Biggest Lake Trout Yet - 7 1/4 Lbs

Slightly bigger than the last personal best on the lake - this one was 7 1/4 lbs! This guy seemed much fatter than the 7 lb'er I caught a while ago. I caught him on a Spoon! He didn't "wake-up" until I got him in the net. He thrashed around a lot and I only had a chance to snap a quick video. I managed to weigh him, but he thrashed so hard that he bounced out of the net. I need a better way to weigh these guys going forward.


Saturday, I got completely skunked. Combination of the weather and the experimentation on lures - I stayed away from the old faithful lure and used everything in the tackle box including larger versions of the old faithful lure. I caught ZERO. Sunday I went out with the old faithful lure, and caught 2 instantly. Another fisherman launched his boat and started trolling the other side of the lake. I watched him intently as he had at least 3 fish on. He was trolling in the deepest water available on the lake, mostly likely using lead-core line.

Click on the Video to see the big gut on this fish. Clearly he is eating well:



I hooked another 2 on but they got off the hook - one spit it at me, the other cut the line with his teeth. This was good... 4 fish on the hook within 15 minutes - feeding frenzy time. Then to my horror - I was out of old faithful lures. I had two options: Go back to the dock to get the lures, with would take 20 minutes round-trip with my 55 Thrust electric motor - and miss my feeding frenzy opportunity or: Try another lure. I bought a Spoon from Canadian Tire and put it on. I trolled the same spot a few times, and was about to turn home to get the lures when this 7.25 lb'er hit it. After I caught the video of him and weighed him, I caught a 3 lb'er, but it was hooked in the eye with the treble hook. He was bleeding but it clotted after 3-4 minutes and he wanted to go. I considered keeping him, but the bleeding stopped so I let him go.

I also caught this jumbo perch. I ate this one - can't have giant perch eating all the Trout eggs:



Look at the color on the 1st guy. The last one was hooked in the eye... Not pretty, but he'll live. Perhaps I'll change to single hooks.



My neighbor Mike's boat was dangling by one tie line - the one in the bow broke. I re-tied it for him. Just 3 more weeks until end of season. Need to break 7.25!