How To Catch Lake Trout With Downriggers

So if you are fishing 25 feet deep the set back is 75 feet if you are fishing 50.

How to catch lake trout with downriggers. When many people think of fishing for lake trout they think of the gear needed including downriggers and this discourages many anglers. One of the simplest and best ways to target shallow lake trout is flat line fishing. Outfitter Mike Howe walks you through a basic downrigger set up for trolling Lake Trout on Flathead Lake Montana.

This is the best rod to use for trout fishing and allows you to use a variety of techniques to catch your trout. Were out here in 30 of w. 2016-08-12 Use a tube jig soft-plastic paddletail swimbait or lipless crankbait such as a Live Target Shad or Rapala Clackin Rap above.

Once you clip your line into the downrigger release clip adjust the setback to always add up to 100 feet. 2017-04-13 Say the starting point is flat lining at 100 feet behind the boat. Lake Trout Fishing Techniques and Tackle.

The lighter line has less friction with the water allowing you cast your line to the very bottom of the lake with ease. 2012-09-14 When I was up at Reindeer Lake trolling for trout I simply put an 8-ounce keel sinker eight or nine feet ahead of my spoon and then let out 150-feet of 10-pound test Fireline. For those unfamiliar with downriggers it is not just a big weight on the end of a wire line that knocks out the trout so that they then float to the surface to be scooped up by the net.

Reels Spinning Spin Cast Baitcast Float. Wire Baits Spinnerbaits In-Line Spinners Buzzbaits Chatter Baits. A typical thermocline for trout and kokanee is 20- to 60-feet.

With that in mind I would run one downrigger at 60-feet and the second downrigger at 55-feet. Whichever method you use the trout still have to be hungry and like any trolling when using downriggers you have to have that lure as close to the lake bed as possible. Welcome to another episode of Fishitis.