Lake Stevens Kokanee

[Stein]

I'm so close to Lake Stevens that you are really tempting me. I don't think my boat can troll slow enough. Nice work!!

Get yourself a bucket or two, no excuses.

[CP]

I'm so close to Lake Stevens that you are really tempting me. I don't think my boat can troll slow enough. Nice work!!

Get yourself a bucket or two, no excuses.

Or a trolling motor.

[KP-Skagit]

I went 5 for 7 on Wednesday in about an hour of fishing, tons of fun. Only ended up keeping 3 as two were minnows, best fish was 16"!

[funkster]

I went 5 for 7 on Wednesday in about an hour of fishing, tons of fun. Only ended up keeping 3 as two were minnows, best fish was 16"!

My son and I tried this lake for the first time on Wednesday also. Nice launch and docks, we had a good time trying to learn it. We went 1 for 1, we tried fishing the top 20’ of the water column and didn’t get a bite, I then worked 30-35’ and still nothing, started to see markers around 40-50’ around 9:30 so I dropped down to 44’ and the rod started dancing shortly after.

My set up that caught was a gods tooth dodger with a 50/50 silver/blue Kokanee gods tooth spoon tipped with procure corn, set back 55’ and 44’ down, trolling at 1-1.4 MPH.

Do you mind me asking what your set up was?

Side note: it’s definitely an adjustment fishing out of my 24’ boat set up for the salt and Columbia with all the bells and whistles vs. my sons 14’ old sears boat. I may or may not have lost the tightening bolt overboard for the small lake manual downrigger...🤦‍♂️

[Blacklab]

I'm so close to Lake Stevens that you are really tempting me. I don't think my boat can troll slow enough. Nice work!!

When I used to troll with my main motor I would take sea anchors and put them on the bow cleats worked extremely well. Plus they were out of the way of fishing

[Gobble Doc]

OK guys. Looks like I need to try this out. 

[ironbuck]

   swap out the wedding ring blades with a brass roostertail blade, its been working out well for me

[CP]

What trolling speed works best for you?

I've tried .8 to 2.5 mph - not much luck any speed but 1.2 seems to work the best.

[Alchase]

   swap out the wedding ring blades with a brass roostertail blade, its been working out well for me

And swap out the hooks that come with them for Gamakatsu reds.

What trolling speed works best for you?

I've tried .8 to 2.5 mph - not much luck any speed but 1.2 seems to work the best.

 

I found that 0.5 - 1.0 mph was the sweet spot fishing for Kokes.

[Stein]

What trolling speed works best for you?

I've tried .8 to 2.5 mph - not much luck any speed but 1.2 seems to work the best.

I seemed to do best in the 1.2 to 1.3 range.

[Whitenuckles]

What trolling speed works best for you?

I've tried .8 to 2.5 mph - not much luck any speed but 1.2 seems to work the best.

I seemed to do best in the 1.2 to 1.3 range.

Same here. 1.3 all day for me.

[KP-Skagit]

I went 5 for 7 on Wednesday in about an hour of fishing, tons of fun. Only ended up keeping 3 as two were minnows, best fish was 16"!

My son and I tried this lake for the first time on Wednesday also. Nice launch and docks, we had a good time trying to learn it. We went 1 for 1, we tried fishing the top 20’ of the water column and didn’t get a bite, I then worked 30-35’ and still nothing, started to see markers around 40-50’ around 9:30 so I dropped down to 44’ and the rod started dancing shortly after.

My set up that caught was a gods tooth dodger with a 50/50 silver/blue Kokanee gods tooth spoon tipped with procure corn, set back 55’ and 44’ down, trolling at 1-1.4 MPH.

Do you mind me asking what your set up was?

Side note: it’s definitely an adjustment fishing out of my 24’ boat set up for the salt and Columbia with all the bells and whistles vs. my sons 14’ old sears boat. I may or may not have lost the tightening bolt overboard for the small lake manual downrigger...🤦‍♂️

That day was funny, what had been my "hot rod" was virtually silent and a new lure I cooked up the night before got nearly all the action. Tandem red hooks with a small squid tube pushed over the first hook (like a very thin hootchie, about 3/4" long, 1/8" wide), a bead and then a silver smile blade. Tipped with plain showpeg directly from the can. Dodger was a Luhr Jensen, I think blue. The former hot rod had a pink wedding ring behind a Mack's DD. I found out about an hour in I had been dragging about a 5 incher for who knows how long, I think I actually saw the hit in the first minute of fishing. I think that rig would have been doing well if not.

All fish were caught at 35 FT between 5 and 6:30. I have no idea my speed I just watch my riggers but I can say I don't find myself passing many people out there.

Fuel pump went out on my pickup so I am out of the game for a while. Good luck!

[doyourtime89]

Has there been a rule change on Lake Stevens in the last couple years?  I haven't been up there for a few years so I was looking at the regs and it doesn't show kokanee as a limit of 10 and separate from the five trout limit anymore.  It just says statewide min. size/daily limit now.

[h20hunter]

10 kokes plus trout. Two rod lake.

[doyourtime89]

That's what the regs used to say but now this it what it shows