Picked up a couple of rod alarms at the sportsmens show

[Fourteen]

I went today and bought a couple of rod alarms for kokanee fishing at the NW Sportsmen Show . The alarms are sensitive enough so you can hear them go off when I have simulated a kokanee bite (trying them out) attached to my Scotty downriggers in my garage . I believe a person needs Scotty rod holders different from the ones that come with the downriggers to accommodate the alarms so the poles will sound off . I 'm generally on the poles visually for the first 2 or 3 hrs on the lake but I usually loose some of my focus after that so the alarms will do there thing & alert me later on in the day . I also enjoy the scenery very much while trolling around the lake & don't monitor the poles very well at times . I wish everyone the best fishing at Merwin this year . If you see a white Motion Marine with a black top up there come over and say hi and ask me if my alarms have been going off .
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[Drifterdon]

Hope they work well for you.
If I see you up there I will say hi.
Lot's of good deals at the show.
I picked up a bunch of Rocky Mountain tackle stuff at the Bob's booth.
Jared Johnson brought me a Kokanee kit I ordered and gave me a great discount.
It is a good show.

 

[Old School]

14- you got our curiosity up. What kind are they? I like the idea and have tried a few production bells, and have made my own from alligator clips/bells, but if you forget them or can't get it off in time they fly into the water. I would be interested in any new concept. Thanks. Old School

 

[Bduck]

I am curious as well on the type of alarm. I have used the bells that old school has mentioned. Some times a fish will be dragged around while the scenery is being awed at. How about posting at pic?

 

[SuperD]

I am curious as well on the type of alarm. I have used the bells that old school has mentioned. Some times a fish will be dragged around while the scenery is being awed at. How about posting at pic?

Translation - summer time koke fishing and the girls in bikinis on passing ski boats!

 

[Bluknight]

Translation - summer time koke fishing and the girls in bikinis on passing ski boats!

Ohhh that hit home for me! I was busted this summer up there when my wife us up front steering from the console and I was "re-rigging" a rod. She apparently noticed I was not doing much rigging and announced - "Hey stalker boy you want to get the fish on the other rod!" Proof I'm old enough to know better but still too young to care!

14 - I'll be listening for your alarms to go off so I can swoop in on the hot bite up there. It will cut down on my binocular scanning to see who has nets flying!

 

[Fourteen]

Rod Alarms For Kokanee fishng

Goggle Firststrike Rod Alarms . You can get all the information you need on the alarms . They even have a youtube demo . When I hooked them up to my Kokanee rods and pulled down to simulate a Kokanee biting they sounded like a bird chirping . Good luck if anyone tries them .

 

[SuperD]

Not cheap by any means!

http://firststrikerodholder.com/

 

[Fourteen]

Rod Alarms For Kokanee fishng

No , they are not cheap but well constructed . I have had another alarm for over three years now and it 's still holding up just fine . I have yet to change the battery .