Re: Lakers on the fly
[Re: D.T.]
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03/21/23 11:07 PM
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Nessmuck
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Wicked Awesome !! Great fight of a fly rod.
8-9 Weight ?
Flat head ?
Last edited by Nessmuck; 03/21/23 11:08 PM.
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/21/23 11:18 PM
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Those are beautiful Lakers! Congrats on their capture. Mackinaw is a nickname I very rarely hear except in the western states. That's odd to, because Mackinaw is here about 2 hours north of me. One of my Great Uncles lived up at the Straights of Mackinaw in the 1920's, and he caught big whopper Lakers there then, and I believe, according to my mother's stories, he used the term Mackinaw.
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/22/23 01:31 AM
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Not fished for lakers since I lived in NY. We would fish them deep, with downriggers. Fishing for Chinook, Coho, Lakers, Browns or Steelhead. We caught mostly Chinooks and Lakers with Coho being third. Better luck fishing browns off of piers, and Steelhead in the cricks.
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/22/23 09:28 AM
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Wow!! I love to fly fish and that would be an exciting catch for sure. Thanks for sharing that.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/22/23 09:33 AM
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I've only ever caught them trolling deep. Got to be a handful on fly rod. Thanks for sharing.
Mac
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/22/23 11:32 AM
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Good going!! I have never had any lock with clouser minnows, must be me? I only flyfish any more. I have caught a Laker on fly while fishing for rainbows in a river. Not as big as yours, and its the only one I have caught on a fly. picture of the release ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2023/03/full-43260-172242-alaska_trip_aug_2014_012.jpg)
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/22/23 11:36 AM
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To catch them here right now you would need to drill through 30 inches of ice and figure out how to get around in the 30 inches of snow on top of it.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/22/23 11:42 AM
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Nessmuck
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I troll for Trout /Salmon with a 7 w TFO Rod...with lead core line..the newer lighter line. With a Okuma 10/11 reel....can't wait for ice out..
But early spring I use a 4w ...with full sink REO line
Flies only
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/22/23 12:51 PM
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I cant think of a fish i havent caught with a clouser. Keep the faith Bernie. Wife is pregnant with #2 on the way so we filled the freezer with fillets. Thats what she wants, thats what she gets! We like to pan sear them and crisp up the skin. Ill be back out again and ill start smoking some. When im not in griz country smoked trout is a great treat in the woods. Im terrified of bringing those smelly treats along in the Bob though I cant get on board with the trolling but i will say they like the slow steady retrieve. I like the 9 wt just incase. Never know what youll get. 16# ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2023/03/full-1659-172251-497a106b_85dd_4604_a83d_204197f06a98.jpeg)
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/22/23 01:10 PM
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Smoke them, peel them off the skin and pack them in wide mouth pint jars with a teaspoon of vegetable oil and then pressure cook them. The bones will dissolve and you can have fresh smoked fish all year. We do it with suckers and salmon and you can't taste the difference.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/22/23 01:18 PM
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Dirty D
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I cant think of a fish i havent caught with a clouser. Keep the faith I cant get on board with the trolling but i will say they like the slow steady retrieve. I like the 9 wt just incase. Never know what youll get. 16# I gave up on clousers, too late for them. The big browns that we catch in the tribs love a stripped fly. I have been retrieving a fly for another cast and seen the water bulge behind the fly indicating a following brown, when that happens strip that fly back as fast as you can and hold on! Steelheads go either way,just swung with the current or sometimes stripped. I'm with you tho, no trolling for me, wading rivers is best way to fish. nothing more exciting than a big brown chasing a stripped fly and nailing it in an explosion of water.
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/22/23 01:34 PM
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Looks like as much fun as a guy could wanna have with rubber boots on!
Terrific!
Osky
"A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/22/23 02:08 PM
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I cant think of a fish i havent caught with a clouser. Keep the faith I cant get on board with the trolling but i will say they like the slow steady retrieve. I like the 9 wt just incase. Never know what youll get. 16# I gave up on clousers, too late for them. The big browns that we catch in the tribs love a stripped fly. I have been retrieving a fly for another cast and seen the water bulge behind the fly indicating a following brown, when that happens strip that fly back as fast as you can and hold on! Steelheads go either way,just swung with the current or sometimes stripped. I'm with you tho, no trolling for me, wading rivers is best way to fish. nothing more exciting than a big brown chasing a stripped fly and nailing it in an explosion of water. Come to Pyramid and maybe we can change your mind with a 15 lb cutthroat.
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Re: Lakers on the fly
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03/22/23 04:28 PM
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Come to Pyramid and maybe we can change your mind with a 15 lb cutthroat.
I'll be in Nevada in August. But down south near Vegas  I've never caught a cutthroat so I'd like to. Maybe some year.
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