Lake Kipawa Lakers?

[Greg]

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

[Ozzy30]

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

[Ozzy30]

[Walleye Ray]

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.

[puckster_guy]

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.

[WillageD]

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.

[WillageD]

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.

[johnny walleye]

love your pics

[RHYBAK]

WillageD

I fixed your post

[WillageD]

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!

[NortonJoe]

@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?

[WillageD]

@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)

[limacharley]

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.

[Fort Wisers]

@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! 

[pikebuster]

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 .....