Jigging lake trout

[The Baron]

Anyone ever tried this?  A buddy and I are gonna give it a whirl this afternoon on a fairly large back lake that's known to have some good lakers.  I'm a bass guy, so I'll be using a St. Croix Mojo Bass 7'4" H/F and a SLX DC with 40" braid to 20" fluoro leader, or an Okuma EVx CB 7' MH with a 5" white tube or a 6" paddletail swimbaits (the Lunkerhunt pre-rigged "predator" kits).  My buddy is an all-species angler, so he'll also have a muskie rod setup with a Bondy bait (amazing baits - made in Canada, eh ?).

 

I've got my "new" cheap Humminbird 535 I'm hoping to get working on a borrowed 16ft. tinner boat.  A poor mans' charter!  lol   It will just feel good to be on the water - any bites will be a welcome bonus.

[Dwight Hottle]

Stick with the white baits they love white. The bondy baits work well for lakers too. An effective way to fish for them after locating them with your electronics is regular jigging. Also try dropping to bottom with a few jigging motions then try a fast retrieve upwards like half way back to the surface. Lakers will often chase a bait when they sense it is getting away from them. Also they sometimes ram a bait with their heads before coming back to eat it. So if you are getting hits but not hooking up be aware that the 2nd hit you feel is when they are eating it.   

[slonezp]

Agree with white baits especially in deep water. Try throwing a fluke on a jig. I've jigged for them on Lake Geneva in depths of 100ft.

[king fisher]

I have spent many days jigging for lake trout.  The best lure I have found is called a Buzz Bomb.  It is made in Canada.  The line runs through the lure which is a pyramid shaped painted piece of lead.  Doesn't look like much, but has an erratic spinning fluttering action on the fall.  Soft plastics and jigging spoons work well too, but nothing comes close to the Buzz Bomb.  

[The Baron]

Well, we had no luck.  But a. my cheap fish finder works great!  b. the weather was beautiful and c. jigging from a 16ft. tinner with no spot lock motor and in 90ft. of water take a lot more lure weight than I had.   It sure felt good to be out on the water.

[Dogface]

1 hour ago, The Baron said:

jigging from a 16ft. tinner with no spot lock motor and in 90ft. of water take a lot more lure weight than I had.   It sure felt good to be out on the water.

Next time try a Hopkins spoon. It should give you the weight you need to fish 90'. You can get them up to 1.5 oz. and maybe heavier.