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Definitely, the most consistent kokanee bite on the lakes in NW Montana is from daylight until mid-morning, but the hottest bites I have ever witnessed on Ashley, Bitterroot or Mary Ronan have occurred early afternoon, down only 12-15ft and last about 1/2 hour. I'm talking....4-5 guys, two poles each and total chaos !! I made some interesting discoveries last year, in regard to plankton. I had never put the camera down while salmon fishing, but last year I used it to do some research and found that the hottest bites were when I could see no plankton in the water. When you could visibly see the plankton, the salmon would only bump the jig/hook with their nose and not even open their mouth. It gave the look/feel of a "lite bite", but you could see that they weren't even close to bites. It didn't stop me from fishing, but at least I knew I wasn't just missing 'em on the bite.