All Female Triploid Kokanee - But Why? (Monte Lake)

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There are several quality Kokanee fisheries in close proximity to Kamloops, British Columbia. Many of these lakes are stocked with all female triploid Kokanee periodically. In this video I fish Monte Lake and discuss the advantages of using all female triploid Kokanee in establishing fisheries that have the potential to create larger fish.
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[@Axethrash]

Very cool that you went to a lake I go to often!

[@pdxigel]

One of the best fishing channels on youtube. deep curiosity and knowledge, reverence of fish, beautiful fishing. keep it up!

[@Fmxsupasta]

Been fishing Monte since I was a kid! Next time you're up this way I'd love to take you to Kal for kokes and a couple other lakes, you'll have a blast! Hope you enjoyed your time up here

[@Spoolmak]

A few months ago (think it was during one of your live streams) I asked for some more info on triploid v diploid kokanee fishing and here it is - thanks! And just FYI, I contacted Paulina Peak directly regarding shipping to Canada and didn't get a response. So, I make all my own according to your guidelines. Mostly micro hoochies and wedding bands. They work like a charm. Their loss.

[@fishwhistle9666]

Spilt milt on one of my fav home lakes? Yeah!!! You're right about the early morning fish! Love having the lake to myself too! Cheers bud good vid 🍻🍻👍👍

[@jjphelps8426]

I've definitely had more than one loon up here at more than one lake take fish off the end of the line. I've even had them come up and try to take them off the stringer at the side of the boat.

[@spiltmilt]

Pay the tax man!

[@kisoia]

thanks for the biology lesson, very interesting!

[@Xtinnoker]

A pair of Lexa 100' sure is nice to have in the back pocket, Great reel!

[@macsmith2092]

I enjoy seeing different lakes. I'm fishing vicariously through you. Thanks man

[@bruceparker1945]

Very well done! Educational and informative. Thank you!

[@FougereFamilyAdventures]

A great video as always. I happy to see you did well on your trip to Canada. Looking forward to following you on your next adventure here.

[@E71T8]

Thanks for teaching an old dog new fishing tricks. Met you at Lake Merwin . Great channel!

[@spiltmilt]

It was nice meeting you Bob!

[@IDanieIII]

Have been fishing this lake pretty much weekly with my friend this summer. So awesome to see you reeling them in at our go to! Would have been stoked to have seen you out there. Curious as to what bait you were using? Big fan of the channel

[@spiltmilt]

I was using Gulp maggots as my bait

[@TwoStageTrigger]

The lake I go to they never stock. But it doesn't get enough fishing pressure so all the kokanee are stunted. The biggest ive caught was 16 inches but most are only about 13. The brown trout are decent sized but not so big they could eat the bigger kokes. No lake trout. Decent cutthroat and rainbow trout though. My state DNR needs to improve the ramp, and probably raise the limit for kokanee from 8 to 15.

[@ST-hs7vz]

Picking up my new salty in the morning. Ur videos have help me to see that the salty will be the best kayak for me. What pedals do have and are there any other extras that I shud think of adding to it right from the start? Once again thx for your videos.

[@spiltmilt]

First of all congrats!!! These are the pedals I use amzn.to/3DVhEhZ Lots of rigging to do from rod holders to fish finders. If you need any help just reach out.

[@loco4dogg]

Your first pronunciation of Monte was correct.

[@johnfisher5184]

Learned something new today. Thank you. Love the science aspect of your channel. Do you have a degree in biology?

[@spiltmilt]

I do both my undergrad and graduate studies are wildlife biology related.

[@johnfisher5184]

That makes sense! :)

[@FougereFamilyAdventures]

You mentioned that the triploids live to 5 years. I believe the biologists once thought they lived longer than that. Don't qoute me though. The issue we faced was the triploids were living longer, but a lot of them were getting too skinny and their meat did not taste great. I believe diploids are now being stocked more frequently and triploids are only used when lakes with naturally reproductive kokanee can be affected.

