As Winter digs its teeth in to hang around a few more months, I often find myself day dreaming of the sunny spring and summer days filled with Kokanee fishing. Then I remember you can fish for them year around!

Kokanee fishing in the winter requires a new set of tactics and a whole new mindset about getting these little rockets to bite. Long set backs and lots of speed changes.

I started out the day at o-dark-thirty trolling in 80-100 feet of water in the North east part of the lake. Right of the bat I mark a few fish at 50-55', one rigger at 45' and the other at 50' Shallow one goes of first, fish comes undone, then the deep rods goes off and this one stuck. After a nice little battle a healthy 12" Koke hit the net. This continued off and on for the next 3 hours with fish coming between 25-55' deep. On one rod I had a Arrow flash dodger and a R&K pink/glow/purple hoochie with a chrome blade. The other rod had a pink splatter dick night and a Pink Kokaneekid Dakokanee spinner (coming soon) Both bait with shoepeg corn and DNA scent.

Trolling speed-1.1-1.9
Water temp 42.9 degrees


Final for the day, 8 fish hooked and 6 fish boat. I love Kokanee fishing!! Fish were a little skinny but they had full bellies. Hoping for some 17-18" fish this year again!

Norm

1/24/2014 9:04:00 PM

awesome!!! you just made me water at the mouth haha

Idstud

1/25/2014 8:44:00 AM

Ive been itching to get out there reading and thinking kokanee for these last few weeks and was thinking I would have been the first one out and I have been beat. Nice job sounds like a fun day.

jd39

1/25/2014 8:51:00 AM

Nice work 360! Will have to give them more of a shot in the offseason.

G-Man

1/25/2014 10:11:00 AM

Love it! I think you may have officially kicked off the Kokanee season.

KIDKOKANEE

1/25/2014 5:31:00 PM

Nice !! American Lake showing a few Kokanee but nothing like that!! TY!!! Appreciated!!! FISH ON!!!

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