What do kokanee eat?

Kokanee feed almost exclusively on zooplankton, tiny aquatic animals from the size of a pinprick to the size of a small fish hook. They will also eat tiny plants, insects, and freshwater shrimp when available. They strain zooplankton from the water by means of many fine combs on the gills called gill rakers.

1. What do kokanee bite on?
2. What scent do kokanee like?
3. Are kokanee aggressive?
4. How do you catch a big kokanee?
5. How do you fish for kokanee from the shore?
6. What is a kokanee Rod?
7. How do you target kokanee?
8. What kind of corn is used for kokanee?
9. Why do kokanee turn red?
10. How big do Kokanees get?
11. What time of year does kokanee?
12. What is the best time to fish for kokanee?
13. How do you catch Kokanee on a fly?

What do kokanee bite on?

Popular Kokanee baits are Pink Maggots (real or synthetic), dyed-cured shrimp, and dyed-cured White Shoepeg Corn. Do not put too much bait on the hook as it will take away from the lure's action. Once piece of corn or 2 small maggots on each hook is adequate.

What scent do kokanee like?

The four most common scents used for kokanee are Herring Oil, Shrimp/Prawn oil, Fresh Water Shrimp Oil and Squid Oil. ProCure makes all of these scents and is well proven with kokanee. Some fishermen mix these scents with anise oil to get a combination scent.

Are kokanee aggressive?

Kokanee don't like to be messed with, and as long as the lures don't mimic predatory fish, they will aggressively attack. Predatory patterns will scare an entire school, shutting down the bite while they search for safer forage waters.

How do you catch a big kokanee?

Always use the front line hole coming through the slanted front of the lure. This gives the perfect kokanee action. The rear hole which comes through the top of the lure gives a very erratic action kokanee do not seem fond of. When you get kokanee on top of the water prior to netting they usually go crazy.

How do you fish for kokanee from the shore?

Kokanee salmon can be caught without a boat by trolling from the shore or by jigging from a dock or hole in the ice. Kokanee salmon are difficult to catch without a boat in the summer due to warm water. Cooler waters allow kokanee to come closer to the surface improving the odds of a boatless catch.

What is a kokanee Rod?

​The Tica Kokanee Glas series is a classic fiberglass trolling rod that has the right kind of slow action you need for kokanee trolling. ​ It is available in 7'6″ or 8 feet rod lengths and in light or ultralight power ratings. ​These rods have a whopping 12 line guides spaced evenly along the blank.

How do you target kokanee?

Scent & Bait

Popular Kokanee baits are Pink Maggots (real or synthetic), dyed-cured shrimp and dyed-cured White Shoepeg Corn. Be sure not to put too much bait on the hook as it will take away from the lure's action. Once piece of corn or 2 small maggots on each hook is adequate.

What kind of corn is used for kokanee?

All centers around a can of white shoe peg corn. It's no secret that shoe peg is the choice for kokanee anglers everywhere.

Why do kokanee turn red?

Kokanee salmon is a landlocked species of the sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). ... The sockeye are silver in color while living in the ocean. When they return to spawning grounds, their bodies become red and their heads turn green.

How big do Kokanees get?

The kokanee are much smaller than their saltwater counterparts and only grow to about 12 to 15 inches. Because of its more diminutive size, you should clean and cook this fish as you would a trout that also lives in the streams and rivers. Kokanee is best eaten just before the spawning stage.

What time of year does kokanee?

Spawning begins in August and usually runs into early February but kokanee have been found spawning as late as April. Again genetic factors and environmental factors like temperature both play a role in this timing.

What is the best time to fish for kokanee?

The best time of day to catch kokanee for most of the year is the early morning and late afternoon. Kokanee, like trout, prefer to feed during reduced light time windows. That said, kokanee will feed all day long and will prefer water temperatures in the 44° to 59° degrees, with 54° degrees being ideal.

How do you catch Kokanee on a fly?

For Kokanee salmon fly fishing, you should aim for a rod with a weight of around 4 to 7, depending on the location you wish to fly fishing. It'll be easier to try Kokanee fly fishing with a lower rod weight if you're fishing at a reservoir rather than a river.