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Topic: Fish ID help please |
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Tacticus
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Hello everyone,
I was up at 100 mile house this weekend trying to catch some Lakers in Horse Lake. This is what I caught 70' down at the bottom. Is this a Dolly, Lake trout or a Bull trout?
This fish was only out of the water for a few seconds before it spit the hook and jumped back into the water.
Thanks everyone.
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Gray
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Knnn
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Here is a bull.
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Knnn
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This is a laker:
Note the vermiculation on the back. I think your fish was a small laker.
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Tacticus
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Nice fish! Mine has the vermiculation lines on its back so you've ruled out it being a bull trout and it looks like I caught my first (very small) Laker! Thanks for the reply Knnn. You really know your stuff.
Cheers
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Knnn
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Based on my limited experience, char seem to like chartreuse colours lures and it's one of the colours that still show up at the greatest depth:
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Tacticus
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I'm moving to 100 mile house on Monday for work and I just went and picked up some blue/silver and some green/silver spoons. Some great info coming out through this feed thanks everyone!
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Tacticus
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I will of course swap out the treble hook on the Len Thompson spoon.
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Tacticus
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Here is a better pic of the Apex. When trolling for Rainbows I'm always switching between Apex and a small HotShot. Figured a large badass Apex for some large badass Lakers!
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Tacticus
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I've been watching some Lake Trout fishing videos and it seems there is always green on the spoons they are using.
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Knnn
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You can always spray one side with chartreuse glow in the dark paint....
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Tacticus
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And I'm off to buy paint. I will have to do some experimenting for sure.
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Knnn
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Here are some examples of blank spoons I painted, with Canadian tire fluorescent paints. Its cheep and works well, particularly if you rough up the metal surface first and apply a white primer. Makes the colour pop.
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Tacticus
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I always carry a few Buzz Bombs in my tackle box so I will have to try them out. I arrived at 100 Mile House today to start my new life...which will consist of mostly lake trout fishing.
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Tacticus
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Those custom painted spoons look great @Knnn. I build model's in the winter so I will have to start experimenting with painting spoons. I will keep everyone posted over the next few weeks on how the Lake Trout fishing goes and how the various lures worked for me.
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Tacticus
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This one is a little better. They seended to love the pink Apex and this spoon.
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