Landlock salmon

[ATLSALMON]

What temperature do look for when seeking them

[Reelax]

I look for 54-56

[finsntins]

Don’t worry so much about temperature,just fish the marks on your screen.if you have a good machine and transducer and the ducer is angled correctly,get good at tuning your machine and understanding what you are seeing and temperature won’t matter

[Mistress]

I too fish the marks as I do not have (or ever will) a Fish Hawk. I try to stay on salmon size marks, and 10' above larger marks in lake trout territory to try to minimize slime on the deck, however as of late the Mistress has been a grease magnet

[Digitroll Fishing]

58-64F has been best for me in recent years. Many times I think we fish under the fish at 50-57F and miss opportunities and the same goes for Lake Ontario. We have caught kings fishing 64F at Oak Orchard in July crazy as that sounds. It totally changed our approach. Sometimes we get caught up in the preference temp. of fish and we fish under them saying I guess it's a slow day! Sonar and bait provide the clues. Another benefit it will keep greasers away and target browns and rainbows in the warmer water as well!. I start at 62F and work above and below that with my divers and riggers creating this pyramid approach. As Jason and Pat say your sonar will provide a good starting point too! Those fish showing deeper in colder water typically aren't active fish just resting fish. Using the pyramid approach with my divers and riggers showing actual true vertical depths based on pressure sensors ie. data on the Fishhawk and Smart Troll systems. And defining the thermocline staying above the preferred temperature of fish with my 4 rods on two delivery systems they can out fish 6-8 rods eliminating the need for junk rods. Probably the reason cheaters work so well is there 10 ft higher! Our main lines are too deep in colder water for greasers (Lol). I am not a big fan of cheaters. Just run your main lines and divers higher and eliminate the need for cheaters. Will those fish resting in cold water swim up and hit? Absolutely! No boink boink boink (get to the rod) and fish is gone fishing cheaters.

Soooo that's the long answer.