steverowbotham Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Got out for a day on the weekend to smack some lakers. Slow day overall, but managed a few nice ones. Every fish caught on the vibrato this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Steve nice fish. Can you explain why they seem so dark ? The ones we get in open water are almost silver compared to those. Im thinking it,s where you are fishing and their diet. Yes/no ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRISONER Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 glad to see you had more luck than i did with your buddies out there...who knows maybe ill run into ya some day out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted January 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 12:24 PM, misfish said: Steve nice fish. Can you explain why they seem so dark ? The ones we get in open water are almost silver compared to those. Im thinking it,s where you are fishing and their diet. Yes/no ? Hard to say for sure, but I find a significant amount of darker fish in shallow water, so I have to believe that that has a lot to do with it. Diet, sun exposure among many factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maker a laker Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 (edited) Guys, Catch lakers from May through Sept on open water, with lots of photos to compare colours over the years, you see a definite trend. In summer and fall fish are 50-65ft down in Northern Ontario lakes, they are almost black when they come up from the dark depths. After 15-30 mins on the stringer in Sept with 50F water, they change from coal black to light grey in colour. We keep our eaters and limit in a fish cage 10 feet down when water is 50F spring and fall. They live for 3-4 day trip. Black fish as caught are light grey when we clean them. They change shades/colours to match their surroundings over a period of 10-15 mins. Edited January 30, 2018 by maker a laker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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