Winter kokanee fishing is a fairly new phenomenon. Or, it is fairly new to most anglers. Some old-timers, who knew that the landlocked salmon could be caught in December as easily as June, kept it ...

Before the water warms up, kokanee can be very shallow. If you are having trouble catching fish early in the season, try fishing at depths less than 10 feet or even longlining with no weight at all.

Some “kokanee” with a lot of black around the mouth have been caught recently on Lake Roosevelt, which suggests these might be immature chinook salmon. A good way to tell a kokanee from a chinook is ...