Winter Lake Trout?

[MichaelAngelo]

(01-20-2013 01:31 PM)Eli Wrote:  Under the ice, water temperature is a non-issue so the trout key in on one thing and one thing only...bait. Find whatever they're foraging on (smelt, cisco, perch, etc..) and there's bound to be trout nearby. I've seen them in 100 FOW and in 4 FOW this time of year.

I guess my question then is, how do I find their forage?

(01-20-2013 03:12 PM)OldTimer Wrote:  Generally......... they will move up as Eli says chasing food supply.............. in Haliburton and Muskoka the good places to start looking would be points, bars, shoals, humps, and drop offs in 30 to 40 feet.

It would be wise then for me to explore contour maps of the lakes I'm planning to fish, and be sure to talk to locals.