I think jigging for them gives them a much better chance then if they were caught trolling. I usually see them head back down on the finder when I'm jigging for them. Doesn't matter when you catch a fish if you poke a hole in it, and stress it out, it may die.
Always thought of lakers as super boney fish? Anyone good at removing bones before I fry them in my Butter Flavored Crisco??Dick
Still haven't gotten myself to eat a Lake Champlain Lake Trout. The flesh is a bright yellow color. Found a you tube video showing how to fillet them and it looks as complicated as doing pike?Dick
They are the same as filleting a trout or salmon. No need to look for a Y bone. In my experience lakers that that been caught in a mainly smelt fed lake are okay. Lakers from an alewife fed lake are not very good.