lac suel report july 2-5

[prov1800]

4 days on lac suel out of lac suel lodge.return guests.two adults and a 11 yr old boy.had real good fishing first 3 days,last day was ok but slower than first days.majority of fish caught were innshallow water and weeds.those fish were very aggressive.found some in the 10-18 ft range also but those bit slow and don't think there were many yet.5-8 ft was the ticket for us.water temps approaching 70 f which will start them migrating out to the humps soon.1/8 oz jigs did just fine.no specific color.also we found some fish innback bays and could get them on crank baits as well.caught a lot of fish and some real nice ones.in the next week or so it should get better yet.had a mayfly explosion go on at one spot we fished and could see them coming to the surface as well as walleyes and smallies breaking the surface.actually caught some fish on a top water
.that's always fun.

[Moosebunk]

Beautiful pike and eye! Well done.

[CMesserschmidt]

Was up there as well from the 1st through the 5th. The bite was not as good as it was in years past, but still decent. Caught lots of walleyes still. The biggest was 26". I noticed the bigger fish coming from deeper water. 35ft range.

As for what worked, plain and simple jig and minnow. Orange being the best color.

I did find that one day pitching a jig with gulp minnows and dragging it back seem to trigger more bites with bigger fish across a rock point.

The Smallmouth were up shallow hitting Rapala Shadow Raps. The pike were up as well hitting spinner baits and top waters.

Lake Trout on the local lakes was insane! 3 way rigging spoons in 70-80ft of water was probably the most fun I have had in quite awhile.

[Slim03]

I was up as well and fished out of lost island lodge. Took my father and my 9 year old son. Fishing was excellent first 2 days and slow on the 3rd but it was really calm on the 3rd day. Boated tons of fish with days over 100. I found them deep around 27 foot and size was good. No monsters biggest being 25.5 but never had such great consistent size. One area I was in was consistent 20 plus and as fast as you could reel them in. Lac seul didn't disappoint and looking forward to going back in 3 weeks.