Fishing Lake Michigan Milwaukee Lure Presentation
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Written By - Captain Jim Hirt - 05/24/2007 |
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last several articles we covered some options for spring
presentation with a focus on temperature, planer boards,
lines, terminal tackle and lure selection. If you would
be interested in this information, contact Southeastern
Wisconsin Outdoor Guide for back issues.
Let\'s continue with lure selection, colors, boat speed,
and lure action for spring. The cold water slows down
the metabolism of the fish; this in turn requires you to
slow down your presentation. I select lures that are
small and work well at slower than normal boat speeds.
Your adjustment to these variables is different
depending on the preferred temperature of the target
species. Brown trout like the warmest water of the five
game fish in Lake Michigan. They are looking for above
60-degree water. When you find 60 plus water, fish them
as you would in summer. Below 60 degrees the way you
fish should be adjusted.
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Most Browns will be found in the top 20 feet of water
where bright lures should be best.
Please read article #4 for
break down of color by light.
I slow my boat speed to below 1.5 mph. The small lures
become very effective and run well at this speed. Does
your boat troll at 1.0 to 4.5 mph? If it doesn\'t, you
will find it difficult to produce all the types of fish
in all types of conditions.
Most boats have trouble trolling slowly. When I
purchased my new boat, the Blue Max with two 454
engines, trolling slowly was a problem for me. I then
added a drift sock to slow down my presentation. Without
this tool you will not be successful every trip out. If
you adjust the idle down too low on your motor, you will
most likely have spark plug fouling or worse. |
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Slow trolling is the way to go in spring or any time the
water temperature is below the temp range of the fish
you are after. In spring keep it slow, small and bright
to increase your catch.
Note don\'t forget to sharpen those hooks.
In the next article I will go into hook types,
sharpening techniques and the pros and cons of trebles
vs. singles.
