fishing planet trophy lake trout alberta

Best for Ice Fishing: Berkley PowerBait 3.5 inch Power Tube.Best Crankbait: Rapala Scatter Rap Minnow.Best Trolling Spoon: Wolverine Tackle Silver Streak Spoon.Best Soft Plastic: Lunker City SwimFish.

If you want to catch one of these giants, you’ll need the best lake trout lures:

And as we continue to discover, dropping a soft tube, jerk shad, or paddletail swimbait in the right vicinity nearly always elicits a strong predatory response-made even more exciting by the prospect of a 15-, 20- or 30-pound fish that can surpass 50 years of age. But the little secret is, lake trout respond especially well to vertical or casting presentations already familiar to the bass and walleye brigade. Like many lake trout fans, I grew up trolling the Great Lakes and large mountainous reservoirs with downriggers, diving plugs, spoons and other flashy lures to cover water. In short, lake trout eagerly eat lures and provide some of the most active sport available, particularly in the coldwater months.

When fishing for salmon or walleyes or other species fall short, lake trout seem to always be there to take up the slack. And yet, inexplicably, the ancient, original Great Lakes cousin of the char ( Salvelinus namaycush) remains rather an afterthought in many of its North country haunts. How can you not respect the lake trout? A potential goliath of a freshwater predator, the laker is a stunningly attractive creature-hard charging, typically delicious and a survivor of every conceivable calamity, from overfishing to environmental shifts to invasive species.

Fishing planet trophy lake trout alberta