Trolling Speed For Lake Trout

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Trolling speed for lake trout. Lighter leaders will work best in this circumstance. If you catch one get that bait right back in the water. Why not just one speed.

When using gang trolls with wedding rings I go a slower speed 1 mile per hr than if I am trolling a large plug or Apex lure with a large Dodger 2 miles per hr. 2012-06-30 Talking GPS SOG speed over ground 27- 29 is optimal under most conditions--whether pulling spin doctors spoons or both. Big bodies of water like Lake Michigan are slow to warm after a frigid winter.

The best trolling speed for lake trout is between 15 mph and 3 mph. Remove the treblehook from your spoon and skewer on a scented white pepper-flaked soft-plastic Exude or Power tube then reattach the hook-youll double the number of strikes. Trout are big time schoolers especially when they feed in the depths.

Should look like in the water. Because the desired action changes depending on the type of lake trout lure youre using and how deep of water youre trolling in. 2011-03-31 Continually experiment with your trolling speed until you find out what the notoriously moody lake trout want.

However lake trout arent in the extreme water depths year-round. In fact this is actually an effective trolling speed for lakers when the fish are in deep water. Today on board the Fish Doctor the Jr.

Concur with Paulget the boat moving between 25 - 3 and then put your effort into finding a trolling direction where all the lines are straight behind the boat. The short answer is yes you can eat trout. 2018-09-11 Try trolling your boat against the current where trout have been pushed into coves and backed into deep corners of the lake.