Yup - those swarms are likely whites, or as common in there ciscoes.
That lake isn't easy to fish anymore. 30 years ago you could catch lakers steady all day long without working too hard.
The last 20 years or so the decline has been severe.
We troll and try to locate the bigger marks (lakers) normally close to the bottom in deeper water this time of year, and then anchor and jig.
Seems to me, unless you are fishing that lake all the time, it takes hours and hours of work to get one on board - so it's not you, and it's not what you are doing.
I can spend a weekend at Minnewanka and three guys might catch a few fish - or I can spend a day on Cold and put 60 lakers in the boat.
The scenery, however, is spectacular.
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