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Good deal there Lew , nothing but good things to say about Shimano

Just heard that there is Major damage to some homes in the Angus area

Pretty wild up here , NW of Alliston !

Great report Mike , I'm jealous . Lake trout signifies to me the "wilds of Canada" and that's why I love fishing for them .

There is something about going to a back lake somewhere and catching true wild lake trout , it is always a peaceful

journey that will never be forgotten . Thanks again !

Great report Randy , looks like a great spot

Thanks for the comments guys , it was a great trip . Love the first backcountry trip of the spring

Our annual spring trip into the backwoods of central Ontario in search of lake trout has come and gone . The trip was very successful to say the least with lots of

trout caught , good weather , good friends and no bugs ! Here is a small report of our weekend .

Arrived at the trail head fairly early to a cloudy and cool start . A couple things I noticed right away was that there were no bugs to speak of and the surrounding trees

had just started to bud out , felt like March instead of May but I wasn't complaining it was just good to be out after a looooong winter !

The trail ride in was the wettest I have ever seen it , with a couple small washouts but nothing we couldn't handle

The main trail is really no big deal just long ( 10 km ) with a few mud crossings and rock climbs . Its the off shoot trail to the lake that is narrow , muddy and filled

with tire splitting rocks .

Once at camp we set up the tents cut up some firewood and headed out to find the lakers . The water temp. was pretty cool ( 49 degrees ) so we knew the

lake trout would be in shallow and scattered throughout the lake . The trolling gear was setup with a 1/2 oz inline weight and spoons . The lake trout were quite

aggressive all weekend and seemed to be really favoring the gold/red cleo that my boat partner had tied on . I had a silver williams tied on that usually

works but not this weekend , the gold and red was the ticket !

Here are just a few of the fish we caught that weekend

Out of the 4 days we are there we have at least one fish fry , a couple unlucky lake trout for the pan

We were actually casting the shore for the lake trout as well , they were really up shallow , but this was my view for most of the weekend trolling along ( very relaxing )

Here is a picture of our boats successful lure choices , 3" silver husky jerk , 3/4 oz darter with a fluke and the famous gold/red cleo

Hope you enjoyed my little report and I hope to be back up there in a couple months , until then ...........

Cheers

That was funny !

Great report , Looks like a good time for sure . I'm heading out tonight on a "trout adventure" like yours !

Ya , tons of suckers out there but not the ones I'm looking for !

Looking for suckers to cut up and use as bait for an upcoming lake trout trip . Does anyone know of a spot in the Dufferin County

area that I could get a couple . PM me if you like , thanks !

Turtle hit it bang on , troll as much water as you can in a lazy S pattern . The lake trout will be a bit skitterish of the boat and the different speeds of your lure

with the S pattern troll will trigger hits . We always have luck in the north end of lakes as well because they warm quicker , drawing in baitfish thus bringing in

the lake trout . So start there ! If you have a finder and can spot them in deeper water try jigging with 1 oz bucktails .

These setups are tied on 80% of the time when i'm hunting lakers in the spring

Good luck

As for the flies , CK made me some nice ones last spring and they worked great . Will be using them this spring as well

Thanks for the replies everyone , will do some experimenting in a couple weeks .

Speaking from experience, go with erratic plugs early (ie flatfish, quickfish) trolled slow and metal once the water warms up into the high 40's low 50's.

 

You can catch trout with spoons in colder water but the wobble baits entice more and bigger fish in cold water.

I have tried a lot of lures for lake trout but never a wobble bait , I will give them a go !

Or you can cover both worlds.. run a three way with the spoon on top.. body bait beneath!

This sounds like a good set up but I couldn't imagine the mess at the side of the boat when you catch one , it can get pretty messed up even with a weight and a spoon !

Have you tried jigging with 1 oz. white twister tails. A go to method when they are sitting near or on bottom and will not hit a thing. Also jigged a Williams Wobbler and Williams Whitefish.

Yep , love jigging lake trout . That's pretty well all I do once the water warms up and the lake trout head deep !

Glad to hear it worked out for ya in the end .

It is almost time for my annual lake trout trip and have a question that I have thought about for awhile .

I have read and been told for a couple years now that trolling spoons will get you bigger fish over

body baits such as rapala's . I can say my biggest "trolling lake trout " was taken on a spoon but this could be

just a coincidence . What do you guys think ?

Soon Bill , very soon

Seen them up my way (Pine River & Boyne) on Friday driving around . Glad to see !

Just got a report from the Parry Sound area and the ice is melting fast and with all this rain

coming this week expect open water on inland lakes by this weekend !

Ya , I would pump that old stuff out of there . At least most of it then put some high test in there . I think you can

buy those pumps at Can. Tire . (flo and go) or siphon it out using a hose and lung power !

Great Idea

Thought I had a busy summer planned , very nice Mike !

Have the annual boys week away in May for some back country lake trout (ice or no ice we are going) End of June hit some hidden bass lakes , couple more trips

to the lake trout spot for some big smallmouth and some deepwater lake trout jigging (lotsa fun) Pike tourney in September , more bassin in October and spend

some time at the trailer in Parry sound in between . I'm booked , can't wait

Been waiting for these reports for awhile Drifter , can't wait to see the progress of your new pad !

Now that's a "Silver Bullet"