slamming back and forth

Difference between 4-6 blades making full rotations vs a single wobbling blade? They often told me if you were getting follows but not takes, your leader was too short. They were mostly using F3 or F4 flatfish or Super Dupers, so didnt depend on the troll to impart action, just flash and vibration. They would start at 24" and adjust from there. I did see them go shorter using Wedding Ring Spinners and worms, about 18 inches. I do respect what the old timers (R.I.P.) had to say, as they were experts using the old Les Davis and Luhr Jensen lake trolls. Dodger were used exclusively for Salmon only by that crowd, the Kokanee Dodgers had not been developed. Just my 2 cents.

This was only 2 blades. I do agree though that an "action" style lures behind a laketroll can be deadly but many anglers still swear by laketrolls and wedding rings.

Because every old tackle box in the PNW is still loaded with Ford Fenders 🤣😂

Yes I've had some great Kokanee days trolling by the island on that lake.

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I use a lake troll all the time for trout and can absolutely get it to a point where my rod has the same pulsation to let me know I'm at the right speed. I wonder if he was pulling too fast for the lake troll as my experience with both indicates that dodgers (depending on the shape/size) like to be pulled a bit faster than the lake trolls do. Good comparison though.

Waste of money. They don’t work at Kokanee troll speeds

I agree I discuss this in the video

@Paul Foxworthee If only it was the just the tackle.

I don't notice any bias to one side or the other on my kayak but I will explore the lake troll vs dodger scenario more.

Worth it

Spinning or casting?

@@spiltmilt Spinning

Okuma Celilo UL spinning is great

Standard. The "lite" only works at really slow speeds

I've not tried Mack's flashlight lake trolls but I know several anglers who swear by them

Magwa Magwa what hooks are you using? That has been a difference maker for me.

@@SVaya2018 i am using #2 wide gape finesse hooks gamagatzu the other day i caught 24 but i must have hooked 45 many are getting off on the way in... Thanks

Magwa Magwa yeah those are the ones I switched to. My land rate has improved with those hooks. I have also added 20 feet of 12lb mono top shot to my braid. I think that has helped too. Good luck!!

@@SVaya2018Guys make sure your hooks of any brand and style are SHARP, we have found this to help boating more fish.

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My favorite color is silver with pink and moon jelly tape but I do well with orange, gold, and chartreuse.

@@spiltmilt Thanks I believe I picked up a couple of those today at White Elephant.

I run 6-12" leader lengths behind dodgers and for action type lures up 30" behind lake trolls.

Deep Lake

Thanks

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