Catching Lake Trout from a kayak using steel jigs Podcast

Hey guys i have been getting a lot of messages lately about catching lakers from a kayak. Here is a podcast I did on it a few weeks ago. Any feedback is always welcome. I hope it helps a few of you guys get on some good fish. There are a few methods that I also use that we didnt go over in the episode but primarily this is what I have been doing. Cheers


https://soundcloud.com/yaktactics/yaktactics-episodes-5-targeting-lake-trout-from-a-kayak

Good podcast! A couple suggestions: describe your jigging technique in more detail, and post pictures of some of your favorite jigs.

In lakes where there aren't a lot of lake trout, downrigger trolling is a great way to locate lake trout, because you can cover a lot of territory when trolling.  When I'm kayak fishing for lake trout, I spend most of my time downrigger trolling, and catch most of my lake trout while downrigger trolling.  But when I find a concentration of lake trout, I'll switch to jigging.

In lakes where there aren't a lot of lake trout, downrigger trolling is a great way to locate lake trout, because you can cover a lot of territory when trolling.  When I'm kayak fishing for lake trout, I spend most of my time downrigger trolling, and catch most of my lake trout while downrigger trolling.  But when I find a concentration of lake trout, I'll switch to jigging.

Are they always that small, or do they get bigger?    I don't know you Pete, and you don't know me. Was just to good to pass up. All joking aside, those are some gorgeous fish. You always post such awesome pics.

Thanks for the post. Nice podcast.

I enjoyed the podcast and the commentary from you and your friend.  I will need to check out some of your other podcasts.  Looks like you have a couple up there. 

Thanks for sharing the info and look forward to future podcasts.

Another suggestion for your podcast - discuss how you hold yourself stationary over the bottom while jigging for lake trout, lake whitefish, lings, or other bottom dwelling fish from a kayak.

I have difficulty holding myself stationary over the bottom when jigging from a paddle kayak, because I only have two arms.  One of my motivations for buying a pedal kayak many years ago was that I can point the bow of my kayak into the wind and pedal lightly to hold myself relatively stationary over the bottom.  I keep an eye on my fishing line and try to keep it vertical in the water.  If it starts angling off in some direction, I know that I'm moving.  I also zoom into the GPS screen of my fish finder as close as I can, and use that to guide my efforts to stay stationary over the bottom.

It can be difficult to tell what direction the wind is coming from.  Adding a wind direction indicator to your kayak will help you stay stationary over the bottom.  All you need is a streamer on a mast.  I posted a description of a simple wind direction indicator I made at http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=18212.msg195603#msg195603 .

Thanks for all the feedback guys! I am glad you liked the podcast!

Had an amazing day this week... we caught 24 fish between the two of us... I also pulled off a double from the kayak!