BEGINNERS Guide To KOKANEE Fishing in Merwin Lake

The basics for trolling for Kokanee. Dave and I hit Merwin lake to give a basic tutorial for trolling for Kokanee! One thing we really stress on is trolling speed! Also, I share some interesting Kokanee facts!
Special thanks to my wife Jodie ( Catania insparations) for narration.
Also you can find my spinners locally at four corners store in Castle Rock.
And northforklures.com

[@anthonyholmesoutdoors1837]

One of the best videos that I have seen in while. Great information on the Kokanee and fishing for it, plus that beautiful mountain backdrop on the lake. amazing. Throw in a cool dog and man , I'm impressed. lol

[@northforklures275]

Anthony Holmes Outdoors thanks my friend that means a lot, I did put a lot of time into it. Editing is tough for me! I appreciate your support

[@truenorthangler]

Great information on Kokanee fishing. Those fish look like a perfect eating fish, nice colour on the meat. Thanks for taking us along for a ride.👍from the North. Adrian

[@northforklures275]

Adrian!!!!! Hey man!! I appreciate it, I needed to do another Kokanee trolling video my last one was poor quality! Thanks again for watching my friend!! Hope you have a great Christmas

[@trophyshotoutdoors569]

Really great informative video brother! Thanks for sharing with us!!

[@northforklures275]

TrophyShotOutdoors you are welcome my friend!! Hope you have a great Christmas

[@taterdeelicious9781]

Makes me miss all the fishing I did in the Northwest!

[@northforklures275]

Tater Deelicious thanks for watching my friend, where did ya live in the Pacific Northwest?

[@ShragaMiFishingForTheSoul]

Great guide my friend 👍 You give all the information to go and catch them.

[@northforklures275]

ShragaMi, Fishing For The Soul thanks buddy I appreciate you watching

[@fabfishing7422]

Awesome video Brother!! And the narration at the beginning was perfect!! God bless you and your family!! ☝️✝️👊

[@northforklures275]

FullArmorBassin thanks so much my wife did the narration and it turned out perfect🙏 thank you and hope you have a great weekend

[@fabfishing7422]

@@northforklures275 She did great! Thank you Brother! You all do the same!!

[@AngryMackAdventures]

never fished kokanee before, very interesting looking forward to future content!

[@northforklures275]

hello, kokanee are a wonderful fish if you like salmon. thanks for watching my friend

[@LifeWithMike85]

Hi brother I'm a friend on your wife's channel so I thought I'd join you too! I love this video! I used to fish up to 4 times a week when I was physically able to do so! I miss fishing and hope to again one day! I just won your wife's giveaway and I'm looking forward to getting your handmade lure!

[@northforklures275]

Life with Mike hello Mike! Congratulations on winning Jodies giveaway, she worked very hard in that and I’m glad to see so many participate! We’re glad you won hopefully these spinners will help you catch some fish when you do get out there. Thank you for coming over to my channel as well i do appreciate your support! I am making specific lure for you tonight. God bless you my new friend.

[@psauerfish]

Nice show, like how you go into detail on your setup.

[@northforklures275]

Paul Sauer thank you my friend I do appreciate it!!

[@MountainStateAngler]

Great intro by Jody! Nice tutorial Dominic I love your knowledge of salmon history and fishing. We have kokes as well but they are mostly mackinaw food lol

[@northforklures275]

Colorado Fisher thanks man I wanted to talk more about the Kokanee and how it migrates etc... but didn’t want it to be a snoozer! 😂 thanks for watching my friend!

[@Robs346]

Great into on the Kokanee! I’ve never heard of a Kokanee until now and you guys couple a couple of them. I be heard of walleye fisherman run their boats in reverse to cut speed on they kicker before

[@northforklures275]

Rob Schaller Kokanee is such a great quality fish, if you like salmon. That’s interesting about the reverse thing, I’ll look into that. Hope your candy Cain plants are doing good. 👍

[@mattniven6380]

Best way to learn is to make mistakes, great video mate. Cheers

[@northforklures275]

Matt Niven thanks man!! I do make a lot of mistakes!! I appreciate you stopping buy!!

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Tons of great information! Get them poles dancing 👍

[@northforklures275]

HuntingFarmer thanks buddy!! I appreciate you watching

[@begz814]

stopping by to show love!!! nice video! Love watching fishing videos! You have us hooked!

