Lake Kipawa Lakers?

[Ozzy30]

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.

[puckster_guy]

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.

[Fort Wisers]

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......

[rambler]

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.

[CaptainCrappie]

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.

[Keeper64]

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'.

[AndrewH]

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

[mcsteve]

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

[Ozzy30]

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.

[WillageD]

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

[AndrewH]

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.

[Fort Wisers]

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

[NortonJoe]

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.

[RHYBAK]

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

[Legend]

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.