Chinook temp?

[fisherman279]

I just bought a fish hawk temperature probe. I mostly fish Lake Huron and Georgian bay. I'm not exactly sure what temp is best for the mature salmon I have heard anything from 44-58.

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[Sk8man]

One of the things that you will find as you go along is that chinooks may have a preferred temperature  range but when hunting food in the summer months especially they will go nearly anyplace temp wise and can be found way out of their expected range such as the ones you will see printed someplace. They are often found in the "ice water" of 42 -45 degrees down deep so consider the preferred temps as at best "guesstimates" in terms of real world fishing experience. Look for the marks on the screen and fish them hard and look for bait pods and fish around them hard rather than going by the preferred temp info and you'll probably be more successful

Edited July 25, 2016 by Sk8man

[GAMBLER]

Don't rule out colder and warmer.  Lately on Lake Ontario, I have been catching more kings in 40 -42 and 65-68 degree water.  Like Les said, fish the marks.  When you see really deep hooks in cold water, do not assume they are lakers!