Early season Whitefish advice?

[Reef Runner]

Headed to a cottage around Kearney this May 2-4 and was reading they got whitties in there.  Never targeted them.  Water should still be cold come a few weeks.  What depths would they be holding at? Any preferred presentations?  I'll be long-line trolling for early season lakers (stocked) so hoping to tie into an incidental whittie. 

Thanks fellas,

Reef

[cisco]

Don't get whitefish generally by trolling. Unless real slow with worm harnesses along bottom.

They seem to gather in Spring on or related to shoals anywhere from 10 o 30 ft deep. So jigging spoons/rapalas/Meegs jigs or Vibratos work well on Simcoe. I know they are specialists at stealing minnow off hook. 

[misfish]

48 minutes ago, cisco said:

Don't get whitefish generally by trolling.

HMMMMM

On Simcoe,a slow troll with small flutter spoons. Just saying Chris.

 

And I didnt know there was an early season.  2 more sleeps and I am on them.

[misfish]

52 minutes ago, cisco said:

They seem to gather in Spring on or related to shoals anywhere from 10 o 30 ft deep.

This ^^^^^^^^

 

And large flats.

Edited May 9, 2019 by misfish