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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.
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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.
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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
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QUOTE (mykola @ Jun 16, 2025 - 05:26 am)
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?
Not much intel on this lake as it was my first time in this area/lake. The lake is somewhat stained but I was still able to see rocks about 5 feet down.
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