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Kokanee fishing tips

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Slowing your Troll

I was having a hard time getting my dodger to dodge and instead it was laying flat cause we had too much speed trolling. The new engine just won't slow down enough, so give this a try. Take a 5 gallon bucket and tie it to the back of the boat with enough lead to get past the prop. It'll drop your speed in a hurry!

Topics: Trolling, Kokanee
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Landing a Kokanee

The tactics for catching a kokanee are very different from other fish, people lose a lot of fish because they are trying to horse them in. Kokanee have very soft mouths and they will throw the hook if you are not careful. Before you start fishing set your reel drag on the lighter side so that the fish can take some line as he runs and jumps because if the drag is too tight you will lose a lot of fish. You also need to stay tight on them don’t give them a lot of excess line, if you do they always seem to find a way to come up missing. Let the downriggers set the hook and if you stay tight on the fish with a smooth drag you won’t have any problems.

Topics: Kokanee
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Downrigger

I recently bought a new Downrigger from Walker at Cabelas and got the Lake Master Combo that also came with a new Pole for trolling. Over just a few hours of using it, I've learned that an accurate depth finder is extremely important. Dragging your downrigger weight on the bottom can be scary because your worried about your downrigger ripping off the boat, then your poles going with it and all your gear on the line. Meanwhile, everybody is leaning over the side of the boat trying to help, so then your worried about capping the boat. You learn quickly what you can and cannot do when trolling with one of these. I suggest when using a down rigger, plan on buying a few other essentials, such as: A decent fish/depth finder with temperature and maybe even gps for marking your fish, so you don't make the same mistakes I did. A vinyl coated downrigger wieght; vinyl can help block fish from "feeling" the electrical charge given off from the boat through the downrigger line and ball. Some fisherman say red vinyl coated balls seem to entice more strikes. Also you will need a release that can be consistently be adjusted as light as 1/2 lb of release tension especially when fishing for Kokanee because of their soft mouths.

Topics: Downrigger, Kokanee