Pulling Copper For Lake Trout

This post will try to explain the set-ups we use on a daily basis while running our Lake Ontario fishing.

Pulling copper for lake trout. This is part one of threes videos. The copper is passed through the Spro swivel twice before it is wrapped back onto itself not once like shown in the picture above. Traditionally made from a thin piece of copper spoons are now available in lots of different shapes sizes and metals.

THE LEADER Attach the copper line to a swivel using a haywire twist. The 20-year-old was pulling copper near Belhurst late Saturday morning the first day of the annual three-day Memorial Day weekend contest when she caught a very large lake trout. Basically you have a wooden box that houses a spool with a crank on the top on that spool is copper wire at the end of the copper wire is your lure most common were a daisy chain of cowbells.

It was spooled with copper wire. The wind also blows the warm surface water which does not hold enough oxygen for the trout. THE LURE Use a 3- to 4-inch single-hook spoon such as a.

If you desire a piece of shrink tubing can be applied over the copper side to dress it up. 2018-01-01 Rigging Dipsey Divers captace January 1 2018 Rigging Dipsey Divers. Trolling spoons are probably the oldest and most reliable way to hook a lake trout.

Thus fish the side of the lake where the wind is coming from. They are usually in close proximity to schools of bait-fish. With trout its the exact opposite.

Water color time of year and so on all affect what does the trick for putting fish in the boat. I would have 600 available because you will likely use most of it and if you break off you want enough left that it doesnt prevent you from getting back down there. Find a long flat area in 75-120 ft and let out enough copper that you can feel the lure hitting the bottom.