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Any thought to expanding the list of ports due to the low water level we are experiencing? We really want to fish this, and have clients who are looking forward to it as well.

Will do! Probably will roll into town around 6ish.

Nick - is Sony Vegas an easy program to learn?

May 16th - Our afternoon trip started around 4pm with reports of a tough bite. Rumor has it the morning was good, but after that the picture and fishing got spotty. We set up a high/low Coho/King program. We had a mix of spoons and flasher/fly combos fished off our Cannon downriggers, a pair of wires pulling flasher.fly combos, a 200’ copper, and 4 surface lines. We worked the water between Wilson and the red barn in 50-100’ of water all night. The picture was there, but the Salmon had lock jaw. The Coho bite was pretty good. Everything in the water took fish. Red Brads Thinfish, Challenger Lady Bug, Dreamweaver Orange Slurpee SS, and a Dreamweaver 6†Orange Spinny with an A-TOM-MIK Coho fly. Sometimes these Coho get picky and want a body bait, and other times they want metal. We try to put a little bit of everything out there and let them tell us what’s tasty for them on any given day. We did take one King bite, but as quick as he was there he was gone. The 200’ copper pulling a Black Dreamweaver Spin Doctor with a new A-TOM-MIK Hijacker fly was the combo that went. We just got our hands on the new Hijacker series, and I think they are going to be a good one! Although we didn’t pound any Chinooks the Coho, and a nice drop back Rainbow, kept us busy. May 17th (Morning) - The first half of the trip was slow, and a few cracked off fish in the morning made it even worse. A phone call from a buddy changed it all, and when we got to that water it was on! The surface bite for Coho was cranking with a Challenger Lady Bug, and an Orange Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK Coho Fly taking most of the shots. The king bite was starting to slow, but not before we grabbed a few quick ones. They would fall for a Dreamweaver Mountain Dew Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK Big Fin Glow fly down 175’ on our Cannon downrigger, and a Mountain Dew E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Glow Blue Hijacker fly 325’ out on a wire. May 17th (Afternoon) - We headed right out to the same water we finished in, and quickly took two matures on a Mountain Dew Dreamweaver Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK Big Fin Glow fly down 175’ on our Cannon downrigger. After that it was a Coho bonanza the rest of the night with no more Chinook hook-ups. Again, the Challenger Lady Bug was responsible for most of the Coho bites. Our first fish of the night was our 2013 personal best weighing in at 25lbs. Now we are looking for Mr. 30lb’r! May 18th (Morning) - Lady O was good to us on this particular morning. We started in 70’ of water with the intent on heading to the deeper water we worked the day before. We put out a Coho/King Spread in the morning, but less than a few hours in we cleared out the Coho stuff, and had just a King program down. We ran our three Cannons, two wires, and two junk lines. Our Cannon downriggers took most of our fish. The Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddler was hot first thing down 40 back 40. A Stinger NBK was going well down 30 back 40 as well. We took a few diver shots, and they really liked a Stinger Black Widow fished 100’ back on a 3 setting. With no real temp breaks we also saw and took a few fish down deep on our Cannon downriggers at 150-175’ on a Stinger Hammertime E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Big Fin Glow fly. A 10 color Stealth Core took a few fish with a Yeck Black/Silver Green Glow. May 18th (Afternoon) - Our second double in as many days, and we knew leaving the dock it was sloppy out there from the NE. We battled 3-5’ waves for the entire length of the trip, and the bite was fairly consistent. Cold clear water was rolling in, but we still had somewhat of a picture. The last hour was on fire right out front, which yielded back to back doubles for these guys who have never ventured out on Lady O for Salmon and Trout. Even though it was rough we were able to get out three surface lines on one of our boards, a 200 copper on the other, three rods down on our Cannon downriggers, and a pair of wires. At times we’d throw a 300 or 400 down the chute depending on where the last rigger shots were coming from. Challengers Lady Bug, and Nuclear Green plugs pulled the Coho and a Steelhead off the surface. The Kings were coming from our riggers mostly pulling Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddlers, and a Stinger NBK. We had a case of the dropsies BAD, and I had it pinned on the sloppy NE wind making it tough to land fish. May 19th - Same group showed up ready to do some battle, and we were happy to see Mother Nature had calmed down a lot. We left the chute at 6am and shut her down in 60’ of water right out front. A day which many ran West or offshore because of the cold clear water, but we found a great pick right on the inside out the front door. We let out 3 challengers on one planer board, a 200 copper on the other, a 300 copper down the chute, a pair of wire divers, and all three of our Cannon downriggers. The 100-125’ wire on a 3 setting pulling a Stinger Black Widow went a few times as did a Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddler, and a Stinger NBK on our downriggers with Kings The Coho were also playing with our surface baits. Action was HOT, but the landing was way less than desired. I couldn’t blame Mother Nature on this beautiful morning, so I blamed the clients! Even though we all knew they weren’t doing anything wrong we had to put the blame somewhere other than ourselves….LOL. By the end of the day we ventured offshore, and took a few bites after the inside bite slowed around 10am. We put together a nice mixed bag of fish minus a Brown Trout and an Atlantic. A frustrating trip to say the least because of the lite bites, but very fun with a great group of guys!

