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[frozenfire]

Headed out on Saturday for my first laker trip of the season.
The fishing was on FIRE. For my buddies that is.
Two of them went a total of 8 landed for 13 hooked. Some of them were absolute pigs!!!!
We only stayed until noon as I had some stuff planned for the evening, but I'm sure they would've got way more if we continued.
Unfortunately for me, I didn't see much action at all. Nothing really went my way.
I went 0 for 1. Lost it after a few seconds

Wanting redemption, we headed out again on Sunday.
Two friends started the day off with a sweet double header.
That did NOT make me feel any better!

Looking like another skunk was coming my way, I finally managed to gain some interest in this one fish and convinced it to hammer my offering.



Can't wait to get back out there for more.

[troutchaser]

Nice fish! sometimes its just like that

[getin]

Congrats for the first laker of the winter! Can I ask what setup did you catch it on, also if used a sonar, why model?

[Angler]

Nice fish man!
Keep posting

[frozenfire]

Congrats for the first laker of the winter! Can I ask what setup did you catch it on, also if used a sonar, why model?

Thanks!

Rod: 28" Simax Medium Heavy
Reel: Shimano Stradic 2500mgfb
Line: 8lb PLine flouroclear
Lures used: spoons, tubes, plastics, swimbaits
Depth fished: anywhere between 80-130 fow... best to move and change depths to find active fish. The above fish was caught in 127 fow.
Sonar: Humminbird 345c portable

The trick is to get the fish interested. It's a game of cat and mouse. Make the fish want your offering and get it to aggressively chase upwards.
I'm not going to lie... it's not easy.
Took me a long time to get my first this way.

Hopefully I'll have more success this weekend. I just picked up a 36" medium St. Croix Premier that I want to break in.
I find the longer length would be nice for jigging.

Good luck out there, it's a short season. Make the most of it.

[NADO]

How do you like the Pline Frozen? I have a spool at home but have heard alot of bad things about it so I havent used it yet.

[frozenfire]

How do you like the Pline Frozen? I have a spool at home but have heard alot of bad things about it so I havent used it yet.

I love PLine!

It's the only mono mainline I use. (Aside from my river fishing float setups - I use Raven 10lb mono for that)

[frozenfire]

On warmer days, I'll use braid with a length of leader material....usually Maxima.

[walleyepro1]

Congrat's on your first Laker and a nice one to.