Lindy Darters for Lake Trout?

[CoorsCaptain]

Has anyone used Lindy Darters for lake trout? What size and color? What is the best way to fish them? Thanks

[BuschPilot]

I don't think you need a Lindy Darter, Sometimes just a can of corn, whole kernel is best! and if you thread it up a 3ft leader ahead of the hook, which sometimes i just use a bare hook. you'll get a whole school of trout just following up your bare hook, they start to jump out of the hole! i would try that first!

[Wanderer]

I don't think you need a Lindy Darter, Sometimes just a can of corn, whole kernel is best! and if you thread it up a 3ft leader ahead of the hook, which sometimes i just use a bare hook. you'll get a whole school of trout just following up your bare hook, they start to jump out of the hole! i would try that first!

Blah????

Lindy Darters can work fine for Lakers on any day they want to chase that type of bait. I'll be honest, I don't check the # size on the pack when I buy them but the one size smaller than the largest size seems to work the best overall. The smallest size has produced an extra large fish before too.

The other thing for me is they seem to work better as a call bait for Lakers. Put it down, rip it for awhile and see if anything shows up. Sometimes they hit it but usually after a session with a Darter you can drop back in with a more subtle bait and a trout will magically appear. That right there makes them worth using for me.

This year they have a few new colors but I have and would use the purple, perch, smelt, and chartruese colors.

Others have had better hooking success that I have though too but Darters have a permanent place in my tackle box.

[markkstanley]

Cutthroats and rainbows here in UT will hit them especially if you tip them with a bit of crawler or Gulp. Like Wanderer said they all one hecka of an attracting lure too.

[CoorsCaptain]

I don't think you need a Lindy Darter, Sometimes just a can of corn, whole kernel is best! and if you thread it up a 3ft leader ahead of the hook, which sometimes i just use a bare hook. you'll get a whole school of trout just following up your bare hook, they start to jump out of the hole! i would try that first!

I havn't heard about whole kernel for trout? What size hook would that be?

What about creamed corn would that work?

[Steve Foss]

What Wanderer said. They are exceptional call baits when ripped. Tight wobble like the Chubby, but a rattle as well, and that adds to the allure. A lure. Get it?

Seriously, good baits for lakers. When I'm fishing a Lindy Darter, I also have a small/heavy bait like a Kastmaster spoon or jigging rap ready on a second rod. If the Darter calls them in but won't get them to go, up it comes and down goes a lure that can fall more rapidly. I'd say that, over time, the Darter is a great call bait and a better than average trigger bait.

There's no laker bait in Christendom that is perfect at both. If a laker is hot to eat, you can drop a bare hook and it'll bite. If it has lockjaw, no matter what you put down the hole, that fish won't open its mouth.

[tonkapat]

I'm glad they made the larger size this year. The extra gap on the hooks helps a lot along with the larger profile. Hopefully next year they will have an even larger size. Love the color selection they offer.

[Steve Foss]

I'm glad they made the larger size this year. The extra gap on the hooks helps a lot along with the larger profile.

Agreed!

[Surface Tension]

I like the corn idea, the real challenge will be netting all the Lakers flying out of the hole.

Lindy Darters have a spot n my Laker box. As said the tight wiggle and vibration on the fast lift gets trouts attention.

I like the the descent of the Darter as well. It wiggles on its way back to rest.

[CoorsCaptain]

Thanks guys, think I'll be picking up a few.