Tahoe MBF??

I'm DOWN for a trip up!  What set up do you attempt to use on those monsters?
Trevala?  Badarka? Avet?    or some spin gear?  we don't down-rig...do we?

Next week is good for me!!  Friday for a pre-hunt?  is there car camping?
Rooms on the beach is cool too!   
One of those Mac's would look Real_Sweet! NEXTtoMEandaMOUTHEDknife! .........on stand by!

Just to get your blood pumping http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/22/SPO215E1BT.DTL

too bad they spelled the name of GST's boat wrong - its the PT-not the PY-109

St Denis posts on the sniffer. He caught a big Mac a few weeks ago that had like 5 planter bows inside its stomach! How cool would it be to catch a hitchhiking mac?!!!

Wow, I never even considered Tahoe this winter. That would be great  . Presidents Day would probably work, as would others. We went out with Gene Genie last winter and it was the coldest I have even been in my entire life; the water was freezing instantly when is splashed on the windshield of the boat. I did get a nice mack tho'. GSD made me stand outside on the deck to get a better shot. He's a cheeky sadist that one. He had to pour boiling water on me afterwards^*. I was like Han Solo in carbonite.

It would be great to be out there in warmer weather macking on the yak.



* This part not actually true. Tho' it might have been nice.

I'm DOWN for a trip up!  What set up do you attempt to use on those monsters?
Trevala?  Badarka? Avet?    or some spin gear?  we don't down-rig...do we?

I haven't tried lake trout in the winter.  In the summer they are deep and you can troll for them with a down rigger, but I've had better luck jigging for them.  Use your rock fishing rig (spectra with a  topshot) with small 2-3 oz iron jigs.  I like my jigs with a bit of glow in the dark/white.

Brian

I'm DOWN for a trip up!  What set up do you attempt to use on those monsters?
Trevala?  Badarka? Avet?    or some spin gear?  we don't down-rig...do we?

I haven't tried lake trout in the winter.  In the summer they are deep and you can troll for them with a down rigger, but I've had better luck jigging for them.  Use your rock fishing rig (spectra with a  topshot) with small 2-3 oz iron jigs.  I like my jigs with a bit of glow in the dark/white.

Brian

Thanks Bri!  I'm reading about Jiggin for them in a magazine....says the same thing you did.   
*BFTS*

Hey FH... think of them as freshwater lings and fish'em the same way.  I wouldn't know first hand, since I've never caught one, but that's what Freddie and Stu have done successfully in the past.

you sure make it sound simple Champ!  I may just have to play dumb-noob on this trip!
BETTERINGmyODDSinCATCHINGone.  

Yeah, I too have no clue what to do for catching the macks.  Was told to jig a minnow with a glowing bead ahead of the hook, like a striper rig in 120FOW or more.  Bring your minnow traps, I know that much from Tote's help last year!

Whats the general concesnous on where to stay/launch then? 

I'm more than likely in!

Jigging for macks isn't all that hard as long as you can find them. Standard rock fishing gear will do. You can also topline for them. Jigging is the easiest though. I remember the first time I yakked Tahoe. Stuie told me it'll be easy... he was right. It was a great day on the Lake.



Hope to be there with you guys...

Freddie

  I love to fish Tahoe.  Let me know when and where.  Ryan

WX are looking not fun for this weekend....maybe?     

B's got some good tips. Here's an article on the subject some dorky yakfisherman wrote: http://openpub.realread.com/rrserver/browser?title=/MIP/NS1-09-1024

Page 48 in the magazine viewer.

Z

Thanks Z!...that's a sweet mag....i like how you can view it/control. it sure reads like it is easy, finding them is the tough part i'm sure.