Walleye- most of the fish we are finding now are out pretty deep. 25 up to 40 feet. Jig and crawlers or pulling crankbaits worked the best for us, Deep running lures like the Salmo freedivers will get down to around 30-33 feet running 15lb flourocarbon at a troll speed of 2.1-2.2
Lake trout- Fish are out deep still for the most part. 125-140 FOW. Walleye hunter 3/4 ounce laker jigs and a 4.8” Kietech sightflash paddletail worked 8-12 feet off bottom were the deal for us
Pike-trolling crankbaits in 25-40 FOW produced the better fish for us this past week. We switched to more white or silver colors to match the schools of Cisco we were seeing especially early in the morning and had some better success
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