I agree with what you said. But this year at jordanelle we have found an exception. Thermal cline was 45 feet. But the fish were 10 to 15 feet down in 60 degree water. Go figure it was hard to adjust. Exception to the rule this time.
You're obviously a very knowledgeable angler, but I'd like to also say that you're an excellent teacher! Between the audio and video production quality, additional visual aids, real demos on the fish-finder and underwater cam, all excellent! Also that comment about the fall turnover shutting down the fishing, just a little thing but I found it very valuable! Thank you
I have been watching your content all spring waiting to recover from a elk jumping on my hood which lead me off a deep ravine , but I digress went to my best trout lake last week all rigged for Kokanee and it was a total blow out windy surface temps of water were 70 to 72f tried 100ft with 3ounce and also down rigger only caught one fingerling Koke and one rainbow the Koke was so small it was dead by the time I cut the hooks off so felt bad but then this lake has a ton of crawfish so someone will eat the poor thing anyway just bought a newer fish finder with all the gadgets you ca buy and plan on trying again this week your content is very detailed and at times very agonizing as we watch you fill the boat every time but then good for you all the best Hank the Tank
I love all your videos!! I have a Hobie Mirage and love it. Need a fish finder for kokanee in lake Chelan where we live and what make/model would you recommend. Remember seeing a hummngbird on some of your videos. Want one that is easy to install and use. Not much of a technician so would prefer simplicity. KEEP FISHIN, Larry
I'd recommend the Humminbird Helix 5 Chirp/GPS Gen3: amzn.to/3T189mU It will help you identify fish, your troll speed, and you can mark your favorite locations.
Watching this one again, since we're into that season, and i still haven't got a chance to specifically target them. Hoping to very soon, so needed this refresher!
Thanks for the videos, you are a very knowledgeable fisherman. My son and I will try to fishing for Kokanee in the next 2 weeks hopefully get a few in the boat. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
Hi there, just started whatching your videos and love them! Very informative and you make it easy to transfer what you use and adapt the my local lakes. I am in the east kootenies BC. Was wondering what you throw your fish into behind your seat, doesn,t look like you need to open or unzip anything?? I also have an oldtown Kayak with pdl, and love it!
Thank you for your videos. It blows my mind how you’re sitting in this kayak talking about three different layers of water, the temperatures and what goes on in the layers with fish and plankton and photosynthesis. Oh, by the way, you’re reeling in some of the nicest Kokanee! Great info, thank you for sharing, love this
I have just started to watch your channel and you do have a lot to say. This video really brought it home. I have never caught kokanee before and when I tried tips that you have brought to utube, I have caught many. Thank you for your experience.
Hopefully you read this.In your Downriggers Vs Droppers episode you mention downriggers take more work to get the rig to fishing depths.How about getting a Shuttle Hawk by Macks Lure Co. that you use along with your Downrigger.You put a plastic bumper on downrigger wire or braid near downrigger ball and slide on the Shuttle Hawk with your fishing line attached to downrigger clip[ after you set your downrigger to the depth that you fish while Kayak moves].Shuttle Hawk slides down wire or braid while boat moves and will slide up after fishing line comes out due to a fish.After you get fish in you clip on line while boat moves and Shuttle Hawk takes line down again to your preset depth.No messing around with cranking up and lowering Downrigger Ball again If Shuttle Hawk works well for you.
@@spiltmilt Thanks for getting back to me on Shuttle Hawks.You made a good point when using them in deeper water.I was curious on the perfomance of the Shuttle Hawk since I read about them.
Great video Tyler I’ve been fishing my entire life although I’m relatively new to Kok fishing. I’ve heard Kokanee are mostly open water fish. Should I target them in the main channel / river bed at the inlet and follow the channel towards the dam until I find them? Or should I target structure / underwater points at the Kokanee preferred depths. Thanks Bury the steel
Awesome video! I've been reading about the thermocline recently, but this video really breaks it down so I can understand how the fish react. Thanks for the great info!
Another great and very informative video. Question for you is do you have a go to cure for your bait corn? I know there are multiple out there but what do you use if you don’t mind sharing?
Hey Tyler, I have a Garmin Panoptix Ice Bundle that I use in my boat. I haven't been able to locate the thermocline using it. I've tried to find info on RUclips with no success. Have you tried to find it using your live scope? Thank you
@@spiltmilt That's what I was wondering. I heard that you was fishing Fontenelle yesterday. That feller you helped yesterday was my brother in law. Thanks again for all of your help.
