Marked a Monster

kawishiwi · 07-14-2015, 01:59 PM

For you Salmon/Trout hunters...I was playing with my new big lowrance depth finder with sidescan last Sunday looking at "stuff" related to finding bass in deeper water and I found fish arches, bait clouds, boulders, etc though couldnt get much to bite. Frustrated at low catch I drifted deeper looking at amazement at what must have been baitclouds when I marked the biggest arch yet seen. Twice the length of any other and it appeared, by itself, in sidescan. I am guessing a monster laker or are there other really large fish out there? Interesting it was at the base of a steep offshore drop, 30 ft down on a 33ft flat? Any ideas?

mattmass · 07-17-2015, 11:40 AM

Likely it was a Lake Trout. My son caught a monster Lake Trout early last week with the rigger set to 30 ft. so he was likely down 32-36ft. The Laker was 31" and 12 lbs. See separate post for pictures and details.

07-14-2015, 01:59 PM	#1
kawishiwi Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 519 Thanks: 227 Thanked 167 Times in 108 Posts	Marked a Monster For you Salmon/Trout hunters...I was playing with my new big lowrance depth finder with sidescan last Sunday looking at "stuff" related to finding bass in deeper water and I found fish arches, bait clouds, boulders, etc though couldnt get much to bite. Frustrated at low catch I drifted deeper looking at amazement at what must have been baitclouds when I marked the biggest arch yet seen. Twice the length of any other and it appeared, by itself, in sidescan. I am guessing a monster laker or are there other really large fish out there? Interesting it was at the base of a steep offshore drop, 30 ft down on a 33ft flat? Any ideas?

07-17-2015, 11:40 AM	#2
mattmass Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 28 Thanks: 4 Thanked 35 Times in 9 Posts	Lake Trout Likely it was a Lake Trout. My son caught a monster Lake Trout early last week with the rigger set to 30 ft. so he was likely down 32-36ft. The Laker was 31" and 12 lbs. See separate post for pictures and details.