Well.... I'm kinda new to this lake myself, but I've been up there twice and did fair so here goes. As far as I know, it's stocked with rainbow trout and there's a healthy population of puppy lake trout. I don't know what other kinds of trout there are tho. The last time I went up, my girlfriend caught a hefty one. That was like last Tuesday. There were many small macks (bout 14" to 20") surfacing and gulping bugs off the surface near shore (and til that day, I always thought mackinaw don't do that stuff) so maybe bring a fly rod if you're "fly-fishing competent."
Some of them gulped bugs right next to my boat and I clearly saw that they were macks. For some reason.. For as many as I saw the last time I went, I didn't get many hits as the 1st time I went when nothing was surfacing... Hence, the fly rod.
What worked for me was pitching big white tube jigs torwards points and stuff. Some hit like as soon as the lure would drop in I'm guessing 5 to 10 ft of water. Some hit as I worked the thing back to the boat. Well...... That's pretty much all I know. I'm sure some more seasoned mackinaw hunters will help you with better tips and whatnot. Oh yeah and...... Prepare to lose a bunch of lures to snags.. And prepare to retrieve a bunch of fishing line. I reeled up like two or three wads, but I stashed them in my grocery trash bag that I brought along. It sucks to get that stuff caught in your prop as I learned up there. Hope you do the same..
Good luck.. Catch fish.. Take pictures.. And post a report..
1eyeReD
Some of them gulped bugs right next to my boat and I clearly saw that they were macks. For some reason.. For as many as I saw the last time I went, I didn't get many hits as the 1st time I went when nothing was surfacing... Hence, the fly rod.
What worked for me was pitching big white tube jigs torwards points and stuff. Some hit like as soon as the lure would drop in I'm guessing 5 to 10 ft of water. Some hit as I worked the thing back to the boat. Well...... That's pretty much all I know. I'm sure some more seasoned mackinaw hunters will help you with better tips and whatnot. Oh yeah and...... Prepare to lose a bunch of lures to snags.. And prepare to retrieve a bunch of fishing line. I reeled up like two or three wads, but I stashed them in my grocery trash bag that I brought along. It sucks to get that stuff caught in your prop as I learned up there. Hope you do the same..
Good luck.. Catch fish.. Take pictures.. And post a report..
1eyeReD