Palisades Kokanee and Lake Trout?

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I want to try Palies. What would you guys recommend I start trolling with? Any information as to where to launch, camping ect.

We camp and launch at Calamity Campground which is loaded with Huckle Berrys for my wife to pick, another option is Blowout it also has a small paid campground right off the highway and centrally located on the lake. There is also free primitive camping below the dam on the west side of the river and also free primitive camping at the back of Bear Creek but you will have to launch at either Blow Out or Calamity. I spend most of my time on the northern end of the lake near the dam and can consistently catch Browns and Cutts trolling along the face of the dam and the cliffs along the east side of the lake, I also regularly catch decent Browns along the south side of Bear creek, especially near the confluence with main lake. I catch them on my standard kokanee gear, but when I'm targeting the trout I do well trolling spoons like, Jakes, Little Cleos and Kastmasters. Use your electrons to find the fish and you should have no problem catching trout. If you figure out the Kokanee, please let me know what worked for you, if you are going to be out there between the 7/22-7/25 send me a PM and we can hook up and compare notes.