BIGGEST KOKANEE SALMON I have Ever Seen!!! (New PB) 

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Until the lithium battery blows up and sinks your boat

You must be an old veteran of many years of kokanee fishing. Lake trolls (or should I call them pop gear) with a snubber have been phased out in popularity by dodgers and light action rods . I remember starting out Kokanee fishing with lead core line spooled on a Penn 209 level wind , ford fenders, snubber and an L-J Kokanee King or similar spoon tipped with plain unscented shoe peg corn since Pro-Cure & other companies hadn't started making scents available. We pulled this heavy gear with our striper rods. Many a time we'd detect a hit and then spend 15 min's reeling in 100 yds plus of line only to find the fish was not hooked... making tight turns and circles was not practical with that much line out and the maximum trolling depth that we could reach was probably 50-60 feet. Depth readings were obtained by a Lowrance flasher unit (a spinning disc with a fluorescent bulb that blinked at the measured depth. Still used by some ice fishing guys) OH how times have changed ....

Most people do, that’s the way mine are too.

Actually it's lake shasta after seeing the bridge

@@fogman0007 Wiskeytown

Kokanee....mostly about 1.0-1.3Mph...your mileage may vary...but I usually go to 1.2Mph to start with. Depth? More about time of year and where your sonar says they are. Can certainly guess and still do ok as long as you move your depths til you find fish.

Would be nice to see you try to catch different types of fish and your set up.

Wiskeytown near Redding Ca.

Kokanee And Kings are planted as fingerlings in certain lakes. They are only about 4-5 inches long when they're planted. Two years later they are of catchable size. At that point, they're considered 3rd year fish. They usually die in their 3rd or 4th year. In the fall.

Shuttle hawks don't work well if you're running braid on the downrigger fyi or at least for me they don't.

@rustyhookeroutdoors8705 Braid isn't good to run with kokanee. They have soft mouths and you lose more. That stretch from mono helps. But I've used them with braid and works good. You might just need different releases

@@REELTRU01 I was talking that shuttle hawks don't work well if you have braided downrigger line. The braid actually cut grooves into my shuttle hawks which then frayed my downrigger line. Just my opinion. Loved the shuttle hawks when I ran SS cable tho but hated the whining for the cable.

Wiskeytown near Redding Ca.

@@JeffreyWaddle dang way off but i have passed that going to hoopa thats one i have plans to fish next time i visit my wifes friend

299 West

15 to 17 inch leader works best for me

Wiskeytown near Redding Ca.

He mentions that he does for the camera angle. #insta360

Yes, it's legal at whiskeytown lake.

Wiskeytown near Redding

He’s at berryessa

My apologies I purely went off the title of the video. Pretty sure he’s at Whiskey Town lake west of Redding CA

@@salmonsteelheadnorthcoast7639 I think you are right