Post by Swampbuckster on Sept 12, 2016 20:53:54 GMT -5
Went up to Atlanta to my dad's side of the family's property for Labor Day. I towed the boat along and me and my dad were able to sneak out Sunday morning for some fishing on Lake Huron out of Presque Isle. I've never fished in the area before but just saw we could get to 100+ FOW within a mile or so of land. We started out in 80 FOW and ran one downrigger along the thermocline in abot 40 FOW with a MagLip 3.0 and an old beat up salmon trolling spoon I had and ran it just off the bottom. Our first fish came off the bottom and was a lake trout. I handed the rod to my dad and he landed it. My first laketrout catch witnessing! lol. Then we ran both cannonballs along the bottom the rest of the morning and took a total of 5 Lakers and even had a double! We only got pictures of 4 of them. These were my first lake trout as well! Lake trout trolling is actually fun even though they don't fight much. A beautiful fish, but yet to eat them. The texture of the meat after soaking in water for ten minutes looked a little different to me. I hear they aren't exactly delicious but I figure I'll send two fish to my friend for the smoker and make fish patties out of the rest. Some pics for your viewing pleasure:
