I can’t say it was the target species of the day, but Kris Lindahl with Edina Reality and I put the barbs to a couple SUMO whitefish yesterday!! Absolute GIANTS!! Heck the one I’m holding had a simply huge hump on it’s back. These fish are a blast to tangle with on light tackle. Keep in mind these Whitefish are excellent tablefare should you happen to lace one up. 
Whitefish will predominately feed on emerging bug hatches or mud larvea and are commonly found on large deep basins in the late ice timeframe. Bug hatches in the mud will attract Whitefish, Tullibee and Crappies. Thus when we target Crappies we quite often stumble across these magnificent fighting machines. It is a good idea to go small when fishing Whitefish. Often times anglers can’t figure out why that seemingly large mark will not devour a slightly larger presentation. Though you certainly can catch these fish with different presentations a small diamond jig packed with Euros will easily be sucked in to that small mouth. Keep in mind the difference between Tullibee and Whitefish. Whitefish……..YUMMY……”Tullies”……….YUCKY!! A Whitefish will have a rolled over nose where a Tullibee predominately a smoking fish because of it’s oily nature will have a mouth shaped like a tarpon. Your Crappie gear will be tested in earnest with these Large Shiner like fish. 