[@northforklures275]

Begz Adventures sweet thanks very much!! Glad your part of the family

[@BruddahdTv]

You gave some great info about this fish that I never knew. Thanks for sharing your experiences much appreciated. Have a blessed week Mahalo🤙🏽

[@northforklures275]

Bruddah'd Tv hey thanks for watching! Have a great weekend

[@RelaxingMusic-oo6gy]

Awesome great fishing sharing👍✨

[@northforklures275]

Relaxing Music thanks so much

[@ArielleViking]

A really interesting video. Great information about this fish's lifecycle and awesome tips on how to catch them. Full watching, thankyou so much for sharing. 👍

[@northforklures275]

Arielle Tjandruwati you are welcome thanks so much for watching

[@MinuteontheMountain]

Great video with lots of helpful information. Keep it up.

[@northforklures275]

Thanks I do appreciate it!

[@cataniainspirations379]

Love this information and your narrator is so awesome 😊❤️😁💋 this is another masterpiece❤️

[@northforklures275]

Catania Inspirations thanks my beautiful wife for your help I couldn’t have done it without you

[@JokersNation]

Happy New Year. Stopping over from Carolinas stream to show channel love and support.

[@northforklures275]

Jokers Nation thanks very much for coming over

[@YourNextCast]

Wow man great video. Learned quite a bit. Jodie did a great job on the narration. Sounds like she does that professionally. Genius way to create drag too. Thanks my friend.

[@northforklures275]

YourNextCast hey!! Thanks I agree she did a great job on that. I was really happy how it turned out. Thanks for coming over and watching, I appreciate it. Hope you have a excellent weekend! God bless you and tour family

[@kyleoden3015]

Good video thanks. Absolutely love your spinners.

[@northforklures275]

Thank you. Means a lot/ we will be publishing more videos soon.

[@LoganKohn]

Absolutely fantastic video, nice job. Subscribed!

[@northforklures275]

Logan Kohn sweet thanks so much for watching

[@CoffeyOutdoors]

Great informational video for beginners on this fish

[@northforklures275]

Coffey Outdoors thanks man

[@CastFromTheHip]

That trolling sock is way cool, if I ever get another boat I’ll have to look into that. Tons of great info, you’re the Kokanee master dude!

[@northforklures275]

CastFromTheHip thanks man means a lot. Speed is very critical in trolling for Kokanee. 👍thanks my brother

[@RVkidzTV]

Wow. Never heard of this fish. Thanks for the info. New friend here. Merry Christmas.

[@northforklures275]

RV kidz TV they are a premium tasting and healthy fish. Do you fish

[@SouthAustraliaChillin]

Nice video. Cool looking channel🤘🇦🇺

[@northforklures275]

SAC SouthAustraliaChillin thanks so much my friend! I appreciate it!

[@thechosenonebyashley]

Hi I’m Ashley I’m here to show you love and support to your channel you new friend Ashley ❤️🤝😊

[@northforklures275]

Thanks for coming

[@aliyahdaily1001]

Great outdoor activity that i'm looking forward to. this video would be a good guide for me

[@northforklures275]

Awesome glad I can help

[@StarGazerTee]

Very informative video, Enjoy fishing!

[@northforklures275]

Star Gazer thanks very much I appreciate you watching.

[@JohnAmes]

Happy holidays my friend

[@northforklures275]

Thanks you too John!

[@lffishingcompany1482]

Great video 😉👍

[@northforklures275]

Thanks very much!!

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[@northforklures275]

JSTV Fish Cutting thanks so much glad you like it

[@queencocobella2119]

Helo North Fork Lures👋 I am new to the channel but Nice informative video. I already done learned something new about those kind of fish already. I just wanted to stop by and show some love and support to my new family.💕🐟💙

[@northforklures275]

Coronda P. Hello!! Thanks so much for watching I am glad you liked it. Yes we will stay connected 🙏👍

[@queencocobella2119]

@@northforklures275 You are so very welcome family. Keep them coming oh and Happy New Year too.💕💙

[@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors]

beautiful place to spend the day, I never heard of Kokanee before

[@northforklures275]

My Slice Of Heaven Outdoors thanks it is beautiful!! Do you fish much? If so for what species

[@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors]

@@northforklures275 I use to fish a lot when I was younger. Fished a lot of the rivers around eastern shore, Maryland and the chesapeake bay. Use to catch, catfish, white perch, yellow perch, croakers and occasional rock fish (Stripped Bass)... in late summer we would catch some bluefish. also had a few lakes and rivers that were stocked with trout. When I started my lawn and landscape company many years ago, it took away a lot of my free time in the spring and summer and fishing was put on the back burner. never had time for it. worked 8 days a week, sun up to sun down and was a single parent. Biggest mistake I ever made was working all those hours when me and my kids were younger. worked that way for 25 years. still do lawn and landscaping but now only schedule 4 days a week, sometimes I will work 5 0r 6 days a week, does not happen often, mainly in the spring.

[@northforklures275]

My Slice Of Heaven Outdoors yea I understand working all those hours but when you are a single parent you don’t have much of a choice. Those are quite the variety of fish. Where you are from can you buy salmon? Or is it a costal thing?

