Hey everyone, I have never fished for Lakers and would like some advice on what lures are best and how to set them up. I am heading up to Sag in mid June so any advice about where to fish that lake would be great too. How deep they are, etc.

Pretty much anything you can spare. Thanks

Lakers are easy/hard to catch. They prefer such cold water, that the time when they are shallow enough for conventional methods(trolling cranks) is short. However, they have a very large sight window, so trolling a deep crank (20ft. plus) in the middle of the summer might produce.
That said, troll deep cranks(SR9 shad Rap..100ft. of line, gets 20ft. deep) across deep areas(topo map). White, silver, color not an issue. Location is the key...Look on topo map, windy bank that is a steep dropoff? KILLER!!!
Formula: wind..plankton..baitfish..deep water
Predators go where food is, within their comfort zone
By the way, Laker filets over Birchwood coals are 'da bomb!!!

This year mid-June the fish might not be that deep yet. I would try some deep diving crankbaits like Rapala troll to 20 and some spoons trolled slow and deep - at least 20 feet down. Those fish will probably be relating to deep water so I would look for the areas of water on the lake that are more than 30 feet deep.

Last year I did pretty well at the same time trolling over the deep holes with a big taildancer. Color was key! I was the only one of the three of us to catch trout, even though we were all fishing TD's. We couldn't buy a fish shallow.

flutter spoons over deep water with a keel sinker in mid-June should work fine. look for water >60' deep with structure. Troll deep and slow, 1-1.5 mph. Sinker should be 4oz, but 2oz is ok and easier to find. Troll on the calm side of the lake... the theory here is that cool water rises on the calm side of the lake as surface water is blown off to the windy side. I am not real sure on that, but slow trolling is much easier without wind. No need to start at the break of day, we have better luck mid-morning.

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Try to go earlier in the year if possible when water temps are cooler. Just makes it easier to locate them in shallower water. Trolling with DR Spoons has always been the ticket for us. The is a legend about Cache Bay in early spring.. casting smaller spoons in 5 ft of water by the rock faces. Lots of lakers

I've had best success verticle jigging in the 20 to 30' range over deep water with Cleos or a heavy bucktail jig tipped with anything that has fish scent. Raise your rod tip high, let it down slow popping it a few times on the way down. Keep tension on the line. Many times they will bump it, then go back for the grab. Don't waste time when you feel a hit. These aren't bass or walleye. As soon as you feel 'em, cross their eyes.