Todays trip I targeted Kokanee. My goal was to see if I could actually catch a limit of Kokanee and avoid catching the trout. I found kokanee early and had 2 in the boat with no trout. Thought it might go well, but the difference between where the trout and kokanee are hanging is only about 6 feet. Trout were at 20 and kokanee were at 26. In all probability some of the fish at 20' were kokanee but to achieve the goal you could not target them. 2nd pole was not used. I ended up catching 4 kokanee of keeping size (3 inters will not be counted) and 4 trout. 3 of the trout were caught while deploying the down rigger. I could not put in my set back and get the flasher/scent spinner to 30 feet before I had a trout. IMHO the "bait rule" is stupid for people who are trolling. I get it when still fishing and you want to discourage people from gut hooking and sorting looking for bigger fish. But when you are trolling fish do not swallow the hook any more than the fly fishermen who are trolling flies behind their pontoons. The three trout were released unharmed and I kept on e at the end (caught at 30 feet) to round out the meal. Got blown off the water or I would have finished my kokanee limit before I headed home. If you want a quick limit of trout pull a flasher and an NTO Scent Spinner at 15 feet. You won't be able to make 3 trips around the lake.

Combo that produced today was the gold Arrowflash flasher and a black kokanee sized scent spinner combined with orange beads. Scent was Procure Bloody Tuna and Garlic and of course shoepeg corn. Seahawk combo instantly caught the trout (2 of the three that were caught while deploying). Had to switch it out quick.

Here is the video of the day.