Bucho
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Hi,
this is a shot in the dark. Just bought a year´s license for a relatively deep and clear lake stocked with whitefish. Thing is, there is no whitefish angling up here in the north where I live. While they are bread and butter to the commercial net fishery, anglers target them only in the south. Up here, they are being considered uncatchable. Down in the alpine region they get them with a sophisticated method of imitating zoo plancton with a dropper rig of nymphs. Up here however the only catches heard of are very occasional ones on lures, with fish spilling over with landlocked smelt. Net fishermen managing the lakes like to point out that they "had specialists here from the south failing just as badly as anyone else...." Frankly, I believe they see no reason to change anything about selling licenses to anglers harvesting specimen pike and keep the whitefish for themselves.
I´m under the impression that northern whitefish here are just as piscavorious as they are in scandinavia and north america so I decided to chose a straight forward jiggin`approach. Problem is that I start from scratch. Here´s what I came up with for a first try. I am going to use a hobie outback with fishfinder and a capable drift sack. Fish should be suspended in 30-40`of water. Lures are 3/8th (small blades) and 2/3rd (larger ones). Basic color is a subltle blue glow that has done well at night fishing, topped with fluorescend green, blue or plain black or olive/gold.
Every idea, every detail and feedback on the topic is highly apreciated! Haven´t tried them yet. Main forage should be smelt.
this is a shot in the dark. Just bought a year´s license for a relatively deep and clear lake stocked with whitefish. Thing is, there is no whitefish angling up here in the north where I live. While they are bread and butter to the commercial net fishery, anglers target them only in the south. Up here, they are being considered uncatchable. Down in the alpine region they get them with a sophisticated method of imitating zoo plancton with a dropper rig of nymphs. Up here however the only catches heard of are very occasional ones on lures, with fish spilling over with landlocked smelt. Net fishermen managing the lakes like to point out that they "had specialists here from the south failing just as badly as anyone else...." Frankly, I believe they see no reason to change anything about selling licenses to anglers harvesting specimen pike and keep the whitefish for themselves.
I´m under the impression that northern whitefish here are just as piscavorious as they are in scandinavia and north america so I decided to chose a straight forward jiggin`approach. Problem is that I start from scratch. Here´s what I came up with for a first try. I am going to use a hobie outback with fishfinder and a capable drift sack. Fish should be suspended in 30-40`of water. Lures are 3/8th (small blades) and 2/3rd (larger ones). Basic color is a subltle blue glow that has done well at night fishing, topped with fluorescend green, blue or plain black or olive/gold.
Every idea, every detail and feedback on the topic is highly apreciated! Haven´t tried them yet. Main forage should be smelt.
They claimed that the fish would lay in slack water around bridge pilings and rocky edges then dart out to grab an easy meal of trout or salmon fry as it swam by. Most of the reports of guys catching them claimed using minnow imitating baits so I think your on the right track. I had caught one years ago by accident and didn't know what it was. An older fellow told me it was a whitefish and they are real bony so I pitched it back. Here's a page I found from the game dept.