Night Jigging for Kokanee Salmon in Washington (Catch Clean Cook)

Cheng and I headed out to Loon Lake (Stevens county) for some redemption on Kokanee Salmon AKA Silver Trout. We were actually fishing for them like 3 nights prior to this trip but were defeated after landing only 7 kokanees in 4 hours. So we went back home and did a bunch of research, purchased better-suited kokanee fishing gear, and headed back out with hopes to do better than the first trip.
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My name is Samong, and I am an avid outdoorsman who creates hunting and other outdoor videos on KZbin. My videos primarily consist of what Eastern Washington has to offer hunters, fishermen, and other outdoor enthusiasts, but when opportunities arise, I will wonder outside of Washington for more outdoor adventures. Regardless of where I am, I strive to entertain, teach, and inspire my viewers to get outside and enjoy the outdoors.

[@jkbrown9211]

Thanks for the prayers and videos you put out. Looking for the next one.

[@brent338]

FYI the daily limit ends at midnight... Soo you could have got 20 each. Your setup is close, just use a regular 7' ultra light, and a jigging motion, when you feel weight, follow threw with a hook set. I usually run the same glow hooks under small gold cast masters. I run a diy led light deeper down, and LEDs inside the boat. Idk if that makes a difference, but any night under 15 fish is slow. Good vid brother.

[@horrse]

Awesome prayer man. Amen.

[@bradrasmussen6175]

nice to see some catch and cooks in my neck of the woods! Love to see you harvesting all over Washington, especially the East side, keep it up brother!

[@michaelcoogan451]

Great video and great prayer Samong!

[@coreyjbeats1357]

This channel is super underrated! Keep the awesome content coming please!

[@asianyangster916]

Have to admit, at first I was not impressed because of the size. LOL. But after see how much meat you get, I get it. Looks so yummy. God is good.

[@SamongOutdoors]

Haha, 8-12 inches are average for kokanee.

[@squamishfish]

It is about the meat Kokanee is fantastic meat. The same as Sockeye salmon

[@MacDaddy5]

I would recognize that boat launch any time

[@toonbigwolf7218]

Thankful for another one of your amazing videos my friend 🙏 & alway's " Let's Go "

[@PNW06]

Nice we catch our limit ever time but we troll for them we caught a 14 inch one yesterday

[@timberg7377]

Awesome bud, God bless

[@zapsdiputs]

You should store the grill propane adapter inside the grill itself. I do that with my Coleman and thus never forget it!

[@SamongOutdoors]

Great idea! I'm gonna start putting that adapter in there from now on!

[@saeteurn916]

never seen that kind of tactic, looks so good. tight lines!!!

[@dragonflytoo]

I really appreciate all the information, rig, depth....😁

[@abrakaprogroup9077]

Please show the other person that is with you more, when they are also catching fishes. I always feel sad that it seems they are not catching any fishies! Although this time you showed Cheng catching thank you! Love Cheng, such a quiet spirit. Awesome prayer!

[@bmanisap1]

Yummy 😋! Thank you for sharing keep more video comings brother !

[@omarmiss8270]

Very cool 😊

[@hunterholcomboutdoors3984]

Nice Video! Drive by there nearly every weekend! Going to have to give it a try! Great vid keep it up!

[@freemanlor1118]

Been watching your videos for awhile now and all I gotta say is damn! Keep grinding! Much love from Wisconsin!

[@paulvorson]

Hey man right when you catch them, like any salmonoid slit the gills and throw into icewater in the cooler. Makes for much better eating fish👍👍. And you don’t eat blood.

[@micahgelfand8282]

Yes that ^^ Worth it even with little kokes

[@Dru-sluggo]

Looking to get out to loon lake this year. Great video keep up the great fishing.

[@Zynoxic]

also the ambiance, and the cinematography is dope.

[@abovethesurfaceoutdoors]

Awesome video love them all!!!👍🏽💪🏽💯🔥

[@j.mccall2731]

I haven’t night jigged on loon for over 10 years! I need to get back out there sometime! Good memories!

