How to Fish for Lake Trout

Ivo: Hi folks, it's Ivo here from Thundermist Lure Company and today what we are doing is we are targeting Lake trout. We are out here on Lake Ontario, it's early May and the way we are going to fish today is we are going to run our 3-way swivel with a bottom bouncer sinker and we have got some viper spoons we are running today. What I have done is I have rigged this viper up with an artificial minnow here, as you can see and all we are going to do, is slow troll at about two-and-a-half miles an hour, keep this bait close to the bottom, these Lake trout at this time of year are right on the bottom in this shallower water, we are going to run twenty to forty feet at the most and nice and slowly and work our way along and see if we can hook into a Lake trout. Let's see how we make out. Well, I just said we are going to get setup here and I didn't tell you, but I am fishing with Antonio and Paul this morning and no sooner did I just finish speaking. I am not even setup here yet and Paul's rod just went off. So, let's take a look at what Paul has hooked into and hopefully we got a decent size Lake trout. He has actually ran after a planer board. Paul: Small fish. Ivo: Little guy. Oh! It's actually a -- is he a little salmon? Paul: Yeah. A little fish. Ivo: Wouldn't that be nice? Paul: Yup. Ivo: Let me grab the net. You never know what you are going to get over here on Lake Ontario early spring. Paul: Nice little, little shaker. Ivo: Isn't that nice. That's a beautiful fish. Paul what were you using? Paul: You have just hit her. Ivo: You also running the viper spoon? Paul: I am running a viper with a Chartreuse minnow on -- Ivo: It looks like an artificial -- the same thing I had on artificial power bait. Paul: Yeah, exactly and just -- Ivo: There we go. Paul: Just docked it up with the bit of a green leader back on it and using it like that. Ivo: Very nice. You know what? Paul: He's going into bath. Ivo: Oh yeah, that's a nice eating fish. Just the perfect size and we will put him in the livewell. Alright, now, if you luckily we get setup Paul, maybe I can fish a little bit too. Well, that's a great start. Okay, there we go, Antonio has hooked into one. As normal, Antonio usually strikes first. We think he's got a laker on. Antonio: I am going to that gear out of here, sometimes. Ivo: Okay. Alright. Antonio: Then I will keep bumping it in and gear out of here. Ivo: Alright, that didn't take long at all. We just ended up changing speeds. We were going really slow at about, just under two miles an hour and we just decide to kick it up to two-and-a-half and no sooner than we do that and Antonio picks up a laker. At least we think it's a laker. We will see what we get here and Paul, you are going to have to land them. Paul: No problem. Ivo: Okay. Now, Antonio what color of viper are you running? Antonio: It's a Bleeding Pearl Chartreuse. Ivo: Oh! Bleeding Pearl Chartreuse, okay. Beaded or bucktail model? Antonio: Beaded model. Ivo: Beaded. Okay. Antonio: There is a problem here. It will run. Paul: Okay, I will take gear out of here. Ivo: And there it goes, the drag. Antonio: That's a Lake trout. Ivo: Definitely a laker, yeah. Well, I did promise your fisher, didn't I? Antonio: Setup. Thrashing. Ivo: He is thrashing. Nice job, Paul. Oh! That's a good laker. Paul: Yeah, that is a good laker. Ivo: Let's take a look at him, Antonio. Paul: Let's put it back in the gear. Ivo: Sure, Paul, you keep the boat on and we will --Oh! Yeah. Antonio: That's a nice Lake trout. Ivo: Nice Lake trout. The early season lakers folks. Antonio: Yeah, everything. Ivo: He hit it hard, did he? Nice, nice laker. That's a dandy. What do you think for for weight? He's up there. Antonio: Kind of up to 10. Ivo: Oh! He is a solid 10. He is more, yeah. Well, folks, that sure is an exciting start to our day. Paul cut that nice little salmon first thing, Antonio just struck with a beautiful laker. That means it's my turn next. So, we are going to keep fishing folks, so that I can get into some fish and some fun. So, until next time good fishing.