Lake Trout Bait Size: 4-6″ Baits between 1/2 and 1oz Note on bait size: As Cisco are a favorite forage for Lake Trout, it is important to match these colorings in lakes where they are feeding on Cisco. Notice the pearlescent scales and abundance of white. Stomach contents of large trout caught in Quetico. All of them will work well if they resemble what the lake trout are feeding on in that particular lake, which is the ultimate goal, to imitate baitfish they regularly pursue. Remember, none of these baits work well if you aren’t fishing them properly. Here are the baits I have found to be the most effective fishing deep (100-200′), clear Oligotrophic lakes where Lake Trout are feeding upon cisco (tulibee/tulipee), whitefish, smelt, sucker, shiner, sculpin, crayfish and occasionally small gamefish like bass, walleye and panfish. With the season here in Northern Minnesota only being about 12 weeks long, it is important to maximize the amount of time you spend fishing and use baits that are productive AND you are confident using. The season closes on the last day of March, so trout can be targeted an entire month after Walleye and Pike are out of season on interior lakes. Unfortunately, the winter season doesn’t open for lakes entirely within the Boundary Waters until January 1 st and for lakes partially or fully outside, not until the second Saturday, two weeks later. Just like catching Lake Trout out of a canoe when it is warm enough to swim yourself in those same waters, catching Lake Trout during the winter months is something I anticipate all year. I relish the opportunity to hike across a frozen tundra in search of these apex predators. Winter is not a season where I am biding my time until the ice melts and I can get back to ‘real fishing’ again. As fun as Lake Trout are to catch out of a canoe on open water, they are equally as exciting to catch through the ice.
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