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#1 Cyphus

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 04:16 PM

Hey Guys,

 

Couple of buddies and I heading up to a Lake in Algonquin in a couple weeks, hoping to catch some trout and whitefish and anything else that'll bite our lines and I'm wondering if you guy's have any tips of tricks.

 

I've done my research, looked at all the trout surveys that are available and chosen a lake that should give us the best opportunity to catch some fish. Avg. depth is 20ft, max depth is 66ft. reasonable sized lake a little ways off the north arm of Opeongo.

 

I've read a bunch of articles on the web saying small spoons and spinners work well, as well as Salties and regular dead minnows. Obviously flies are a great option too, but I don't have fly gear so I'm limited in that regard. I've seen a lot of videos using huskie jerks on a threeway rig too.

 

I'll be bringing 8lb flouro for leader material as usual, braid for my main line on both my baitcaster and spinning outfit. I haven't target trout specifically before, so any suggestions you have would be awesome.


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#2 troutddicted

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 10:10 PM

Brookies? Splake? Lakers?
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Posted 09 July 2014 - 10:16 PM

One thing I hear about teavelling across Opeongo in a canoe, especially crossing it, is to pay a few dollars to get a water taxi. Its a big body of water that whips up pretty good - have read many reports of failed attempts - hard paddle for even the most experiened canoist
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Posted 10 July 2014 - 09:57 AM

Don't know how deep the lake is that your going to but my best bet for lakers is going deep until you hit bottom. my best is over 100+ deep so make sure you try to really get your line down there!


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#5 Cyphus

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Posted 10 July 2014 - 02:49 PM

Yeah troutddicted, I booked the water taxi a while ago, I'd have no problem canoeing across Opeongo, but I dont feel like being on that lake for several hours lol, especially with the any chance of a storm. I'd love to catch a couple brookies, but there are splake, rainbow, lake trout, whitefish, round whitefish, bullheads, perch, and white sucker. Will probably be targeting the trout primarily. 

 

BnK, Like I said in the top post, the average depth of the lake is 6.2m (20ft roughly) and the deepest spot is 20.4m (66ft, again roughly). I'm definitely gonna give that a try, I read they like 53F which... at the beginning of august I'm gonna say is right near the bottom lol. I forgot to mention, will be bringing the portable fish finder so If nothing else we'll be able to spot them. 

 

Thanks guys, any other tips, tricks... magical fish wizardry?


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#6 troutddicted

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Posted 14 July 2014 - 12:15 AM

Search the forum for splake - I've babbled about them before.  I'll shoot you a PM tomorrow or the day after.


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Posted 14 July 2014 - 07:13 AM

They are not always on the bottom; last year at the beginning of August we caught 6 lake trout in an afternoon and all of them were caught using spoons just 20' down.

If you're using a fish finder you shouldn't have a problem finding them.

Good luck out there.


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Posted 14 July 2014 - 07:50 AM

Many folks don't realize that specks(and probably splake) come into the shallows to feed at dusk. You can catch them in a foot or 2 of water sometimes. Look especially for creeks running into the lake or offshore shoals.


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#9 Cyphus

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Posted 14 July 2014 - 09:32 AM

Nice, Thanks for the tip Knuguy. I had read they don't like water over 53F so I wouldn't have thought of that.


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Posted 14 July 2014 - 09:58 AM

Many think the same, but think about it:they have little food all winter---summer is the time for fattening up---most of th food is in shallow warm water.


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Posted 14 July 2014 - 11:07 AM

Yeah this is true. I'll definitely give it a shot.


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