hes going on a lakers/brookies only trip in may. his tackle selection is spartan....6 cleos and some panther martins. this made me re-think my lures for a later may Q trip. this is what im thinking, for a laker trip....

little cleos, 2 of each. blue/nickle, green/nickel, nickle.
deep thunder sticks, 2 of each. blue/silver, purple/silver.
shallow thunder sticks, 2, black/silver.

thinking a couple of silver vibrax spinners too.

good enough?

fine selection...just troll/use cranks beforehand and tune them so they troll straight.

I see you have some vibrax, but you should include a few #3 Mepps.

Bring a black and silver storm hot n tot! they work great for lakers, a lot of vibration and flare! and they are only $3.99

Just add a couple blue and silver 1/4 ounce or smaller Rattlin Rapalas and you will be complete.

Sounds good to me, I would maybe add one extra deep and shallow thunder stick in either perch,gold or chartreuse. I used a lot of shallow thunder sticks in perch before rapala bought them 10 years ago or so. They weren't as good when rapala changed the designs, then when they changed them back to the original designs they were money once more. Still one of my favourites.

Moonman

quote kanoes: "hes going on a lakers/brookies only trip in may. his tackle selection is spartan....6 cleos and some panther martins. this made me re-think my lures for a later may Q trip. this is what im thinking, for a laker trip....

little cleos, 2 of each. blue/nickle, green/nickel, nickle.
deep thunder sticks, 2 of each. blue/silver, purple/silver.
shallow thunder sticks, 2, black/silver.

thinking a couple of silver vibrax spinners too.

good enough?"

Jan, try little cleos in nickle/chartreuse and hammered nickle/blue. I have had good luck with both of these colors.

tony

If it were me, I'd throw in a couple of these- Rooster Tail spinners, in chartreuse and the biggest size you can find.
You probably don't want to mess with dead bait (don't know if you can even bring it in to Canada), but that's the sure-fire way of catching trout that time of year. Fish it on the bottom in 25-35 feet near a drop.
Or, you could just gillnet/poison/dynamite a sucker when you get there... ;)

You can't go wrong with a flutter spoon and a dipsy, although they may not be very deep when you go, but a few years ago it was a late spring water temp was in the low 40's and we caught plenty with the dipsy, and with deep diving taildancers purple irredescent color

final decision (minus the empty). i just cant go without jigs. the rattlin' raps are blue/chrome.

Very nice compact and complete package. Sure beats a suitcase for a tackle box. :)

You're good :-)

Looks good. Be sure and update on what caught and what didn't.

Every time I look at fishing gear I hear my grandpa's voice saying "that stuff's not made to catch fish... it's made to catch fishermen"

should work. ill take notes.