5 Ways to Improve Your Kayak Kokanee Catch Rate
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
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Kayaks are a fun and cost effective way to target Kokanee. In many ways due to their stealth and more irregular speeds they can often be a more effective way to target these landlocked salmon. Here I offer 5 tips to help improve your Kokanee catch rates when fishing from a kayak.
Favorite Kokanee Pedal & Power Kayaks:
- Old Town AutoPilot120: bit.ly/2BWCX6e
- Old Town Sportsman's 120 PDL: bit.ly/32LthGU
Favorite Fishfinders:
- Garmin Striker 4: amzn.to/3wFs8wP
- Helix 7 Sonar/GPS: amzn.to/2R88dX4
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- RAM Extension Arm: www.rammount.com/part/RAP-114...
Favorite Kokanee Reels:
- Daiwa Lexa 100 HLC amzn.to/36zef7W
- Abu Garcia Max DLC amzn.to/36BVvF4
Kayak Downrigger:
- Cannon Laketroll amzn.to/3fQUZIB
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Can you make your giggling at the end a ringtone😀 that downrigger rod was on fire. That was a total pimp move talking to the camera giving the tip while reeling in the koke. Then total fish God karma and he came unhooked before the net 😂 awesome
Awesome!
Downriggers can definitely make a difference. I watched your video on installing it and it looks like a solid unit. I opted several years ago to install a pair of scotty laketrollers though with 2 or 3lb weights. The boom is the right length already and they use the universal scotty flush mount and backing plate so when your not using the Downriggers you can use the mounts for any other scotty accessories. Plus that mount is compact enough to be mounted just about anywhere.
Wow, looks like down rigger is a game changer..
An other great job
Great video as always. I can’t believe how much room on your 120 the 136 must feel like a battleship lol
I have no idea why you would need the 136.
This video shows how crucial downriggers are.
Thank you for always adding links to your gear. I am looking for a net like yours. can you link or give the name and size ?
Very cool video thanks. Would you be willing to do a downrigger video, like going over a few tips combined with fish finders. Example if you see a school like in this video how do you decide how deep to go? If not I really appreciate your videos that you put out.
Coming soon
@@spiltmilt Sounds great . I just asked for something similar before I saw this comment and reply. Keep up the good work on your videos. Please, don't spend so much time fishing- it takes away time from sitting in front of your computer.
That's why I use downriggers on my Kayak.
Can you give specific settings on your humminbird setup?? I went yesterday water was around 57degrees and didn't see any fish on the fish finder
I really like when he includes clips of what he is seeing on the humminbird too. I wonder if he could put together a video on the fine points of fish finder use- probably pulled piece by piece from some of his older videos.
I had assumed that was an electric downrigger because you said it was easy to use in your kayak, that is until I clicked on the linked you posted above. How do you manage a manual downrigger in your kayak?
I was waiting for you to stop wearing your drysuit before I stopped wearing mine, I've been cooking in mine lately lol
It's the worst this time of year because it's right on the edge of drysuit season.
@@spiltmilt This is true but are you breaking your 120 rule? ;)
@@supdru Every wandering cloud or gust of wind keeps breaking the 120 rule for me lol. The weather and water temps are near exact 120 in Northwest Oregon
At 8 AM yes by 9 AM no. LOL
Man that downrigger was money 👍
Do you subscribe to the 100 rule for your downrigger? Such as, 40 feet down then 60 feet back or say 25 feet down then 75 feet back? Thanks as always for awesome content!
I don't I generally do anywhere from 20-30' setbacks but I don't think its necessary unless you are fishing shallows (say less than 10'). My opinion would be different in a boat propelled by an outboard or kicker motor.
@@spiltmilt much appreciated! I'll be adjusting my setbacks accordingly with my poor man's downrigger!
Another great video. Out of curiosity once the downrigger started getting all the bites did you try to add enough lead to the flat rod to get down to the same depth or did you keep them at different depths the entire trip? Also, do you use braid or mono when trolling for kokes?
I dropped it to the same depth and picked up a few on the dropper but the downrigger was more consistent. I want to go back and try a comparison running them at similar depths.
@@spiltmilt Thanks for the reply!
Your rod holders seems to be wider and higher, what parts did you use?
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7:30am 🤙🏽🤙🏽
What line and what pound test do you spoil your Kokanee reels with?
10 lb maxima ultra green
@@spiltmilt thank you! Keep doing what your doing buddy. Really enjoy the content your putting out! Learn a lot from you. My Old Town 106 PDL will be here Tuesday. Your videos inspired me to try my luck at Kokanee and Trout fishing out here in California.
Do you bring the downrigger out with you all the time now? I mean, after fishing for so many years just with weights is it just such a vast improvement that you won't even go out without it attached at this point lol?
It's tough to go without after now having it for sure.
Looks like Eastern Wa. Can anyone tell where this is?
Spectacle Lake
Thank you! Could me and my husband take you fishing sometime so you could teach us a thing or two. Lol!
What lb ball are you running on the DR?
6 lb
Do kokanee die after being released?
They tend to have higher post release mortality than say trout but it depends a lot on water temperatures and handling
So, I totally get moving to a peddle or power kayak, but at that point, why not just get a 8’-12’ aluminum boat with an electric motor? You get more room for easier access to gear and a more stable platform.
I think he car tops the kayak- perhaps he prefers that ? I myself use an 8' aluminum boat that fits in the back of my truck- works great and has the advantages you mention.
Kirk is right I do cartop but the real advantage to me of a kayak over an aluminum boat is that it's quite easy to sink a small aluminum boat in rough water but extremely difficult if not impossible to sink a sit-on-top kayak.
@@spiltmilt true, it’s possible to sink an aluminum boat, but I’ve been in some pretty hairy seas in a 12’ aluminum and didn’t ever feel at risk of sinking. That is something to consider though.
I used to car top a 10’ aluminum boat, and growing up we carried the 12’ on my dad’s lumber rack. It’s definitely not as sexy, but boy the room is nice and the option to take a friend.
I only brought it up because a kayak is something I’m interested in, but the more I think about it, I wonder if it’s worth getting a kayak for me and two for the kids and leave the youngest home or just get a small aluminum and an electric motor. Of course there’s more fun in kayaking just in itself if you take fishing out of the equation. So there’s that.
Alright, I live in E.Wa & there's no way you're keeping the 120 rule - I call BS, lol. Seriously, though, at the depths you were fishing the DR shouldnt have made any difference in catch rate. Did the action on the DR have more to do with rigging, or does it just do a better job holding the necessary depth?
Close enough upper 60's for highs with water temps in the mid 50's "on the surface" by mid-day.
I'm not sure what the cause in the difference was. I've always suspected that dropper rigs may affect the action of a dodger but I've been on boats where the droppers outfish the downriggers. The confidence in depth is certainly the major selling point for downriggers.