Newbie looking to bag first Laker any help

[fquattro]

Looking to bag my first Laker heard you need to fish off bottom can anyone give me any idea's ? Spoons with flashers or no flashers or cowbells peanuts? Do I use the same spoons as I would for Salmon any info appreciated

[LongLine]

I inadvertently catch them with spoons. More bottom oriented than the other species. I;d suggest that you do a search of earlier threads on Lakers . Should be plenty o f good reading there.

Tom B.

(LongLine)

[maxfit]

Cowbells are great, but not always needed. Put a few magnum glow spoons down 2-10 ft of fthe bottom. Troll 1.8-2.1, this should get you a few.

[stan]

fquattro

Out west here we run big stick baits, like the cisoc kid wranglers. Once they have gone

to the bottom about the only way I know that works great is to Jig for them . Of course

That is here in Oregon and California

[FX]

Where will you be fishing for them?

Shawn

[jason]

set your down riggers 5' above the bottom when your fishing. run your leads no longer then 10' as lakers are lazy fish. go slow 1.5 to 2.4 mph, as you find fish on the bottom put your boat in neutral. let your spoons flutter down for 10 sec put boat in gear. this should help works for me.

[nbajack70]

I like to troll kwikfish a few cranks off the bottom. Once I locate a decent ammount of fish, I'll sit on um and jig or drop minnows on there head.