cutthroat spawn

[Xman]

well from my experience you have three phases of the spawn. pre spawn spawn and post spawn. if they are in prespawn usually they will feed quite heavily for a week or so before in their staging area. if its a lake thats usually a deep depression or contour lines of the lake around or next to the tributaries of the lake. if they are spawning i would say no they dont bite. they will hit things but not in the sense of feeding. reaction strikes, im sure you have heard all this before but just in case........ so bright colors and sometimes large things work well during the actual spawn for reaction strikes protecting their beds and usually a good time to pick up big fish this way but much harder to hook. post spawn is my favorite and generally two weeks after a good majority of the spawners are finished they will rest hole up somewhere and feed heavily to regrain strength. on the cutthroat fisheries, i have one particular one in mind i have had amazing days on post spawn times if you can find them. hope this helps.
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