02-08-2009, 08:04 PM
For kokanee I use a flasher about 6 inches above a pink flashy jig tipped with a piece of night crawler and set my rods at different depths, 8, 12,15, 20 and 25 feet to start with. When the kokanee start hitting and you catch one, most will follow it up to the hole. At that time I fish from 3 to 8 feet down. At that point with the pink jig, bait is not necessary ( usually). I try to set the hook blind after the second movement of the rod. (I use spring bobbers to detect the slight hits)
For perch on Ririe, I try to fish in water from 25 to 50 feet deep and a foot to six inches off the bottom. Once again I use a flasher about six inches above a jig. My favorite jig for perch is the old Dickey "Skinny Ice Flies." Since they are no longer made, I make my own. My favorite are the Chartreuse or White that glow in the dark. I tip them with nightcrawler and/or perch meat. A group of fishermen were very successful near me on Saturday with corn and perch eyes. Both them and I were catching kokanee on our perch rods from time to time, but as soon as we caught a koke on the bottom they would move right up under the ice. We had six groups of kokanee come through Saturday between 9 to noon.
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For perch on Ririe, I try to fish in water from 25 to 50 feet deep and a foot to six inches off the bottom. Once again I use a flasher about six inches above a jig. My favorite jig for perch is the old Dickey "Skinny Ice Flies." Since they are no longer made, I make my own. My favorite are the Chartreuse or White that glow in the dark. I tip them with nightcrawler and/or perch meat. A group of fishermen were very successful near me on Saturday with corn and perch eyes. Both them and I were catching kokanee on our perch rods from time to time, but as soon as we caught a koke on the bottom they would move right up under the ice. We had six groups of kokanee come through Saturday between 9 to noon.
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