A question Bakers Narrow Lodge guide Mac Mulligan often gets asked when someone books a trip is “What are the best lures to bring up for lake trout?”
- The best overall option that Mac recommends are large tube jigs that are 2.5″ up to 6″ in size because they are such a versatile bait. You can tip them with a minnow or sucker, and can fish fish them several different ways.
- Secondly, he recommends rattle baits, but not just any, they need to have a heavy nose fall to get down quickly.
- Third, large jigging spoons that are 1″ up to even a 5″ flutter spoon. If you like to use spoons regularly, Mac recommends packing along a good variety.
- Finally, soft plastics such as large paddle tails or a fluke baits with a low profile that you can fish a bit more finesse
For any day, white is always a good color for lake trout. Chartreuse and some natural colors can also be good. At the end of the day, however, being on the right spot with the right potential and a line in the water is the most important factor to catch more big fish than what lure you have on.
