02-22-2007, 03:39 PM
Thanks for the tips fishhound! I think you're right on with the depth, this is a big lake, and if i'm not mistaken it has depths right along those lines. It's a very beautiful lake, I was surprised when I looked it up.
I'm guessing the locals there on the lake would be able to fill me in on rather the fish are on the spawn or not. The thing about that is if they are, I wouldn't want my big boat, I'd want my bass boat for hitting the shallower water.
I was thinking about trolling. My big boat is set up for that, however, only have one downrigger. I don't think one line down will do much good, and there isn't a planer that will get me down that far, and if there was, you'd have to have 120 lb line and a super heavy stand up rod to use it. LOL I may need to try jigging.
What about anchoring off and jigging? Even though it's a lake, if there is just a tad of a breeze, it would more than likely be enough to keep me still. LOL, it'd be a long tug back up though. I could always anchor on the top side of a ledge, fish usually hold on the bottom side anyhow; that is if the wind cooperates. Do the trout hold on the ledges?
Is it possible that the trout might be just above the surface or in the thermocline? Maybe a diving minnow on like a #1 or #2 planer would get them there in that case.
And when you say a larger sized Rapala and spoon, how long? Like a 3 1/2" Drone spoon? 6" diving minnow? I've got tones of the larger Yo Zuri magnums I use for Wahoo, I wonder how they would work?
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I'm guessing the locals there on the lake would be able to fill me in on rather the fish are on the spawn or not. The thing about that is if they are, I wouldn't want my big boat, I'd want my bass boat for hitting the shallower water.
I was thinking about trolling. My big boat is set up for that, however, only have one downrigger. I don't think one line down will do much good, and there isn't a planer that will get me down that far, and if there was, you'd have to have 120 lb line and a super heavy stand up rod to use it. LOL I may need to try jigging.
What about anchoring off and jigging? Even though it's a lake, if there is just a tad of a breeze, it would more than likely be enough to keep me still. LOL, it'd be a long tug back up though. I could always anchor on the top side of a ledge, fish usually hold on the bottom side anyhow; that is if the wind cooperates. Do the trout hold on the ledges?
Is it possible that the trout might be just above the surface or in the thermocline? Maybe a diving minnow on like a #1 or #2 planer would get them there in that case.
And when you say a larger sized Rapala and spoon, how long? Like a 3 1/2" Drone spoon? 6" diving minnow? I've got tones of the larger Yo Zuri magnums I use for Wahoo, I wonder how they would work?
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