THINGS TO CONSIDER IN ICE FISHING LAKE

TROUT

Snow and frosty must in no way keep you from your lake trout. Going for this aggressive but tasty species is a great way to pass the time. Canadian winters can be a bit long but you can still have fun fishing.

Lake trout move when the hard water forms and they kind find the very best mix of oxygen and temperature, which means lake trout and baitfish are found in various places at different times of the year. That does bring out the one problem of ice fishing for trout. You're going to have to be able to move to from place to place as the fish move. This means you are going to have to make new holes in the ice.

While lake trout are usually found between 10 and 20 feet under the ice, they can also go down to a 50 foot range. It just relies upon on the water temperature. They will move up as the baitfish move up. You can expect the baitfish, who feed on plankton to move up as the ice thickens and darkens. The plankton wants to get as close to the sunlight as they can, and baitfish follow right along. If you are having bad luck fishing deep, it may be because the trout are right under your feet.

At last ice, the trout go deeper because the opposite happens as the ice thins. More light, the deeper the plankton. And the whole process reverses. One way to strengthen your chances are to have several holes so you can fish at different depths. It'll help you figure out where the fish are.

Depth Finders are also a very good idea. But nothing works as well as pulling the fish at lake. Fish the holes in some kind of order so you can remember how deep you set your lure. Use smaller rigs in the dead of winter. Lake trout are moving slower in the cold. There going to eat only just enough to keep things are going. About an ounce is a good place to start. However, smaller sizes work very well. The colder it is, the better the smaller rigs work. Also consider using a jig and bait combination on ten pound test. At some fishermen use a much heavier line, because lake trout can get very large.

Fish from the bottom up. Make the jig dance randomly at various depths. Keep the strokes short and slow. Moving too aggressively can be a mistake. Keep in mind the fish are cold and are not moving that much neither should the lure. Keep movement on top of the ice at a minimum; these fish are easily frightened.Good Luck!

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