Henderson lakers

[Little Crappie]

Thanks to a couple helpful members on here I was actual able to catch some lakers. I took a buddy who's new to lake O and we had a blast. 80-150ft was producing. Took my first double ever. Everytime I'd get close to putting my dipsy rods out my downriggers would fire. Only left because I had the wife's purse in my truck... Maybe that was a good thing lol.

[blingbones]

awesome

[Chas0218]

Good deal! Glad to see you boated some fish.

Sent from the awesomeness of Chas!

[Guidewayneo]

Nice work. I am hoping to get up that way myself in 2 weeks.

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[Chas0218]

I will be up this weekend until july 5th you guys use the marine vhf radios?

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[Little Crappie]

Thanks! Yea, I'm new to the whole VHF thing, now how bout them salmon?

[Guidewayneo]

I do have one on the boat I just bought and if I am on the lake it will be on. I might be out there Friday but after that I won't be on the water again until july first.

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[Xxx]

Great job little crappie, I'm so pleased with the folks on this site to help you out. I'm from the Poconos  in PA. and I go out of Henderson also, I did not get up fishing this year yet   should get up in a few weeks!! But what I'm trying to say is we always targeted Lakers I could not figure out why they called them grease chickens, and what ever else they could think of. I'm looking for a 20#er I know there out their and that's one for the wall. I have a 12.75#  32 inch walleye that came out of Canada and a 46 inch Northern on the wall and I caught a 23# Laker that someone stole out of the freezer up in Canada, so I thought that if I caught one 20# I would take a picture and get a replica made, as I'm all about catch and release now that I'm older and understand more about life and preserving nature. I taught my kids the same practice, catch and release, and you can only shoot a deer once and it's over for that animal where as in fishing putting it back gives someone else a shot at fighting that same fish, and they understand that very well. Fishing Henderson is very productive for lakers. I've caught them on just about every lure, but cow bells with a peanut or a spin&glow .1.5 mph on a south troll and .09 on a north troll on the bottom. I rigged a 4# ball under my rigger ball with 3ft 50# leader so I'm bouncing bottom and my rig is at least 3 feet off the bottom. I use torpedo weights so I drilled a hole through the weight from top to bottom ran the leader through the weight and extended it 3ft below the weight and fastened the 4# ball. I used a very large swivel on the top so I can remove the small ball when not fishing lakers. Good luck and tight lines to you PAP. 

[John Kelley]

Good job, man!

[sufan22886]

The big guys r out there, we got 20lb laker and 2 16s out there on Saturday. Going out on Saturday hopefully to find a salmon and some browns but if things go slow laker land is where we will end up

[Little Crappie]

Here's a question? Why do people hate lakers?

[flyboy7]

   

[sufan22886]

Not sure, I mate on a charter boat and thank god for the lakers some days, if they weren't there some days would be real tough. I think ppl don't like them because there easier to catch and there not a salmon lol

[blingbones]

there hooked on salmon that's y. to most of them its like catching a carp.

[bettieanne]

Not muc of a fight compard to a mature salmon.They tend to 'drag' in.