Big Lake Trout in Horse Lake and Learning how to Jig for Them

We caught some big lake trout in Horse Lake while learning how to jig for them. Time for a bigger net. Here's our video:

https://youtu.be/53MKf66rrBo

great fun! What's the deal with the tags?

Awesome vid, the kids will remember that forever and you will too. Love your videos.

Love the video Ben!
Those memories will one day be "the good old days"

Nice to see the boys get so much excitement and enjoyment from hooking up with those lakers.

How did you find the condition of them in Horse Lake? To me it seems lakers have a tendency to be soft fleshed and don't eat well fresh. That may be because of location though?

Did you keep any for smoking?

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Originally Posted by boilerroom

great fun! What's the deal with the tags?

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The tags are part of a scientific study and an angler incentive to make some money while fishing. You can cut the tags from the lake trout if releasing as well. We ended up getting a $110 check in the mail from one of our lake trout.

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Originally Posted by weatherby_man

Awesome vid, the kids will remember that forever and you will too. Love your videos.

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It's definitely going to be a day to remember. I'm glad I got it on video. Thanks for your support on our videos. I'm glad you like them.

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Originally Posted by jan.wi97

Love the video Ben!
Those memories will one day be "the good old days"

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Thanks. I'm looking forward to watching this video 5, 10 and 15 years from now.

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Originally Posted by Knute

Nice to see the boys get so much excitement and enjoyment from hooking up with those lakers.

How did you find the condition of them in Horse Lake? To me it seems lakers have a tendency to be soft fleshed and don't eat well fresh. That may be because of location though?

Did you keep any for smoking?

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We did not keep any this trip. I'm planning on keeping some smaller ones next year to try a fish fry and smoking.

Great video loved seeing the kids getting super excited.

Thanks for sharing. Nothing better then seeing and hearing kids get so excited. I’m going to try jigging more next time I’m up that way.

Have fished there many time and only trolled for lakers. Caught them but never jigged for them. Enjoyed watching the kids getting so excited.

Great video, nice to see everyone with their lifejackets on, Beautiful fish too, well done,

Enjoyed the video, thx for sharing. We tried a bit of jigging this year as well, very effective way to catch lakers.

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Originally Posted by Ben Fougere

The tags are part of a scientific study and an angler incentive to make some money while fishing. You can cut the tags from the lake trout if releasing as well. We ended up getting a $110 check in the mail from one of our lake trout.

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That is awesome, making $$ doing what you love! And thanks for posting the video BTW, I'm going to watch it with my 7 year old son who is my fishing buddy...

Another great compilation Ben. Keep it up!

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Originally Posted by nature girl

Great video loved seeing the kids getting super excited.

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Thanks. I'm hoping they will remember this and maybe we can find a few bigger ones next year.

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Originally Posted by Brew

Thanks for sharing. Nothing better then seeing and hearing kids get so excited. I’m going to try jigging more next time I’m up that way.

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I'm glad you liked it. I really enjoyed jigging for them. I do enough trolling when fishing for kokanee. It was a great change of pace. Good luck jigging!

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Originally Posted by 4 point

Have fished there many time and only trolled for lakers. Caught them but never jigged for them. Enjoyed watching the kids getting so excited.

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I'm glad you liked it. They were very excited. I'll never forget that day.

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Originally Posted by RICKADY

Great video, nice to see everyone with their lifejackets on, Beautiful fish too, well done,

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Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.

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Originally Posted by HarryToolips

That is awesome, making $$ doing what you love! And thanks for posting the video BTW, I'm going to watch it with my 7 year old son who is my fishing buddy...

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I hope he loves the video. I'm going to have to watch it with the boys again soon.

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Originally Posted by the force

Another great compilation Ben. Keep it up!

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Thanks for the support. My next videos will be catching Dragon Lake rainbows with Gibbs crocs

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Originally Posted by nature girl

Great video loved seeing the kids getting super excited.

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Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. I was excited to see how excited the boys got myself.

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Originally Posted by Ben Fougere

Thanks for the support. My next videos will be catching Dragon Lake rainbows with Gibbs crocs

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Is there still Monster Sized Bows in that Lake like 15 lbs Plus ? RJ

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Originally Posted by REMINGTON JIM

Is there still Monster Sized Bows in that Lake like 15 lbs Plus ? RJ

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I haven't heard or seen of any 15lb rainbows coming out of Dragon. I have heard of the occassional 10lb fish, but I'd say a 5-8lb rainbow is a conservative "big fish" out of Dragon, which is still a prize to be had on light tackle.