Sounds like a bad transducer. There was a bad batch out there from Humminbird, and your troubles sound like the ones a few people were having. You should not have to go to braid because of interference with your FF. Call customer service and see if they can get you a new ducer.

Thanks for clarifying that Matthew.

Bite was tough after the first Sunday of the LOC. There was only one day we didn't get our fish that week, and it was Friday prior to the tourney. It continued right into the event for us.

Couldn't have said it better! We will have to pass on this year, but we hope to be there next year.

Mathew - I remember you saying the 19 strand wasn't working well with Dawia 47's, but have you had people running it on Saltist with any issues? I'm looking to set up 2 deep rigger rods, and mono isn't going to cut it. I need something with little to no stretch.

They were posted on Facebook and Tweeted, but I will get them up on the tourney page in a little bit.

We knew going into the biggest tourney on the Great Lakes it would be tough. This would be the first large event that we would fish a charter group in. This group was no stranger to Lake Ontario, and they fished with us last year. They showed up on Thursday morning, so we had two days to whip them into shape. Thursday & Friday’s Practice - As the week went on the bite got worse and worse. We saw the fish, but they were just inactive. The morning bite on Thursday was better than expected. We boated 9 Chinook Salmon, and a few Coho. Our Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddler on our Cannon Downrigger down 50-60’ was on fire. We would work 50-100’ of water in the morning, and then slide out to 140-225 in the afternoon. Once we slid out our deep riggers down 150-200’ seemed to be the best, but those fish were few and far between. When they did go it was a flasher/fly combo, or a meat rig. Saturday’s Tourney - We had a bunch of waypoints to hit up just West of Wilson, and we figured why change our game plan up when it had been netting us 5-9 Chinook a day for the last several days. We started in tight (40’) where we kept seeing the schools of spawning Alewife on our way in every day. We slowly worked out as boats flew by us to their spots. It didn’t take long and there went the Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddler on our Cannon out down. We boated that fish, and waited an hour for our next bite. That bite would come on our deep rigger down 175’ with a Stinger Hammertime E-Chip pulling an A-TOM-MIK B-Fly. Another hour went by when the Dreamweaver Hammertime Spin Doctor pulling an A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly took a ride on our 100’ rigger. Half way into the day we were 3 for 3 and I knew it was a tough bite. We hadn’t seen a net fly in any of the boats around us. I looked at the clients and told them if they could get me one more fish I would guarantee them a top 10 finish. With a few hours left our Cannon out down pulling a white on white meat rig fires 100’ down. We had #4 on for about 5-10 seconds and it pulled off. Nothing anybody could have done would have changed that outcome, but on the way into weigh in I had a sneaky suspicion that fish cost us money. When the scales closed we missed out on a top ten, and a check, by two positions. A tough one to swallow, but you can’t land every fish you hook. Our guys had a blast, and they were already asking about doing it again next year. Disclaimer - We only took 3 fish on tourney day, but the guy who lost the one took a beating. He wanted to hold something for the picture. I took anotehr boats fish to fillet up for these guys, so he grabbed one of them. Fish from the previous two days: