Hi Bob,
Looking Forward To Seeing You!!
Did You Have A Good Tme Ice Fishing With Cal?
By 1st Week Of June Lakers Should Still Be Relativley Shallow Depending Upon The Weather/water Temps Between Now And Then, Usually Somewhere Around 20-40' ,still Doable With Spinning Gear.
For Biggest Lakers Eagle Is Best,they Will Be In Transition Moving From All Over The N And Nw Sections Of The Lake Towards The Deeper Trout Holes Where They Spend The Summer Months. We Will Be Targeting Them In The Basins Leading Towards The Trout Holes And Trolling Spoons,minnow Baits,spinner Rigs,cowbells,etc Works Best As We Need To Cover Ground.most Of The Bigger Pike We Catch That Time Of The Year Are Right With The Walleyes In Bays,shoreline Points,bars,structure And Emerging Weeds.
For Numbers Of Decent Fish And The Ocasional Bigger Fish As Well As Good Sized Pike The Deep Portage Lakes Are A Good Choice. Trolling Shorelines,points And Bars Works Well For The Lakers And You Can Stop And Cast Points And Bars Where You Make Succesive Contact Indicating A School Of Fish Present Vs Scattered Roaming Fish. The Pike Will Also Be In Some Of The Same Areas And Also Really Like The Back Bays Especially Those With Inflowing Creeks And Spawning Suckers, Any Wood Cover Before Weed Cover Comes Up Can Be Magnets.
Personally I Like Superlines Like Fireline For Fishing/rigging/jigging Deep Water Especially With Big Live Bait For Extreme Sensitivity And Also Fishing Current Or Trolling Deep Cause It Cuts It So Good. For Most Reg Applications A Premium Mono Like Berkly Xl Or Sensation Or A Floro Carbon Like Vanish Transition Are Good Choices. If You Do Elect To Use Super Line Be Sure And Bring Along Some Leader Spools Of Floro From 6-12# And You'll Be Covered.