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Pierce County, WA

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05/31/2013
61° - 65°
Trolling
Kokanee
Corn
Purple
Cloudy
Dodger
Morning
56° - 60°
05/31/2013
4
1513

I gave today a 4, even though I only caught two kokes, a 12" and a 17". There were only a handful of boats, low wind and only two water skiers. Caught these guys at 35 to 40 ft of wire in 70+ water east of the City Park launch. Marked fish everywhere mostly from 30 to 45 feet, but after 10:00am they wouldn't bite my offerings.

Both were caught with a Double D dodger and a multi-colored mini hoochie skirt with a glow bead and purple spinner. I saw an article where they were tying double #8 hooks with a half hook length overlap (hard to hold and tie the knots) and both hooks slid up inside the skirt with two spacer beads (no hook showing out the back). The theory is that the fish will get both of the smaller, close-spaced hooks in it's mouth and increase your chances of setting both hooks. It worked - both of todays kokes had double hook sets inside the mouth. Even with two tail-walking runs on the 17", the hooks held.


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Mike Carey
5/31/2013 5:23:00 PM
now that's a nice kokanee.
Toni
5/31/2013 6:46:00 PM
Wow that is a nice catch!!! Thanks for the report.
05cr125r
5/31/2013 7:00:00 PM
geeesh...nice fish !
quaddaddy
5/31/2013 7:30:00 PM
nice koke's
jimmydkokanee
5/31/2013 8:46:00 PM
Nice fish Lou,Looks like a good setup, Might have to give it a try next time!
CanoeingIt
5/31/2013 11:43:00 PM
Awesome Koke!
bryanpeck
6/1/2013 8:13:00 AM
Nice catch, Lou...that's a bomber koke!
dzfish
6/1/2013 10:26:00 AM
Nice KOKE!!!
KIDKOKANEE
6/1/2013 10:58:00 PM
NICE!!! Nice to See American Still Has Large Kokanee !! Not just average thats a nice one!! Since Riffe has those worms in belly I ve been praying no one where else would get them !! Stevens, Samamish, Yale, Merwin,Chelan,Angle,Wilderness, Riffe,all fish alil different for the silver bullet kokane silvers!! but American is a tricky one to limit with all kokanee especially larger ones guess hasnt always been that way!! recently meet up with a school teacher at the boat launch was saying the lil pink lures you fish pinks with if still fish and just drop em in and wiggle em around catches kokanee their also in American me Im usually a troller myself and my fishing partners but if thsi works willing to giverer a go!! ?? never know sometimes might beat the kokanee set up !! Shrimp, corn, maggets,worn and in and combinations !! Nice to SEE that particular kokanee this time of year !! wish I gotten it??!! (jealous here)!!! been fishing with a guy who uses his gas motor to troll and I really believe in the electric troller especially for kokanee!! some use downriggers I can see later in like July etc but personally I like the small lake dipsy diver by luhr jenson and a snubber as it doesnt release!! with the eyed flasher a wedding style spinner!! pole length !! to get fish in boat!! GOOD GOING!!! FISH ON!!!!!!!
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