04-10-2008, 03:19 AM
Southforksly, We do very good after ice-out, but the funny thing is the bigger macs are fairly deep. We troll the "slab" which is 45 to 60 feet deep with flatfish for larger fish. I dont mind the little guys so I use planer boards and troll the shore line, sometomes in as little as 6 feet of water. As for long lining, I run 150' behind the board, and a little closer as each line is to the boat. To find macs or cuts or browns, just find water that is a little warmer than anything else. This means close to shore, or very shallow. Last year we deep trolled for big guys with no sucess, so we tryed a shallow flat near the dam...4 to 10 feet...we caught a nice mixed bag in that area that you would not think woould hold fish. The difference was temp. 39 in the middle of the lake, 42 on the shallow flat. If you want to go , PM me when we get closer. I'm thinking end of May !!
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