There is always so much discussion on the walleye fishing that we don't touch enough on the Lake trout. So I was wondering if anybody wants to share there favorite lure for lake trout that they use on Kipawa. I always try to get a couple new lures every year for our trip. I have my favorites like the silver and blue krodile and the silver croc that consistently put great fish in the boat. Anybody else want to share.
Crocs and cleos jigging 60+ feet down. Just like ice fishing. Use your depthfinder to locate the Lakers then just Jig and drift. This buys me several tasty Lakers all summer long.
I haven't been fishing for Lakers on Kipawa in seemingly way too long.
But, we used to use large spoons, nothing fancy.
Treble hook and a couple of frozen minnows.
Troll around 60-80 (or deeper) with downriggers.
Or we'd go and anchor off any big rock that provided good deep water like Ile Grand Mont and just jig with a treble hook and a few frozen minnows.
Would get a couple fish each trip.
Always seemed to be more active on windy days when the lake was a touch on the rough side from what I can remember......
Kroc spoons have produced best for us. This year I got one of those Savage Gear Line Through Trout I'm going to try. Not sure if a trout will eat a trout, but we'll see.
Ozzy, on the other Kipawa site there was a similar discussion and a lure called a Buzz Bomb was talked about. It's not much to look at but it works. Just vertical jig the 5 incher while drifting. It spins on the fall. I like the pearl, blue, or chartreuse colors. If your locator is sensitive enough you'll be able to see the saw tooth returns of the lure jigged at the depth of those lake trout. Sometimes they might be white fish though. My experience is that when I saw deep blips. (over 60 ft.) They wouldn't bite! Those 30-50 ft fish sometimes would.
C.C.
My favourite is normally a blue/silver Williams, 4" - 5" long, trolling either on the downrigger, lead core, or a dypsy diver.... but last Sept., my old blue/white floating rapala worked best down around 40-50'.
Im making my first trip to Kipawa in 2 weeks, but i have found in northern shield lakes, 4" white tubs work well in the winter for big trout. I'll let you know what i find out :)
Andrew
Blue/silver and red/white spoons have worked well for me when trolling but I have had the most success when using a herring rig, trolling shallow (15-20 ft) or jigging deeper water. The herring is by far my favorite but can be hard to find.
Steve
Thanks guys, Blue seems to be a pattern and one that I really believe in also when trolling. Andrew which lodge you heading to, anywhere on the lake the guys here can give lots of advice.
Original floating rapala's would be my go to. 4.5", blue or gray... a buddy introduced to me the "lizard" spoon last year.. quite a large trolling spoon, silver and gold, worked very well too. The spoon was half the size of some of the lakers we were getting into! HAHA
Quote from: Ozzy30 on June 27, 2015, 07:36:36 AM
Thanks guys, Blue seems to be a pattern and one that I really believe in also when trolling. Andrew which lodge you heading to, anywhere on the lake the guys here can give lots of advice.
Thanks, I am going to 3 Seasons, have been doing a lot of research on the forum already, Reggie assures me he will take care of me as well. Never been to Quebec fishing before, spent lots of time in Ontario though - I live in the GTA.
If anyone has tips for a newbie, i would love to hear them.
Thanks.
Quote from: AndrewH on June 27, 2015, 10:51:18 PM
Quote from: Ozzy30 on June 27, 2015, 07:36:36 AM
Thanks guys, Blue seems to be a pattern and one that I really believe in also when trolling. Andrew which lodge you heading to, anywhere on the lake the guys here can give lots of advice.
Thanks, I am going to 3 Seasons, have been doing a lot of research on the forum already, Reggie assures me he will take care of me as well. Never been to Quebec fishing before, spent lots of time in Ontario though - I live in the GTA.
If anyone has tips for a newbie, i would love to hear them.
Thanks.
Only tip I have is relax and take it all in!
Enjoy your first trip.....
Brent
Love the thread regarding Lakers...I've been fishing Watson Lake for 27 years or so; does anyone on here know if there are Lakers in Watson? We have found spots nearing 100 ft or so in the trench that runs through the lake so it seems to me the depth is there.
Quote from: AndrewH on June 27, 2015, 10:51:18 PM
Quote from: Ozzy30 on June 27, 2015, 07:36:36 AM
Thanks guys, Blue seems to be a pattern and one that I really believe in also when trolling. Andrew which lodge you heading to, anywhere on the lake the guys here can give lots of advice.
Thanks, I am going to 3 Seasons, have been doing a lot of research on the forum already, Reggie assures me he will take care of me as well. Never been to Quebec fishing before, spent lots of time in Ontario though - I live in the GTA.
If anyone has tips for a newbie, i would love to hear them.
Thanks.
