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Sat., Feb.2, 2019, 10:30 am join Italo as he shares tips on “Trollinlg Lake Ontario Salmon & Trout.”
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We are fortunate in the Great Lakes because many of our tributaries remain fishable during the winter months. Choosing the right tributary to fish depends on many details like whether they will be affected by winter mild-spells and runoff effect, and whether they will be ice-free.
This is the second Matt Cory feature on his tactics of fishing medium-size Great Lakes tributaries for winter Steelhead.
Medium Systems
In Matt’s words: “For intermediate size Great Lakes tributaries I use the same terminal tackle strategy as I would fish a smaller system this includes using smaller hooks, lighter leaders and smaller baits.
Small beads, yarn flies and small roe bags are my rule, but I will use a bigger float and slightly more slit-shot sinkers to slow the drift down. Keeping my presentation in the “strike-zone” for longer time to enable steelhead to spot and move to it from a distance is crucial.”
Our good friend Bill Selby took a trip up to the Kawartha Lakes to see how the crappie fishing was doing. In preparation he tied many 1/16 and 1/8 oz. custom jigs to fish on light line.
His jigs worked well and produced up to 30 nice crappie a day. Due to a Polar Vortex temps dove to under -20C on the ice so fishing in a heated and portable hut was a must.
Bill custom Crappie jigs are tied with an epoxy head, life-like eyes, very light hair and living rubber strands.
His jigs definitely fool crappie and his biggest from the weekend was a whopping 14″ long!!
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