Another newbie on the forum here, but not to fishing - been in love with the lifestyle since I was a kid!
Curious on how the attraction for Kokanee changes between open water fishing compared to jigging out of my ice hole not moving around directionally much? Thanks for any input! 
It works about the same open or ice. Find the spots they like and have at it. I've had great luck using the exact same lures- boat or ice. Early morning usually best and some lakes have outstanding night fishing if you like solitude. Swedish pimples, Hali jigs, glow hooks, pink, green white, orange -tipped with maggots or white corn.
You can use corn for bait, but please do not chum with it to attract fish, they cannot digest corn and they WILL die. Use Zoom if you need to chum
Have fun!
EDIT:
need to add one thing, fund a bunch of friends! We've had better luck with a lot of people in a group.
All the action of lures moving around seems to keep them around
