4x4bassin Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 I was up fishing a cottage lake in the Parry Sound area the last couple days and hooked into my personal best lake trout . Not sure of the weight but it was a thick fish and was just over 33" long . I always bring out the jigging gear when I'm at this lake , seems the jig bite is better here then flatlining . Monday morning was calm and warm perfect for jigging . At least that's what I thought , the lakers were not cooperating . I tried everything and could not get one to move on the finder . They were there but eating my jigs that morning was not happening so we called it a morning and headed back for breakfast . Mid afternoon came and we decided to go on a little cruise around the lake to enjoy the sights , while cruising around I decided to head over to my "honey hole" and turn on the finder and see if there was anything swimming around down there . Sure enough there were 4 big hooks on the finder in 50' over 60' From my experience this is the perfect scenario , when the lake trout are suspended around 10' off bottom and in a group of 3 or more they are feeding and aggressive . Drop a jig on them and it's a race to see who gets it first !!! I had changed my jig weight just prior to 3/4 oz and took the stinger off to see if I was going to have better results in the afternoon with this setup and like any good lake trout hunter I was ready to drop when those hooks appeared . Sure enough when the jig got to about 10' above the hooks the race was on and I think the biggest of the pack smashed my jig . Fought her for a good 10 mins. before she unwillingly swam into the net . She was real beauty and after a couple quick pictures and a measurement she was back in the water to swim again . The bait of choice was a 3/4 oz darter jig (home paint job) and a 4" white/silver flaked fluke . Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.brock Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Beauty laker 4x4! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormdunker Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Nice laker - I love your pix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Nice fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Nice man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Beautiful fish, nice job on the release! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAW Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Big old beast eh! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavertail Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Catching lakers on the jig bite while getting a tan...how great is that!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRISONER Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 nice fish! dang, cant wait to get back on the lakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnote Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Sweet slob man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Amazing laker! Really huge for a stocked fish wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickeral eater Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Awesome laker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jds63 Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Nice healthy looking laker, good job ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoxansteel Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Nice Grey for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 looks like a lot of fun ! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbailey Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 great fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 That would EASILY be a PB for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
can u fish Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Nice Laker for sure the name of that lake would not happen to start with an L now would it. Cheers Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 SWEET! It's fish like this that make me dream about scrolling sonar screens at random times of the day.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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