You are great, love what you are all about. Been enjoying your content from the start, I notice the evolution of your content, always been great however I see the difference in the effort and intent as a creator over this past year or so, fantastic stuff.
Hi Tyler. I started watching you when you fished McGinnis Lake. Love your videos. What is the brand of the camera with temp reading. I would like to pick one up. Also model?
Awesome video.....loved the underwater stuff showing the zooplankton concentrations. Very enlightening even understanding thermocline, now I SEE why, not just know it's there.
Really great content and information. As someone who's just starting to get into Kokanee fishing, I haven't even fished for them yet but am learning all I can, I really appreciate the great information!
Absolutely incredible teacher. Write a book please, you’d make a great knowledge basin for Kokanee. I’d love to be able to read it. Videos are awesome going to replay this a bunch and split screen while learning this weekend. Stoked.
Thanks Tyler. Just watched this video for the 4th time. I was wondering if you could do a video about Kokanee school behavior? How fast do they travel? Do schools move in patterns? Do they always school up? I got a fish finder and was able to mark schools last summer. When I would turn around to pedal back to make another pass they would be gone. The lakes I fish are small (in CT) and I found it challenging to keep up with the schools. It must be even harder on bigger lakes.
Using a drop rig how do you determine your actual depth. Even with a line counter you only know how much line you have out. Trolling at around 1 mile an hour the line angle doesn't seem too steep an angle but i assume you are shallower than how much line you have out.
What a terrific, and helpful summer Kokanee tutorial. Thank you very much for explaining this so well. And it certainly doesn't hurt that while explaining .... you are pulling them in. Love it.
As always your teaching creds shine through. Great video, clear explanation. Thanks! Went jigging on Suttle Lake; 9 Saturday and 11 (plus a surprise brown) on Sunday. 9 to 10 inches, but pan size.
I love all the information I definitely pay attention to the activity in the water weather it be Temps or bait and you definitely make me happy I do keep up the great work and enjoy your fishing
Thanks Tyler for such an informative video on thermocline and the effects on Kokanee fishing. Just what I needed to know, I will put this new knowledge to work on my next trip out.
Tyler, you are the greatest fishing teacher ever. I am now inspired to try summer fishing for kokanee in Deep Lake (very near my home). I am older and so will use my walleye boat. My hopes are high.
Hello, any chance you could share your experience with surface water temp vs temps at depth. Is there some sort of average rate of change as you go deeper?? I can't seem to locate the thermocline at my local lake in CA (Billiards Bar Reservoir)
@@spiltmilt Thanks, got it. Any way for me to determine correct depth to fish at to hit the correct temperature range for Kokanee?? Surface temp. Is currently 74
So what is the fish finder picking up when you knew where the thermocline was? It was just a line on your helix at about 20ish feet. What was it picking up? The abundance of food? The water temperature change? Thanks
Great info and really cool to see all that zooplankton down there. You've proven why it's important to target a specific depth when fishing for kokanee!
As an ecology nerd I loved seeing the different strata on the camera and the detailed explanation of everything. I've been thinking about buying an underwater drone to check out some marine areas just for fun but also to hopefully make myself a better fisherman in these areas.
Gotta stop watching all of Tyler’s vids and get out, but it’s hard. They Truely are very educational.Thanks Bud. I’m sure a lot of folks remember diving into a body of water and feeling those thermals on a hot summer day.
![Using Electronics to Catch Kokanee [Fishfinder Kokanee Basics]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/aGz_nA6E_ik/mqdefault.jpg)
This man is a genius. Your videos have helped me understand Kokanee and catch more than I ever have.
Great video Tyler. Thanks
Outstanding video. Thanks
I agree with what you said. But this year at jordanelle we have found an exception. Thermal cline was 45 feet. But the fish were 10 to 15 feet down in 60 degree water. Go figure it was hard to adjust. Exception to the rule this time.
Knowing where the thermocline is at has always been very important for my fishing with downriggers.
You're obviously a very knowledgeable angler, but I'd like to also say that you're an excellent teacher! Between the audio and video production quality, additional visual aids, real demos on the fish-finder and underwater cam, all excellent! Also that comment about the fall turnover shutting down the fishing, just a little thing but I found it very valuable! Thank you
Now that is a nice trick, never knew that you can find the thermo on FF.
Short and clean explanation of thermocline.
Thank you SIR!
