Simcoe Lakers. Aug 8 am.

[fishmendan]

Live report. 2-3 so far 117 fow. On bottom.

[lundman]

Get em boys!

[metalbuckle]

Alright live action drama...

Good luck folks.. Keep us posted.

How big?

[sdcaller]

Good for you.

Are you jigging or trolling?

SDC

[fishmendan]

Ended 4-5. Starting to rain called it a day

[fishmendan]

Trolling 1 foot off bottom. About 8-12 lbs

[metalbuckle]

Thanks and great results..

Maybe next time I will try closer to bottom, I know SDC is fine tuning that technique.

[fishmendan]

I find lakers on simco very easy to catch. I don't get y ppl don't catch them.

Here's what I do. Grab the brightest spoon u got. Nk. 28 work best.
Pick a depth. Say 120 fow. Let out 100 feet of line then attach to the clip,put the down rigger down till u c the slack on the digger line. Lift up the ball 1 foot. Put in the holder take out your slack.
Now try and stay in your 120 fow at 1.8 -2 mph.
I use a fish hake x4. To tell me speed at ball. But gps speed works great as well

Every 15-20 mins. take your boat out of gear and wait till the ball hits bottom again. U will b able to tell by looking at your Rod tip. once it goes strate up. Your ball is back on bottom. Put it in gear again and keep tolling. With in 2-3 mins u might have a fish.

When u do this. You stur up the bottom and the fish come c what it was. Then your lure comes throw and thinks I'll have some of that. FISH ON.

Should add. When I do this 2 -3 time I check my line. As some times u got crap on your lure hooks. Fishing line/ garbage / shells. Ect

I fish in front of ORO line 6.-7 And in front of line 3-4.
Hunny fow is 117. For me.

P.s. I have a par of side cutters. Out and ready if the ball was to get caught on anything. But has never happen in 4 years knock on wood

Good luck.
Dan

[Itch-to-fish]

Thanks for that detailed how to Dan. I am new to down rigging and haven't caught one yet. Also I haven't had any instruction just trial and error. I'll be giving that a try on Tuesday morning if the weather is good