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Best Trolling Plug: Yakima FlatFish. Most Versatile: Bondy Bait Junior. Best Soft Plastic: Lunker City SwimFish. Best Jigging Spoon: Berkley Vibrato. Best Trolling Spoon: Wolverine Tackle Silver Streak Spoon. Best Crankbait: Rapala Scatter Rap Minnow. Best for Ice Fishing: Berkley PowerBait 3.5 inch Power Tube. How to Choose a Lake Trout Lure.
Discover the best lures to tempt trophy lake trout. Crankbaits, jigs and spinnerbaits included, along with a DEADLY soft plastic swimbait
When it comes to lake trout jigging, our testing revealed that the best types of lures to use for lake trout are jigging spoons, tube jigs, hair jigs, and jig heads rigged for lake trout with oversized plastic swimbaits.
The best lake trout jigging lures to use are extra large jigging spoons and tube jigs (all the way up to 6 oz.). When it comes to targeting lakers, you really shouldn’t be shy about using oversized lures, since they often feed on big forage.
If your lake is clear and you’re looking to reel in some big trout, you’ll need to find some more realistic options than traditional trout lures. It’s easy to match your prey fish, or trout species, when picking out a Lunkerhunt Straight Up Fishing Jig.
LURES AND TOOLS FOR JIGGING LAKE TROUT. My favorite lure for vertical jigging is my signature series Nervous Minnow from Daddy Mac Lures. The Nervous Minnow in blue is a jointed blade-style spoon that closely resembles the size and profile of the rainbow smelt that lake trout are often feeding on.
Soft plastics are the ultimate lake trout lures. They can be trolled, cast and retrieved, or jigged. They have life-like, big angry lake trout-attracting movements at no matter what speed they’re fished, which means they can produce an absolute hog of a laker whenever and however they are fished.