2024 Easter Dolly Derby - Kootenay Lake BC

2024 Easter Dolly Derby was a blast!
Our crew landed 13 of 15 fish hooked including 10 Rainbow Trout and 3 Bull Trout.
Caught 9 Rainbow up top trolling spoons, plugs, and hockey sticks, and the big bow down 99 feet on flasher hoochie.
The Bulls were caught at 150, 99, and 89 feet on flasher hoochie.
We were in third place for half the day Saturday but got bumped into 4th when it was all over.

[@bruced1429]

Great fishing , nice $90,000 boat , but god awfull music, what a way to ruin the video, too loud .

[@ChrisKingAngling]

😂. Was a little of everything played that weekend. Some good tunes some not so good. I think just the motor is 90k

[@Fizbini1]

Thanks for uploading. Great video. Aren't they actually bull trout in Kootenay Lake. Not dolly varden... Also the last few years I've caught a lot of pikeminnow with baby fish in their bellies. Been fishing here for 3 years no kokanee caught. Apparently we had a millions 10 years ago and now down to 30k. This year I spoke to the Gerrard trout spawn counters and twice as many spawning as the last few years this spring.

[@ChrisKingAngling]

I gave up correcting people years ago, lol. They actually call the Bull Trout derbies Dolly Derbies here.

[@chibzilla26]

I netted a kokanee in castlegar about 7 years ago. It was 3 1/2 lbs, fished there my whole life and that was a first for me.

[@joellangeman2878]

Looks like a hell of good time

[@ChrisKingAngling]

It was!

[@bloodlinefishingadventuresllc]

Great work out there boys. Just subscribed to the channel. Keep them videos coming and good luck out there.

[@ВильГубайдуллин-й9н]

nice and inspiring video, Chris! I wish someday I will find a job in Canada near to this lake and visit such a beautiful nature for hiking or fishing. By the way, do you have any tips for finding a job as a mechanic?

[@terrybanks3877]

Fun times planning on Woodbury the end of the month, were they hitting buck tails at all.

[@ChrisKingAngling]

Not a single fish on hair. Spoons were hot one day for bows but not the rest of the weekend. Plugs were hot the other day for bows. Flasher and Hoochie fur all the Bull Trout

[@terrybanks3877]

Thanks, fun going through the box finding what works. Thanks for the video's my boat is still iced in, but the melt is on!

[@terrybanks3877]

Hi Chris thanks again for the video's made it out to Woodbury at the end of last month absolutely amazing fishing while the water temps were 44_45 then they dropped with the bad weather several double headers no more than 20_30 minutes between bites. By my self in the wind I had to go down to one rod meet a older guy on the ferry and took him out a few times that helped with boat control and he caught a bunch of fish i know it changes every day but all but a handful came on the 213 fly. Planning on being back there first week in June anyway thanks again for the video's

[@rednwhite67]

Awesome boat. That merc 🔥

[@ChrisKingAngling]

I love it! Cant get enough of that start.

[@randytanyahermann2268]

Go Oilers! Lol.