09-11-2008, 03:40 AM
For what its worth: Son, grandson, and I absolutely nailed the trout while at C.J. in October 2005. Six fish within an hour flatlining rapalas. All fish were rainbows, all 19" to 20". Slender; not footballs. I spoke with a guy during the summer that nailed them one day the same way in mid-spring of this year.
It's hit and miss trolling. Twice I've been back and nothing doing. Perch only on both trips. So I think if you find them and conditions are right you'll catch them. We used rainbow rapalas both jointed and original. Mid-afternoon toward the end of October was our ticket. Water temp I believe was around 50 degrees. The fellow this spring mentioned blue over white was his best rapala.
I'm going to try it next week while camping nearby although I don't expect much until the lake cools off more. Still a bit early for trout trolling but you never know with C.J.. Try across from the A.F. ramp contouring along the shore at around the 40-50 foot contour line. (Our rapalas weren't diving deeper than 15 feet; maybe less) Trolling speed was around 2.0 - 3.5 mph. Good luck and remember to post your results!
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It's hit and miss trolling. Twice I've been back and nothing doing. Perch only on both trips. So I think if you find them and conditions are right you'll catch them. We used rainbow rapalas both jointed and original. Mid-afternoon toward the end of October was our ticket. Water temp I believe was around 50 degrees. The fellow this spring mentioned blue over white was his best rapala.
I'm going to try it next week while camping nearby although I don't expect much until the lake cools off more. Still a bit early for trout trolling but you never know with C.J.. Try across from the A.F. ramp contouring along the shore at around the 40-50 foot contour line. (Our rapalas weren't diving deeper than 15 feet; maybe less) Trolling speed was around 2.0 - 3.5 mph. Good luck and remember to post your results!
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