Stanley Lake report 6/17

[rodngun762]

Hey guys, so my dad and I headed out for a little fathers day fishing up here. I have fished Stanley Lake from shore before but never from a boat. Today we had a boat and a fish finder so this was a lot more fun. Kodiak1 from BFT gave me a few tips on targeting the lake trout there and with a stop at McCoy's tackle shop in Stanley we were on our way.

After about ten min we started metering what I assume to have been lake trout, appearing as nice sold red dots on the 200khz and as boomerrangs on the 50khz. We metered lots of fish from the inlet down along the southern part of the lake throughout the day. Anywhere from 30 feet deep to just off the bottom at 70+ feet we were getting returns on the meter. We kept to 50-80 feet of depth the whole time.

Unfortunately that was as close as we got to any fish today. We had a downrigger and fished a variety of lures, from krocs to countdown rapalas to flatfishes. Something was either wrong with our presentation or the fish didn't want to bite.

I attached a picture from today(the pup came with us too []), as well as a Bathymetric chart of Stanley Lake I found after about an hour of searching for one on the internet. Had to dig deep in one of those scientific papers. Maybe it will be of use to somebody. It helped us stay oriented today as first time boaters on the lake.

hope to get out again in the next week and try it again there.
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[windriver]

Thanks for the report. Better luck next time I hope. I hear it is beautiful.

Windriver
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[Kodiak1]

Sorry it didn't offer up one of those big macs. Spending a good part of my summers fishing for them ever since the late 50's I can attest it can be a lonely pursuit. Mike
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[cpierce]

Fish or not, Stanley Lake is a beautiful place to be! Thanks for the report, and I hope the fish cooperate better for you next time.

Posting the map is great. They can be really hard to find.
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[iwantabuggy]

Is trolling the only method you tried? Or did you try some jigging? My experience has all been through the ice, but I found that Macs seemed to respond well to jigging.
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[Duck-Slayer]

I second buggy's comment.... and that first pic is awesome...
Matt
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[rodngun762]

Thanks for the comments guys, and yeah we tried a little bit of jigging, but worth another try I think especially if we get good meter marks under the boat. Have a few saltwater jigs that I think would work,, but may have to tip the hooks with some bait, like a piece of sucker or something enticing.
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[iwantabuggy]

I think it definitely helps to tip it with some bait. Sucker is my prefered tipping bait at this time, so I think you are on to something. PM me if you want some input on lures to try.
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[Duck-Slayer]

catch a fresh 8-10" rainbow and cut one fillet off with the skin put it on a 1 oz. or 1/2 oz. jig head and hold on.....
Matt
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