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Kokanee Gear

Post by Steelheadin360 » Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:32 pm

made a little video explaining some of the gear and bait i use for kokanee fishing. If anyone wants to add in please do.



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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by dutchman2858 » Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:19 pm

"360" Thanks for the kokanee tips! Always helps those of us who are beginners get into the game a bit faster.

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by Mike Carey » Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:52 pm

hey thanks for sharing, lots of good information. I liked the baby props. That brings back some memories!
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Post by goodtimesfishing » Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:56 pm

Good info there 360 [thumbsup]

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by bassplayer17 » Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:05 pm

Good info 360 like your bait...See you out there....14' flat bottom lowe...
Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught....

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by Steelheadin360 » Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:41 pm

Mike Carey wrote:hey thanks for sharing, lots of good information. I liked the baby props. That brings back some memories!

she chimes in a few times during the video haha, i kept having to put her binky back in so the video isnt the best
bassplayer17 wrote:Good info 360 like your bait...See you out there....14' flat bottom lowe...
You fishing tomorrow? ill be out there in my black livingston

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by Mike Carey » Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:08 pm

binky, OMG. Flashbacking! [biggrin]

Imet KokaneeKid and Mrs. KK at the Portland show. Nice people.
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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by Steelheadin360 » Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:56 pm

Mike Carey wrote:binky, OMG. Flashbacking! [biggrin]

Imet KokaneeKid and Mrs. KK at the Portland show. Nice people.

yea and loaded diapers haha

Yea Jeremy is a great guy. He really has taught me alot about the sport and i really do believe in his products.

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by fear_no_fish » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:50 pm

To help some others out,
how far behind the down rigger do you set your gear? (From the clip to flasher)
Your average fishing depths and how weather or time of day effect your depth of fishing.
Fishing speed.
How to fight the soft mouth fish.
I might have missed some of that in the video but if not it could all be some helpful info.

I have actually caught a couple kokes where a boat was not needed. They will it a worm hanging under a bobber. Not to often though.
I cant wait for stevens to warm up a bit, catching a few kokes sounds like fun!

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by Steelheadin360 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:02 am

All great info I forgot! Haha. I will make another video today in the boat and cover some of that

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by Augwen » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:15 am

Great info...Thanx

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by NewJack » Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:23 am

Awesome video!
You got me pumped up for kokanee!

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by eklarsen » Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:59 pm

wait, where is the video?

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by Steelheadin360 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:44 pm

fear_no_fish wrote:To help some others out,
how far behind the down rigger do you set your gear? (From the clip to flasher)
Your average fishing depths and how weather or time of day effect your depth of fishing.
Fishing speed.
How to fight the soft mouth fish.
I might have missed some of that in the video but if not it could all be some helpful info.

I have actually caught a couple kokes where a boat was not needed. They will it a worm hanging under a bobber. Not to often though.
I cant wait for stevens to warm up a bit, catching a few kokes sounds like fun!
Here is another video answering these questions


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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by NewJack » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:29 pm

Good follow up video. How many did you take home?

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by Steelheadin360 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:33 pm

One fish..... but the two other guys fishing didnt catch any so I considered myself lucky

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by fear_no_fish » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:37 pm

Full of great tips, right on!
Those rods look like they would be a blast on humpies!!

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by Augwen » Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:29 am

Nice tips...Thanx again!

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by Steelheadin360 » Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:03 am

fear_no_fish wrote:Full of great tips, right on!
Those rods look like they would be a blast on humpies!!
I am counting down the days until I can use them for pinks! Haha! Just hope mr. King doesnt make a suprise visit.

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Re: Kokanee Gear

Post by TroutSnipr » Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:49 am

Here is one of my hand tied setups (these work for Sockeye too if you bump the hook sizes up to 1/0 or 2/0)

-Size 2 to 4 Gamaktsu drop shot hooks tied in tandem (depending on the size of the Koke's where you fish)
-3-4 strands pink UV crystal flash
-3-4 strands hot pink “fish hair” or bucktail
-2 3mm pink UV beads
-1.1 hot pink UV Smile Blade
-14 ½-inch Seaguar Grand Max Fluorocarbon leader
-00 Luhr-Jensen Herring Dodger (white, with UV tape)
You can bait the front hook as well if you wish.

As an option, color in the stripes on the other side of the Smile Blade with a purple Sharpie.

You can also downsize any of these rigs as well...
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Lamiglas G1307/Pflueger Arbor 7435
Berkley A949MH/Pflueger Arbor 7440
Damiki Angel EX S662ML/Pflueger President 6930
Denali Jadewood JS782FR/Pflueger President 6935
Abu Garcia Vendetta VTS706/Pflueger President XT 6730
Quantum EXO-PT/US Reels Hibdon 800

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