Kokanee Eh? First Canada Kokanee Catch!

[@OTGwithColameco]

Tried Kokanee fishing a little lake in BC last summer and got skunked, watched a ton of you videos over the winter and went back to that lake last weekend and took home a full limit in a few hours. There were half a dozen others fishing and no one else even had a nibble. I told them to watch your videos. Thanks for giving me the knowledge to catch these amazing fish

[@spiltmilt]

So happy to hear. Nothing better than catching limits!

[@Kokaneeangler]

I cant wait for your Japan trip.

[@jjphelps8426]

Was great to see you were up this way! Looking forward to seeing more.

[@Beacon_Offroad]

You single handily taught me how to Kokanee fish. I would highly suggest Stump lake. You would enjoy this I'm sure. First light is best as Stump will quite often kick up in the afternoon.

[@robertstewart9859]

I am getting a chuckle. I have a cabin on Bridge Lake and fish the Kokanee lakes in the area. I watch you pull Kokanee every 5 minutes on those US lakes and never see that up here in the Cariboo. Glad to see you struggle up here like I do. I mark tons and catch few!!! I have used your advice on Kokanee fishing from your videos but doesn’t seem to work as well on the Cariboo lakes.

[@FougereFamilyAdventures]

Surprise trip! Are you going to fish Japan before me. 😊

[@spiltmilt]

Maybe 🤔

[@395glen]

I had a similar problem for early coho on the sound this Sunday. Found a huge bait ball with porpoises feeding as well. Couldn’t keep the line in the water no more then a couple minutes. Several hookups. Lost count at 10 until finally landing my 2 as the tide started to slack but by this time the bait had scattered and nowhere to be found.

[@ryanbarton6739]

Deka lake as well ....lol . Im excited to see the next place you go to lol👍👍👍

[@Foswatabe]

One of my favorite videos so far! Thanks for sharing even though you may not have had a stellar fishing day it makes me feel better about myself knowing that even a pro like you can have a slow day! Thanks for all the content you produce. I don’t know how you can focus well enough to catch fish and be informative at the same time. You’re super intelligent and you produce great content.

[@johnbelcourt1225]

Did a fishing trip Deka lake and Hathaway lake in mid May had a blast the fishing was so good used a gold dodger and red hoochie did vary well with garlic corn

[@spiltmilt]

I didn't have a chance to fish Hathway but Deka was very good.

[@johnbelcourt1225]

@@spiltmilt I’m going back here in a couple weeks to Hathaway lake , love videos keep up the good work can’t wait for your next video!!

[@greenvii1407]

Sweet video! Really frustrating the weather switched up on the day you arrived. If only you were a week earlier, it would been awesome fishing.

[@leshamilton6657]

😂 video reminds me of most of my fishing trips lately!!!

[@fishwhistle9666]

Did a trip up there in may. Fishing wasnt great but managed a couple 19" right in front of the boat launch more or less. Wiggle hoochie and spin n glo. Glad to see you up here!

[@spiltmilt]

That’s a good fish for Sulphurous this year.

[@fishwhistle9666]

Was my first time there. Last year did bridge first weekend of September. It was fair to middling. Next yr will go back and probably do deka

[@TheCanadianKid213]

Very cool, good to have ya in the area, stump is usually where I go every weekend.

[@zacharypedersen4090]

My buddy and I went kokanee fishing one day and we were knocking them for the first hour in one spot but then the bite died. So we left that area and trolled a different spot. After trolling the new spot for 2 hours and no bites. We looked at each other and said "man we broke the number one rule...never leave fish to find fish." 🤣

[@Kevinohanlons]

Surprise trip to New Zealand lol

[@ryanbarton6739]

Iv wanted to try that lake 👍👍

[@ryanbarton6739]

If you go to lower mainland try chilliwack lake it's my favorite. It has kokanee, bull ,cutthroat and rainbows all wild nonstocked

[@ryanbarton6739]

I caught a 3' bull trout it was my P.B. size limit to keep is 50cm though

[@carsonconboy227]

you should give green lake a try its a very tuff fishery but if its on it on ive seen 6+ lb kokanne and 10 lb rainbows pulled out pretty often

[@spiltmilt]

Looks like a big lake. Might take a few days to pick it apart.

[@carsonconboy227]

@@spiltmilt it is big for sure they tent to school up in the ends of the lake the west end is where alot of the fish are caught there is boat launches all over the lake so its easy to move around

[@00skeletor00]

Go check out Dragon lake in Quesnel. It’s about two hours from 100 mile house. Trophy rainbow lake.

[@FougereFamilyAdventures]

I second this. Especially in the fall when you can cast spoons for them. 😁

[@ryanbarton6739]

You are correct about the regulations

[@Spoolmak]

Hi Tyler, I was out on Stump lake on Friday and saw a bright orange kayak pass me heading south early in the morning. Wondered if it was you. Not many people fish with kayaks in these parts.

