"noah" wrote in message
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You're just jealous because the news from Tupper has gotten out: I am the
new king of lake trout. The tackle shop pundits said they couldn't be
caught
at this time of year. Yeah. :-)


Cool!
Any size to them?

Regards,
noah

6 were around 18"-22". 4 were over 26". One of the four accidentally
stumbled onto a sheet of foil and was baked with lemon and garlic butter.
The rest were set free to drive the next fisherman insane. :-)

Last year, I marked tons of fish right on the bottom at 50-60 feet. Big
"icons" were mixed with clouds of smaller ones, obviously baitfish. The
tackle shop guys constantly tell people "you can't compete with baitfish at
this time of year". I mentioned this to my mechanic, who's a Lake Ontario
big fish wizard, and he laughed and provided some advice. $20 later (Dipsy
Diver, Northern King trolling spoons & spinners), and the problem was
solved.

As an added bonus, night trolling gave me an excuse to NOT hang out with the
other lodge guests, who were drowning themselves in "tourist beer", the
god-awful novelty brews sold only to flatlanders. :-)