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Due to the high water, our season started yesterday. We started the morning off in 75' of water. The screen was amazing but rods were not moving. We poked out to 120' and rods starting moving. The three color leadcore took a couple steelhead and Gambler Rigs Micros behind a trash can dodger took three good lakers trolled 110 down. The bite slowed around 9:30 and we slid out after getting some Intel. 225-300 right in front of the creek produced a beautiful 9lb coho, a king and a big steelhead. Lots of big hooks 30-100 down. Too bad we found them so late in the morning. NBK was the hot spoon on a 20' rigger, 50' rigger, three color and a ten color. Trolling in to end the day, we ended up taking one more big laker. All in all a great shakedown run. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Hopefully I will see you there Pap! It will be great to put a face with a name!

Thanks Nick! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Finger Lakes Flea Market I was wondering when is the 2018 Flea Market and how do I get a table? I missed it last year and really would like to get a table to sell my rigs down there next year. Thanks in advance.

Where are you located? You can cut the learning curve down by going out with someone and learning the ropes.

It has dropped .12' since the highest point. It is not a lot but its better than gaining!

Thanks to all that showed up to help! Tommy has a great group of guys slipped at his marina! Modifying the docks was not an easy chore but we got the job done! Season saved! I will be splashing the Escape on Friday afternoon.

Until the water warms up, lakers can and will suspend throughout the water column searching for bait. As the sun gets higher in the sky, most days the lakers will return to the depths and forage on the bottom.

1. Food plots are legal. 2. Skippers are thrown back on my boat if injured only if they are not legal. If they are short, they go back. It is the law. 3. If a fish in my boat is not going to make it, it goes in the cooler. There is always someone that I can find to take the meat (yes even lake trout). 4. Guys that sell there catch, if done legally (commercial license and following the law) I have no problem with it. I have a problem with guys breaking fish and game laws. It is bad for all of us. This is just another slap on the wrist by a judge for game violations. When is NY gonna step up and take fish and game violations seriously. The state could make a fortune off of the illegal activities that go on in this state! He deserves more than a slap on the wrist.

After so many fish and game violations in NYS, don't you lose your license for fishing or hunting?

Sorry for your loss and Congrats on the placing fish Nick.

You are very welcome Dave! Good luck with them! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I'm in!

There are a couple reasons I strictly use Atommiks on my boat. 1. Quality is top notch 2. You are buying from a fishermen not some guy that sits behind a vise and doesn't know squat about salmon fishing 3. He supports tournaments lake wide on Lake Ontario Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

It's funny that the dam outflows drop and the lake starts to climb just prior to the 2014 agreement....... Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Sorry Lucky but you are wrong. On December 17th they started holding back water (6700 from 7200). They cut flows back even more on December 31st to 6100. It was not from precipitation it was to bring the lake up. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

As soon as the 2014 plan was implemented, man takes all the blame. Having a higher lake is reckless with homes built to the old plan levels.

Keep a fishing journal and document every fishing trip. Over time, you will notice patterns year after year. You will also figure out where fish go after certain winds / weather. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

I would not be surprised if someone on the IJC board has a vested interest in shipping......

I wonder what those environmentalists think of the partially treated sewage that is getting pumped directly to the lake due to the sewer systems being overwhelmed as a result of the lake levels?

At this point, The IJC might be on the hook after what I read on their Facebook page the other day. The IJC was saying they did not want to up the flows because they would shut shipping down. I understand shipping is a mutli million dollar business on the Great Lakes but holding back water and causing millions of dollars of damage opens you up to a butt load of trouble. Also, the lake was brought up to the 2014 plan level early in the season and held there. If the lake was at the historical average or 58D plan, there would be less water in the lake from the start and less flooding now. Tug Hill had huge amounts of snow pack, the upper Great Lakes were all above average. We were on track to have good water even if we had a drought (see last seasons water levels). We were in a severe drought and due to the higher water in the upper Great Lakes, Lake Ontario held just below the season forecast and lake level plan.

Look at the graphs from the IJC website and the Army Corps website. You can see how in late December the flows started to subside out of the Robert Moses Dam and the lake began to rise. Starting on 12/17/16 flows dropped. http://ijc.org/en_/islrbc/Lake_Ontario_Outflow_Changes Look at this graph and you will see the lake begin to rise in Mid December. http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Missions/Great-Lakes-Information/Great-Lakes-Water-Levels/Water-Level-Forecast/Monthly-Bulletin-of-Great-Lakes-Water-Levels/

Stealth mode!

It is more than likely already there. VHS is it usually only affects sick or stressed fish. Healthy fish will survive it.