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Originally Posted by Jigman13
Yea. And its only 450 LLs. Some will certainly become eagle food; others, people food. The few that survive will get fat. Alewives, panfish, shiners, scuds, etc. Plenty to eat...
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When they are in lakes with alewives, they eat almost nothing else, and go completely out of character like most other fish do.
They act like saltwater fish, which in reality is what they are more or less, and key on big concentrations of greasy baitfish, and stay close to them in open water.. The only thing that you can key on when in lakes is the bait balls during warm weather months ..
When you see a big blob of bait mid lake suspended say 30 to 60 feet deep, there will be fish marks around the bait.. Invariably the marks closest to the surface are landlocks. Brown, Rainbows, and of course lakers all will usually go somewhat deeper than LL salmon.
There are times when they roam around in cold water however close to shore.. best time is Late fall, mid winter, when the water is still open, and early spring.. They are aggressive and are not that hard to catch when they are around.. Main problem with them is they are fast, move around a lot, are suspended on bait much of time, and are just not that easy to find consistently.. Like a lot of fish, the guys that get out a lot and put the time in will catch them.. They can be tough for the occasional angler.
Nothing better than a Herring suspended under a bobber.
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I have caught them on Rooster Tails, Cleos, White marabou jigs, are great, and small trolled rapalas, rebels, thundersticks, or clones in natural colors.. Nothing beats a good old silver and black rapala for surface trolling.. Oh yeah, they like fast lures!.
You can't possibly move it fast enough that they can't catch it.. Put the time in, and you'll catch them.... bob
11-07-2019, 02:05 AM
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