Very good explanation of the different water levels.
I have been watching your content all spring waiting to recover from a elk jumping on my hood which lead me off a deep ravine , but I digress went to my best trout lake last week all rigged for Kokanee and it was a total blow out windy surface temps of water were 70 to 72f tried 100ft with 3ounce and also down rigger only caught one fingerling Koke and one rainbow the Koke was so small it was dead by the time I cut the hooks off so felt bad but then this lake has a ton of crawfish so someone will eat the poor thing anyway just bought a newer fish finder with all the gadgets you ca buy and plan on trying again this week your content is very detailed and at times very agonizing as we watch you fill the boat every time but then good for you all the best Hank the Tank
Great video!
Excellent.
That really explains it for me i need to tune my sonar to identify that thermal layer and start hunting below that.
I love all your videos!! I have a Hobie Mirage and love it. Need a fish finder for kokanee in lake Chelan where we live and what make/model would you recommend. Remember seeing a hummngbird on some of your videos. Want one that is easy to install and use. Not much of a technician so would prefer simplicity. KEEP FISHIN, Larry
I'd recommend the Humminbird Helix 5 Chirp/GPS Gen3: amzn.to/3T189mU
It will help you identify fish, your troll speed, and you can mark your favorite locations.
Pure Gold Kokanee fishing information!!!
Thank you Tyler
Watching this one again, since we're into that season, and i still haven't got a chance to specifically target them. Hoping to very soon, so needed this refresher!
Great education there, much appreciated the help trying to chase the salmon in the hot summer months here in Montana!
Love your videos but this one was the best. I am kinda a science geek and this video has some great data. Keep up the great work!
Wonderful information for a new Kokanee angler. Thanks for your awesome content!
Best Kokanee video I've seen this year. I understand the thermocline so much better now.
Great informative video. I know it was 2 years ago but if you remember, what was your set up from rod, reel and through to hook? Thanks
Well done sir. Thanks for the education.
awesome
This is awesome. Something I’ve always wondered about.
Watched again! Thanks
Thanks for the videos, you are a very knowledgeable fisherman. My son and I will try to fishing for Kokanee in the next 2 weeks hopefully get a few in the boat. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
Great info. Thank you
Great stuff Tyler, as usual. You gonna come fish springers with us this season? Tight lines, Mark
Might chase a few on the coast.
this is the most imformative fishing video I've ever watched. Excellent description, excellent use of technology to support what you're talking about.
Man the lake to yourself and the fish are biting. Heaven on earth right there.
Hi there, just started whatching your videos and love them! Very informative and you make it easy to transfer what you use and adapt the my local lakes. I am in the east kootenies BC. Was wondering what you throw your fish into behind your seat, doesn,t look like you need to open or unzip anything?? I also have an oldtown Kayak with pdl, and love it!
I use a catch bag from Columbia PFG
great video. we do same for landlocked atlantic salmon and trout. thanks for the explanations!
Hello. Thanks for all the informative videos. I really enjoy them. What reels are you using in this video?
Daiwa Lexa 100 HLC amzn.to/36zef7W
This is awesome information !!! Thank you again
Thank you for your videos. It blows my mind how you’re sitting in this kayak talking about three different layers of water, the temperatures and what goes on in the layers with fish and plankton and photosynthesis. Oh, by the way, you’re reeling in some of the nicest Kokanee! Great info, thank you for sharing, love this
I have just started to watch your channel and you do have a lot to say. This video really brought it home. I have never caught kokanee before and when I tried tips that you have brought to utube, I have caught many. Thank you for your experience.
Thank you so much!!! :) - his wife
Love your videosTyler. It would be helpful if you posted or at least mentioned the date of the video each time along with the lake you are fishing.
Great info once again. Thanks for the great videos.
Used your color depth guide to target Kokanee. Pulled in 25 koke from Green Peter over the weekend. Cannot thank you enough! Keep up the good work!
That's awesome. Great job!
Hopefully you read this.In your Downriggers Vs Droppers episode you mention downriggers take more work to get the rig to fishing depths.How about getting a Shuttle Hawk by Macks Lure Co. that you use along with your Downrigger.You put a plastic bumper on downrigger wire or braid near downrigger ball and slide on the Shuttle Hawk with your fishing line attached to downrigger clip[ after you set your downrigger to the depth that you fish while Kayak moves].Shuttle Hawk slides down wire or braid while boat moves and will slide up after fishing line comes out due to a fish.After you get fish in you clip on line while boat moves and Shuttle Hawk takes line down again to your preset depth.No messing around with cranking up and lowering Downrigger Ball again If Shuttle Hawk works well for you.
