Get Slimed!

[Buck]

Over the years, my buddies and I have figured out that after getting some kokanee slime on your hands, you get bit much more often. Doesn't seem to matter whether we are trolling or jigging. Haven't seen the same thing happen with trout and with salmon and steelhead, gettting fish slime on your hands is a definite no-no.

We've used gloves like when we're bobber fishing for chinook, and put scent on our hands, but kokanee slime seems to work as well or better than anything else. I wonder if it is because kokes aren't really a predator and instead are attracted to the scent of their own? Kind of a mystery, but I'm going to keep getting slimed until something better comes along.

[joemomma]

Thats interesting, will give it a try!

[SilverBullets]

Read about doing this in a STS article last year. After the first kokanee caught, you then slime down your dodger and lure. Never tried it myself, I use pro-cure gels....works for me. Seems like the pro-cure gels might last longer, but I will have to give the slime technic a try this year, if it doesn't work, at least I'll smell good!

[Aufish101]

I always feel more confident after I catch a few fish and get my hand all gooey. There maybe something to the slime part!

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[P-ride]

It definitely seems easier to get them on after you land a few. I remember reading that too in STS. I think I'll give it a try this year with sliming up my dodgers!

[tnj8222]

i def believe in this. i seem to always catch alot more after that first fish. might be that i have just dialed into what the fish want, or might be the slime. either way it seems that the first fish is important.