[@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors]

@@northforklures275 I am in Missouri Now, Missouri does not have a lot of the seafood I was use to in Maryland. You can get Salmon in restaurants here, and sometimes find a small package of smoked salmon, thats about it, lol

[@FishingChanneltv]

nice tips

[@northforklures275]

thanks my friend, glad you liked it.

[@shiningstarsoup]

Happy Holidays ! I'm a fellow youtuber and a new subbie ❤️! TFS!

[@northforklures275]

ShiningStarSoup hey thanks so much my friend glad you are here. Let’s stay connected

[@riverrightoutdoors]

great info thanks for sharing

[@northforklures275]

your welcome, and thanks for watching

[@DronesForGodsGlory]

You have a very nice and informative fishing channel😃I'm subscribing for sure🤗thank you for your kindness as well and may God bless you...

[@northforklures275]

Drones For God's Glory hey! So glad you stopped in. Glad you liked it, this was a fun video to make. Hope you have a great weekend! GOD BLESS YOU

[@newfoundlanderingallsfamil4084]

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[@northforklures275]

Newfoundlander Ingalls family thanks your support means a lot my new friend

[@swampstalkeroutdoors]

Nice job on the video brother, very informative from your wife at the beginning to you all the way through! We don’t have the same types of fish as y’all here in Florida so it’s nice to learn about them and the techniques to catch them. Keep up the great work brother and Happy Holidays to y’all if I don’t talk to you before then!

[@northforklures275]

Swamp Stalker Outdoors awesome man!! Working on my editing, man that’s a tough one. 😂Have a excellent Christmas!!

[@swampstalkeroutdoors]

Yeah I know man... but just keep at it brother it will all come together, at least that’s what I tell myself anyways 😂 when I’m feeling down about my work I go back and look at some of my first videos and see how I improved to this point 🤢

[@northforklures275]

Swamp Stalker Outdoors very true. Thanks again man!

[@Funnyfraziers]

Hi new friend... thanks for sharing the knowledge of fish💜 Here to support, lets stay connected

[@northforklures275]

Keepin it Frazier cool thanks for coming by, will do my brother

[@Funnyfraziers]

The Rude Intruder - cool name

[@northforklures275]

Keepin it Frazier thanks Dave came up with that one! It fits perfect, once you get to know him 🤫😂

[@guyh.4553]

Good informational video for getting set up. Think I need to get me a sock or two. Just an FYI for length distance use the rule of thumb for your hoochie or wedding ring lures is 1 1/2 - 2 lengths of the dodger.

[@northforklures275]

Thanks for the tip. Have a good weekend

[@guyh.4553]

@@northforklures275 you too with what little time is left in the day!🤣🤣🤣

[@WesLovelace]

Well I know a lot more about Kokanee than I previously did Adrian....I didn't know they were landlocked....Trolling for this species really tweek'd my interest because I enjoy trolling offshore down here!! Question....Have you given any thought to a Trolling Flap or Drop plate to control your speed on your primary engine or the kicker....I use to troll for Kingfish a lot & I had one on my primary engine....might be a viable alternative to dragging socks!!

[@northforklures275]

Wes Lovelace I have not thought about that but it is a great idea, it would be easier than dropping socks every time you wanna troll!! I’m gonna look into that my friend, excellent idea! Thanks again.

[@PeelingLine]

Very informative. I thought kokanee was swill for those with a higher brow than those who drink bud or canadian. 😂 It is surprising that fish are spooked by those dodgers.👍

[@northforklures275]

Lol! 😂 yes I am surprised as well they are a different fish for sure! It’s funny how different areas fish differently.

[@CrasaproductionCongoTv]

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[@northforklures275]

Hi thanks so much for watching I appreciate your support! God bless you my new friend

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[@northforklures275]

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[@shiningstarsoup]

I lost you once, I'm back again - so sorry about that! Thank you so much ❤️!

[@northforklures275]

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[@lyoung7607]

What are your thoughts on weight and depth when trolling? How deep do you think you were fishing at 1.6mph with 1oz on?

[@lyoung7607]

I cant gauge how deep I am fishing very well... I've seen lots of videos using 3-4 oz weights targeting 60ft depth.. do you have a formula you use for target depth with weight and line out as your variables?

[@northforklures275]

In this video I share a chart. Check it out kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqDVfpJ_bNynnrM

[@lyoung7607]

I wonder how much a dodger affects the depth on the chart?...

[@northforklures275]

I doubt much

[@hard9114]

Kinda sucks that they die after spawning. That’s a lot to give up for so little

[@northforklures275]

I know huh!

[@thechosenonebyashley]

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[@northforklures275]

Thank you so much 😊