Laker fishing BWCA

[7mm-08]

So I take a walleye trip into the bwca every year but i want to try lake trout fishing. Im going to a good laker lake. does anyone know how to catch them from a canoe? jigging and trolling was what i was thinking. thanks.

[delcecchi]

What time of year you going? Makes a difference.

[7mm-08]

Oh yea, I forgot. Thomas lake, End of June.

[delcecchi]

OK, so they won't be shallow any more. Take a sonar. I would probably start with a three way or snap weight and a spoon, like a doctor spoon or a daredevil, although they really seem to eat floating rapalas too. Troll fairly slowly, watching the sonar to see if you see any fish.

Switching from a 19 foot grumman square stern to kevlar really hurt my trolling success in quetico.

Vertical jigging with heavy jigs with white tubes can work also if you don't drift too fast.

[7mm-08]

Ok thanks, I bring a portable fish finder so I will paddle around until I mark fish and then jig. How deep will they be this time of year?