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08/18/2020 06:08PM  
I know there are lakes in the Boundary Waters that contain Lake Whitefish. Does anyone target this fish? I know people use nets in the fall to capture them. Does anyone have any tips for catching this fish. Any advice would be appreciated.
 
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08/18/2020 07:35PM  
best time i've experienced was a opener in SAK . they were bunch up below eddy falls feasting on the walleye spawn drifting out in the current. when we realized this we put the smallest piece of a twistertail on a bare hook(only had yellow) and just let the current take out the line and they would suck it right in .
definitely a different and timing type of application ;) but we batter fried them and they were excellent !
 
08/18/2020 07:59PM  
Caught them in Canadian Agnes in June when they were surface feeding on Mayflies. Used a small spinner. Fly fishing would of been awesome. We ate them and they were real good, the meat flaked off a little tho. No big deal. Whitefish are very slow growing and a 20 inch one could be like 45 years old.
 
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