Mcr 5/22/14:

[ithaca10]

Whats the price on herring these days?

[Eskimo]

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Originally Posted by ithaca10

Whats the price on herring these days?

I paid $8.50 a dozen (mixed sizes) last weekend.




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[Mike M]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Get to the bait store the skies open up, lightning, ugggh.
Driving to the lake a big dog tick walking on the inside of my windshield, took care of that. Launched, set up on the East side, catch a lake trout and get a call, storms in the area. Pull anchor motor back by the boat ramp and anchor up in 35 ft. of water, get a smallmouth and lake trout in short order. Get a call, storms breaking up so I motor back to the East side and set up in about 80 ft. of water. Steady action. Lost count on lake trout and got 3 browns, 2@ 16in. and 1 @ 21". No pics - browns went back into the water fast as I could. Had to cut the line on the 21" brown because of where the hook was. It's a very small #8 light wire hook with no bait barbs on the back so the fish should be fine. New PB on the lake trout 27", here's a pic for ya acabtp. Bigfishy, my best brown trout days up there have been with bluebird skies, go figure. 7 trailers in the lot, and yet another boat with a jerking machine up there. Hope to get one more good weather day, only casualty so far has been the boat strap for the trailer, that went today.

Sounds like you had a good week so far. Every body complains about the fighting ability of lake trout , but it looks likes a fish that size could put a nice bend in your rod I never caught one so I wouldn't know.
Do they reproduce naturally in there or is the population dependent on stocking?

[AndyS]

Yes, they do put a bend in the rod, like reeling in a cinder block. They are reproducing naturally in there, so much so the place is now infested with them.