Lake Trout, deep water, TIPS?

Post by **dbplug** » June 6th, 2005, 1:06 pm

Our family leaves in 13 days for the west. Second stop after Rocky Mountain National Park:

Looks pretty cool. Joe is looking forward to seeing us. His directions:

109 miles north of Rock Springs, WY on 192. Turn right just before Sailers General Store â€“ The biggest thing in downtown Pineland. You will see the Mountain man museum, there will be a cemetery on the left, you will know you are going the right way. We are four miles miles north of Pineland. Two miles out you will start going down the mountain and see the lake. Another two miles and turn left when you see our sign. Only nine cabins.

I trust a southerner. Here is where I will be for a couple of days. Any tips? Kinda deep water......
http://www.visitsublettecounty.com/dest ... _large.jpg

http://www.lakesidelodge.com/index.html

chugbug · Post by **chugbug** » June 6th, 2005, 1:53 pm

Are you going to have access to a boat with a depth finder? If so, look for a thermicline and troll spoons at that depth. If you have downriggers you can pull spoons at around 100' or so bouncing the ball off of the bottom. Lake Trout are very easy to catch. The fight like a boot though.

Post by **dbplug** » June 6th, 2005, 6:21 pm

I have access to a boat for 1/2 a day. From the looks of how the depth drops off, a 20 yard cast may get me into 100+' of depth from the shore in some places. I am thinking a chartruese curly tail just to see iffin it works everywhere. A CT may not be appropriate. Wonder how a frozen LY or Shrimp would do? I may need a Manns Stretch 300 for the boat.

Thanks Chug. Appreciate the input. Will post a report in OT in a couple of weeks.

Post by **Cranfield** » June 7th, 2005, 4:07 am

We fish very deep waters from the bank with lures and tend to seek out bays, margin structure (rushes, weeds, trees, jetties, etc), or fish straight out, letting the lures sink to varying depths.
The fish usually feed in the upper levels of the water close in (its warmer), even on deep lakes.

Good luck, I look forward to the report and some pictures (please).

chugbug · Post by **chugbug** » June 7th, 2005, 8:20 am

If it gets deep that quick you might want to buy a lure called a Cleo. It is a spoon type lure that comes in all different colors. Get the 3/4 oz. and let it sink to certain depths. Lake Trout are a deep water fish and you will probably have to fish between 60 and 110 feet of water. CT's would work great. Can you cast a 100' leader?

Good luck and have fun.

Post by **Rogan** » June 8th, 2005, 9:35 am

dbplug,

The directions and locations you describe are a bit off I believe. I think the road your describing is state highway 192 north from Rock Springs to Pinedale, Wyoming instead of Pineland. Could it be Falers General store instead of Sailers. Falers is the biggest thing in town. Lake trout are in a number of the lakes around Pinedale and can be easy to catch. I can offer some insight to this area if we are on the same page. Just curious and thought I may be of some help.

I just opened the links you included and we are on the same page. I can offer up some other locations for good fishing if that would help. I have caught Lakers in two additional lakes in the area that you can try if you are interested. I suspect you'll be able to hoist a few Lakers in 20-40 foot of water in most of these lakes. The bigger brutes may be down deeper I dont know but I've caught them from the bank on deep drop offs. Green River and Burnt Lake are also good ones to try. Whatever you do dont go through Pinedale without eating at the Wrangler Cafe. If you like good pancakes and coffee your in business..

Post by **dbplug** » June 8th, 2005, 9:44 am

Rogan, you are correct! I am a little deaf(results of a series of rabies shots as a child). Falers is the General store, affirmative on everything you stated.
Thanks for any information.

Post by **Rogan** » June 8th, 2005, 6:25 pm

You'll like that area I'm sure. I've never fished Fremont Lake but I suspect its similar in terms of structure, drop-offs etc to many of the other lakes nearby. The folks working in Falers fishing department are generally very helpful and friendly. That will be your best bet for a current fishing report but if I wanted to fish strictly for Lake Trout I'd try to use some live bait. If night crawlers are available I'd try fishing them at different depths until you catch one. Fishing from the bank during the fall I generally fish on the bottom and do ok. Never caught a huge one but I've never had any problem catching a few.

If you will send me a little information about your plans and things you are interested in I may be able to offer up some areas for fishing and areas to visit. My address is Grizzman44@yahoo.com