I've used the shuttle hawk. Not a fan. Clumsy and not always effective at getting to more extreme depths. I prefer weighted stacker rigs.
@@spiltmilt Thanks for getting back to me on Shuttle Hawks.You made a good point when using them in deeper water.I was curious on the perfomance of the Shuttle Hawk since I read about them.
Very informative video, thanks Tyler!
Nice lake, but I hear the plant is mostly small kokanee’s this spring. I wish they’d put some Rainbow’s like they used to.
They have not changed the Rainbow planting in there and they always stock small Kokanee. The rainbows in there last year were big and plentiful
Another awesome video Tyler! Thank you for all the fantastic information.
Great explanation. Thanks!
Great video Tyler
I’ve been fishing my entire life although I’m relatively new to Kok fishing.
I’ve heard Kokanee are mostly open water fish.
Should I target them in the main channel / river bed at the inlet and follow the channel towards the dam until I find them?
Or should I target structure / underwater points at the Kokanee preferred depths.
Thanks
Bury the steel
This is a very detailed video that covers this topic ruclips.net/user/livez8wAY1i44vY
Thank you. This is going to put me on fish. Great flow of logic and information. Fish to prove it all... Good Job. George.
So…what I’m gathering here as a new Kokanee fisherman, what I need to do is look for the thermocline and fish under that?
Fantastic timing! Appreciate it as always!
Awesome content! Thanks for Tyler!
What kind of rod holders are on your AP? Thanks, great information. Oh and the rods you are using Brand Model Thanks again
Here is a video on the rod holders. There are links in the description of that video as well discount codes. ruclips.net/video/1Jihrx7XAZY/видео.html
The rods in this video are the Santiam Fishing Rods Kokanee Rod
Been watching your channel ever since you fished lacamas lake. This was the best video you’ve ever made. Great content Tyler!
I appreciate that!
I agree. Right up there with the best. You are an incredible teacher.
All I'd fish for in lacamas is bass.
Really nice videos and info man, thank you!
Great video. Love the education!
Awesome video! I've been reading about the thermocline recently, but this video really breaks it down so I can understand how the fish react. Thanks for the great info!
Awesome explanation and break down! Your videos always have the best tips!
Another great and very informative video. Question for you is do you have a go to cure for your bait corn? I know there are multiple out there but what do you use if you don’t mind sharing?
Here ya go My Kokanee Corn Scent Recipe
ruclips.net/video/jAY_3TkUjPg/видео.html
Spilt Milt Productions Thanks so much. I knew you would have a video out there but don’t think I’ve seen it.
Fishing nerds, unite! Great vid again man.
i knew about the thermocline but you broke the whole thing down really well.
Thanks for the video!!
Amazing video! Very awesome you took the time to break it down like this. Thank you!
You mentioned that you are using downrigger yet I don't see any. Can you explain what you are using and how you are hitting your depth?
There is a downrigger on my kayak. You can see it on my right side behind me on the other rod I use lead weights
What a great informative video. Thank you very much for putting this one out.
Hey Tyler,
I have a Garmin Panoptix Ice Bundle that I use in my boat. I haven't been able to locate the thermocline using it.
I've tried to find info on RUclips with no success.
Have you tried to find it using your live scope?
Thank you
You have to use traditional sonar. Livescope/Panoptix cannot detect the thermocline
@@spiltmilt
That's what I was wondering.
I heard that you was fishing Fontenelle yesterday. That feller you helped yesterday was my brother in law.
Thanks again for all of your help.
Thanks!
You are great, love what you are all about. Been enjoying your content from the start, I notice the evolution of your content, always been great however I see the difference in the effort and intent as a creator over this past year or so, fantastic stuff.
Hi Tyler. I started watching you when you fished McGinnis Lake. Love your videos. What is the brand of the camera with temp reading. I would like to pick one up. Also model?
Marcum Pursuit HD Camera: bassproshops.vzck.net/XxGPMg
Awesome video.....loved the underwater stuff showing the zooplankton concentrations. Very enlightening even understanding thermocline, now I SEE why, not just know it's there.
How much weight and what kind of bait or lure did you use here Tyler? Thanks, Mark
Really great content and information. As someone who's just starting to get into Kokanee fishing, I haven't even fished for them yet but am learning all I can, I really appreciate the great information!
