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Really depends on cover your fishing and tecnique. If you're pitching or flipping heavy cover and need to horse fish out, I'd use 17-25 lb test on baitcasting gear. For spinning reels and lighter finnesse tactics (small worms, jigs, live bait) 6-8 lb test is fine. In real clear water you may have to...

Mostly interested in smallmouth, pike, and walleye.

Muskie would be a bonus.

Want good boats, decent cabins, and good hosts.

Thanks,

R

Yes; the boat has a depth / fish finder. The lodge owner says he can put me on the deeper areas holding fish. It sounds like they're just tougher to catch in the deeper water. He says they are much easier to catch in 6-8 ft, so I'm really curious what you would do to get them to bite in 15-20 ft (lu...

I like hair jigs, bitsy bugs, and tubes myself.

Your thoughts?

I'm heading up to Ontario (Dryden area) for a trip next week. Called the lodge, and the report is that the smallies have gone deep (15-25ft) due to unseasonably hot weather. Anyone offer tips on how to catch them deep? Normally down here, we can catch them on jigs, tubes, carolina rigged finesse wor...