After seeing some reports about Lost Lake in Maltby, I headed out that way to see if I could catch some of these aggressive Trout.


I got ahold of a few Elgin Gods Tooth lures but the best I could do was 9 fish that I caught and released with barbless hooks, so I tried a method that I really had little experience with the Thursday evening before Saturday.

I fished a slip bobber Trout Magnet set up that a fellow fisherman told me about and worked the North end of the lake. It took awhile but my first fish was larger than the ones that I caught on the Elgin lure. I ended up with 18 that night with a hold over at 15" in the mix, but left excited to spend a day with this set up.

Hit the lake about 8:30 and hardly anyone was there. Worked the north end again mainly because if the wind and got two. Went just right or the boat launch area and ended the day with nearly 100 Trout caught. I was beat to say the least. It was a lot of work battling the wind and the fish. Pink was the ticket, but after my 5 or so bodies wore out I tried other types of jigs and they all worked. I even cut the tail off of a MoGlo and that worked. So many missed strikes and shake offs it was crazy.

I really loved fishing this way as the all but one we're hooked in the top lip and simple to dehook theses guys. One holdover again and a small amount of 11" fish and the rest were 9" range.

Went back Sunday and only caught 28 as the lake had a ton of pressure.

I would have never dreamed of this, but it happened and it was a hoot.