LURE TESTING
NEW SALMON AND STEELHEAD TROLLING AND PLUNKING LURE:
We will field testing a new blade/float component this spring and summer. For more information on this lure, click on the plunking lure link below.
KOKE/EYE LURES.
I am adding a new line of lures to our product line. These unique lures are designed to catch Kokanee, Walleye, Trout and panfish. We will be doing extensive field testing this winter and next summer. For more information, please click on the KOKE/EYE Lures link below.
FALL STEELHEAD: September, 2020.
We did well, despite low numbers of Steelhead this fall. As always the #01 Snake River Special and the #36 Rainbow blade did the job enabling us to land several 16-18# fish.
SPRING CHINOOK: April 2020.
Well, we kicked butt on spring Chinook this year. My friends and I limited out every day using the tried and true Lil’ Corky®/Shaker Wing combo plunking lures.
SPRING CHINOOK: April 8, 2019.
We modified the Lil’ Corky®/Shaker Wing combo we successfully prototyped last spring, to get better hookups on Jack Chinook. We were getting a lot of bites but the fish just wouldn’t stay on the hook. Hmm. Jacks have a much smaller mouth than adult fish. Perhaps the bottom 3/4” Lil’ Corky® is preventing the Jacks from closing their mouths and getting a better hookup. Solution? Remove the bottom 3/4” Lil’ Corky® and replace it with two smaller ones- a 1/2” and a 3/8”. Wow! That did the trick. We immediately began to land Jacks. Sometimes, a small change makes all the difference.
SPRING CHINOOK: 6/15/18
Well, the Spring Chinook season has ended on the Snake River. Despite harsh fishing conditions, we did much better than most fishermen, landing over 30 fish. Some of our success can be attributed to luck (as always), but I believe the use of the new plunking lure with the Shaker Wing made the difference in attracting many of the fish we caught. Like most fishermen will do, several made changes to the basic lure so it is difficult to report exactly how many fish were caught on the original version. Some fishermen added small, pink hoochie skirts to conceal the bait. Some changed the Lil’ Corky® colors. We all used different types of bait. However, the bottom line is, the addition of the Shaker Wing attracted more fish to our lines than using plain Lil’ Corkys®. I did not change any of the elements on the lures I used, and had results equal or better than the rest of the fishermen doing the prototyping. Therefore, all of our Lil’ Corky® lures will now include Shaker Wings.
SPRING CHINOOK: 5/30/18
The results so far have exceeded my expectations! My friends and I have caught 16 Chinook to date on this lure, despite extremely high, dirty water on the Snake River. We have used shrimp, sardines, tuna belly and herring for bait with equal results.