​Tackle Recommendations

RODS & LINE:

• Medium to heavy casting or spinning rod 6 ½ – 7 ft. for Pike
• 14 - 25 lb. test monofilament or fluorocarbon for Pike and Lake Trout
  
• 40 - 80lb. test braid for Pike and Lake Trout
  
• Medium to light action with 6 – 8 lb. test for Walleye
  
• Light to ultra-light action with 4 – 6 lb. test for Speckled Trout
  
• Fly fishing: 9 weight for Pike, 5 – 7 weight for Walleye and Speckled Trout
  
• Steel leaders 9” – 12”  30- 45 lb. test with cross lock snaps
  
• Weights ¼ – ½ oz. also bead chain weights 1 oz. to 3 oz.
  

NORTHERN PIKE

• Single hooks, O’Shaughnessy style 4/0 & 5/0
  
• Single hooks, Gamakatsu Open Eye Siwash 6/0 - 8/0
  

Spinners:

• Spinners (white, black, chartreuse, yellow, fire tiger)
  
• Buzz Baits (white, black, chartreuse, yellow, black & white skirts), Buzz-N-Devle
  
• Z-Man Streakz, DieZel MinnowZ and SwimmerZ 5" - 10" length (Bad Shad, Sexy Penny, Gold Rush and Pearl)
• Using larger lures has produced many more fish. Adding a stinger hook with a rubber tube skirt increases the lure’s profile and adds action.
  

Crank Baits:

• Rapala, Husky Jerks (chrome/black, orange, clown, chrome/blue)
  
• Bomber Long A (chrome/ blue, chrome/black)
  
• Rippin Redfin (chrome/blue, chrome/black)
  
• Jointed Rapala (blue/white)
  

Spoons:

• Johnson Silver Minnow (chrome, gold later in the season)
  
• Daredevle Spoons (five of diamonds, red & white)
  
• Barney Spoons (frog, black, yellow, white)
  
• Doctor Spoon 3 ¼ & 4 ¼ (silver)
  
• Williams Wobbler Spoon (sizes 60–80)
  
• Williams Whitefish (sizes 70–80)
  
• Tip: Remove the treble hook and replace it with a single hook (Either 3/0 or 4/0). Adding a white Berkley Power Bait split-tail trailer has proven to increase success by adding action and scent while enhancing the lure’s profile. (White Mister Twister is also good.)  
  

WALLEYE

• ¼ – ½ oz. jigs (white, green, pink, black)
  
• Mister Twister 3” or 4” single tails (white, chartreuse, yellow, pink, black)
  
• Body Baits: Canadian Wigglers, Hot-N-Tots (chrome/black, orange, chrome/blue), Shad Raps, Rapala Husky Jerks (chrome/blue, orange, clown, chrome/black), Jointed Rapala (blue/white)
  

LAKERS

• Single hooks, O’Shaughnessy style 4/0 & 5/0
  
• Hot Fire Tiger, deep trolling
  

Spoons:

• Lucky Strike Half Wave (4 ½“ chrome/red & white)
  
• Eppinger/Daredevle Big Ed Flutter Chuck (6” – 8” chrome/blue)
  
• Husky Jr.
  
• Cop-E-Cat
  
• Blue Fox Pixee Spoon ½ oz. & 7/8 oz. (florescent, pink, yellow, black)
  
• Williams Whitefish (chrome)
  

Crank Baits:

• Luhr Jensen A.C. Plug (6” – 8”)
  
• Berkley Frenzy Pro Series Diver (8” – 10”)
  
• Tip: When fishing for Lakers, use split shot to get the desired trolling depth. At normal trolling speed a size 0 split shot will provide 6 ft. of depth and a size 1 split shot will provide 5 ft. of depth. Simply add or subtract split shot to adjust the lure depth. This will allow for easier rigging & more flexibility in comparison to using standard in-line sinkers.
  

Speckled Trout

• Blue Fox Pixee Spoons in orange, florescent, red
  
• Mepps Spinners & Vibrax spinners
  
• Muddlers Minnows, Modified Muddler, Marabou Muddler, Cadis Flies and flesh flies. Fly sizes # 4, 5 and 6.
  
• Worten’s Vibric Rooster Tail (¼ oz. black/yellow, Tiger Mylar) K/O Wobbler
  

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