Lakers

[deepjigger]

Took a road trip to central Ontario for a few days and settled on a lake with a healthy population of lakers. After a few months of not wetting a line, I was itching to get back on the water. We went 6 for 8 on the lakers. First few hours on the lake we trolled and did not get a hit. Switched to jigging a white tube and we connected with fish right away…. We also tried a couple of times for brookies on nearby lakes but got skunked. The only thing biting were the bugs.

[deepjigger]

Nicest colours on a laker that I have ever caught. The flesh was more pale than the others

[Fishnhunt]

Those are beauties! Enjoy

[naturefan]

Nice fish caught! So beautiful and healthy looking lakers, cograts!

[crappeeeman]

Amazing colour.

[sparky302]

Nice catch !!

[Mike33]

Beautiful lake trout with some very colourful fins for this time of year. An owner of a bait shop in Temagami once told me the more orange the fins, the more orange the flesh will be. I don’t believe that is accurate at least from my experience. Genetic variation and the fall spawn are the main factors.

[Drew]

I’ve caught them with varying degrees of orange fins, but have never seen any lakers with fins that are almost red like that, very interesting looking fish, nice catch

[mykola]

A fish like that is replica worthy for the colouring alone. Very nice.
Was it a clear lake or a stained lake? Does it have smelts or herring for feed?