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    Default Wyoming lake trout limits and in possession has gone up.

    Wyoming has raised lake trout daily limit to 12 per day, possession limit is 24. I think koke fisherman should take advantage of this. They say the pups are chowing down on young kokes. I had several days last year I was limited out on kokes by 10 and then went after pups. With this increase of limit, I think if we target them hard after a limit of kokes we might be able to thin them out a bit. Also the pups are good eating and makes it worth the trip for people traveling hundreds of miles. Not a big change of tactics to go from kokes to LT. I'm going to try to thin as many as I can. Don't know what Utah's limit on LT is.
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    From the 2019 Utah Guidebook. Pretty much the same as Wyoming.
    Possession limit changes at Strawberry and Flaming Gorge reservoirs: Starting in 2019, you may have up to two daily limits in your possession when fishing for multiple consecutive days at Strawberry Reservoir or Flaming Gorge Reservoir
    Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Daggett County
    • Limit 4 trout or kokanee salmon (a com-bined total), excluding lake trout, and no more than 3 may be kokanee salmon.
    • Limit 12 lake trout/mackinaw, only 1 may exceed 28 inche

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    Quote Originally Posted by dubob View Post
    From the 2019 Utah Guidebook. Pretty much the same as Wyoming.
    Thanks for info. So everybody who likes fishing for kokes should go for a limit of lake trout. Utah and Wyoming fishermen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rufus60 View Post
    Thanks for info. So everybody who likes fishing for kokes should go for a limit of lake trout. Utah and Wyoming fishermen.
    I've been doing that for about 4 years now and plan to continue doing so. We enjoy eating them ALMOST as much as kokanee (but not quite ). They are excellent for canning, smoking, and baking.

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    How are you targeting your limit of lake trout? We usually catch 2 or 3 as bi catch to our Kokes but wouldn’t have a clue as to targeting them specifically.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperD View Post
    How are you targeting your limit of lake trout? We usually catch 2 or 3 as bi catch to our Kokes but wouldn’t have a clue as to targeting them specifically.
    I mostly troll for them, so basically just change lures and generally go a little deeper. Lake trout prefer a water temp about 3 to 5 degrees cooler than do kokanee and usually that will be a little deeper. Flatfish, spoons, and Rapalas are good choices. Troll speeds will HAVE to be reduced if running flatfish. I usually use spoons first and then try Rapalas and then flatfish. J-plugs will also work but require a slower speed as well.

    Some folks prefer to jig for them right off the bottom. Try tube jigs & jigging spoons tipped with some sort of meat bait (sucker/carp meats work well).

    I use my kokanee rods when trolling for lake trout, but you will need a rather stiff rod if you plan to jig for them. You'd be hard pressed to set the hook in a laker with a limber kokanee rod while jigging.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperD View Post
    How are you targeting your limit of lake trout? We usually catch 2 or 3 as bi catch to our Kokes but wouldn’t have a clue as to targeting them specifically.
    I’m the same way, I catch a few “bonus lakers” fishing for Kokanee but never had much luck just specifically going for laker pups.
    I’m gonna have to check out them YouTube videos and see if they will help

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