Andrew
When will you be there
I will be in camp July10-14
Hi Ozzy,
We spend a fair amount of time trolling for lakers on Kipawa and we have had the most luck with spoons that have colour combinations of " Orange-Blue-Yellow" and "Orange-Green-Yellow". We mostly use Michigan Stinger spoons which they sell at Bass Pro for about $7 each. We have been most successful with the 3" ones. We have also had quite a bit of success with Williams (3" -4") in Green or Blue.
We usually do well in terms of numbers but we haven't had much luck in terms of size. Usually 5-6lbs is the max. A couple of exceptions over the years but not many.
Ozzy - I have been lake trout fishing at Kipawa for 10 years now and always catch trout with the same setup - a down rigging rod, with large (eg. Penn reel with line counter), spooled with lead core line (colours indicate every 10 yards), with a gang-troll, then a 30lb leader (about 5 feet long) with a trebble hook - buy some minows, and get a large needle, thread the leader (with the trebble hook) through the minow from the back-side to the mouth. Troll at 2 to 3km per hour, put out 4 to 7 colours (about 140 feet to 200 feet) in areas of the lake which is more than 50 feet deep. Put the rods in the rod holder and set the drag to be really soft, so when even a little trout strikes it, you hear the click click click of the reel spooling out line. Thats it.
In 4 days, we caught 20 lake trout, fishing this way for about 3 to 4 hours per day. 3 were keeper sized (above 55cm). As for the other 17... well, we will see them next year :)
I finally remembered to get a picture of the setup I use for my Lake trout. I was rigging for tomorrow's trip to Algonquin park and remembered(//)
(http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y311/puckstopperosborne88/peanut_zpsztatztjj.jpeg)
Hey Joe,
Been fishing Watson for 20 Yrs. and saw perhaps 6 Lakers, all from the Kipawa River. Was told they all Washed down from upriver during the Spring high water.
There is no breeding population of Lakers in Watson.
Regards, W.R.
Hi Ozzi I only once ever seen that rig. A friend of mine uses it on lake Simcoe for lakers and whitefish. However he uses a white pearl instead. Nice set up.
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First try at pics, and also tough to do on iPhone so forgive me if they don't turn out. If they work- here's a few of the better lakers I got this week. All caught using a dipsy diver trolling a Northern King large spoon.
(http://i60.tinypic.com/1htedc.jpg)
Sorry for the triple pic post.. Haha, that laker is in previous post was the biggest of the week, I'd say 3-4lbs... Most caught averages the fish in this post, 1.5-2lbs... And a couple little fellas not much bigger than my 6" spoon. Lol, makes ya wonder what a 12" trout is doing hitting a 6" spoon.
love your pics
WillageD
I fixed your post
Rhybak- Awesome, thanks. I have the picture system figured out for future posts now.
Johnny- Thanks. Hard to take good pictures when you're fishing solo. Friend of mine have me crap for using a cell phone camera, says I need a real camera with a timer! Haha. Another buddy of mine has a go-pro mounted on top of his outboard for pictures on solo trips, seems like a decent idea!
@Walleye Ray, that's what I've always understood regarding Lakers in Watson...also heard a story or two about guys possibly catching Ling? Anybody ever catch a Ling in the Kipawa area?
Quote from: NortonJoe on August 12, 2015, 03:30:14 PM
@Walleye Ray, that's what I've always understood regarding Lakers in Watson...also heard a story or two about guys possibly catching Ling? Anybody ever catch a Ling in the Kipawa area?
Yep, I've seen Ling (Lush) caught ice fishing on Kipawa. (Back when you could ice fish Kip)
My brother and I have caught some ling off the dock just recently. They are not big enough to keep...only 1.5 lbs. We only catch them in the late evening. It's 8 to 12 feet when you cast out.
Quote from: WillageD on August 13, 2015, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: NortonJoe on August 12, 2015, 03:30:14 PM
@Walleye Ray, that's what I've always understood regarding Lakers in Watson...also heard a story or two about guys possibly catching Ling? Anybody ever catch a Ling in the Kipawa area?
Yep, I've seen Ling (Lush) caught ice fishing on Kipawa. (Back when you could ice fish Kip)
Agree with
@WillageD, we used to catch them all the time back in the days of ice fishing.
They are apparently good eating but the sight of them alone kept us from ever trying! ???
Quote from: Ozzy30 on June 25, 2015, 11:49:01 AM
There is always so much discussion on the walleye fishing that we don't touch enough on the Lake trout. So I was wondering if anybody wants to share there favorite lure for lake trout that they use on Kipawa. I always try to get a couple new lures every year for our trip. I have my favorites like the silver and blue krodile and the silver croc that consistently put great fish in the boat. Anybody else want to share.
Moon Glow spoons work great for me, especially when used in conjunction with lead core line .....