Lake Trout Lures of Choice

Hello all,

I am going to be doing a lot of Laker fishing this year and wanted some input as to what everyone is using. This past year I had great success with Slender Spoons, so much so that I pretty much stuck to them and didn’t do much research on any other presentations. Specifics would be a great help. Thanks.

Nate Riddle

White Tube

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Hello all,

I am going to be doing a lot of Laker fishing this year and wanted some input as to what everyone is using. This past year I had great success with Slender Spoons, so much so that I pretty much stuck to them and didn’t do much research on any other presentations. Specifics would be a great help. Thanks.

Nate Riddle

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The larger slenders outproduced everything else we tried over the last couple seasons to such a degree that it is hard to get away from them. But we did catch some fish on white tubes in 3″ – 4″ sizes as well as on airplane jigs with bright colored bucktail. Between those three you’d have your bases covered in most situations.

Thanks for the info James. Any specific Jig size, shape, etc? Thanks.

Nate Riddle

I’ve had good luck using a chartruse pepper tube it out produced the white tube for me. what i do is when the buck tail gets wore out i replace the fur with a tube.

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Thanks for the info James. Any specific Jig size, shape, etc? Thanks.

Nate Riddle

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Just about any bass jig designed for use in a tube will work fine as long as you have a good hook gap and a sharp point. 1/4 Oz. for the 3″ tubes and 1/2 oz. for the 4″ tubes seemed to work well in the waters we’ve been fishing that averaged 45 – 110 deep. In deeper water you would likely benefit from a heavier jig so you don’t spend so much time getting that tube back down to the fish.

Thanks again James! I will fish anywhere from 35′ to 150′ of water targeting Lakers. Do you fish with a specific type of line, other than Flouro, at those depths? I am mobile so braid is out, but I would love to use something that has low stretch and little to no water absorption. Thanks again!

Nate Riddle

Nate

Berkley Vanish fluoro in 8# – 12# has served me well in the situation you described. Reasonably low stretch (not as low stretch as a braid, of course) and it doesn’t absorb water so you don’t end up with a block of ice on the spool when you’re out of doors. I can’t say I’ve ever felt like I needed to make any changes… it just works very, very well for the way I fish.

Thanks James. That is what I use as well. Thanks again for all the help. Bring on the ice!!

Nate Riddle