What is the best lure for salmon fishing in a lake?
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This weekend I’m going to a lake stocked with Broodstock Atlantic Salmon. The DEP stocked about 150-200 of these salmon in 2007 because the water was too low in another river. I’m wondering what the best lure for catching these kind of salmon would be. The weather will be partly cloudy with a chance of showers and the temperature will be around 70 degrees. Any help will be appreciated. I choose best answer.
Well if your stuck only using lures then go for spoons with bright orange patterns and then try spinners. Salmon do not usually cruise around the water column, they are bottom dwellers in lakes. and rivers. Tapping the lure on the bottom or close to it you are more likely to attract attention. There are plenty or commercial scents available to attract Salmon but make sure you can use them. Some places you are not allowed to use bait and scent is considered a bait.
If you can use bait I would try roe. It is sold in the sporting good store in the freezer usually. Use a roe knot and 12 to 15 lb. leader.
Have fun!
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March 8th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Well if your stuck only using lures then go for spoons with bright orange patterns and then try spinners. Salmon do not usually cruise around the water column, they are bottom dwellers in lakes. and rivers. Tapping the lure on the bottom or close to it you are more likely to attract attention. There are plenty or commercial scents available to attract Salmon but make sure you can use them. Some places you are not allowed to use bait and scent is considered a bait.
If you can use bait I would try roe. It is sold in the sporting good store in the freezer usually. Use a roe knot and 12 to 15 lb. leader.
Have fun!
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I love to fish!
March 8th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
If you can use bait troll a sewn on smelt. Its the salmon’s preferred forage in most lakes in Maine and New Hampshire. Its quite possible that fish stocked 2 years ago have been caught but there will be other fish in the lake.
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