Happy to help!
Awesome video thanks again!!
That was so, SO, interesting! Thank you for all the info you share!
Absolutely incredible teacher. Write a book please, you’d make a great knowledge basin for Kokanee. I’d love to be able to read it. Videos are awesome going to replay this a bunch and split screen while learning this weekend. Stoked.
Very interesting and informative!! Thank you!
Thanks Tyler. Just watched this video for the 4th time. I was wondering if you could do a video about Kokanee school behavior? How fast do they travel? Do schools move in patterns? Do they always school up? I got a fish finder and was able to mark schools last summer. When I would turn around to pedal back to make another pass they would be gone. The lakes I fish are small (in CT) and I found it challenging to keep up with the schools. It must be even harder on bigger lakes.
Using a drop rig how do you determine your actual depth. Even with a line counter you only know how much line you have out. Trolling at around 1 mile an hour the line angle doesn't seem too steep an angle but i assume you are shallower than how much line you have out.
What a terrific, and helpful summer Kokanee tutorial.
Thank you very much for explaining this so well.
And it certainly doesn't hurt that while explaining .... you are pulling them in.
Love it.
As always your teaching creds shine through. Great video, clear explanation. Thanks! Went jigging on Suttle Lake; 9 Saturday and 11 (plus a surprise brown) on Sunday. 9 to 10 inches, but pan size.
Exceptional video, you have a talent for educational kayak/kokanee tutorials.
I love all the information I definitely pay attention to the activity in the water weather it be Temps or bait and you definitely make me happy I do keep up the great work and enjoy your fishing
Very good job
Thanks, Tyler! Gotta love science!😁👍🏼🎣
Thanks Tyler for such an informative video on thermocline and the effects on Kokanee fishing. Just what I needed to know, I will put this new knowledge to work on my next trip out.
Super knowledgeable dude! This man is teaching me how to catch the illusive kokanee. I also love the fish finder vid cant wait to get back on Cushman!
Tyler, you *almost* make me want to fish for Kokanee.
I'll wear you down eventually
What is the brand of the water deep camera we’re you using to check thermocline & temp
Marcum Pursuit HD amzn.to/3KrBHr0
do you have a video or link for the rods you like to use for kokanee trolling? Downrigger and non. Love your videos and your content very informative.
haha just found your video on that.
Tyler, you are the greatest fishing teacher ever. I am now inspired to try summer fishing for kokanee in Deep Lake (very near my home). I am older and so will use my walleye boat. My hopes are high.
Hello wondering if you can share the name of the device you were using for gauging the temperature. Thanks
The camera has a temp gauge built in amzn.to/44NDwab
Hello, any chance you could share your experience with surface water temp vs temps at depth. Is there some sort of average rate of change as you go deeper?? I can't seem to locate the thermocline at my local lake in CA (Billiards Bar Reservoir)
It’s variable by lake. It’s pretty early in the season for the thermocline to have formed yet though
@@spiltmilt Thanks, got it. Any way for me to determine correct depth to fish at to hit the correct temperature range for Kokanee?? Surface temp. Is currently 74
I'd like to buy a fish hawk but not going to happen just yet
Are you not marking them on the graph?
Awesome!
Thanks for that, I was meaning to read into that a bit more.
So what is the fish finder picking up when you knew where the thermocline was? It was just a line on your helix at about 20ish feet. What was it picking up? The abundance of food? The water temperature change? Thanks
It's the change in water density
almost left at 00:23...glad I stayed haha
Nice video Tyler! 👍🏼
Great info and really cool to see all that zooplankton down there. You've proven why it's important to target a specific depth when fishing for kokanee!
As an ecology nerd I loved seeing the different strata on the camera and the detailed explanation of everything. I've been thinking about buying an underwater drone to check out some marine areas just for fun but also to hopefully make myself a better fisherman in these areas.
Great video I just like to fish never got into the science really interesting thanks
What are you putting your fish in while our fishing
In a catch bag on ice
@@spiltmilt got an affiliate link so I can throw you a bone?
As usual, your detailed content is so helpful. Thanks for the science. This is one of your best. Love your videos!
What’s the best Kokanee lure in the summer?
Microhoochie by far
Gotta stop watching all of Tyler’s vids and get out, but it’s hard. They Truely are very educational.Thanks Bud. I’m sure a lot of folks remember diving into a body of water and feeling those thermals on a hot summer day.