Right now as the fish are getting hungry and recovering from the spawn, I personally have caught three times as many lakers while retrieving ... so far. If you think about what I said, for the next week or so (while the fish recover from the spawn) I think the "best" play is to cast and retrieve. Just my opinion.
Don, what do you think about the new Lake Trout regs removing all limits for fish 28" and smaller. Should we taking more of the big fish out of the system too?
I haven't seen the 28 inches. i thought it was 25. Regardless, biologists have book learning, I suppose, but anglers and especially anglers that fish over 200 days a year also know a thing or two. Although i haven't been targeting large lake trout for too many years, it seems to me that not all lake trout grow up to be really large. Some seem to stay in the five to 10-pound class and don't get any bigger. Why that is, I don't know. However, I don't believe the biologist know either. So, I will continue to release 99 percent of the lake trout over 25 not 28 inches that I catch. It just seems to me that larger lakers are becoming fewer and fewer, and I just want to protect the fishery from too many biological hands messing with Mother Nature.
Thanks for sharing your tips Don.
Looks good Don, as always. I’ll probably come out next week
My pleasure. Good luck!
Thanks for the video and info. I’ll be up Friday freezing my keister off. So are you casting to shore and retrieving?
Yes, and I am slow trolling. But the best fish have been coming while retrieving my lures.
Right now as the fish are getting hungry and recovering from the spawn, I personally have caught three times as many lakers while retrieving ... so far. If you think about what I said, for the next week or so (while the fish recover from the spawn) I think the "best" play is to cast and retrieve. Just my opinion.
Don, what do you think about the new Lake Trout regs removing all limits for fish 28" and smaller. Should we taking more of the big fish out of the system too?
What is the logic in casting and retrieving instead of trolling?
I haven't seen the 28 inches. i thought it was 25. Regardless, biologists have book learning, I suppose, but anglers and especially anglers that fish over 200 days a year also know a thing or two. Although i haven't been targeting large lake trout for too many years, it seems to me that not all lake trout grow up to be really large. Some seem to stay in the five to 10-pound class and don't get any bigger. Why that is, I don't know. However, I don't believe the biologist know either. So, I will continue to release 99 percent of the lake trout over 25 not 28 inches that I catch. It just seems to me that larger lakers are becoming fewer and fewer, and I just want to protect the fishery from too many biological hands messing with Mother Nature.