Roll Call

[Ramaja]

Name: Randy
Occupation: Public Servant
Hometown: Vancouver, WA
Lakes fished: Merwin, Yale
Total Years Fishing: 2
Years Fishing Kokanee: 2
Methods: Trolling
Boat: 1978 21' Glasply Cuddy Hard Top

Other: Grew up wondering why my dad liked fishing so much . . . . Learned how to Kokanee fish (thanks to 4130) and now I'm hooked!

I've had the fortune to be on the product evaluation & development team of Stuart Angling's line of Kokanee lures and pop gear. It's fun to help shape a product into something exceptionally good!

See you on the water!

[Drifterdon]

Name: Don
Occupation: Newly retired
Hometown: Black Diamond, WA
Lakes fished: Riffe, Sawyer
Total Years Fishing: 53
Years Fishing Kokanee: 1 week
Methods: Trolling, drifting
Boat: 2009 Clacka-craft drifter with 9.9 Merc

[AV8R]

Name: Stu
Occupation: Aviation Industry
Hometown: SW Washington
Lakes Fished: Merwin, Yale
Total Years Fishing: 12
Years Fishing Kokanee: 3
Methods: Trolling
Boat: 1986 10' Livingston w/ 8hp Johnson

[Rogerdodger]

Name: Rogerdodger
Occupation: retired veterinarian
Hometown: Sumner, WA
Lakes of most experience: American
Total years fishing: 55
Years fishing for Kokanee :1
Methods: Trolling

[kokanee_slayer]

Welcome aboard Rogerdodger! This is a great site to share fishing experiences and tips.

[CepicanDad]

Name: Jerry
Occupation: Disaster Restoration (Construction)
Hometown: Battle Ground
Lakes Fished: Yale
Total Years Fishing: 25
Years Fishing Kokanee: 1
Methods: Trolling
Boat: Black 17' Smokercraft Crappie, 60HP Evenrude

[Rogerdodger]

I have been busy trying to catch chums and steelhead, can't get my head into Kokanee until the weather warms up a litle.

[dutch]

Name: Dwayne
Occupation: Retired lab rat
Home: Kelso
Years fishing: 60+ Started with my Dad in Oklahoma when I was bigger than the bait
Years fishing for Kokes: 20+
Lakes: Merwin, Riffe, Merril, Blue, Swift, Yale, Silver
Methods: Trolling, jigging, still, used to fly fish till I got lazy
Boat: 16ft Smokercraft Stilleto with 75 and 8 horse Mercs, blue top

[MackPrince]

Welcome everyone!

[Rogerdodger]

Yesterday was sunny and warm, considered trying it at American Lake but couldnt get going fast enough. I am hearing of success on Merwin Lake but not much about American Lake. Anybody out there trying American Lake?

[kelson]

Name: Jim (Kelson)
Occupation: Design Management
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Lakes of most experience: Stevens, Samammish, and Washington
Total years fishing: 40
Years fishing for Kokanee: 5 (oh so addictive!)
Methods: Mostly trolling
Boat: 18' Parker CC

[eenakoK]

Yesterday was sunny and warm, considered trying it at American Lake but couldnt get going fast enough. I am hearing of success on Merwin Lake but not much about American Lake. Anybody out there trying American Lake?

the couple of reports I have head is that the fish aren't biting yet.. Soon!

[eenakoK]

Kelson -
Welcome, look forward to your posts and reports! Welcome to the chaos we call Kokanee fishing

[The Quadfather]

Name: Jim (Kelson)
Occupation: Design Management
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Lakes of most experience: Stevens, Samammish, and Washington
Total years fishing: 40
Years fishing for Kokanee: 5 (oh so addictive!)
Methods: Mostly trolling
Boat: 18' Parker CC

Kelson, nice to see another Seattle angler on here. You should check out lake Cavenaugh in south Skagit or maybe North Snohomish county. It is a HOT KOKE lake. Temps need to warm up a bit though. PM me if you ever want to wet a line. (I just hitched up the boat....and now it is snowing and blowing like crazy). Back in the garage it goes!

[bigjim]

Name: Jim
Occupation: Washington Guard Soldier
Hometown: University Place WA (Tacoma)
Lakes Fished Most: American, Alder, Summit, Sutherland
Years Fishing experience: 40
Years fishing Kokanee: 20+
Method of fishing: Trolling with riggers
Boat: 20' 1977 Almar -"The Terrible Moose" 460 Ford and 3 stage Kodiak 15 hp Johnson kicker.

