Strawberry rainbows

[KC5]

I know Kokanee are the rave at strawberry, but I'm headed up on Monday in my tube, looking for rainbows, I usually fish renegade, just checking to see how it has been or what to expect. Looking forward to getting on my favorite pond thanks in advance.
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[kingfisher82]

On that note, why do Kokanee seem to be the rave right now? More so than any other year I can remember? Strawberry has had tons of Kokanee for years. Why the sudden increase in Kokanee excitement? Personally I'm not a huge fan of trolling. Love fishing with a rod in my hand and vertical jigging and setting the hook myself.
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[T-Squared]

We caught a couple decent rainbows today over in the Meadows area. There were a lot of boats fishing for them so I assume the fishing was pretty good. We were actually targeting kokanee. I think the increase in interest is because there is a lot more information available and people are starting to be consistently successful. Plus the state has put a lot more fish in Strawberry over the last few years. I too like the feel of a hook set but pound-for-pound the fight of the kokanee is something else. Two weeks ago 75% of the fish we caught came out of the water. They are so much fun to catch and, oh yeah, they are delicious![]
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[KC5]

I would love to go after the kokes don't get me wrong but I'll be on my pontoon (personal). And don't have the range to get to them, plus I do enjoy eating rainbows
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[kevinL]

I fished Renegade a couple of weeks ago from my float tube from about 5 PM until dark. I usually do really well there and catch quite a few rainbows with the cutthroats. I only managed to catch two cutthroats and no rainbows.