#FISHTHEKING - Northern King Fishing Report

Northern King Report

By Scott Bulat

I opened my 2017/2018 open water season fishing Cold Lake, AB from May 19- 22, 2017. We did a lot of trolling with my Scotty downriggers at various depths from 35’ – 150’ of water.

Whenever I was trolling, I was using new to me lures. I was testing out some new Northern King Lures. We were running them 17’ behind the release.

They worked awesome, the NK MAG, a light 4 1/2" trolling spoon has a wobble that's amazing.

I used to use a color similar to the Natural Born Killer Lemon Yellow so naturally I went to that color combination first. After catching 2 or 3 on that color I switched to more colors and so on. After the first day, myself and fishing partner were cycling through assorted colors. Every color combo we used caught Lake Trout but my favorite color was the Homeland Security Glow. I landed 27/30 fish on the Northern Kings.

We did a lot of trolling with my Scotty downriggers at various depths from 35’ – 150’ of water. We were running [the Northern King lures] 17’ behind the release.

I highly recommend these lures to anyone that likes trolling, especially behind a downrigger.

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Scott Bulat is from Edmonton Alberta. He fishes avidly year round. Mid May until late September he spends quite a bit of time taking new people out to experience the thrill of a big Lake Trout. He also targets Walleye, Pike, Perch and Trout. The winter doesn’t stop him… you can often find him out on the ice. Follow him on Twitter @GoFishAlberta.