In the meantime we went for a cruise 'round the lake and took turns driving the boat. Note the look of glee in Nataly's face as she put the boat down into full throttle....
Brad and I went out again at around 5pm, the Sun was still high, but there were waves, and the motorists on the lake were helping accelerate the wave action - they were biting early - likely because they didn't eat breakfast!
The next morning I caught 4 trout trolling in deeper water. One of them was a 4 lb'er and gave me quite a fight. I hooked another one in the belly. Brad theorized the day before that Lake Trout do what Salmon do when they feed: They stun their prey with their bodies / tail before eating them. I have also hooked some before in the body but I thought this was a result of them wrapping themselves in the line. I put Brad's theory to the test. A fish bumped my lure 2 times - i missed it but I changed the action of my lure after each hit to make it seemed injured. After the 2nd hit, I slowed down and completely stopped all action. The fish INHALED the lure. It is the silvery one in the new below:
I thought I'd capture some video of the lake trout while I released them.
Lake Trout Release Method 1: Releasing lake trout from a rubber net. This is a gentle way of releasing a fish after a long fight.... I try to keep them in the water and just dip the net a bit. They usually find their way out quickly.
Lake Trout Release Method 2: Plunging the trout forcefully into the water head-first (no footage yet) - do this if the fish still has lots of energy after the fight. It apparently gives them a boost of oxygen when they re-enter and therefore energy. All the fish I have released this way plunge directly to the bottom.
Lake Trout Release Method 3: The Free Willy method - I was going to do method 2 here, but the fish had other intentions!
Can we break 100 next week?
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