Looking forward to fine tuning American Lake this spring and summer.

[kelson]

eenakoK and Quadfather,
Thanks for the welcome. I do love chasing (and eating) these fish. I greatly enjoy working on new lure/dodger designs and get after them fairly hard until the salt heats up. I will keep you posted on my success and may take you up on a trip QF. Fish On. K

[Torres]

Name: Jim (Kelson)
Occupation: Design Management
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Lakes of most experience: Stevens, Samammish, and Washington
Total years fishing: 40
Years fishing for Kokanee: 5 (oh so addictive!)
Methods: Mostly trolling
Boat: 18' Parker CC

Kelson, nice to see another Seattle angler on here. You should check out lake Cavenaugh in south Skagit or maybe North Snohomish county. It is a HOT KOKE lake. Temps need to warm up a bit though. PM me if you ever want to wet a line. (I just hitched up the boat....and now it is snowing and blowing like crazy). Back in the garage it goes!

Welcome gentlemen,

Yes it is nice to see more guys farther up North. Cavanaugh is a good lake and Samish farther north should be another hot spot this season too.

Good luck out there guys and hopefully we'll meet out on a lake in the future.

[KokChris]

Name: Chris
Occupation: Full time student (Machinist)
Hometown: N. Tacoma
Lakes Fished Most: American, (Seldom: Lawrence, Riffe,) East: Rimrock, Bumping
Years Fishing experience: 20+
Years fishing Kokanee: 3
Method of fishing: Mostly riggers but the occasional top water troll
Boat: 14' Kalamath DLX custom deck and hull hatches. 15hp GameFisher (just fixed) :) w/bow mount Kota.

Thought Id check in n' make it official.

[johnny1954]

name -john

occupation-custodian

hometown-Lake Stevens wa.

lake-Lake Stevens

years fishing-45

methods-trolling

fishing for kokanee-2years

boat-14ft alaskan

[asautt]

Welcome John!

Hope to see you out on Stevens soon. If I can ever chase down the glitches that came up during my winter overhaul.

Alan

[Duroboat Rider]

Name: Rod Rieder
Occupation: Senior Hardlines Manager Tulalip Cabela's
Home: Marysville, WA previously Yelm, WA
Lakes Fish: American, Riffe, Yale, Merwin, soon to be Lake Stevens and more now to the north
Years Fished: 36
Kokanee Fished: 4
Methods: Trolling both top water and downriggers
Boat: Blue Duroboat Walker Electric Downriggers, Humminbird Side/bottom scan Sonar, White Riptide Electric Trolling Motor, 25 horse tiller.

Please say hi on the water- I will tell you what they are biting on!!! Got a Lot of Kokanee Products added to the new store come check us out!!! Always like putting on private seminars to help you get into the fish!!!!

[Torres]

Welcome to the forum Rod.

Looking forward to reading the reports you post.

[HookSetter]

Randy Lee
Professionally unemployed and over-educated
Lynnwood, WA
American, Cassidy, Umatillla, Potholes, Moses, Rufus Woods, Roosevelt, Stevens, Banks, Washington, Sammamish, Lyon's Ferry, Scooteney, and more.
55 years fishing.
Prefer walleye, smallmouth, crappie, perch.
Kokanee fishing newb.
Use whatever method catches fish, really like bobber fishing, but am really partial to my bowmount iPilot.
19' Alumaweld Super Vee LS 2005
115 hp Merc tiller
9.9 hp Merc Pro Kicker w/ TR-1 autopilot
Minn Kota 70 Power Drive 2 iPilot
Cannon DT-10 electric downriggers
Humminbird 1197 sideimaging gps fishfinder
Humminbird 898 sideimaging gps fishfinder
Full canvas
Lund 16' w/ Minn Kota 65 bowmount autopilot/copilot

[kokaguy1]

Name: Brad
Occupation: Warehouse manager
Hometown: Vancouver WA
Lakes with most experience: Merwin

[widgeon]

Name gary Occupation cement finisher Hometown vancouver Wa Lakes merwin swift Total years fishing 47 Years kokanne fishing 5 Methods trolling Boat 18 Idaho Most SW Washington rivers