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[fish fear me]

Last year at okanagan lake another fisherman was telling us about before the shrimp ruined the kokanee fishery. he mentioned how after a day of trolling they would drop a whole kokanee head on a sea fishing rod and catch some huge pikeminnow. Now that we have a boat and already do enjoy Okanagan lake's course fishery we figured we would give it a try. Any tips would be much appreciated.

[Burbot]

Surprised he never caught a Burbot doing that..

Unless I am reading your post wrong he used a kokanee head for bait? is not that illegal unless you are in Fraser fishing for sturgeon?

[fish fear me]

maybe it was illegal I don't know but he was fishing a while ago regs might have changed.  is burbot fishing any good on Okanagan lake  might try for some of those as well.

[fisherforever]

Burbot is correct, page 9 of the Freshwater Regs - "Fin fish
...means all fish other than
crustaceans, echinoderms, molluscs,
shellfish and marine mammals.
The
use of fin fish (dead or alive) or parts
of fin fish other than roe is prohibited
throughout the province, with the
following exception:
  You may use the
head of fin fish or the headless body of fin
fish as bait,
only
:
(a) when sport fishing for sturgeon in Region
2 only on the Fraser River,
Lower Pitt River
(CPR bridge upstream to Pitt Lake), Lower
Harrison River (Fraser River upstream to
Harrison Lake),
 or
(b) when set lining in lakes of Region 6 or in
lakes of Zone A of Region 7"

[fish fear me]

I wasn't planning on using any fish heads. So I should be OK.

[Rodney]

Lots of northern pikeminnow can be found in large interior lakes like the Okanagan, and they can easily be caught from shore in spring and summer. Just either fish with bait like dew worm, krill, etc, or cast and retrieve a lure.