MCCONNELL LAKE – Kokanee / Rainbow

It was a perfect day to be out fishing but the kokanee were rather elusive. Spinner hoochies with shoepeg were working great- but the rainbows seem to like them more than the kokanee! The fish were in the top 25 feet of water and the majority seemed to be in the shallower end in front of the launch in about 25 to 45 feet of water. I caught two nice kokanee, the biggest one just over a pound and I lost another one that looked to be about the same size beside the boat. It was fairly steady action today. I caught and released 13 rainbows while searching for kokanee. Six of the Pennask rainbows were around the 2 pound mark. I tried some jigging as well. I used chironomids, scuds and micro leeches. The micro leeches were the only thing I got fish on while jigging. It was a pretty sweet day. Hopefully next time I will find more kokanee.