How to catch lake trout

Tuesday, 08 May 2007

Sad to say, but it will take you more angling skills to be able to catch lake trout especially during the summertime. If you use trolling rods with thick and heavy line and so much weight for deep fishing the lake trout, forget it. Actually, thick lines cause more friction against the water, making it more difficult to go deep. You should also realize that heavy rods are quite not sensitive to feel a fish hitting your bait, especially when you fish many feet deep.

To successfully catch lake trout, you are required a light rod with a six to seven-pound test line. You will need swivel that works three-way and a 2 ounce weight for fishing deep down to about 50 feet or a 3 ounce weight for a depth of 80 feet. By using a lightweight line, it will have less friction against the water. Your line will go down to the bottom of the water without having so much line out. Tie around two 4-foot pieces of light line to your swivel. Then utilize a 2-ounce weight on the first line and light bait on the second.

Since lake trout are attracted to small lures, it is best to use #1 Blue Foxes or Mepps. The best lure to use on Lake Trout is the Silver Spoon, specifically the 2-inch weightless Sutton type. Since this is a special lure, the bait store will need time to provide you with Silver spoon as they would still have to order for it. You would want your boat to move just fast enough for your lure to be effective. Moving fast will make it difficult for you to see the lake bottom. If you have big motor for your boat, the tendency is to move fast, so it is best if you do some back trolling.

An important aspect of catching lake Trout is letting out the line correctly to reach the bottom. Do not let the line all out at one just for it to quickly hit the bottom. Release bits of the line slowly even as the tip of your rod bounces up and down. The rhythm of rod bouncing will be affected once the weight reaches the bottom so try reeling up a foot of the line. The reason for this is to protect your swivel from getting entangled.

Small trout will take the lure and then swim away quickly so you will know if you caught a fish. The big fish, on the other hand, will hit the lure and then slowly take off without even knowing that they are hooked. If you have a big trout, loosen your drag on the reel as big trout usual fight off and will strip off the reel some 100 yards of fishing line before you can turn them.

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