Went out this morning got a couple lakers. First one was 29” and really fat. Smacked my vibrato suspended 30ft down over 68fow. Promptly released, definitely a greaser. Quick photo and held in the water for a 30 seconds then it took off vigorously. Warm water 75f up to 78f when I left. Thermocline appeared to be at 25 fow. All the bait in lake 1 was bottom oriented, big thick smelt and herring schools filling the bottom 40-70fow. I even caught a 6” smelt. All the big fish were swimming through around 25-30ft over the deep waters.
Went to an adjoining lake, very different, all the herring balls were concentrated at 15-25 ft down over 45-120fow. Almost no life down low. No fish were had, only one big laker mark up high amongst the herring balls.
Back to lake 1, back to original spot, found a whitefish in 68fow suspended about 50ft down. Smacked my vibrato after some cat and mouse. Skinniest 20” whitefish I’ve ever seen. Brought it home and almost no meat on it, it was crazy I shoulda just let it go.
Fished a bit more and managed another nice laker at 24”, much better eating size from this lake. Packed it up and went home.
Fun morning out. Fish were around but bait shy most of the morning. Marked more around noon when I called it quits.
Mid-Summer Lakers, Good Morning
