A question for Lake Trout fishers

[crunch]

I'm going to soon be moving to a lake that has Rainbows, runs of Salmon, Steel head, and sea run Cut throat.

When I was a kid I worked the gaffing hatch of Salmon trawlers off Brookings, Oregon and Crescent City, Ca.... one thing I noticed, when working a boat that had an outboard or I/O was that often times if you looked right down at the prop, you'd see a Salmon with it's nose about a foot from the prop, right in the stream.

Of course I started tossing spoons to them and had fair luck, then started trailing weighted spoons off the snubber... caught lots of fish.

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this behavior in Lake Trout, etc.

 

[llfish]

Re: A question for Lake Trout fishers

No

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: A question for Lake Trout fishers

[colour=blue]nope......

 

[all thumbs]

Re: A question for Lake Trout fishers

I have only see them shallow in early spring, but never near the outboard.

 

[rolmops]

Re: A question for Lake Trout fishers

Yes it does happen when salmon are starting a run.They are not in the current created by the prop but right under or next to it in the area where they can "surf" the current difference. This is comparable to dolphins riding the bow wave in salt water. They also take advantage of the protection a boat provides for them against dangers that may be ahead.
As for lake trout,they are only close to the surface in spring.As soon as the water warms up they are found at or just below the thermocline.Which could be anywhere between 80 and 130 feet down.In Lake Ontario where there is no thermocline ,because there are too many currents,I have caught lakers at 200 feet down.

 

[jesters420]

Re: A question for Lake Trout fishers

I have never seen that. It sounds like it would be great to watch though.

 

[crunch]

Re: A question for Lake Trout fishers

It's alot of fun when you can see them and cast hand held line at them, even if you have to clean and ice them afterwards d


"Yes it does happen when salmon are starting a run. .They are not in the current created by the prop but right under or next to it in the area where they can "surf" the current difference. "

K... I know it happens with Salmon in the ocean, but Lake Trout?

I don't expect very many sightings of this behavior, lets face it... they are hard to see even 1 ft. down!!!, and how many Lake fisherman are spending all day looking at the water (or under it)

Still... Just asking.

 

[rolmops]

Re: A question for Lake Trout fishers

Lake trout have no need to make a run like salmon.Their breeding pattern is very different.You will not see a lake trout follow a boat,unless you have first tied it up.

 

[crunch]

Re: A question for Lake Trout fishers

Thanx for the responces all, I thought maybe I was onto the reason my Grandfather always caught the most fish sitting at the back of his boat

 

[JasonJ]

Re: A question for Lake Trout fishers

Lake trout run the surface in the fall. Planerboards and flies are what is used in the fall around these parts. You can downrig as well, but stay within 10 feet of the surface...