I never fished Pend Orielle for Koke's so I figured what the hell. Was on the water by 4:30am, just me and the dog.
Managed to catch two that were about 10", first one I didn't even know he was there until I checked that line. When that happened I figured I would try a rubber band release. Put that rod back down and short time went by and it popped, another 10"er. That rod had a sep's dodger and pink smileblade spinner tipped with pink korn. The other side I had a Kokanee cut plug stuffed and tipped with pink korn behind a sling blade, didn't get any Koke's to hit it but did catch a beautiful cut throat. All fish were released. Was off the water by 9:00. Launched out of Farragut and fished along the slide area fairly tight to shore. Gonna have to give it a shot earlier in the year!!