08-08-2010, 03:34 PM
For what it's worth:
A good number of kokanee lures come with red Gamakatsu lazer sharpened hooks; usually in a two hook "stinger" set up. I usually retie the lures that don't come with them. Has always been controversy over whether corn or bare hooks both catch fish or which does better. I go with conventional wisdom; two hooks with white shoepeg corn. Two on the top hook and one on the trailing hook. You hook the corn through the wide end or head with the narrow end as the trailing edge. I soak the corn wth pro-cure scents. I've also used commercial fire corn.
I think each lake is different as well. Dodger and lure colors vary depending on depth, cloudiness, etc. If you follow the kokanee forums there is a ton of "science" (or technique anyway) in chasing kokanee.
I find that solar lunar tables usually help but there is still a huge "luck" component.
A good fish finder in sonar mode will locate suspended kokanee. Ideally, you locate a column or school at whatever depth (they prefer around 50 degree water) and then troll back and forth through them.
The guys that consistently target and catch kokanee employ everything from black boxes, zig-zag patterns, downriggers, gps speeds to different setups.
I usually try to locate the fish first and then change setups if they are not hitting. Action can be non-stop with multiple hookups to nothing more than a pleasant boat ride...
A bare red hook behind a dodger would catch a certain number of kokanee; especially if they are on the bite. I don't personally think this setup would outfish the typical kokanee rigging.
Just my take...
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A good number of kokanee lures come with red Gamakatsu lazer sharpened hooks; usually in a two hook "stinger" set up. I usually retie the lures that don't come with them. Has always been controversy over whether corn or bare hooks both catch fish or which does better. I go with conventional wisdom; two hooks with white shoepeg corn. Two on the top hook and one on the trailing hook. You hook the corn through the wide end or head with the narrow end as the trailing edge. I soak the corn wth pro-cure scents. I've also used commercial fire corn.
I think each lake is different as well. Dodger and lure colors vary depending on depth, cloudiness, etc. If you follow the kokanee forums there is a ton of "science" (or technique anyway) in chasing kokanee.
I find that solar lunar tables usually help but there is still a huge "luck" component.
A good fish finder in sonar mode will locate suspended kokanee. Ideally, you locate a column or school at whatever depth (they prefer around 50 degree water) and then troll back and forth through them.
The guys that consistently target and catch kokanee employ everything from black boxes, zig-zag patterns, downriggers, gps speeds to different setups.
I usually try to locate the fish first and then change setups if they are not hitting. Action can be non-stop with multiple hookups to nothing more than a pleasant boat ride...
A bare red hook behind a dodger would catch a certain number of kokanee; especially if they are on the bite. I don't personally think this setup would outfish the typical kokanee rigging.
Just my take...
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