[@spiltmilt]

They can live beyond 5 years but from what I understand that is rare

[@kayinrolland]

Great video as always! Headed to Chelan next week to try out some methods I’ve learned from watching all of your videos. I heard the fish have moved to the upper lake… Do you have any videos with locations to look for them? I saw the one that you had on Chelan, but it was all lower lake.

[@spiltmilt]

This time of year I would be looking for them around the Yacht club up to 25 mile creek

[@kayinrolland]

@@spiltmilt ok sounds good. Maybe I’ll start lower and work my way up. Hopefully there’s other boats to follow lol. I thought about driving over to Brewster too if there’s still fish there since I’ll be close. I enjoyed your videos on Brewster Sockeye

[@spiltmilt]

Bite is really slow on the Brewster pool

[@kayinrolland]

@@spiltmilt really?! Ugh. That stinks. I’m too late this year.

[@nicholaswahlgren5696]

Thanks for the video. I’m making a career switch decision very soon and I understand that you spent some time in fisheries management (or at least know the “business”). I’m thinking about going into this field but I’m not yet sure I want to make the jump yet. Do you have a video that explains some of the aspects or even daily tasks of working in fisheries management?

[@spiltmilt]

Fisheries is such a broad field it would be hard to say. There are jobs in hatcheries, aquaculture, commercial fishery monitoring, invasive species management, endangered species recovery and habitat restoration, or in my field which is population monitoring and modeling.

[@ratta_tat]

Thanks for the fun and informative video! New subscriber here. I'm assuming it's easy to get a fishing license in Canada? My girlfriend's family lives in Vernon....i would like to take advantage of the location while we're there some day.

[@spiltmilt]

Takes minutes to buy one online

[@ratta_tat]

​@@spiltmiltperfect! Thanks!!

[@glenho72]

Can i bring fish back to Canada when i am fishing in Washington State

[@spiltmilt]

I don't know Canada's regs. I've never had a problem bring fish back to the US from Canada though

[@loco4dogg]

How does that snap weight attach to the line?

[@spiltmilt]

It’s a pressure based snap with rubber pads inside and a nipple to prevent it from coming off

[@loco4dogg]

something like a down rigger setup@@spiltmilt

[@carlosthomas6157]

Hey man what lures did you use in the video?

[@spiltmilt]

All linked in the description

[@dognzo893]

Are triploids more dormant/calm? I didn’t see 1 Koke Jump behind the kayak or come out of the water. They didn’t even seem to resist being netted?

[@spiltmilt]

I think that has a lot more to do with the much warmer water at the surface. Essentially oxygen deprived by the time they get to the kayak.

[@ezbake11791]

Most of those fish went on pretty spicy runs

[@spiltmilt]

Yeah they still hard and run.

[@fishwhistle9666]

Man, you just didn't get any, but they do jump like crazy. Have had many mini-heart attacks at the boat or shortly after hooking them. Same lake.

[@JustPlainAdventures]

I’m curious as to why you reel in fish so slowly? Wouldn’t that allow the fish more time to get off? Just wondering

[@spiltmilt]

Kokanee have soft mouth and its easy to tear the hooks. A slow and steady retrieve puts more fish in the boat.

[@bradfarrahgerwing154]

Plus if you horse them as a salmanoid they go bonkers jumping and running......last thing I want is a 4 lb kokanee with energy going crazy at the boat for netting

[@chubbrock659]

looks like a lot of dead trees around the lake. bark beetles?

[@spiltmilt]

Fire

[@bennymiller4254]

Forest fires from couple years ago

[@augustmathews650]

Mont eh! Lol

[@sethteeters9565]

Life, Uh, Finds a way.

[@spiltmilt]

Okay Malcolm 😉

[@chinncannon]

Came here for this comment in the comments section.

[@chubbrock659]

first!