Lake trout in June

[potatoeman]

I have fished trout in early June. Trout usualy up in the top 40' and we could reach them with surface lures. This year we are going up in later June. Wondering what other methods to use? We have water as deep as 100 feet of water in the lake we fish.

[Trailerguy]

[font color=green size=3][b]Usually Lake Trout go down around the 10th of June depending on water temp. They are most comfortable in 48-52 degree water. By late June they maybe in 40-60' water around breaks and humps or on the bottum. Use a locator to spot some fish in a likely area. Try a large 6-8 oz weight on a 3-way and spoons with meat or large raps. Lower it to the bottum and bring it up 5' or so at a time, ripping it. Trolling with large weights can also be productive, but occasionaly giving it a rip will trigger the strike. This winter I bought a downrigger, so it'll be easier this year for me.

[absolut_zero273]

You may still be able to longline troll deepdiving crankbaits. The trout may be in 40-60 feet of water but they are probably suspended up of the bottom. They will chase the lures pretty far. You can also troll using dipsy divers or the like too. Towards the end of June or the beginning of July the trout should start schooling up. If you can find a school you can vertical jig for them. I like to use 5/8 oz sonars or 1/2 to 3/4 oz jigs tipped with a 4 inch white power tube. Jigging can lead to some increadibly fast action and is a ton of fun because you can use walleye gear. One tip with jigging is to rip the jigs HARD (like setting the hook hard) 3-5 feet. Start at the bottom and rip it 4-5 times then reel up a few feet and repeat. Works great.

Absolut_zreo273

[rpieske]

If you use PowerPro line in 20 lb. test, your jigging is a lot easier. The no stretch feature allows the lure to move the same amount that your rod tip moves. If you worry about visibility, you can add a mono leader with a double uni knot. Jigging in 100' of water with mono means lots of line stretch. So if you go to no stretch line, loosen that drag.

[carpboy]

I'm also planning on being up in June and possibly fishing for lake trout. If we do actually catch any, are there any precautions we should take in regard to pulling these fish out of deep water (rupturing air bladders, etc)? Will they live if we let them go?

[Trailerguy]

[font color=green size=3][b]Lake Trout have a vented swim bladder which allows them to survive rapid depth changes. When pulling one up from deep water you often see bubbles coming up as they near the surface. A minimum of handling insures survival.

[Northern Manitoban]

I do allot of Laker fishing in Northern Manitoba especially in the month of June and it all depends on ice out and the weather,to say they will start going deep on June 10th is not correct.Trailerguy is correct about 48 to 52 is prime for Lake trout if you can be there at this time and fish it correctly then your into some great fishing.Tube jigs bucktail jigs Spoons all work well.Some guys still like to use there downriggers at this time as I do at times also because the real big ones stay on bottom in deepwater as they are the lazy ones and are more of a scavengers now.I would highly recomend picking up some deepsixes sizes#1 and 0's this tied to your line then run a spoon behind it,this setup will get your lines down deep if you are wanting to and don't have the downrigger,they are cheep and can catch you allot of fish the more line you let out the deeper it goes.I use this setup in june usually running my line out at 15 to 20 feet the trout will come up to it and hit it.This setup is an awesome presentation come spring time,has out performed jigging flatlining and most times better then downrigging in the spring.Nothing like the sound of a nice lake trout burp after a good battle from the depths.Just make sure of a quick release.Only 4 more weeks and i'll be at it again.Feel free to ask anymore questions.NM
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