Lake Trout Fishing at Whiteclay
Lake Trout Fishing in the Ogoki RiverSpring Lake Trout Fishing
For experienced Trout Fishing anglers spring and fall are commonly considered the worst time of year to catch lake trout. Why because trout will be spread all over the lake and maybe 10% of them will be within 10 feet of water. So the expereinced fisherman will tell you it's more like winning the lottery than a matter of technique.
In the summer, lake trout are concentrated in the deep holes or are concentrated just above the thermocline (depending on the size of the lake) and are in fact 100 times easier to catch with the right techniques. All you need is 6 pound test line, a walleye stick, a 1 or 2 oz weight and some swivels. For more inforamtion on Light tackle Trout Fishing techniques see this reproduced article by Gary Skrzek. Thanks Gary for the contribution on your experiences of fishing in the Ogoki River area.
It's May 26 and the Walleye in the Ogoki River has just started. Paul Boucher, the owner of Ogoki Frontier, is a great wealth of fishing tips about what types of fishing will work, what type of bait to use, where to try and when to try. Today he had suggested our group try the rapids near the camp.
I really wanted to try Lake Trout fishing and Paul had said there are only two times when you can do that; now and in the fall as the Trout aren't settled in Whiteclay's deeper waters like in summer.
Lake Trout are very temperature dependant and the cold spring we had this year coupled with the early Victoria Day Weekend has meant that one group came in before the fish really started to bite. We were lucky booking the second weekend because everything was really comming to life in the shallows with the more recent sun and rain.
Close to the Whiteclay West Camp about 2 miles up the Ogoki River at the first rapids was where we had the lucky Lake Trout strike. We were fishing for Walleye and Northern Pike and were pulling them in like crazy when this beautiful Lake Trout grabbed Chuck's line.
We were jig fishing just below the rapids in about 8 feet of water with a 1/4oz yellow jig when totally by surprise he caught the first Lake Trout of the season.
Slabbed into steaks and BBQ'd, our gang of 5 enjoyed this delicious 28 inch Lake Trout.
If your interested in catching Lake Trout I would strongly recommend Whiteclay Lake in the summer and the Ogoki River in the spring and fall.