fishing trip to brown bear lake, ontareo

Question
Sammy my buddies and I are going on a trip to brown bear lake fishing for smallies, pike, wallie and lake trout,ect.The date we leave is June 8th 2012. We all know large mouth bass,and crappie fishing well, but never fish these waters.Could you give me some tips on what to take as far as tackle, line size, rods, and tips to fish them. They will drop us off for a week, and I know I not going to know everything I'll need for this much time or just the unknown items that you might help with. Thanks in advance for all that you can help with. Mark from Arkansas.

Answer
Mark,

I would like to start off by saying that I am extremely jealous because that trip sounds awesome. Like you said, you know bass and crappie so I will just say that for those fish, make sure you bring lures that will cover a variety of actions that will depend on the behavior of the fish (depends on time of day, weather, etc.) Bring Spinners and spinnerbaits for active fish, cranks and jerks for medium active fish, and rubber worms (yamamoto, gulp, etc.) for less active fish that are deep in cover. Jigs work well for this too. For pike you are going to want spinners and spinnerbaits that are the same as your bass ones, and larger. Also, you should bring topwater (I like buzzbaits) for pike on flats or in shallow lagoons. I don't fish walleye much but I know that most walleye anglers like jigging for them with product such as Gulp Alive. Lake trout are a really challenging fish to catch if you don't have a downrigger. If you have a downrigger, you will trawl for them and cover a large area of water. If not, you will have to rely on your fishfinder and jig for them in deep holes. For laker, there is no such thing as a hole too deep. I like jigging for them with larger Swedish Pimples or lures similar to that because as they fall and bounce off of structure, they vibrate, drawing the attention of the fish. Don't go crazy with buying new poles and such because for fishing all of these fish you can pretty much only need a few poles. For bass use 5.5 to 6.5 medium to medium-heavy action poles with about a 6-12 pound test. For walleye you can use that or if you have a slightly longer jigging pole with a weighted base and 8-14 pound test. For pike you can still use your bass set up or use a 6.5-7.5 foot medium-heavy action pole. For lunker pike make sure you have a STEEL LEADER, and with Lakers. For Lakers I would suggest a heavier pole depending on how you fish for them and up to 20 lb test. Don't forget the STEEL LEADER. I hope I covered what you needed. If you have more question please feel free to ask.

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Slammin' Sammy