08-16-2016, 04:57 PM
I went to fish lake again over the weekend and had mixed results. I believe I've caught my first lake trout. It came up from 90+ feet to hit my lure at about 80. (Not sure if it's a lake trout - I've been under the impression they have a deeper V in the tail, if someone could confirm from the picture, that'd be much appreciated).
On the plus side I must be doing something right, because I'm getting lots of hits. Unfortunately I'm having a terrible time actually getting fish to the boat. I missed probably 30 hits - some were bad hook sets, some I pulled up a ways before losing them.
The first time I was up there I was fishing with 6lb mono. I have rigid, sensitive poles so it works OK down to about 40'. Below that I missed quite a few, and it felt like it was just too stretchy to get a good hook set.
The last time I setup with superline + 10' fluoro leader. I started the day dropping down a 3.5" tube. The lure stopped, I noticed immediately, set the hook, and pulled up a nice rainbow. I thought my new setup was perfect, and thought it was going to be an awesome day - and then proceeded to fail to bring in fish on 90% of hits from there.
I do tend to be hyper-aggressive setting the hook (fast and hard the instant I feel a change). I like it that way because I basically never deep hook anything. But now I'm worried with superline it may be too much. But I think it might also just have been one of those days plagued with small fish.
So a few questions:
1. What do you guys like for deep jigging: superline or heavier mono/fluoro?
2. Do you go with big lures for lake trout (biggest I used was 3.5" tube) to keep the smaller fish off?
3. With superline, do I need lighter/slower-action pole to keep from losing fish (I've been using medium to medium heavy, fast to ex-fast)?
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On the plus side I must be doing something right, because I'm getting lots of hits. Unfortunately I'm having a terrible time actually getting fish to the boat. I missed probably 30 hits - some were bad hook sets, some I pulled up a ways before losing them.
The first time I was up there I was fishing with 6lb mono. I have rigid, sensitive poles so it works OK down to about 40'. Below that I missed quite a few, and it felt like it was just too stretchy to get a good hook set.
The last time I setup with superline + 10' fluoro leader. I started the day dropping down a 3.5" tube. The lure stopped, I noticed immediately, set the hook, and pulled up a nice rainbow. I thought my new setup was perfect, and thought it was going to be an awesome day - and then proceeded to fail to bring in fish on 90% of hits from there.
I do tend to be hyper-aggressive setting the hook (fast and hard the instant I feel a change). I like it that way because I basically never deep hook anything. But now I'm worried with superline it may be too much. But I think it might also just have been one of those days plagued with small fish.
So a few questions:
1. What do you guys like for deep jigging: superline or heavier mono/fluoro?
2. Do you go with big lures for lake trout (biggest I used was 3.5" tube) to keep the smaller fish off?
3. With superline, do I need lighter/slower-action pole to keep from losing fish (I've been using medium to medium heavy, fast to ex-fast)?
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