07-04-2006, 08:34 PM
Kodiak, I did go back to my old way of catching the Kokanee with out the flashers on day two and I caught just as many Kokes as the wife. They seemed to like red so,I switched to a lighter rod with 6 lb. test mono and attached a #1 Needle Fish in Red with the little silver flasher blade and a small swivel and they hit just as well and I didn't have to mess with the flashers or rebaiting with the corn. I usually don't use flashers when I can catch them with out dragging that stuff thru the water. I have had people come over and ask how I can catch Kokanee without using flashers and I tell them I have been doing it for years, sometimes it even out fishes the different types of pop gear. I never did try flouresent green as this is a favorite color of mine in the old tripple teaser or needle fish. I would like to go back and fish Anderson again this year for the Kokes but I drew a Limited Entry Elk Tag for one of the better areas in Utah this year and I need to start spending some time scouting for a good bull. Let me know how you did at Anderson, and give Lime creek a try. We never left there Sat. and we caught 40 that we kept. You will catch some smaller ones about 9-10 inches but we would shake them off the hooks back in to the lake. Even with the skiers ripping back and forth in there I stayed at 12-15 feet with the down rigger. I trolled close to shore and out in the middle and it didn't seem to matter, they were all over, we doubled quite often. We never did catch a trout in two days but that was fine with us because we like the Kokes better anyway.[cool]
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