Torch lake chains

[kingfisher255]

Going to be headed up at the end of august, any tips? Tryin for smallies, trout, salmon, the whole nine

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[Reel Nauti]

I just fished Torch Lake yesterday trying to catch an Atlantic Salmon.  Here is what I learned in about 4 hours of fishing.  I tried fishing out deep (250+) for quite a while trolling the top 50 feet with leadcores 2 colors to full cores.  No hits, very few fish marked but the marks I did see where in top 50 feet.  I fished out deep based on some very limited info I saw on line about the salmon being out there when the water warms up.  I saw a guy trolling in closer so I moved in and found a lot of marks in 100-140 fow.  Marks were from top to bottom. was able to work this area for about an hour before dark and managed on laker on a moonshine spoon 100 down on a rigger.  A lot of marks on the bottom but the marks higher up should have been something else.  That laker was my only hit.  The area I found with all the marks was on the east side of the lake just north and south of where the clam river dumps in.  Please let me know if you have any success as I am going to give it another try.  Good luck.

[kingfisher255]

Thats what we are going to try for is lakers, wont have any electronics so we will be finding them the old fashioned way

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[slickwater]

Good luck it's a hard lake to fish.

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[gunfun13]

Agree with slickwater, it's hard enough with electronics. 

[kingfisher255]

Where would be best? Lake skegemog?

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[slickwater]

It depends on what you want to fish for the most.


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[kingfisher255]

We really want to try for a muskie or two, but mainly salmon and lakers

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[slickwater]

Lakers and Atlantic salmon are hard to catch on torch unless you know the lake and how to catch them.

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[slickwater]

There is musky in all the chain lakes. I fished torch for trout and salmon one time last summer and marked lots of bait and fish but nothing would bite. There's a lot of forage in there to contend with. I catch my Atlantics in the spring when they are still high in water column. I'm salmon fishing out of Charlevoix and Rogers City this time of year.

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[kingfisher255]

Yeah we dont have a boat of our own so we are renting one out on torch

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[slickwater]

Ok. Take a thermometer and fish the colder water right at the thermocline for the salmon.

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[kingfisher255]

I figured that the thermocline would be the best spot, and using some jigging spoons as well would work too

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[slickwater]

Lakers should be near bottom right at the base of the drop offs. Not hard to see them. But since we have been having all this hot water hard telling how deep the cold water will be down.

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[kingfisher255]

Guess we will find out in about 2 weeks haha

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[slickwater]

Good luck.

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[kingfisher255]

Thanks! Any more tips or what not i should know about the lakes?

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[slickwater]

Stay away from the sandbar if you will have kids with you. Lots of boats. The lake is really busy on the weekends. There should be bass up the calm river into clam lake. Skegamog has walleye and perch plus musky. Elk lake has Lakers. And all should have smallmouths.

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[kingfisher255]

Alright, thank you guys!

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