Paulina Lake Oregon Kokanee Fishing

Kayak fishing at Paulina Lake in central Oregon. Located in La Pine about 40 min from Bend. Paulina Lake is one of the twin crater lakes in Newberry Crater, central Oregon, United States. It is located 6,331 feet above sea level in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. May 28th 2023

[@541Fishing]

My absolute favorite Kokanee fishing lakes

[@Phishrman]

My favorite Oregon lake for sure!

[@jigitfishing5710]

Wow what a beautiful lake.. looked tasty also!!!

[@Phishrman]

Absolutely, I can't wait to go back and fish it again and it's twin lake called East Lake.

[@fsupoutdoors]

Those looked good in the skillet at the end!

[@Phishrman]

Thank you! They tasted even better than it looked

[@ahhdat]

Great catches, bud.

[@Phishrman]

Thanks my friend!

[@jobobcowman5155]

I live in Bend and just picked up a fishing kayak. Mine isn’t as fancy as yours -no trolling motor or drive system, just old fashioned paddling 😂. Any tips to get started? Good lakes to try out?

[@Phishrman]

The cool thing about Kokanee fishing is that you don't have to move very fast. You just need to troll at 1-1.5 mph, you can easily paddle this. If you don't have any Kokanee gear just start with a 2" pink Hoochie tipped with a piece of corn on each hook. And use a dodger about 12" away from the lure. Also, I have seen a bunch of boats jigging for kokanee with a kastmaster lure.

[@F-N-C]

Nice dude, I'm headed there this weekend for 4 days. Cant wait

[@Phishrman]

Good luck up there! Thanks for watching

[@mathewlarson9466]

I might be there for the 4th. Are you in a boat or kayak?

[@F-N-C]

I’ll be in a blue Lund boat.

[@supercliff5634]

John and I might hit this lake this week. Any pointers on where to troll?

[@Phishrman]

@supercliff5634 it's not a big lake so you can cover the whole lake if you have to. But I always did good right in front of the Lodge just past the bouy. Good luck! You probably will see alot of boats jigging for Kokanee also.

[@greggrech6788]

When your in a kayak, How fast do you think your going?

[@Phishrman]

When I troll for Kokanee, I try to keep my speed at 1.2 mph. But between .9 and 1.4 is ok. Never faster than 1.5 mph. Sometimes there is current or wind changing your speed so you need to keep an eye on your Fish finder or whatever device you can see how fast your are going.

[@mathewlarson9466]

When was this trip?

[@Phishrman]

May 28th

[@Phishrman]

This was 2 days after we fished Wikiup