Mike, that's exciting to hear, you will love these fish. There is something unique about Kokanee gear/tackle that is intriguing. I have quite a few videos on my channel dealing with Kokanee gear and set ups that will hopefully help you in getting started. Thanks for watching, good luck!
Awesome video guys! Glad you were able to go together and spend some quality time together slaying Kok's. As always, good to see another upload from you. I might have to pull my cameras out and wipe the dust off of them very soon. ???
Great video man. I am also in the Idaho area you just recently purchased the boat similar to yours. I was wondering how you mounted your downriggers as I am having a hard time figuring out how to mount mine. Thanks in advance!
Great job on the Kokes, I will have to make the trip back to Anderson. The wife and I had a great year at Lucky Peak. I know it's a touch early but I'm getting the itch to get back out there. Hope to see you on the water.
Sorry it took a bit to get back to your response. We thought last year was gonna be a bust because of the winter we had and they waited until nearly July to fill the reservoir. Starting in June and all through July, we limited out nearly every time out. I didn't fish for Kokes in August, traveling and then started hunting, but the freezer was full.
You go out to Anderson a lot on a fairly small boat, do you think it's safe to go out there on a sit-on-top kayak to fish? Is there a lot of current going through the lake?
My boys and I fish at strawberry and Soldier Creek Reservoir up here in Utah either on the ice or from Shore so I'm not very experienced with a boat but I'm looking to get one here soon. Do you just troll along with that rig or cast out in real in or how does that work?
I troll for Kokanee, I doubt you would have any real success casting from shore. Your best bet is to get in some kind of boat (doesn't have to be expensive), and use either downriggers or divers as kokanee are usually grouped up at depths not reachable from shore. Again, if you're trying to keep things on a budget, you can pick up a good diver for $10-$20. Good luck.
Thanks Jay! The canon is very basic and takes two hands to operate which may be one downside of trying to use it in a kayak. It has basically a C-clamp style mount, so as long as you have some kind of flat edge to clamp it to, it should work ok. Thanks for watching.
Good eye Zack, and good question! The two to me are very different. I use them both no matter what fishery I'm at, however, it seems that at some fisheries I may prefer one over the other. For example, if I'm fishing Strawberry Reservoir or Flaming Gorge in Utah (bigger kokanee) the red lamiglas rod would be my choice. It has a nice limber action, but also has some backbone for those bigger Kokanee. If I'm fishing a place where the kokanee only reach about 15 inches or less in size, the SST would be my choice as it has a much lighter action. It can handle the bigger fish also, but I feel that the red rod is better suited for larger fish. So I guess it depends on the fisheries you mostly frequent and the size of the fish it generally produces. Hope that helps!
THE MOUNTAINLIFE Gotcha, thanks for the reply. I guess I’ll have to get one of each then haha. Right now I’m running the Cabelas Tourney Trail 7’6” Kokanee rod and really like it, but so far I’ve only caught trout on them, gearing up for a good Kokanee season though.
Thanks Jeff I appreciate the compliment! In this video I'm using the Tica Kokanee Special KT101 series. I believe the KT100 is the right handed retrieve while the KT101 is the left handed retrieve. I like these because all of my spinning reels are left hand retrieve so it just feels more natural to me. Thanks for watching!
The Kokanee will be changing color by then and I usually don't fish for them that late in the summer as their meat quality suffers once they turn color and prepare to spawn. Good question.
