Strawberry 5/8

[Downriggerer]

Four of us on my boat found some 50 degree water and ended up with 5 kokanee and 2 rainbows sized for eating out of 24 for the day. Fishing really picked up at 11:30 when it warmed up and stayed good until the wind came up and we left. The kokanee were 16-18" and hit best when the water warmed up between 11:30 and 1:30. They were 0-30 feeet, many of them came on planer boards. Bright oranges and pink squids were the ticket but the biggest one came on a very reflective crankbait pulled on the planer boards.

Welcome to the site and thanks for the post, sounds like you did good for some decent sized kokes. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of crankbait were you using for the kokes? I don't hear of many folks catching kokes with cranks, so you have my curiosity up.

Thanks, I was on the Utah Wildlife Net for a long time but nothing much was happening over there any more.

I've only caught 3 kokanee on spoons and crankbaits ever so, not recommending it as a tactic.  This one was an accident too.  I am usually fishing for something else with the crankbaits and just happened to get a kokanee excited.  But, I got the one on Friday on a Lucky Craft Pointer Minnow 65.