[@spiltmilt]

Prob not me I went to Kamloops and stopped off for a quick limit at Monte on Saturday

[@glynjones584]

I was just up in that area for the first time this July. Beautiful area. So many lakes so little time... I also tried Bridge and only got a laker. After talking to several other anglers they were not getting the Kokes either. I mostly tried for trout, but spent some time on the Kokes. I too noticed how few fishing kayaks there were. I was surprised given how popular they are down here in California. The place looks ripe for it with all the smaller lakes. Most of the trout guys were fishing out of prams or John boat style boats. I was limited to only fishing out of an inflatable while we were Rving and dearly missed my fully rigged Oldtown Sportsman! I want to come back up with the Sportsman next time and do it right. I learned some new fly fishing techniques while up there, that I plan on applying down here. that's one of the things I like most about trying new areas. See how "they do it." So many times you can adopt from somewhere else and apply it to home waters effectively.

[@Spoolmak]

@@glynjones584 Stump is my "go to" lake for kokanee as I live in Kamloops. The fish are a little smaller this year but big enough for a meal for two. Got a 15" one on Friday. I have now limited out (5) 9 times in a row lately using Tyler's basic gear of dodger, micro hoochie and either corn or maggots. Early morning is best. Point is, the fish are there. Lately they are down to 45 feet and are congregating in the middle of the lake north of the highway boat launch. Downrigger and fish finder are a must. Rainbow are hard to find this time of year.

[@ryanbarton6739]

Stump lake is a good kokanee lake

[@jonlobello7151]

I was wondering when you'd get up their. Beings I'm a mid-westerner we used to go to Canada for walleye every year when I was a kid. This was also another excellent episode. It proves you are a human being when you don't catch fish every time out. And, besides losing fish is the addicting part of fishing because you have to go out and redeem yourself the next day. On the last episode that I said was exciting, losing those nice fish really close to the boat really charged me up! It makes me immediately want to go out there and try it myself.

[@peterpetrovic205]

I was up at Sulphurous 1st week of June and had a tough time. Even the locals were echoing that not a lot of people were catching fish. Hathaway on the other hand was very productive and I prefer these small to mid size lakes over places like Bridge and Deka when fishing from my kayak. Great video

[@andrewfox4463]

welcome to beautiful British Columbia I troll in my kayak and fish trout and kokanee and got into it because of your videos Come check out Stuart lake totally worth the trip its my go to spot !

[@Goats22]

great to see you fishing in BC, but i am sad to see it be such a bad few days of fishing

[@spiltmilt]

Fortunately it got better

[@ColtonWilson3000]

Ya Kokanee fishing in BC is much tougher than most people anticipate. Kicks the difficulty up to high being up here. I only morning Kokanee fish, I don’t even bother going mid day or evening.

[@caaspal]

Yes 2 hooks on a lure in bc is legal

[@Badkharma21]

Welcome to the land of intact predator prey systems. Whack the macs, save some Kokanee lol. Hopefully you’re trip gets better!

[@spiltmilt]

We have macs in a lot of our Kokanee systems. In our smaller lakes they are replaced by Smallmouth Bass

[@ryanbarton6739]

It would be awesome if you could do some vertical jigging my brother in law caught some monster while cronamint indicator fishing

[@spiltmilt]

I tried vertical jigging those lock jaw Bridge Lake fish. They would just swim away and showed no interest.

[@ryanbarton6739]

@@spiltmilt in Deka lake there's physically tagged fish worth 50-100$

[@ryanbarton6739]

As well in chilliwack lake on the bulls

[@bruceparker1945]

Hi! At one point you mentioned that the weather may have played a part in them getting lock-jaw. Do you find that the moon phases affects fishing? And, do you fish differently on cloudy/rainy days?

[@spiltmilt]

I find the morning after full moon nights to be a slow bite. Cloudy days can keep the bite going longer but rain squalls generally kill the bite but on occasion the bite will turn on just before the rain starts and then it dies.

[@FougereFamilyAdventures]

Haha!!! Kokanee, eh? I love it! 😂

[@pickardjw]

What do you use to charge your batteries?

[@spiltmilt]

Which batteries?

[@pickardjw]

@@spiltmilt You mentioned not being able to fish too late because your needed to get back to charge batteries. I assume that means gopro batteries? I'm in the market for a small inverter generator to charge my trolling motor battery on trips so just wondering what you use or recommend.

[@thehonfleur]

Which Cabin Resort were you staying at?

[@spiltmilt]

Sulphurous Lake Resort

[@thehonfleur]

@@spiltmilt Thanks!

[@ryanbarton6739]

Fishing here is hit or miss

[@bigdaddy5047]

We have been having the same issues this year. About a 5 to 1 ratio on the drop weight vs. The down rigger. One day is hot the next day......nothing.

[@spiltmilt]

I think there is certain days that the dropper weights just hunt better

[@micahgelfand8282]

I imagine a big downrigger ball can scare off some sensitive fish