Lake Trout Setup?

[Icemanvt]

What pound test do people use for lakers? Mono or fluoro?

[Jnoyes74]

I use 12 pound test fluoro line I use about a 6-7' leader with no weight and fish about 5-10' under the ice ice caught a lot of nice lakers that way

[tench]

6 or 8 lb fluoro, forget which but my leaders are 10 feet long.

[fishingidjit]

I tie a barrel swivel to my squid line run six feet of 12# fireline, add another barrel swivel and six more feet of fireline .Then a 8 inch fireline leader with a double hook for lacing(attached w/ball bearing snap swivel. These swivels help prevent line twist when a lot of line has been put or run out.

[Icemanvt]

As for #'s do you think 12# is necessary as considering spooking fish?  Feel like 6# would be to light for lakers.  Maybe 8 or 10?

[bigredonice]

tipups or jigging?   

[Icemanvt]

Both

[fishingidjit]

I'm using fireline which is much thinner in diameter than mono.

[Bailbuster]

5ft 20# mono 3/0 lacing hook 3/4 oz barrel sinker  dead bait on the bottom  then jig until the flags pop........

[bigredonice]

If I'm jigging, I like 6lb fireline main line with a 10lb flouro leader, tipups 8-12lb flouro depending on the size lake trout I am targeting.   

[adkmtnman76]

10 flouro 3-5 ft long  some right below the ice and some on bottom. depending on the depth of smelt balls

[pikeaddict]

As for #'s do you think 12# is necessary as considering spooking fish?

I've never known Lakers to be line shy.  Other trout species and salmon are a different story.  I wouldn't hesitate to use 12lb when targeting Lakers.

[gogetthegaff]

I've never known Lakers to be line shy.  Other trout species and salmon are a different story.  I wouldn't hesitate to use 12lb when targeting Lakers.

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[fishingidjit]

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I've never had a problem with my set-up catching salmon.Lot of 5# + fish over the years, size of bait seems to play a bigger role in landing salmon than your line. They don't have big mouths and don't like big bait IMHO.