Troutnut Forum > Fly Fishing Discussion > Tecniques for early season Lakers
| Raybob | April 16th, 2008, 7:32 am | |
| Posts: 2 | I am up in the North Kingdom of Vermont. Have never fished for Lake Trout. Can anyone give me a few pointers for early in the season right after the ice is gone. | |
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| Martinlf | April 16th, 2008, 4:29 pm | |
| Palmyra PA Posts: 907 | I'm not sure. Streamers in the shallow water? | |
| Louis Is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? A trout! that is more sharp-sighted than any hawk . . . and more watchful and timorous than your high-mettled merlin is bold! --Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler | ||
| Joec | April 16th, 2008, 9:56 pm | |
| portsmouth, nh Posts: 8 | Follow the smelt, usually lakers will be nearby. It just seems though that lakers rarely venture into shallow water even in the early spring. Try to find water that is close to 30' deep adjacent to a small feeder brook which the smelt will use for spawning. Another great place to find lakers would be rocky shoals, again adjacent to deeper water is key. As for flies, any streamer that imitates a smelt can be effective. If you decide to troll, it is imperative that you troll slowly, in the range of .5 to 1 mile per hour. A controlled drift works too. I'd suggest that you find a lake that produces large numbers of fish rather than lunkers. It helps with the learning curve. You might try Seymour lake. Good Luck! | |
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