[@calhntr1]

Great job!, been doing that same technique with the same floating light since the 80's, works for landlocked salmon, crappie, even an occasional bass!!! I want to make an l.e.d version now. Love your KZbin channel, keep up the great hunting and fishing videos!

[@adrianalvarado7407]

Excited to watch samong. Even after sea fishing for 2 days

[@MrPklauj]

Thanks a lot bro! Now I have to go watch some ice fishing videos to calm down 😆 Nice video BTW 👍

[@choukhang2095]

Looks fun bro remind me of ice fishing, and keep up the slay n catches 👍

[@silverback7659]

Try a macks sling blade dodger with tungsten ice fishing jigs and garlic blood tuna pro cure corn. Also if you find your not getting hits try changing your leader length

[@devinnguyen123]

Amen...good prayer bro.

[@bwittman65]

God Bless ✝️. Fish on... I'll be emailing you in the next couple of days .. We will have to fish and hunt...

[@sabertachet]

Keep the adaptor piece for the grill on the inside of itself under the lid.

[@georgehennen4659]

Great vid man 👌

[@alexsuarez1228]

You gotta go to flaming gorge in Utah or strawberry reservoir in Utah. Catch 6 lbs slabs a lot. Average is 3 lbs.

[@allabouttheoutdoorz]

The split shot and short lead is how we fish down here in Kali. We use the same setup for crappies too sitting on a boat doing exactly what you're doing using minnows.

[@Tater79bj]

In all my years fishing for kokanee, I've never seen someone jig at night for them. We troll here in Idaho.

[@zapsdiputs]

Tater79bj I can't wait for all those Kokanee fingerlings idfg just planted in cj strike to grow up!

[@SamongOutdoors]

Very interesting! I see people jigging at night for kokanee here than trolling, but that could be due to my lack of observation.

[@armandoveloz5644]

Man o man your pics on the vid page (I think what you would call it) or so vivid

[@oliverwhite1830]

Nice!

[@NFiltr8Red]

Those are babies. Let em go!

[@SamongOutdoors]

What's the average size for Loon Lake?

[@duckwacker8720]

You were fishing two different days. Any fish before midnight count as yesterdays fish.

[@Zynoxic]

love your videos. how you show your setup, how you fish it, where you fish it.

[@stacyoberg775]

Awesome guys. I wish i was with ya. Those big glow spoons probably scared them. I use a Swedish pimple as my wieght.

[@MrJuniormikey]

All the flopping around reminds me of finding Nemo fish in my hair fish in my hair 😂✌️👍

[@johngeddes7894]

I meant to say this on that last video where your rod tip broke: graphite generally sucks bigtime unless you buy something made by Gary Loomis. Also, North Fork Composites does offer graphite rods and blanks, but they also have something called S-2 glass, worth checking out. I albacore fished wi

[@johngeddes7894]

With a guy who had a lite gloomis bass rod out of graphite and with 12 lb test he outfished everyone on the boat.

[@Makete100]

Did you see any fish swimming around under the lights feeding? I love night fishing, so much fun. Stay safe and healthy.

[@SamongOutdoors]

We did, Melvin! We saw a trout (or kokanee) and a crappie. I need to invest in some new camera stuff for underwater footage!

[@Purified135]

Would a green light work to attract the bait? Nice video!

[@FreddyMoraless]

You should make a video of just showing us your fishing gear and why you use it.

[@dreaddie1978]

Amen bro

[@ripshion]

FYI: Kokanee are landlocked Sockeye salmon. They eat good!

[@micahgelfand8282]

Among the best eating freshwater fish imo!

[@stevendelcarlo3294]

Actually Kokanee is the native name. Has nothing to do with landlock or ocean bound that's a longtime miss conception

[@christhomas5937]

As along time fisher of Loon, you def have the right setup, light tackle, rod and line, glo hooks and shoe peg corn and 30 to 40 feet of water.I’ve limited out in minutes. Best way to eat (IMO) is smoked!

[@SamongOutdoors]

Smoked kokanee is definitely on the to-do list! What's your prefered type of wood for smoking kokanee?

[@joebass517]

Cool deal bud! Great fishing & munch 👍🎣🎣🐟 wonder if there's any decent shore fishing at loon lake?

