Laker jigging 12/3

[Delawareriver]

Wanna reach out and thank everyone that gave me invites for rides on their rigs. Talked with a bunch of you but Trevordog was one of the first and our schedules worked out the best. Met Saturday at first light. Launched and made our way to our first spot. Cruised around 50-60fow point and found the lakers stacked so we locked the troller troller on ans went to work. Within minutes I was locked up. Using a lighter rod but literally felt like I was snagged on bottom before I felt a head shake or two on my rod which was doubled over and than she popped the hook. Few more swings and misses before I had another one hooked. This one i landed. Good fish but didn't feel like a 1/10th of the first one. Wasn't long after I landed a 2nd one. Trevordog hooked up a few times as well but just couldn't keep those dang fish glued. Plenty of lakers down there as we constantly marked schools of them moving through but they definitely wernt aggressive. They wernt chasing and most of the hits were when lures were falling. By 9am seemed like they really turned off. Wind continue to pick up so we called it around 1030am. T po ugh day for sure, troller struggled to keep us in place and fish didnt wanna come on board but we made the bestbofnit. Hopefully we can do it again on a less windy day with some more cooperative fish.
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[Chrisper4694]

dale and I skipped on that wind forecast haha. what'd you get them on, same lure as last year? nice fish...but nothing can make up for losing that big one! except catching an even bigger one! enjoy the haunting dreams until you get that huge laker! :D

[FASTEDDIE29]

Great looking Lakers man! Definitely a little snotty out with the swirling winds! Way to hang in there and get a few good ones!!!:D

[Rich196]

Very nice Lakers, some die hards right there, that wind was nasty. I fished a Tournament Saturday that ended at 2pm, if it wasnt for that, I would not have been out there. It's all good though when were fishing!!!

[Skunk City]

Good looking specimens there, way to stick it out in the crappy conditions.

[Delawareriver]

dale and I skipped on that wind forecast haha. what'd you get them on, same lure as last year? nice fish...but nothing can make up for losing that big one! except catching an even bigger one! enjoy the haunting dreams until you get that huge laker! :D
First bite and landed fish were on the lucky lure. Than switched over to jigging raps sonars tubes and bucktails. 2nd fish came on a bucktail. All the the lures had swings and misses but at the same time none of them really turned them on. Can't wait to get out there again.

[NJSquatch]

Congrats.....

You are a mad man....wind on Friday was bad hiding along the shoreline...I couldn't even imagine what it was like on Saturday in wide open water

[bassnblues]

Congrats on a great trip!

Here's a video that was filmed Saturday:

https://youtu.be/zReA9SuWR5Q

[Trevordog]

Good time fishing with Delawareriver, You worked your fishfinder like a fine instrument! Wind was howling for sure, but I must say the Minn Kota spot lock did its best to keep us on them for the most part, couldn't imagine what it would have been like without it Fist time jigging for lakers and even though I couldn't seem to keep them on, had a good time.

[Delawareriver]

If you watch bassnblues video you can see its definitely a common issue. Don't know if its their tough mouths, or how they tend short strike the lures or how they roll probably a combination of the 3 but they can be a pain especially they arnt aggressive. Little more sun and little less wind we will slaughter them next time

[Delawareriver]

Congrats on a great trip!

Here's a video that was filmed Saturday:

https://youtu.be/zReA9SuWR5Q
Nice video, never tried casting just vertically jigging.I'll have to make a video next time ans share some of my techniques.

[bulletbob]

Sounds like you guys haven't jigged for lakers all that much in the past if I am reading correctly.. Not sure if others have told you ,but those hook ups and then quick drops are part of the deal when jigging lakers.. lakers have very hard mouths, you are fishing in deep water, and they can be tough to keep pinned.. When jigging for lakers, a stiff rod with some backbone helps a lot, and if you use braid with a short mono topshot maybe 10-15 feet, you will keep more fish hooked, but even then , lakers spit hooks out a LOT.. Tough to sink a barb, and the deeper the water, the tougher it is,,, Make sure those hooks are needle sharp as well... Up here in the finger Lakes we often have to jig in 125-150 feet or deeper.. Some days I will only boat one or two out of maybe 10 hooked. Treble hook lures help a lot with hookup rate, but are a lot harder on the fish, and you might kill more than you want to.. Any lures with trebles I fish deep for lakers, I snip one hook off the treble . They hook up way better than a single, yet still unpin quite easily..bob

[Trevordog]

Thanks Bob. Good info, and feel a little better about the shake offs!!

[JDTuna]

Very nice lakers!

[Predator]

Nice job Lou and Trevor..I couldn't keep up with you guys out there with my trolling motor. Not easy trying to Jigg and control the motor without the remote . I stayed out a few hours more after you guys headed in Lou. I didn't want to push my luck so I got the hell out of there as the wind was howling. First time trying for Lakers and have a ton to learn. I definitely lost one halfway up and a second one felt like bottom but maybe it was a trout? Round two Sunday ..

[Chrisper4694]

kind of strange I don't notice the popping off trolling for them with flies...more line is out but not as deep usually when trolling if that has anything to do with it. I refuse to accept loosing that many fish as the norm, there has to be a way around it. some sort of rod type, hook size, lift and reel vs traditional hook set, some superior combination must exist.

[ScowardNJ]

Am i seeing that Bassnblues video right? Published December 4th 2016 and over 50,000 views already????:eek::eek::eek:

[KenBeam]

Noiiiiiice Lakers! Awesome!! Way to hang tough out in the Fall cool-ass air!

[Delawareriver]

kind of strange I don't notice the popping off trolling for them with flies...more line is out but not as deep usually when trolling if that has anything to do with it. I refuse to accept loosing that many fish as the norm, there has to be a way around it. some sort of rod type, hook size, lift and reel vs traditional hook set, some superior combination must exist.
Might be the constant pressure especially on the strike while trolling where most of our bites came on the fall last weekend. Tough to get a solid hook up when the lure is falling. I think that's where I managed to land a few as my rod was lighter and could feel even the subtle hit's on the fall where trevordog was using a heavier rod. Who knows but I wanna work at it and see if I can figure it out a little better.

[Delawareriver]

Nice job Lou and Trevor..I couldn't keep up with you guys out there with my trolling motor. Not easy trying to Jigg and control the motor without the remote . I stayed out a few hours more after you guys headed in Lou. I didn't want to push my luck so I got the hell out of there as the wind was howling. First time trying for Lakers and have a ton to learn. I definitely lost one halfway up and a second one felt like bottom but maybe it was a trout? Round two Sunday .. Yeah saw you struggling, tough conditions, even anchoring you would be swinging with the changing winds. The spot lock on the trollers are really nice, seemed to keep us within a few feet of where we wanted to be.

[gnuisance]

Am i seeing that Bassnblues video right? Published December 4th 2016 and over 50,000 views already????:eek::eek::eek:

The guy who he took out has a huge following. 350,000 subscribers on his channel.

[bassnblues]

The guy who he took out has a huge following. 350,000 subscribers on his channel.

yea, it's a popular channel. There are a lot of semi-pro video guys out there.

[liveitup1.75liter]

True that!!

[ReelErIn]

WTG guys nice fishhttp://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj295/reelerin/upjpg.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/reelerin/media/upjpg.jpg.html)

[Matt_Conway71]

Wow!