Catching Whitefish From Shore
Hey fellow AO,
Is it possible to catch lake whitefish from shore during open water? What sort of technique do you use? Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Late May and June they seem to favor the dams of the irrigation lakes. Wire worm under a boober will take them. Fly fishing choronomids under a boober works very well, as do caddis imitations if the caddis are coming off.
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Not that I have put in much effort targeting them but I have caught a few with a fly rod from shore but only after seeing others do it with a float and wire worm
So it’s possible but can’t give much advice with my little experience doing so |
These mini-Mr. Twisters with a 1/16 or 1/32 oz jig head (Cdn Tire sell them) work on Sylvan.
Early Spring just after ice out & late Fall are the best times when Mr. White is in the shallows. Try to fish an area where there's lots of broken up rock with some depth, such as off the downtown main pier or around the Marina, Lighthouse Park area (old water slides), you'll still need to use a bobber to cast them out & work your jig back without getting snagged up. I've caught lots with no bait, but if you can find some pink mags, it would help. Give them a try, wish you all the best. Edit: The season opens here on May 15th. https://i.imgur.com/eAAz0sZ.png https://i.imgur.com/6dqj8R5.png D. https://i.imgur.com/KPpkCoC.jpg https://i.imgur.com/FrWyMTy.jpg . . |
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Thanks piker! Just an ordinary slip bobber? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Thanks Zip! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Tough to get a good hookset espicially from shore with a bobber of any sort. Best to do a super slow retrieve to keep the slack to a minimum and a long rod and quick set. Yer gonna miss a ton of them and get bites you don't know you even had but that's fishin whites for ya. Every lake is different and every day is different it seems.
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Thanks pikeman. Slow retrieve with a bobber or without? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
I wonder how Ghost res would be at that time of year. I never bother fishing there but might not be bad if the whites come in some place close to shore.
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Painfully slow with bobber. More to keep tension on the line than anything. No more than 4 ft or so below I use the tiny bobbers and my favorite wire worm which is tough to cast. Sometimes put a tiny split shot just below my bobber just to give some weight to cast. Slip bobbers don't "slip" very well with little to no weight I just use the old red and white clip ons a little bigger than a dime in diameter. It's still tough tho from shore.
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I have been shore fishing in Travers and McGregor(north and south side). Float with red wire worm. The keys are the time(early morning or late afternoon) and the depth of the float setting which you need to find out.
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Does someone have a picture of the "Pink Mag" or is it just a pink twister.
I might be able to copy it. |
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Thanks all, I can't wait to give this a try! Hoping to have some luck with this technique in May!
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North dam and south end by the bridge in McGregor. Around the parking lot and the boat launching area in Travers |
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I target them in open water using slip bobbers in around 20ft depending on the time of year and lake. But I've seemed to have more luck catching them with leeches when I'm targeting walleyes haha.
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I echo what others are saying here. Not an easy endeavor from shore. I've successfully done it at Sylvan with chest waders in early season - water is colder. But even a boat that get you out another 100 feet is a difference maker. You are very limited from shore. Unless the Res' down south are steep at shore...
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Thanks FFJ! Hoping to put your advice to good use in another month and a bit! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Thanks for all the tips to help a whitefish noobie!
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Thanks piker! I’ll focus around dams and change up wire worms and some caddies larvae. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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out here u can catch them off the docks
use a bobber or indicator then a wire worm or nymph here is how I fly fish them .. I have chest waders to get out deeper both from shore or boat the way to get them is slowly twitch it in then cast out and do it again if windy leave it to bob up and down spring is best but u can catch all summer long in spots here is some pictures of summer catches on Blood worms/ SJW David:) |
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