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Geezle
11-28-2010, 07:07 PM
Since I haven't really fished for them much, I was just wondering if anybody can shed some light on roughly where (depth-wise) I'd start looking for rainbows this time of year.

I've been out for brookies a few times recently and they're in really shallow, but the same lake also has rainbows in it, but I haven't seen any, so I'm assuming they're somewhere deeper.

Gracias :)

burbotman14
11-28-2010, 07:13 PM
The last few times I have been ice fishing for rainbows I was fishing in 15-20 feet of water on a drop off. What depth are you fishing for brookies?

maclennanchris
11-28-2010, 07:24 PM
Dude I was catchin them in 5 fow today

burbotman14
11-28-2010, 07:30 PM
I would say start in about 8 feet and work your way deeper. One day last year I was fishing in about 5 feet of water for 3 hours and caught 4 rainbows. Then I moved to 12 feet of water and caught 12 in 30 minutes. They can be shallow but I seem to find more them a little deeper, but it depends on the lake too.

Albertafisher
11-28-2010, 07:46 PM
The last few times I have been ice fishing for rainbows I was fishing in 15-20 feet of water on a drop off. What depth are you fishing for brookies?

I caught brookies today in 4-6 feet of water.

Geezle
11-28-2010, 07:55 PM
The last few times I have been ice fishing for rainbows I was fishing in 15-20 feet of water on a drop off. What depth are you fishing for brookies?

Way shallow...3-4 FOW.


Last time I caught rainbows through the ice we were probably at in at least 7-9.

Guitarplayingfish
11-28-2010, 08:28 PM
depends on the lake.. I have caught them from 5 FOW to about 20 FOW, with my biggest rainbow at about 15 feet.

Sundancefisher
11-29-2010, 03:30 PM
depends on the lake.. I have caught them from 5 FOW to about 20 FOW, with my biggest rainbow at about 15 feet.

Chain Lakes... 11 - 12 feet of water...hook 3 feet off bottom.

Bigtoad
11-29-2010, 04:50 PM
I usually fish them in 4-8 feet of water mostly because I have a shack and get most of my kicks from watching them come in. I've often tried deeper thinking the grass might be greener, but it seldom is; at least not enough for me to keep fishing in the deeper and not being able to see them as well.

If the water you're fishing has brookies and rainbows, the rainbows might be in deeper just staying away from the brookies because they seem pretty territorial right now at spawning time. The opposite might be true when it's spring and the rainbows are spawning?

Cheers.

burbotman14
11-29-2010, 09:41 PM
I agree, the rainbows for the most part probably don't mix with the brookies this time of year so they are probably a little deeper.

mudbug
11-29-2010, 10:22 PM
Start at 15 ' and work your way up :)

You'll know when you hit the right depth :character0053:

Geezle
11-30-2010, 06:43 AM
I agree, the rainbows for the most part probably don't mix with the brookies this time of year so they are probably a little deeper.

I should have said that I'm speaking just in general terms. If I'm going specifically for rainbows I'll hit one of the little ponds closer to home, instead of the brookie lake :)

Thanks for all the input guys :)