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Very few that I catch get dropped below. SHARP hooks, of the right size, vicious hits, usually result in a solid hook-up. It's the Lake trout rolling at the surface that makes the mess!

I'm not sure where you got that idea. Whack 'm hard.

Ah....Facebook. Now I see!

"Fake news"?????? What???

Are fleas still a problem?

It appears that very few have braved this weather! I hope to go Sat. Good luck....I hope you have a great report.

Awesome...thanks

When you say 80 ft is best, do you mean 80' of water or 80' down?

Nicely done! Wish I could convince my wife to go fishing!

Actually I meant to make a comparison with the surface temp and the arrival of fleas!

Trolled dipsies from Myers to the power plant. Trolled 70 to 90 ft. of water, 50 to 65' down. Took 10 lakers and one landlocked salmon from 5:30 to 8:30am. Surface temps.at the magical 70 degrees. Fleas are becoming a big nuisance. Lots of bait everywhere. Fish are all clean. These are the good old days!

I prefer fish sticks.

Excellent summation. I learned years ago, while deep jigging 100' of water, that no amount of jigging action would get them to hit. Angrily I reeled frantically up, only to have the Laker hit 30' under my boat. Weird fish!

I'm thinking the movement of the jigs spurs their predator reflex more so than a minnow just sitting there.

Could I ask where you launched?