WFC Lakers

[RAH]

Just bought up on Lower Witefish. Seen a few lakers fishing for eyes but no takers. Anyone fish them up here? Tactics?

[fishgutz77]

I'm assuming you had a camera down?

Most lakers I've caught up there have been on Big Trout allthough I have caught them at the dam and other places.

Jigging raps and Jigging shad raps are good and buckshot rattlespoons tipped with minnow heads.

don't go to big 1/4 oz or maybe 3/8 is heavy enough.

Next go to pearl tube jigs, 3" and a bunch of choices in spoons like crippled herring and slender spoons and the like.

Last resort, dead rig a 4" shinner or cisco.

How deep where you? that will also determine what to use.

[RAH]

Gutz,

Thanks for the response. I did have the camera down it was about 11 am in both cases. Fishing Lower due to the slush problems. Seen the Lakers in 2 locations. One spot just a single in and out. The other had 5-7, circled came in nipped or just looked. Only were interested in red spoon with glow, 29 fow flat with deep water on 3 sides. Caught a few nice eyes on same flat. Had a school of 2-300 Jumbos come in also caught only 2. They were moving fast. Sounds like you fish the lake a lot?

[fishgutz77]

Last time up I fished the Mid bar and had some really nice jumbos out there. I've been looking for whiteys for a while now and have had a hard time getting some to smoke. let me know if you see any on the cam or get into a few. the smoker awaits.

Last Sunday was a tough day my Vex went dead in about 15 min of fishing and ran to get another battery in crosslake and it was dead too. finally got back out to fight the snow and wind and gave up about noon thirty. I fished only humps surrounded by deep water looking for big fish and whiteys but drew a blank.

[RAH]

We're on the south side of Lower, brown house with turret. Green Outpost portable, move around a lot. Whiteys on the south side hump darn near in front of my place. They are running just off the breakline in 17-24 fow. Seen them come in large schools of 10-30, very nice size up to 3 lbs +-, usually seen in that 9-11 am time. Caught just one this year fishing for eyes. Have caught a lot of Tulibees this year up to 1.5 lbs mostly on the deeper flats. Trying the deep humps 45-50 fow for eyes and lakers now with little success. Seem to be best in 18-30 fow.

Ever fish Lower Manitou in Canada? Supposed to be awsome Lakers and Muskie? Track me down if up. TTYL

[fishgutz77]

Are you closer to pig lake or the entrance to rush?

Sometimes the middle of the day is our best bite out there and sometimes it's around 2:00pm.

I don't catch many eyes in 32+ fow 21-27ft seem to be best.

tulibees or whitefish they both smoke up great.

When I get up there again I'll be sure to stop by your house.

Never fished Lower Manitou, just to many lakes between here and there. Sounds like a great trip to plan for 2010.

[RAH]

Closer to the Rush Channel, about 15 or so to the south.

Have you tried fishing crappies on the big water? I've been looking but no luck. In the summer kids caught some off the Boyd Lodge area, this fall a guy was catching some large ones right outside the channel going into Rush. I know they catch fish in Clamshell, Loon and other side lakes but really wanted to find some big undisturbed schools in the big water.

What do you use trying to catch whiteys? The ones we caught are using mid size jig with minnow head. Most just swim by without a second look. The lakes got some monsters.

[fishgutz77]

That's what I've been using as well small spoon jigs with minnow heads. there are whiteys in there over 5 lbs. last time up we got one eye over 29" as well.

Crappies on the big water: I would go up to upper WF and fish the hole where you'll see the houses close to Killworry bay.

They are hard to find out in open water on WFC.

Keep the camera down and look for the big lakers,

[RAH]

Was over on Island Lake the other day and caught a 2-3 lb Tulibee and a couple small eyes in 34 fow. Man are those Tulibees strong at that size.