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Mackdaddy, so you hook your tube jigs just like you would a smelt, one hook near the head and one in the middle?WW
WW,Since the lakers in my area hit rather... well.... mildly, I like to use a smaller single treble with 3 ft. X 20 lb. fluorocarb leader and a dead herring. I believe tip-up fishing with a leader that has a straight clean line to the single hook works best! A guide used by some ol' boys on Lake Superior was to use a hook that had a gap 1/2 the size of your bait width, (laying on a table.) Using 20 lb. fluorocarb is just a preference, you could go lighter, but I'm still after a 35+ fish, (not that you asked.) Hope this helps...
WW, You know I have the same thing with a lake in the area that has lakers. It's never targeted for them due to the lack of baitfish and lack of angler knowledge. They're smaller fish, but they feed on aquatic insects and stocked fry. I use a B-2 double glow squid on a 1/2 oz. jighead in 35 ft. of H20. I generally tip the jig with just a 1/2 fillet of herring and present it just off the bottom. If they show up on the graph, I'll stop working the jig, and they'll slurp it up! May work for you?