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Fishing for kokanee salmon requires some specific equipment and a willingness to learn, but anglers who figure it out are rewarded with fun catches and excellent table fare. Hi ho silver!
A downrigger is a device used while fishing using the trolling method, which places a lure at the desired depth. A downrigger consists of a three to six-foot horizontal pole which supports a cannonball, generally 10 to 15 pounds, by a steel cable (generally stainless steel or wire).
Trolling is a method of fishing where one or more fishing lines, baited with lures or bait fish, are drawn through the water at a consistent, low speed. This may be behind a moving boat, or by slowly winding the line in when fishing from a static position, or even sweeping the line from side-to-side, e.g. when fishing from a jetty .
When I motored upriver for a third pass, one downrigger arm swung free and dragged the entire setup – arm, mount, and reel – into the deep blue. Yup, $300 of gear gone in a blink of the eye.
Fishing columnist Jordan Rodriguez said it’s paying off. Idaho Fish and Game has worked for years to balance the kokanee salmon and Mackinaw trout populations. Fishing columnist Jordan Rodriguez ...
Snagging chinook salmon. Snagging, also known as snag fishing, snatching, snatch fishing, jagging (Australia), or foul hooking, is a fishing technique for catching fish that uses sharp grappling hooks tethered to a fishing line to externally pierce (i.e. "snag") into the flesh of nearby fish, without needing the fish to swallow any hook with its mouth like in angling.
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