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You will have to play with it. 200 feet is pretty deep. However, if you can get data from the bottom at 200 feet with a quick chart speed, that's always going to give you quicker data than a slower chart speed. Play with it and let us know what works better for you.

I have not tried settings on hard water. The idea here is to show you what the settings do and get you half way there. Every body of water will be different. Armed with this video and knowledge of the settings, and now you can see what you are looking to accomplish, you should be able to dial it in with some practice. Good luck!

You are correct - they do burp their swim bladder. However, the stress of being pulled up 100+ feet and fighting for their lives combined with the hotter water up at the surface mean that sometimes they have a problem getting the energy to get back down. This issue is compounded when the fish is ripped out of the water to get pictures taken. Lake trout are almost as sensitive as musky when the weather is hot. By using a depth descender, you are giving the fish an easy elevator down to the depths so they can regain their strength and swim away. I'd say about 1 in every 5 lake trout have a problem getting back down, but with the depth descender, that issue becomes moot. If you are experienced and have a small bass boat where you can easily unhook the lake trout at the surface without bringing them out of the water, you can typically throw them like a rocket into the water and they will swim off. But if you take even more than 30 seconds to do this, a depth descender is critical.

Glad you enjoyed it :) Stay tuned for more informative videos to help you on the water!

No. I have not found a use for down imaging when jigging for lake trout. You should focus on 2D jigging mode.

@@fishontv6834 Thanks for the reply, as I suspected. Fish On!

LOL. Actually, I just had a brain fart at that point. Nothing was scripted, I was just talking ad-hoc.

Thanks for the comments, man! Just looking to share some great information with like-minded people. Glad it helped you and thanks for the sub :)

@@fishontv6834 hell yea bro, I dont want none of the fish I catch to die because of ignorance! Gotta get me one of these. You deserve more subscribers!

Most welcome

Glad it was helpful! I wish you all the big fish :)

Sam, great chatting with you too! 80% of the battle is setting the depth sounder up. If you can't see them, you can't catch them because it's a game of cat and mouse. But remember, you won't originally see anything. They are hugging the bottom so tightly they will be one with the ground. They will eventually move up from the ground when they become interested. You won't see them until then. When they come off the bottom, you need to start reeling so they think your lure is running from them, so the settings are so important! If the bottom is 110 ft, keep your lure no lower than 80 ft (30 ft from bottom) so they can start to chase you and you have time to react. Then REEL and run away.. they will eventually catch you like at 50-60 ft and the fight will be on! Cassie and I are excited to hear when you hook up your first. It takes some practice, but you'll get it - then you'll be hooked :) Good luck!

Thank you so much for the kind words! I wish I was fishing Lake of the Woods.. A road trip is certainly in my future :) Go get em!

@@fishontv6834 Funny. It’s 11:00pm on 10/7/2022 and I am at a Camp on Lake of the Woods chasing Muskies. Thought I would try to learn something more. Appreciate the well explain and presented Video. Thank you. Biggest Muskie so far for me this trip is 51”.

@@muskietime Awesome!!! Sounds like a great time! Go get em!

Thank you for your concern. I agree - it's important that sport fishermen are quick with releases and handle fish properly. When the fish fight for a while, it's important to have them rest in the net to regain their strength. That's why I have the large net - it acts as an aquarium. Both fish were safely returned to the depths. Lastly, we use a fish descender with 20 oz of weight to help the fish make it back down. It's rare to have a fish die on us with the system we have unless it's gilled by mistake.

That's a great question. However, I haven't found a way to do something like that. There might be a way, however I don't change my settings enough to have it been an issue. When I fish for lakers, I typically am setup that way for multiple days until I go on the hunt for salmon. And when I hunt for salmon, I typically use very similar settings. Maybe someone else knows a way and can add a comment.

It would be nice, wouldn't it? However, I'm pretty convinced that the proper dialled-in settings will always show you lure as long as it's within the sonar cone. Make sure to play around with your sonar for hours at a time. Mastering your sonar will net your more fish, period :)

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Thanks for the response!

I’ve never seen that release aid you use either what a great idea!

The fish descender is a life saver :) www.amazon.ca/SeaQualizer-Deep-Water-Release-100-200-300ft/dp/B072BFXFWF Any time you are fishing for fish over depths of 40 ft, you should be using these to make sure they safely get back down to the depths. Pick up a few 10oz weights from your favourite fishing tackle store and you're good to go. Enjoy!

Thanks for the idea! I've been thinking about doing something like that. Now that you suggested it, I certainly will make a video soon and demonstrate my setup and what works for me. Hopefully it can help others succeed as well! But in short, the rod of choice I use for jigging large lake trout is an Okuma NI-S-762H. It's not a flashy rod, but it does the job perfectly nice and allows me to get the fish up without tiring it out too much. I like to combine that with a Shimano Stradic 3000XG. The reel is expensive, but I really love it and it works fantastic. Basically, any rod that has a good spine on it so you can set the hook when it's 80 ft down is fine. The lure of choice that I prefer is a 4" white swimbait. Hope this helps!

@@fishontv6834 It does.....thanks again! Beautiful boat btw. Do you get into trolling with riggers at all?

@@adamcrognale Thank you :) I use my riggers only when fishing for Salmon on the great lakes. I've trolled for lake trout before, but jigging them is so much more fun and effective than trolling. With jigging, you can play the fish, and respond to what it does. Trolling covers more ground, but it's not nearly as effective as jigging when targeting lake trout.

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you James. It's always an honor getting a comment from a legend!

Thank you for the feedback. This was my sole intent - to help others dial in their fish finder to enjoy the wonderful world of deep water jigging :) I'm glad you found it helpful. Now go catch those big ones :)

Thanks James. Always love your videos too and I'm honored that a great fisherman like yourself has subscribed.

oh and nice center console!!

Thanks dude. Much appreciated. Glad you liked the video :) I have fun making them!

@@fishontv6834 Great stuff man!! We just started our channel a month a ago have a look when you get a chance. Cheers! :)

Thanks for the comments. It sounds like you might have had clear mode on and/or your sensitivity turned down too low. Also, if you aren't using your medium sonar beam you won't see your lure if it wanders off to the side too much. Tight lines and good luck!