lake trout questions

[wmn luv me walleye fearme]

Making my semi annual boundary water trip plans. Have gone anywhere between mid june to end august in the past. Thinking about risking the bad weather and going at the end of may into 1st week of june. Was trying to go earlier becuase I would like to fish for lake trout. have lived in MN for 10 years and fish all the time but living near the cities dont have a clue how to fish for lake trout. Was just trying to get some ideas to see if its worth it to go early when we might be able to catch them. (BY mid june seems from what i've been told they go out a little deeper and are tougher to catch especially out of a canoe) Do you usually use spoons, cut bait on the bottom, etc. Or if i troll some cranks in about 20 feet would that be decent for both walleyes and trout? Know its 6 months out but slow at work so figured I'd give it a shout

thanks

[redhooks]

Lakers can be found shallow early in spring, trolling cranks/spoons along shore and over rock piles after opener works well. I always troll something while paddling cuz you never know what you'll bump in to, try deep cranks or jigging vert spoons over rock reefs. Pick a campsite w/ a steep break and toss a dead cisco/smelt out while in camp to maximize a wet hook on quality water. Bring a vex/depthfinder, they can be worth their weight in gold!

redhooks

[Quickstrike]

check out the duluth bwca forum, you'll get a lot more help over there.

[wmn luv me walleye fearme]

will do, thanks for the help