So I just got back from my trip on Temagami, and being it was the first time on the lake, it proved to be more difficult than I though. With the water being so clear, it seemed any quality fish were hiding in the deeper depths.
Every morning was spent searching for that tank smallie, allthough I caught many bass, I dont think one of them was over 2 lbs. I found alot of them in as much as 40 FOW, usually around schools of baitfish.
The afternoons were spent trolling for lake trout. This was a new specie and a new technic for me. We use big rods with line counters, spooled with 30lbs steel wire. On the end of that was a heavy flurocarbon leader and a spoon. We would pull up to our location, let out 30 ft of line by hand, then accelerated with the motor, while letting out over 500 ft of line to reach the depth of around 70 FOW. Then, while trolling, a continous snapping motion of the rod seemed to trigger the bites. We nearly caught one on every pass. We had lakers for dinner every night!
I aslo attempted to find some walleyes in the evenings, which proved a little difficult, with only a small handful of little fish being caught.
Over all, I can't wait till next year, but being that I live fairly close, I may have to make it once more this year.
PARTY BARGE!
UPPER DECK
LAKERS ON THE Q