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ericinely
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2/3 oz Nickel Neon Blue, hands down
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cyclones30
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2/3 and whatever the rainbow trout-ish one is
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MacCamper
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Although not a Cleo, my go-to and most productive lure last spring was the blue/ white jointed floating Rap J-13. Based on my success, compared to my paddle partner’s, the blue unit was the deciding factor. Now I need to gat a Cleo or two. Nice trio of trout!
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ericinely
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bobbernumber3: "For those responding... are you casting or trolling?"
Both! Cleos are super versatile. I like to troll deep with them (25-40') over deep water (60-100+) to catch larger lake trout following schools of cisco/smelt or shallower along shorelines earlier in the year. They can also be effective vertical jigging in the winter or out of a canoe in the summer. If it's calm vertical, if its windy drift jigging to cover vast areas of water.
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bobbernumber3
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For those responding... are you casting or trolling?
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aholmgren
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3/4
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HighnDry
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aholmgren: "3/4
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I like the results! :)
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thegildedgopher
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I’ve caught lakers on 1/4, 2/5, 2/3, and 3/4 size cleos so I don’t know that size matters all that much. Most tackle shops only have one or two sizes so I take what I can get. Blue/silver and red/silver have been my best.
This past June on the Canadian side of Sag I had a nice pike follow a red/white 2/3 all the way back to the boat, got him with the ol figure 8! When he took it I only had a few feet of line out and we got to watch the whole thing clear as day. One of the cooler strikes I’ve witnessed.
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preacherdave
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What size and color are your preferences for fishing for lake trout?
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