Shoshone Lake YellowStone Fishing

[FishWisconsin]

Heading up in a couple of weeks for a kayak camping trip to lewis and shoshone lakes.

Anybody have any tips for these bodies? The last trip this group took caught no fish.
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[Flyfishinglover]

Im not sure where but i went fishing last year or 2 years ago and just used lures and caught one lake trout from shore.
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[cazmataz]

I fished their a few years ago. The fish are deep. We mostly trolled with gold and silver domino spinners. We did pretty well. Between my friend and I we caught about 25. We never fished Lewis. My suggestion is to get to your camping site on Shoshone and fish the bays. If you are in the middle of the lake fish deep. There are some hogs in there. Watch out for the wind. Most people who die in Yellowstone die in Shoshone Lake from cold water temps. Great trip. Bring your bug spray and mosquito net. We had to apply spray every 30 min. and I was teased for getting a mosquito net until we got on Shoshone and then everybody wanted it.
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[orvis1]

We did well with black leaches on sinking line slow trolling. Lots of cookie cutter lake trout but did manage to a few browns. On Lewis we trolled dodger and quid combo's from a boat and had action all day. Good luck let us know how it turns out for you!
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[rgreenland]

I've done several canoe trips from there and always had great success on Large, plentifl fish.
Only take one lure....Jakes (dice)...Gold.

Depends on where you are camping on how you fish them. Sometimes a bit faster...other times a bit slow.
The best success for us is anchoring and a very, very slow retrieve. Have seen good success on areas that have a drop off.
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[windriver]

I was there about a month ago. As the water warms up the fish will probably go a little deeper than they were then. Any of the bays in the narrows section of Shoshone have been good to me in the past. We caught and released around 80 lakers in four days of fishing mornings and evenings.

Anchored we use 3" white tube jigs. We build non leaded heads by using a jig hook and then stuffing two or three 1/8oz steel weights in the tube with the hook. 1/4oz for shallow, 3/8oz for deeper. If you are good with a tube jig this is a fun way to fish for them especially when there is no wind in the evenings.

Most of the time with my wife and kid we just trolled wobblers.

Remember to pinch your barbs. I forgot on one and the ranger almost gave me $110 ticket. He let me go with a warning thank goodness.

Here is a video that will give you an idea what it is like.

Windriver
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[fishjon]

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I've taken several trips up there. I second what was said about the tubes. We make are own lead free jig heads. Two tips. If you want some amazing fishing go out after dark. You don't have to go far from camp. The fish will move hundreds of yards the last hour of light to the shallows to feed. Use glow tubes for this. For the browns use gold panther martins casted at the shore then erratically jig back. The entrance to the first large point before the narrows holds the majority of the willing browns. Every mac we have ever caught bigger than cookie cutter status has been after dark. I'll try to find my post from the last trip and bump it.
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[CoyoteSpinner]

Curious - what did they check, the lure you had on a rod, or the rod you were actually fishing with?

I've just wondered how that works.

[jaklakmak]

If your not catching a lot of fish at Shoshone then your doing something wrong. This time of year fish deep real deep. Big crocodile or kamlooper spoons and let em sink to the bottom and retrieve slow with occasional jerks. If you have access to non leaded jigs even better! Never left Shoshone in my life without catching dozens of fish! Had a few that dragged me around in a canoe before too! Good luck. I usually don't head up there until Sept. or Oct. when the fishing can be down right incredible!
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[MR.PIKE]

Sounds like a ton of fun. I've never been to Shoshone lake. Is this lake canoe in only? I do believe Cabelas has lead free jig heads, you might want to check.
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[JustJim]

Very nice video Wind.
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[jaklakmak]

Canoe, kayak, small row, or drift. Anything non motorized that you have the nuts enough for to portage up the Lewis River to get there. I have a very lightweight drift boat that I use that allows me to stay on the lake during rough or choppy weather and not worry about swamping. Or if you want to hike in you can do that too. The Delacy Creek trailhead is only about 3 miles from the N.E. corner of the lake and you can catch some pretty nice brown in the fall when they are spawning where Delacy Creek dumps into the lake. A lot of guys I know just carry a float tube in with them from the trailhead.
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[FishWisconsin]

Thanks all. Got enough tactics and lures to keep me busy. Will chase the big lakers at night, got a headlamp and a blue moon.
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[Blueboy22]

Don't forget to take along some Gold Jake's spinner's.
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[windriver]

I had the same idea, but fishing after dark is illegal in yellowstone.

Windriver
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