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Im thinking the big girls are south. We have been getting them good north and like a switch they shut off. Getting shorts but no big ones.

Nice fish. Guess I know were the bigger Lakers went[emoji2] We left out of long point first light. Set up off the point 75' headed south. Washed lures for a couple miles. Picked up went south almost to the plant. Put out a bag and set up in 80' headed north. Immediately marked tons of bait and yep Lakers. Picked up two shorts 18" - 20". Couple more bites but no takers. Got to our hot spot brother got another short 20". I fought in a foul hooked Laker and then they seemed to shut off. We pulled in and dumped lead. 7 colors with a board for me ( monkey puke stinger ) brother ten colors no board[emoji2] right out of the rod holder. Char/ green stinger. 4 short LL's all on the 7 w/board. 1 decent Bow on the 10 colors grandpa style 20". All and all ok day wish we could have found the big Lakers but...... no skunks. Good luck all. Stay safe!

We are planning on hitting that same general area Sunday. Glad to see its holding fish and hope they stay. lol I've heard some talk of big silvers in deep deep water in that area. Good work guys! Nice fish.

Oops forgot about the pic, here it is. I tie a loop in 50 lb. PowerPro about 4" long, thread it through the hook (usually a Gamakatsu Octopus 2, though I have bent/broken them, some may prefer a stouter hook), and over so it's a loop connection, then the same thing around the jig post. Then I thread it through the plastic body once or twice on the way to the tail. Do it on the top so the line and hook don't interfere wit the tail action, actually I'd prefer the one in the pic to be 1/4"-3/8" longer so the hooks trails the tail a little further.

You can easily change the plastic or add or remove the stinger with this system. The only drawback I've found is that the loop connection at the post will occasionally come off when handling a fish. It doesn't happen when fishing or fighting a fish but the thrashing in the net will once in a while open that loop up and it may come off and slide up the line a little. Just something to look for after unhooking the fish.

It's never cost me a fish, when they're on there the tension means it never comes loose. And I like the easy on-off aspect. Anyway, it's how I do it, I'm sure there are plenty of other ways. I also tie up a bunch beforehand so they're ready to go. To me the hardest part is getting the length right, but you can also adjust the length of the plastic too.

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Al, overall how's the fishing been? I haven't seen any reports of those big days we used to have over there.

Thank you for this picture. I am new to the jiging ( for lakers ) game. I was told by a friend of the trailer hook, but he bait needles the line. The hook is IN the plastic. I didn't have a needle and used your threading the line and letting the hook trail freely trick. Im glad as a rookie im thinking in right direction. This weekend will be the first try. I think we will go out of long point. From there Im not sure? Look for bait and set up I guess.

Nice fish. Lol. that jig link sends me to the same site I found this week. As soon as glow green is available in 1 1/4 in need a doz. Gotta get in on this jiging. We went north of long point picked up one nice 26" laker trolling bottom bounce rigs. Several 15" - 20" Lakers. Two heavy fish got off. Hope they weren't that 35"er im dreaming about!

We went 4 for 5 all in dirty water. Port Ontario area. Magic depth was definitely 22' for us. Stinger spoons 14' down and one big fatty 3.5 - 4 pounder on a old lip less black/gold rattle - trap run on core rod. First time ever on Ontario[emoji2]

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