The Quebec Trip, Week of July 1-8 2022

My 2 cents on laker jigging. Just troll around until you actually mark a pod of fish. It's not ice fishing, where you drill a hole on a vast expanse an commit. Soft water gives you the freedom to cover a huge area and you might as well be fishing where the fish are. Once you mark a decent number, way point that spot and jig over top of them. Remember, lakers are a top predator and will get the jig if they want it. You can trigger them by getting then to chase it up. If you think you are reeling in too fast, you are not. I've had lakers come off bottom and chase my jig over 80 ft up, and hit just below the water surface. And I was reeling nearly as fast as I could. It's more when they get a good look at your lure and decide its not what they want where they lose interest. But like I said, you have to fish where the fish are. My last trip, my friend and I found a large holding area, sometimes marking 10-15 lakers at once. jig couldn't drop more than 20 ft before a laker would come up and smash it. Good luck

Right on!! We dont have any trouble trolling for them, seem to do fairly well with that. Its when we decide to stop and jig! Im thinking its my technique. i purposely left my trolling gear at home last trip just to try jigging more, just cant seem to get the hang of it and consider myself a somewhat decent angler lol

This post has been edited by Jow on Aug 14, 2022 - 09:21 am