[@SamongOutdoors]

I haven't looked into Loon Lake a lot for shore fishing but there isn't a lot unless you are on a resort.

[@joebass517]

@@SamongOutdoors thx bud, think I'll stick with the snake, at least it's not a crowded place👍🎣

[@marcelocarvalhorubia]

MUITO BOM !!!!

[@zongvue8094]

Try some tungsten ice jigs and tungsten ice jigging spoons.

[@Longtrailside]

How is your trout dip coming along, have you found a recipe that you really like yet? Thanks for posting.

[@SamongOutdoors]

I haven't been trout fishing for awhile so that's been on a halt. I need to get back out after some trout soon.

[@ice_cold_chief4356]

Man in Colorado we catch big Kokanee around 5 pounds. I was surprised how small those are

[@squamishfish]

IN British Columbia Canada the world record was caught 12. 1 pounds 3 pounds bigger then the previous record.

[@varanoid34]

Wish you fishermens luck dude! One question. Is there any reason, why you didnt bunked this fishes? Thx for the prayer, god bless you

[@blessedheart3917]

Is there any good local sites or message boards to get fishing tips and research?

[@SamongOutdoors]

I'm not aware of any that are active, but that's because I don't really look at that stuff. I usually just google my questions and look at whatever pops up. There are some Facebook groups that you can join that are local.

[@arthurdibble9981]

U should try kokanee fishing at Coeur d'Alene i caught a 17 in and none we caught were under 14 in

[@robertooleynik1942]

Are u using the same technique for night fishing?

[@danielcole8609]

That is my favorite way to eat Kokanee

[@rhondaclark716]

Hope 💕your💕 having💕 a 💕wonderful 💕day ✝️💕🌹 we love you sir

[@evonation5839]

Making me hungry

[@LakuHina]

Oh yeah man, rice and fish. Hmoob os hmoob essssss

[@TheLastlatvian]

Are you legally allowed to fish with the light in the water like that? In Canada that is very illegal.

[@SamongOutdoors]

Yep. This is how most people fish for kokanee on Loon Lake.

[@Surfbogie07]

They seem pretty small, is that normal for kokanee? Never caught one before.

[@SamongOutdoors]

Yeah, they average 8-12 inches.

[@alvinator5203]

Just like Tullibees.

[@danielcole8609]

Anglers West put out a really good video on how to catch Kokanee in this Lake you guys have it down to a T

[@squamishfish]

Also a guy out of Vancouver BC he works for the Fresh water society of British Columbia.. A KZbin blogger Fishing With Rob he has lots of advice.

[@cliffbz2301]

Seems like even the most experienced kokanee fisherman still uses nets on these little guys, they seem to always come off right at the boat, soft mouths.

[@edwardmatherly280]

Giant Mackinaw in that lake.

[@SamongOutdoors]

I've been somewhat planning a trip up to Deer Lake for mackinaw. Hopefully I'll get some time to go after them.

[@isaacrascon5981]

Those are babies,why do you keep them??

[@SamongOutdoors]

Because these "babies" are as big as they get in that lake.

[@larsvegas1505]

if i knew these fish were going to be this small id downsize even more.. get a smaller hook that is also thinner.. just put a couple of maggots on there.. and thinner line.. u will set the hook a lot better esp when ur fishing with rods like those.. its all about the finesse if ur going for small fish like those.. and 20lb line and a size 4 hook isnt finesse at all..

[@greycat0385]

That looks like trout meat!

[@SamongOutdoors]

Yes sir! They're also called Silver Trout, but the biggest difference is that kokanee have a natural oil in their meat.

[@squamishfish]

Kokanee are just land locked Sockeye Salmon. And. Smaller in size

[@grudy2221]

Hmmmm yup, 8:02 either you’re boat leaks or you spilled a lot of beer...

[@SamongOutdoors]

Yeah, there's a small leak on the back end of the boat.

[@timsfishingcraftingadventu1288]

Why are you jigging with trolling setups?? 🤦‍♂️

[@SamongOutdoors]

Because we were out there learning.

[@TomTom-xk2ll]

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