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--if you only want to catch fish when the bites on... it probably doesn't matter. --if you want to consistantly catch fish when no one else is or you want to catch bigger fish then lure selection is one of the pieces of the puzzle. --depth, speed, lure presentation is also of significance...

--fishers advantage blades still on back order at cabelas.. any other sources?

--OK I'll admit it: Anise makes my boat smell better.. nothing really to do with catching fish. --Given that hatchery fish for the most part have a good experience with humans feeding them, one would think human scent would attract them to your lure... except those that we steralized... they...

--One toy with catnip one without. When you want to play but the cat doesn't.. just drag the toy with catnip by and you'll find out what scent can do. --Human scent: some believe all predators have a trigger scent that prey can detect. --Not all human scent is bad; whenever my grandmother was...

scent vs bait... depends on the action I want from my lure.. for spinner type lures other than the angle.. adding bait isn't as big an issue as with wobble type lures which I use most often. --especially on light or smaller wobble type lures, when I want more action on the lure, I do not want...

--I'll say maybe... one person I know that consistently catches big fish sprays wd40 on his fluoro leader to ensure he gets a good solid knot... maybe its the wd40 scent rather than the careful knot that is giving him an advantage. --human scent... my grandmother always caught more fish than...

--just another one of my unproven theories... prey don't swim toward a preditor..in some areas I think you can predict which way the fish is facing.. underwater current or surface wind. ever notice near some structure, bays or points you catch more fish when trolling in one direction. --I...

--I have also found that when two rods out.. using willow leaf with lure behind and on other rod a plug that I get more fish on the plug than I do when fishing with only a plug or only a willow leaf style. --I think the willow leaf brings them in then they see the plug near by. --Sometimes run...

--lyman lures, tomic lures --I have found on some I change the hook to more of a trailing hook so expecially on a small plug the hook also gets some movement.. --I still tend to use the smaller sizes... when shoe is on the other foot checkout the kokanee spawning colour lyman for that other...

"Now...having said that, I'm not ready to ditch my planer boards...they work well for a reason!" --I also like planer boards when there is enough fishing room to use them. --Boat shy.... maybe but that can be compensated for by longer set back... my main reason for using planer boards is to...

--I would think more standard rule would be more fishers shorten up. --I wouldn't be running planer boards on a crowded lake so why would I have such a long set back on downrigger. --If running that far back on long line I'm usually near surface fishing and not using my downriggers... mostly...

--kokaneegal.... why do you keep letting other people hold your fish for the pictures!

--great report thanks.... hopefully one day Okanagan lk with rebound so I can challenge your new world record producing lake. --I hope our fisheries biologists are reading this as well.

Sickle hooks by Matzuo are available at candian tire

theme fishing -- I found new lures or technique that I just don't give a chance.. ie. don't work so change to go to rig also best time to try something new isn't when the fish aren't bitting. I find it funny the people try something new and say it doesn't work when their go to lure wasn't...

--almost impossible to answer... Arrow is 136 miles long and 1.2 miles wide... Kooteney is 97 miles long and ranges from 1.2- 3.7 miles wide. --I'd say for Arrow check out Hook it up tackle in Nakusp and for Kooteney check out Gill & Gift in Balfour. --Both sponsor fishing derbies throughout...

--I'm not sure what your regulations are where you fish...I've seen these rigged with hook on the large spoon.. (just in case big fish hits it) and trailing spinner. --We would not be able to use this hook set up in BC.

--If you wanted to go over to the dark side you could put a hook on the blade and catch a trout. --I've seen similar colour combo spawning koke on a lyman plug. --I feel it is OK for koke fishers to occasionally catch trout over 5 lbs to keep them from eating all the kokes.

--wood lk two fish limit decent size just north of kelowna --Okanagan but kokanee closed so you have to watch for in season opening which they have had last two years but later in the season. --Kooteny and Arrow bit of a stretch but good fish size. --remember to check regs as some of these are...

--Wood lake: dont take a lunch... with two fish limit took just 15 minutes of fishing. --With short ice fishing season this year expect decent size and numbers.