A very nice article from a pro about salmon fishing.
An excerpt.
It's August, and that means jigging for kokanee salmon
Outdoors
By: J.D. Richey Thursday, August 3, 2006 11:45 PM PDT
In August, kokanee salmon in Northern California reservoirs start to get edgy. With spawning season not too far off, the fish get all bunched up into tightly-packed schools, and in those close quarters, the salmon become aggressive.
And, that, my friends makes them particularly susceptible to one of my favorite koke techniques: jigging.
While trolling is, bar-none, the most popular way to catch kokanee, there are times when jigging is the way to go - especially in late summer. To jig kokes, I like to rig up with a light jigging stick and conventional reel spooled up with 8-pound braided line. With two Triple Surgeon's Loops, I'll attach a 6-foot section of 8-pound fluorocarbon leader to the end of the braid and then a jig to the end.
As far as lures go, I'll drop ½- to 2-ounce spoons like Crippled Herring, Buzz Bombs, Revenge Spoons, Bomber Slabs and Hopkins Smoothies.
Fluorescent colors like flame red, orange, chartreuse and chartreuse/lime green seem to be best but I'll also carry some silver/orange and silver/chartreuse as well.
The trick to this whole game is to locate the big schools of fish. Good places to begin your quest are the faces of dams, river channels and major points.
The fish will be suspended - usually 40 to 100 feet down this time of year - depending on the lake and time of day. Sometimes an armada of boats will gather in areas where the fish are concentrated and you can also find salmon schools that way.
Once you've found a big pod of salmon, get on top of them and try to stay there. Electric motors are handy for this and so is a GPS unit.
