Home Forums Fishing Freshwater Old Lake Trout Rod.

Still a lot of them around here and still in use.
1 oz lead weight about 3ft ahead of large silver spoon—usually a Williams wabler silver and about 7 inches long—play out about 400ft of wire to get it down a hundred ft—then sweep jerk it forward in a long sweep. When rod bends real in your fish—its generally dead when you get it in.
Gut and gill it immediately and pack in ice—no more than a hundred pounds per box and remember the fish buyer don’t want anything over 12lbs.
8 hours of this and you’ll be ready for a good hot sauna