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I made my first trip out to the regulating reservoir on Sunday. Fished from 11-4. Water is still cold, surface started at 42 warmed up to 47ish during the day. 43.5 at 5 feet, 42.8 at 10 and 42 down...

What does everyone use to eliminate the smell of success after a Kokanee outing. I have a hard time getting rid of the smell after a day of kokes bouncing around in the boat.

The fishing has been excellent so far this year. Back at it this morning and caught 10 in about 2 hours. Hoochie Rigs, apexes and wee tads all behind dodgers all worked. 10-15 feet deep in 18-25...

Made my first trip out to the Regulating Reservoir last week. Pretty busy for a Wednesday morning with 6-7 other boats on the water. I started at 7 and had a 10 fish limit by 10. Most of the fish...

My grandson headed home to Oregon so I had to fish by my lonesome this weekend. Hit the water early and had a limit of 10 by 9:30. The action was steady and everything seemed to be working. I...

I took my 3 year old grandson out on the regulating reservoir this week. He had fun and we managed to catch a limit of 10 in about 4 hours. Lost at least that many plus a bunch of hit and runs. ...

Got out on the lake this weekend. Started about 6:30 and had a limit of 10 by 9:30. I had 4 rods rigged (fishing 2 at a time) and it didn't seem to matter what I put out. Caught fish at 10 - 14...

I picked up a Garmin Echomap plus 93SV on line for $765. Going from a 5" to a 9" is a big upgrade. I've only been out with it for a couple of hours so I haven't figured out the many features yet. ...

While not related to the dying on the water issue, I would also replace the water pump impeller if it hasn't been done recently or you aren't sure when it was last done. Kits are relatively...

I decided to pull the trigger and upgrade my fish finder. Went with the Garmin Echomap Plus 93SV - a big upgrade from my current 5 inch screen. I'm looking forward to being able to map my local...

In watching some you-tube video reviews on the garmin echomaps they demonstrate how to set up the various displays with a variety of color options. In addition to reds and greens, there are blues,...

If the lakes you typically fish are found on the maps that typically come with the depth finder/gps combos the lowrance is a pretty reasonably priced option. If you want side view and the ability to...

One thing I've learned through experience is that while fuller flies look better to my eye, the kokes seem to prefer sparser flies. Really sparse. I use hair, rubber leg material, flash a boo,...

Any results with the turtle knot as compared to the snell knot?

I agree with MtnCat1 - I started with the clamp on and when I upgraded from a scanoe to a crestliner Canadian I found a good deal on an electric cannon on ebay. It's nice because if I need to raise...

Looks like they are starting to fill the reservoir - should be able to launch in a couple of days. Early fishing usually means dealing with a lot of debris in the water, but I'm itching to get out...

I have run my mini troll for probably 10 years with a 6lb ball with no signs of cracking or stress. I run ball trolls off it most of the time, so I'm running at max stress with no issues. I run it...

so I understand, with the $150 model do you drop the probe down on your downrigger, bring it back up and then scan through the display to see the temperature at 5' increments?

In addition to the Vance's rod I mentioned in the other thread, I run a couple of inexpensive eagle claw noodle rods with spinning reels spooled with braid and a 6 - 10' fluorocarbon leader with good...

I really like the 7', 2-10 lb test Vance's spiral wrapped rods. They run about $80 and are plenty sporty for kokes while having enough backbone for trout, walleye, wipers, etc.. I have a ambassadeur...

I've been using braid for probably 10 years with great success. The chamberlain release is one of the primary reasons I switched - I had my mono snap at the loop I had twisted for the release...

I would look for some gravelly/rocky bottom areas of the lake with some current flowing - probably near the inlet or the outlet. In our local lake, the spawners seem to congregate near the outlet...

I've used both the Gamakatsus and the Mustad double wides with good success. I haven't compared the two to see if one works better than the other.

I picked up the smaller Brad's cut bait at Sportsman's Warehouse, they had a couple of different colors available here in Helena. I did catch a couple on an orange and pink cut bait.

I've gone to a snelled double hook rig using a size 2 drop shot hook above a size 4 drop shot hook. I find most of the fish bite the #2, and often times the #4 swings around and hooks them in the...