Lake Aeroflex 5/27/17:

[Eskimo]

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10-dozen?


I was at the other salmon-stocked lake the other weekend. A group of bucket-sitters did real well fishing from the shoreline.

Landlocked salmon are just glorified hatchery trout.

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[bulletbob]

Landlocks like COLD water.. Up here we are generally at 10-15 degrees colder on any given day or night, year round, than most of NJ..
The landlocks here are already heading to deeper colder water, and our big , deep lakes are still only in the 50's on the surface..

Best month for them up here, 200 miles north of Aeroflex is April, but they are caught all winter in water temps down into the 30's.. I think they are most easily caught in water under 50 degrees.. They will go out of preferred temp for food, but as Andy found out, when the Herring[Sawbellies up here] are super abundant, it can be a tough go.. Up here we find the big clouds of bait, and then fish a bit away from them.. Funny thing about LL, they like cold water, but still are a higher in the thermocline during the summer months than lakers, which like even colder water than LL salmon. bob

[bulletbob]

"Landlocked salmon are just glorified hatchery trout."


Indeed they are!
They DO fight better, and taste better however..
They are also dumber than trout, more aggressive and actually easier to catch if they are at the same level of abundance as say browns or rainbows.. Only Lakers are dumber than LL!... bob