Lake Trout – Best Bait & Lures

Lake Trout in Golden Ridge Reserve

Hook size: B#4, B#3, S#2, S#1, G#1/0, G#2/0, G#3/0, D#4/0

Habitats: Shallow Lake, Deep Lake

Traits: Last Stand, Hard Fighter

Baits and lures that catch Lake Trout in Golden Ridge Reserve

Lures (spinning / baitcasting)

• Spoon (retrieve: Constant)
• Spinner (retrieve: Constant)
• Jerkbait (retrieve: Stop and Go, Twitching, Constant)
• Crankbait (retrieve: Constant, Twitching)

Soft plastics on a jighead

• Tube (retrieve: Jigging, Twitching)
• Worm (retrieve: Jigging)
• Grub (retrieve: Jigging, Constant, Twitching)
• Shad (retrieve: Constant, Stop and Go, Twitching, Jigging)

Feeder / bottom bait

• Artificial Corn - Yellow
• Corn (throwable)

Groundbait / other

• Pro Performance (throwable)

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Other fish in Golden Ridge Reserve: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brook Trout, Burbot, Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Freshwater Drum, Golden Trout, Green Sunfish, Kokanee Salmon, Largemouth Bass, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Ohrid Trout, Rainbow Trout, River Carpsucker, Rock Bass, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Signal Crayfish, Smallmouth Bass, Tiger Muskie, Walleye, White Crappie, Yellow Perch