The fishing has been a lot better this year than last. Lots of 2 and 3 year old kings around. We even caught a king that was already in staging colors on Friday.
The issue is with the current not the wind. If it blows hard enough, the currents will push them closer to structure and they will hug bottom more. Pin point structure and you will find them.
The cold water was on the move Thursday night into Friday morning. The guys out Thursday night had temp down 120+ and Friday morning it was down 90 and coming up as the day went on. Hopefully it comes up some and the fleas stay away. It was nice to have almost Zero fleas to mess around with.
Are you trying out of Sandy Creek in Hamlin or near the Salmon River? The Sandy in Hamlin is littered with lakers.
Cowbells and Spin n glows or peanuts is the number one producer for lakers. Spoons and flashers and flies will work but it will not out produce the proper art of dragging cowbells.
You want numbers, hit the waters the guys were talking about in the previous posts. For big ones, 130-150 shipbuilders to just past Hedges was my best area for slobs when I kept my boat in Ibay.
In two weeks or so, you will not need to worry about the thermalcline. Just start fishing the marks! Big kings will start to show up in very warm water.
I want to thank all the teams that make this tourney possible! Rob, Scott, Matt and I worked hard to make Big Fish Friday and the Shootout happen but we could not have done it without YOU! I would also like to thank everyone that bought 50/50 tickets and helped support one of our Sandy brothers! Hopefully next years event will be better and we can improve the best tourney on Lake Ontario!