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Finally! I got a Kok!

I arrived at the lake around 0700 and went out to meet WA Lake member Lou Smith (who was already fishing). We talked for a bit and he gave me advice on kokanee fishing that really help a ton.

Weather was overcast with a cold wind blowing, water temp was around 63. I focused my efforts on northeast part of the lake anywhere from 18'-30' of water. My first set up was flat lining a 4/0 dodger with a red wedding ring baited with shoepeg corn and gulp maggots. This got me many, many bites, but nothing stuck. That died so I hooked up the downrigger and tried various depths with no success. I switched my lure over to a pink hoochie on the surface which got me a few more bites. Again, nothing stuck. I then switched to a pink wedding ring and put it 9' on the rigger. This got me many bites and finally the nice 11" kok in pic. My battery died around 1300 so I headed in. I rated today a 3 since this is my first kok and I know I had opportunity for more.

I want to thank members Lou Smith and Toni for all the advice they've given me on kokanee fishing. These are fun and frustrating fish. I've def caught the bug.

LiveAsYouWill

5/18/2012 5:33:00 PM

Sounds like you at least learned something AND had some fun! Was curious about flatlining dodge/weddingring "koke-killer". cool you got one. Rock on!

Kingchinook

5/18/2012 6:59:00 PM

Nice glad to hear you got one now your on your way to catching limits the first koke is the hardest now you will catch many more fishing is all about putting in your time and time equals fish so good luck and check out Kokanee kid tackle on line he sells the best Kokanee tackle made and make sure to call him he has great knowledge on Kokanee he will set you up with what you need and give you information on anything you want to know just ask him questions he will share all the knowledge he has he doesn't hold back he wants to help you catch that's what makes him happy people catching Kokanee and make sure to tell him matt sent ya he'll take even better care of ya he has helped me out tremendously I took a trip for 8 days of Kokanee fishing and with his help and tackle I limited every day on two different lakes and never had to fish more than 3 hours that limits for 4 people 20 koks made the best trip of my life and hopefully more trips like this to come

koka_holic

5/18/2012 8:25:00 PM

if you want to get a feel of how they bite, or dine and dash, try lake meridian. they are small there but plentifull, will give you plenty of practice!

'OL GREY DOG

5/19/2012 6:17:00 AM

how did it taste ??

yooper_fisher

5/19/2012 9:37:00 AM

I just fried it for breakfast, tasted pretty good. I was expecting the meat to be red, but it was a nice orange color

Thanks king and koka, I just may try meridian one of these days

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