I think my next quest is to catch either some specks, or whitefish
Merv u seem to have it down!!!
I have only fished specks once in the summer and lost one right at shore!! So I am clueless when it comes to them!!
All I know is they hang pretty shallow and still lines and quiet are ur friends how do they bite a champ or small bait???
yeah they do i have caught them in 3 to 6 inches of water as long as they have enough room to swim for the bait they will go there
lol but i usually try and keep my lines around 2-5 feet of water. The being quiet thing is an old wives tale, they seem to bite either way i seen them bite cause you drilled a new hole or ran the snowmachine to check the lines running to get the line but every once in awhile they may get spooked if you make a noise right above the hole. for bait i use live minnows either a med to large(2"-3") depends on what size I'm going for.
here's a pic of my rig
i use a gamatzue hook i believe its a #4 with 10lbs lead line to the flasher and i have a hybrid line which is 30lbs test the size of 12lbs test, when i hook the minnow i hook it right below the dorsal fin on the minnow.
hope that helps yeah vexslayer good luck and tight lines
Merv
This is a couple of hours worth of fishing i did last year on my trip we got splake, lakers and specs we got a total of around 150 fish in 4 days amongst us.
