We're fishing WCPP the first of June. I'm not a LT guy historically, but in the absence of SMB up there, thinking I better get it figured out!

I already have a handful of Taildancers and want to add a few spoons to my small box. Is there any sort of consensus on size/weight and color for spoons for LT that time of year?

I don't think there is any consensus, but I find the 2/3oz Little Cleos to be a nice size. I have red/gold and I think a blue/silver. The flashy ones are probably a good bet. I know QueticoMike often recommends a silver Dr. Spoon when he talks about using spoons. I really like the density of the Little Cleos but a larger profile might attract larger fish, so it's a balance between weight (to get the spoon deeper), and size.

If you are trophy hunting, get a Daredevle 4 1/2 inch spoon in nickle.

QueticoMike: "If you are trophy hunting, get a Daredevle 4 1/2 inch spoon in nickle."

it really is amazing with all the new lures out these days , the daredevil still, produces , i've had very good luck on the blk/wt(1oz) and the org/gold cleo 1.8oz ;)
to the O.P. june 1st , trolling open water with a spoon can be the ticket , or casting from camp , maybe a trophy pike too ??

I like the 3/4 or 1 ounce crocodile spoons and chrome blue red eye wobblers.

Silver and blue little Cleo and gold cast master spoon

All good suggestions. I’d also consider the Laker Taker. I initially tried it because of the name, but they lived up to the name. Thinner metal, so a larger profile for the same weight. Won’t cast into the wind as well as a Little Cleo though. It’s by Bay de Noc. Same company that produces the Swedish Pimple.

I’ve also had luck with in-line spinners if the LT are shallow and active. A Panther Martin seemed to work the best one day. Might be something that you already have.

Clarification/edit: I have used the Flutter Laker Taker, which is the thin spring brass with the bend near the hook. There is also a “normal” Laker Taker, which I have not tried.

Thanks much, all - very helpful, and feeling like I have a direction now!

3/4 oz much less drag than tail dancers

ParkerMag: "We're fishing WCPP the first of June. I'm not a LT guy historically, but in the absence of SMB up there, thinking I better get it figured out!

I already have a handful of Taildancers and want to add a few spoons to my small box. Is there any sort of consensus on size/weight and color for spoons for LT that time of year?"

I have no clue what your talking about. If u want big LT’s I use tuna in a can in a spawn sack.

Blue/silver or green/silver cleos for me.

Sutton spoons, using a jet diver or snap weight to get them down. The Laker Taker flutter spoon is also really good. The light weight flutter spoons really can be magical. For flat line trolling, I like little cleos a lot. For flat-line trolling for really big trout, I will upsize to large doctor spoons or loco spoons.

If the lake you are in has primarily small LT that are bug-feeders (lakes like Mountain, Daniels, etc.) down-sizing to 1/8 oz. little cleos and kastmaster spoons will up your number of strikes tremendously.

Wallski....hey I never thought of using tuna. With ciscoes no longer available. So do you use that as a set line from shore then? Do you add float material to get it off the bottom or just let it sit there? I would think that if you can get it deep enough that would be money for eel pout as well. How big of a sack do you make?

I use a half a dead medium sucker. But tuna is cheaper....

One year I experimented with floating my bait off the bottom. The two guys who didn't experiment caught all of the trout. I concluded that lakers expect their dead fish to lay on the bottom and won't hit an oddly suspended bait.

I have heard good things about the middle weight laker takers.

But, this discussion wouldn't be complete without mentioning the Williams Wobbler. That is what I put on when dinner is on the line.

seismicfish: "Wallski....hey I never thought of using tuna. With ciscoes no longer available. So do you use that as a set line from shore then? Do you add float material to get it off the bottom or just let it sit there? I would think that if you can get it deep enough that would be money for eel pout as well. How big of a sack do you make?"

Look up brad's superbait and super cut plugs. Big on the west coast for salmon guys. It's basically a lure with a chamber that you stuff with canned tuna (or any number of more expensive alternatives offered by fishing companies). I know guys who fish LT on Superior and swear by these but I have no idea how well they'd work in the BWCA.