EPIC lake trout jigging w/ video - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

Chrisper4694 · #1 08-01-2018, 05:06 PM

Had plenty of OK days recently but i hadn't seen a real nice sized fish in a while or great numbers...that all changed saturday! Took my co-workers son, Skye, out for a third try on the lake trout. He'd been trying to get the hang of it on our other two trips but the bite was tough and he hadn't gotten one fully into the boat yet.

Tweaked his set up and technique a bit and he got the feel down and it was game on! Hands down the best day i've had jigging lake trout in 2.5 years both for number of hits and size of the fish.

we only fished about 4 hours and had over a dozen fish landed with just as many or more hits that didn't hook up, one broken line and 3 others popped off. only 2 of the fish were under 23" and half of them were over 26" and up to almost 29"...only thing missing was that monster 31"

Skye took video of the trip with his go-pro and edited a real nice youtube video, def check it out and follow him if you like it, cause i'm sure we'll be making some more soon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B6x...ature=youtu.be

Here's some pics too

Chrisper4694 · #2 08-01-2018, 05:07 PM

Oh and this trip totally overshadowed the day before, where i took him out to catch his first hybrid striper. wasn't a great bite but we got what we came for....and just for the record...the nice sized lakers fought a hell of a lot harder on the jigging gear than the hybrids did on the light trolling gear

Adrenalinerush · #3 08-01-2018, 05:24 PM

Those are some nice lakers Chris, well done!

Chrisper4694 · #4 08-01-2018, 05:31 PM

Thanks Jim.

bigfishy · #5 08-01-2018, 05:34 PM

Cool video! solid action fo sho

OMC · #6 08-01-2018, 05:43 PM

Chris great catch ! I wish they were biting that way last week when we went. I hit a couple yesterday in a couple of hours both were 26 - 27 nice fish.

Now I have to disagree with you regarding the fight. 9 out 10 times the Brids fight a lot harder with drag ripping runs not to mention the initial strike of the rockets. IMO

AndyS · #7 08-01-2018, 06:48 PM

Great stuff !!! Keep any trout for the grill or smoker ?

DanH · #8 08-01-2018, 07:37 PM

Wow! Who would of thought a self sustaining Lake Trout fishery in NJ, awesome!

reason162 · #9 08-01-2018, 09:05 PM

Amazing! I never associated lake trout with July heat and NJ...might be time to let the porgy population in my area recover lol

Mikey topaz · #10 08-02-2018, 06:33 AM

Those are some good ones Chris, this month and next should be your best bet to whack a breeder. Lost a beast there last year this time of year trolling. Next state record is coming outta there!