Lake trout on the fly - tips needed

[fish 0]

I am going to be fishing a lake in mid-June in eastern Quebec that contains lake trout as well as brook trout. The water will be fairly cool even on the surface but still a bit warm for lake trout to be active at the surface. I have never fished lake trout before though I suppose I should use a sinking line and large streamer but have few other ideas. Does anyone have advice on flies, depths (temperatures), techniques (trolling, twitches, fast retrieves), what sort of bottom structure, time of day or anything that might make me a successful lake trout fly fisherman? Thanks.

[hexfli 0]

I would assume it will be alot like fishing the surf here on the Great Lakes. I would start with a sinking line, not to fast though. I would look at smelt/shiner patterns in the 3-6 in range. You will probably have to experiment with depths and speed of retrieves depending on the conditons. Look for streams running into the lake and fish the breaks.

 

Hope this helps

[lanvaettir 0]

If the area has midges you might try fishing a sinking line in the water column. It's a technique I've always wanted to try. You basically tie on 2 midge patterns and cast out to approximately the water depth. Let your line sink till it is vertical and then SLOWELY retreive the line. I've met people who swear by this technique for all kinds of trout. Good luck!

[tdeyette 0]

I have fished Lake Trout in the ponds/lakes of the Adirondacks after Ice-Out. I had luck using a sinking line with a 12 foot strait leader trolled behind a canoe. The flies I used were tandem Joes Smelt patterns (maybe 3-4" long). I believe the time of day was late afternoon/evening.

 

Hope this helps....

 

Have fun and tight lines

 

Tom

[Joe Hard 0]

A soon as the ice is gone lake trout cruise the surface for food and are looking for anything to eat. soon after they desend mid depth, then they head deep again until next ice out. In mid june you will want to fish very deep with alot of line out behind your boat, 100 feet or more try any tandem Carrie Stevens style fly.

[Radoslav Kiskinov 0]

Hi, fish

if you wnt you can try my way of fishing lakes:

floating line, long leader about 3 meters with 3 nymphs, tied one after another- half meter betwen them. Theese are the nymphs:

 

I have been flyfishing for 2 years now the Bulgarian lakes:

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My tacktick is simple, standing near the water, casting the flies ner the lake cost in places where the water is not deep then my lenght of the leader and tipet of last nymph. Wait a little the flies to get to the bottom and after that begin to drag very, very slowly. The strike is very hard and sometimes the trot brake my line, I use 0,18 tipet. We have some big rainbow, brown and brook trots here in BG lakes.

You can also check the artickles of Brian Chan, they are like a book for me:

http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/angli...structure.phtml

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I wish you good luck, and gona wait for your reports!

 

Best!

 

Rado

[Joe Hard 0]

If you are going to go after lakers in the summer you will need to go deep, 50 to 60 feet. Use lead core line and a 1/2 to 1 ounce sinker, you can use a downrigger as well. Try to follow the shore and troll as fast as if you were walking quickly. You should use a 25 to 30 foot leader of 8 to 12 pound test. I have found lakers to fight like logs at first then a couple strong head shakes. They seem to come up so far then run, with the odd head shake. when they are in the top and getting close to the boat they sometimes leap and or roll in the line. you should have a good net with a long handle. Good luck, I hope you hook into a few

[fish 0]

Great advice everyone, please keep it coming.

 

I will try the lead core line and some streamers and I like the idea of several nymphs/midges on a vertical haul. I suspect that might be quite good just at sunset when a lot of insects are moving to the surface. I will definitely make a report after the trip.

[Sjo Crapels 0]

I've been fishing Lakers in Oswego River upstate New York. There was a huge backeddy of at least 120 feet. The Lakers where feeding on Salmon eggs and we were hooking Lakers on eggpatterns. We learned that you should fight them rather softly because of the soft mouth, otherwise you'll rip the fly out of them.

They were pretty big those Lakers. I estimate them to weigh about 25 lbs. All were cought on a floating line with a 10 feet leader and a splitshot.

Good luck and good hunting!

Sjo