Lake Trout Fishing

[kobykat]

Ciscoes was my go to bait, I hope this doesn't wreck the supply this year.

 

Anyone have better techniques than a jig tipped with a Ciscoe?

 

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/outdoors/4180275-federal-agents-raid-ely-bait-shop-seize-thousands-ciscoes

[yoppdk]

Personally, I've caught 4 x more using a tube jig or airplane jig. The way the come up and hammer it, it doesn't seem to need any meat on it ...

 

[Vitreus]

Interesting... It would seem to me that the ciscoes in question were indeed being used to "enhance recreation".

 

Given the limited resources of that agency, I'm surprised to hear they are engaging in this type of activity... perhaps there is more to the story.

 

But, to answer your question, I agree with yoppdk. So many synthetic options these days, I rarely mess with meat anymore.

[castmaster]

4 hours ago, yoppdk said:

Personally, I've caught 4 x more using a tube jig or airplane jig. The way the come up and hammer it, it doesn't seem to need any meat on it ...

 

I agree 100%. A 4-5"  tube is my go to bait.

[yoppdk]

On the other hand, a cisco or smelt hanging under a tip up was always a nice diversion from the jigging. But, as stated, the jigging (with artificials) always attracted more fish for me.

[Wanderer]

To me, meat is just as important as my favorite artificial.  Day by day either one can outfish the other so I usually run both whenever I'm out.

 

I'm hoping this doesn't bring about yet another reason for shops to quit dealing with frozen bait.

[leech~~]

6 hours ago, kobykat said:

Ciscoes was my go to bait, I hope this doesn't wreck the supply this year.

 

Anyone have better techniques than a jig tipped with a Ciscoe?

 

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/outdoors/4180275-federal-agents-raid-ely-bait-shop-seize-thousands-ciscoes

 

Geez, sounds like GO maybe in a little hot water for a bit?

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

4-5" white tube jig.  Hold on tight!

[Neighbor_guy]

#1 tip-up bait n the world. First they outlaw smelt, now this.

So much for a bait run.

[Finns]

2 hours ago, Vitreus said:

Interesting... It would seem to me that the ciscoes in question were indeed being used to "enhance recreation".

 

Given the limited resources of that agency, I'm surprised to hear they are engaging in this type of activity... perhaps there is more to the story.

 

But, to answer your question, I agree with yoppdk. So many synthetic options these days, I rarely mess with meat anymore.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Crosby, had asked the Forest Service to allow cisco netting on Basswood Lake this fall, and the Forest Service agreed to do so.

 

Reads to me as they were legal.

 

 

[whitepine]

Was mentioned maybe they were taken on the Canada side? Lot of unanswered questions-something is missing on the details we received?

[theharvester]

8-10 agents lol wow 

[Neighbor_guy]

I'm sure there's a fair amount of exaggeration in the story. It's bad enough to have to drive all the way up to ely to get good frozen bait, the shops down here won't sell you anything frozen.

I have changed over to using uncooked shrimp or buying and killing/freezing my own suckers. But the ciscos outfish both 2-3/1

Maki might not be my favorite or even my go to bait shop up there, but I don't want to see any of those shops struggle. Winter is a tight time up there so to loose any business is trouble.

[knoppers]

my favorite is a glow tube power bait, this has caught more lakers for me than airplane jigs and ciscos combined. when using airplane jigs, we would put a piece of cisco on it, just had to remove all the extra treble hooks on the wings that always would tangle with the line.

[Wanderer]

You eventually catch most of your fish on what you use the most.

 

Yep, tubes are good.  I started with them too.  For me though, I won't hang my hat on any one bait.  Not even for lakers.

[Rick]

Anything that flashes, dances off to the side and drops quick will work. You can always cut a strip of sucker with the skin still attached for a little extra enticement.

 

Just work it.

[Cliff Wagenbach]

When I fished Trout Lake a lot live Light Northers Suckers under a tip-up would out catch Ciscos every day of the week!

[monstermoose78]

I liked big rainbows chubs 

[Marcuss42]

White jig heads with a white tube, if that's not working use a buzz bomb with a sucker head or tail on the treble