Baker Lake Sockeye Fishing

We have had a number of the customers fish Baker Lake this week and all have done quite well, with limits being more of the norm than not. Generally speaking most that have been successful have been trolling the area in the upper portion of the lake around Noisy Creek. This is the area of greatest concentration of fish. If you have electronics you can locate the schools of fish on the sounder and see the depth that the fish are stratified at. Many of the fish schools are located in the middle of the lake and not always along the shoreline. The fish have been at the 15 - 25 foot level for the most part. Make sure that you are there early as the bite has turned off by 7:30 a.m.. As far as gear goes an o/o, o, or 1 sized dodger in chrome, hammered chrome or chrome siler scalite finishes have been the attractor of choice. A small pink mini squid tied with double red 1/0 2/0 hook combinations, a bare hook leader consisting of red or black 1/0 - 2/0 hooks tied back to back or this same leader with a couple of small pink beads slid down the leader and topped with a Mac's pink smile blade have all been accounting for good catches. Fish your offering around 1 1/2 times the length of the dodger behind and fish slowly 1 - 1.2 mph. This will be just enough speed to get the dodger to slide slip side to side. The one thing that you want to due is to make sure to tip the front hook of your leader with a small piece of raw shrimp / sand shrimp. This little addition has proven to be the frosting on the cake, as far as productivity goes. You can also use a little krill scent for good measure. As the fish have been fairly shallow this season make sure to troll your gear a good distance behind the downrigger release, as gear fished close has definitely been far less productive that that fished 25 - 35 feet behind the release. This fishery has so far been quite good and should continue for quite some time. If you are looking for a great place to go camping and have some good fishing Baker Lake just might be your place.