WHITE FISH ON Sylvan Lake

[EGGPLANT]

Fished a couple times over the last two weeks at Sylvan with a small hook and maggot combo with NO success!!. You can see the whitefish picking at something in the weeds on the bottom and totally ignoring the maggots?? I was thinking fresh water shrimp?? Bottom line I suck RRRRR any suggestions to help catch whitefish at Sylvan ??? Thanks in advance

[Hueston]

2 or 4 ft. Of water yellow wire worm

[mikevv]

Gold bottom thumper

[Battery]

Haha I know the frustration. We saw a ton of them on the cam but couldnt even get them to look at our hooks.

[Mitchthefisher]

Stop using camera's for whites you will just make them spook even easier than they already do. Try a wireworm without the maggot i get more hookups this way. Keep trying different wireworms till you find whats working. Fish in 4-6Fow.

[buckmaster]

Originally Posted by Mitchthefisher

Stop using camera's for whites you will just make them spook even easier than they already do. Try a wireworm without the maggot i get more hookups this way. Keep trying different wireworms till you find whats working. Fish in 4-6Fow.

X2, whites are camera shy...

[BPman]

Try brass or copper Wetaskiwin Spoons. Bounce them on the bottom, raise up a foot or so to flutter down then let hang motionless 2" - 4" off bottom for 10 - 15 seconds. They will grab it while hanging motionless or as you raise it off bottom. Gave up on wire worms with or without bait several years ago. In past years we have found 8' - 13' seem best this time of year and especially try to locate where burbot spawn for the next few weeks as the whites congregate there to scavenge burb eggs.

[BEL]

Get some gold or silver bells from Castaway in Sylvan. Bounce them off the bottom, no weeds, just sand or dirt. Instructions as to how to use them can be obtained at the store. they have Wetaskiwins also. Very good lures to use at this time of year. BEL

[dodger]

Get Speckle55 to comment. We all know who the AO Whitefish whisperer is.

Dodger

[honker_clonker]

How is the ice at Sylvan? Haven't heard/been by there lately. An update would be greatly appreciated.

[Winch101]

Been there once only .....old guy gave us a couple of spoons ,murdered
Them . We had a camera ,interesting deal , they tried to pin it down
You pick them up on the up jig .

[Jaanders]

Heading out tomorrow. Where is a good spot on Sylvan for whities. Is it better at Gull? What does a Wetaskiwin spoon look like? Thanks.

[freddy27]

Agreed whitefish are camera shy, so what I did was go to an aquarium shop, I bought some artificial weeds and wrapped it around the camera head and 3 feet of the cord. I still tend to put the camera about 8 feet away but has definitely helped. Before that I could not get them to come close.

[Hunter Trav]

Originally Posted by honker_clonker

How is the ice at Sylvan? Haven't heard/been by there lately. An update would be greatly appreciated.

Was out last weekend, ice is very good still...

[EGGPLANT]

Thanks for the good advice Im going to try all three suggestions. What about time of day has anyone had more success in low light vs mid day kind of thing? Or is it fairly random?

[Mitchthefisher]

I think its random, on monday i caught all my whites in late afternoon and yesterday caught them all during the first 30minutes of light.

[Stinky Buffalo]

Originally Posted by Jaanders

What does a Wetaskiwin spoon look like?

https://www.thefishinhole.com/index....oduct&se=23176

[Jaanders]

Thanks stinky. Caught a couple burbs today on gold bottom bouncers. 8 fow. Dirt bottom. A couple questions for the pros. What habitat do burbs like. Weeds, sand? Do they have bad vision? Both burbs today seemed to have trouble finding the hook. Thinking of heading over to rr23. Is it Sandy over there. Thanks again.

[Speckle55]

I agree with the 2# post ( I use brass)

presentation

color

time

line of travel



http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=246725

and on the camera shy ..I use this


as always this is

Food for Thought

David