The worst part is eveytime I boat a fish they follow me. I took my trusty volt meter out with me to see what is going on, @ 1.5 miles an hour I am putting out .46 of a volt positive. So I am switching over to braided line, Will report back how this works, I plan on running a cable and the braid to see if there is really any difference. However the starboard side of my boat always outfishes 3 to 1. Go figure!!!!!
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JTM, why are you worried about .46v? I measured mine on Thursday and going 1.5 with the weights at 20 feet the starboard DR was .40v and the port DR was at .42v. As I understand it Kokanee like something in the neighborhood of .65v, being under isn't bad but being over could be bad. I fished all day Friday, and had a decent day so I think ok at .4 and .42, please let me know if I'm thinking about it incorrectly.
Not worried at all, I was wanting to switch to braid and the fact that I am only putting out .46 just makes it that much easyer. I was worried I might be attracting with the voltage. Some guys like to be putting out +3 So I feel safe going to braid which put's out no voltage is going to work for me..
Kokaneeslayer
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On the water by 9 am off at 1. 6 nice kokes and 3 trout. All the Trout hit on a set up no deeper than 10' .. Then we had to go Googan to both dams.Is there Googan permit I need to get to use my boat the way I want to?
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We spend the morning up around the damn as well. Got there around 9am. Landed 5 decent kokes, all about 14 inches, and 5 decent rainbow. Seemed like everytime we landed on, some boat pulled in right behind us, caught nothing, then left.
jhmh2ofowl
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You said it!
You said it. I really don't mind when another fisherman passes at 50' trolling along with everyone else, in fact I wave a good luck to them which is almost always reciprocated. We fished at LP from 10-4 and were buzzed by wake boarders and a "few" ski boats. None the less we had a good day today. We caught 7 Kokes all about 13-14" and a handful of Rainbows. Kokes were hitting on an orange squid and a pink/silver wedding ring behind flashers. Trout hit the red wedding rings, also behind flashers. The wife and I had a great day on the lake!
Good Luck and tight lines!
You said it. I really don't mind when another fisherman passes at 50' trolling along with everyone else, in fact I wave a good luck to them which is almost always reciprocated. We fished at LP from 10-4 and were buzzed by wake boarders and a "few" ski boats. None the less we had a good day today. We caught 7 Kokes all about 13-14" and a handful of Rainbows. Kokes were hitting on an orange squid and a pink/silver wedding ring behind flashers. Trout hit the red wedding rings, also behind flashers. The wife and I had a great day on the lake!
Good Luck and tight lines!
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Arrived at LP around 11:30 and fished until 4:30. Stayed in one area and had people come and go on our spot all day with no luck as well. Landed 5 nice Kookes and lost 5 at the boat. Really light bite and they were unhooking themselves in the net. Picked up 6 Rainbows that were good size as well.
Like everyone else, catching them on top, long lining. Guys running down riggers don’t seem to do as well this early in the season. Gave my colored shoe peg and some tips to a guy and his wife that have recently retired and who will be fishing LP all this coming week. Nice people, way better than the wake-board jerks....
Like everyone else, catching them on top, long lining. Guys running down riggers don’t seem to do as well this early in the season. Gave my colored shoe peg and some tips to a guy and his wife that have recently retired and who will be fishing LP all this coming week. Nice people, way better than the wake-board jerks....
spoons
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Hit LP @ about 1130. Took a bit to find them but then got a bite almost every pass. Only got 3 in the boat but lost a lost a lot. The self setting hooks failed me again...
Wake boat with nobody surfing went by me at about 30 feet away with the stern below the water line... that's the first time I've about had my butt thrown out of my pontoon boat. I did not have time to turn into the wake. Nice afternoon other than a ton of traffic making it difficult to make a safe turn in the narrows. Long line cowbells at 60 feet back did best, a couple hits on down riggers at 15 and 20. Pink hoochie behind doger.
Wake boat with nobody surfing went by me at about 30 feet away with the stern below the water line... that's the first time I've about had my butt thrown out of my pontoon boat. I did not have time to turn into the wake. Nice afternoon other than a ton of traffic making it difficult to make a safe turn in the narrows. Long line cowbells at 60 feet back did best, a couple hits on down riggers at 15 and 20. Pink hoochie behind doger.
salmonster
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We were there. Limits have been tough for me to come by the last few weeks. Seems like we can get close but can't quite get there. We are losing a lot of fish/bites and seem to be below 50%. Some operator error, but she doesn't like to be told not to throw them a loop of line when they come of the rigger clips. Two of us only able get 6 good koks to the boat yesterday. Mostly on kokabows and microhoochies between 13 and 22 ft. Seems like the larger flasher blades were producing better than the smaller ones, and sling blades out producing RMT gear. With the increase in boat traffic we may be there less going forward. Almost time to chase springers anyway. Which boat are you in?
MackayGuy
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We've been doing about the same on the limits. Bite is light, you have to be on the rod for the hookup. Been doing better on the long lines than the downriggers. I have some heavy silver casting spoons with green and orange fishscale on them I've been using for flash followed by an orange spin n glo with orange faceted beads. That's been the most effective on the long line. I actually have no idea how deep I am with it, but about 100' on the counter back. I'm in a white Lund with a Verado OB on the back. I work an area until the other boats see we're catching and crowd in, then move to where they came from and catch there till they flock to us again. I haven't seen a lot of nets out on other boats so far this year, hopefully they're doing ok and I just haven't seen it. I think it's been tough for everyone in the past couple weeks.
salmonster
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I was keeping the spin-glo as a secret- its out now- metallic red and green with flash on the wings have been best for us
salmonster
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I would upload some video- finally got some of 3 and 4 fish on together/short sequence, but do I have to upload it to youtube first?
Trailbob
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Fished L.P. from 10:00 to 1:30, across from Spring Shores into the narrows. 1 koke at 15' on lime green bead spinner, two trout on trolling fly at about 10'. Koke about 13".
Salmurai
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Spent the last two days at LP. Kokes kicked my butt. Just call me "On and Gone!" Hooked a dozen or so all on the top lines. Pink Sling blades, pink wiggle hootchies, shoe peg, 1 oz sinker, 100 feet back. The trout seemed to like a green Apex with a green Sling blade. Oh well, NEXT TIME!!!
MackayGuy
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Oops. Sorry. Secret lure, secret spot, secret parking.....you still have to know how to use it, find it and get em to the bag.
spoons
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That's my spot.
Wait, You guy's know about the Spin-Glo's... Are you kidding all the secrets are out now!!!!!
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