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Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Escape ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):7/23/11 Time on Water:5am Weather/Temp:77 Wind Speed/Direction: West 10 - 15 Waves: 2 - 3 Surface Temp: Location: East ans West of the creek LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 20+ Total Boated:20+ Species Breakdown: Kings, coho, steelhead, browns and lakers Hot Lure: Green Hammer Atommik sushi fly behind the livewire spin doctor Trolling Speed: 2.5 Down Speed: Boat Depth: 90 - 160 Lure Depth: 40 - 70 down ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Started the morning off in 160 off the pumphouse. At 5:15 in the dark, a rigger fires and we dump the first fish. After reseting the rigger, the same rod fires again. We boated the first kings of our 4 fish box. After a steady pick of smaller sized fish (skippers, small lakers and steelehead) we another teen king. Things started to slow so we snuck in to 95 fow with the group of boats working the inside water. We pulled a couple more smaller fish and decided to troll East out of the pack. At 11:30 East of the creek in 110, the wire fires out 180 on a 3 towing a Live Wire Spin Doctor w/ a Green Crinkle Atommik sushi fly. After a nice battle, we boated a 25lb. king. Now our box consisted of a 16lb. king, 11lb king, 8lb coho and a 25lb king. We stk it out another hour trying to upgrade our 8lb coho. Unfortuantely we were unable to upgrade. When we got to the weigh in, there were a lot of nice boxes of fish. We ended up taking 7th place and missing big fish with our 25lber. It was a great time and Team Escape is looking forward to next years event. Congrats to all the winners and thanks again Rob, Mike, Keith, Scott and the rest of the guys behind the scenes. We had a great turnout and it was very well run. As a side note, the US fish and wildlife guys found a king with an Adipose fin and a wire tag in it's nose . He told us that some fish can regenerate an adipose fin.

Congrats to Team Trout and about and all the other teams that placed. It was a great tourney. The fishing was good but we had to work for that bigger fish bite. I also would like to thank the derby organizers for their hard work. Everyone went home with a nice bag of lures and other goodies. Another job well done. Can't wait for next year!

Bump

Are you talking about a Baha from the Gennesewer River?

I tried running copper off of inlines and it was horrible. Big boards are the way to go IMO.

Bump

I run mine way off the side of the boat off of an Otter board. It is out of the way and you cover more water that way. It is like having another downrigger off of your plainerboard.

I'm looking for Glow and green or green crushed ladderback tapes. Looked in online, Oak Orchard and Rochester and can not find them. Anyone know where I can find some?

BUMP

Congrats Chad. hear ya about having the wife on the boat. Mine was never cleaner.

Waht about Sandy? Sandy has been on fire the past 3 weeks. 20+ fish days have been VERY common.

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Thanks guys. Steve, Let me know. If you are around Sandy some night this week, let me know and you can check them out.

This reel is in good shape. $65.00. Local pick up prefered.

Congrats on the derby king Tim!

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Escape ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):7/17/11 Time on Water:515 am Weather/Temp: WAY TOO HOT FOR MY LIKING! Wind Speed/Direction: SW 10-15 Waves: 1-2' Surface Temp: 73 degrees Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: ? Total Boated:? Species Breakdown:Kings, coho, lakers, and steelhead Hot Lure: any white flasher with a green fly Trolling Speed: Down Speed: 2.5 mph Boat Depth: 90 - 175 Lure Depth: 35 - 70 ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Fished with Gator and my buddy Ryan this morning. Started off in 110 and it was crazy right out of the gate. Lots really nice kings in the teens and 20's. We did one coho, a couple lakers and a couple steelhead. Had a huge rip on the 300 copper and it almost spooled us until we got turned. After a long battle, we boated a 25lb king hooked in the dorsal fin . Another great trip out of Sandy. Congrats too all the people that placed in the LOC derby.

Very nice king.

I use Spros and Sampos. Cheap swivels will not hold up to the abuse of wire divers.

Sometimes it is hard to tell what port they are fishing at also. If the map part is showing them on shore it is useless. Some of the captains go west in the spring and their home port is east. It gives a false sense of where they are doing fish.

Lots of variables in this. Boat speed, brand of diver, brand of wire, diameter of wire, and brand of reel make a difference. A general rule for divers is a 3 to 1 ratio for depth on a 2 setting.

Hammertime, Live wire and the white w/green dot are my three favorites. I use the more action hole. THere is a diagram on the back of the package they come in. The #1 fly in my boat is the green crinkle Atommik. Hammer, green hammer, green hypnotist and the net pen fly are some of my favorite flies from Atommik. All flashers / dodgers produce. Some days other brands work better and some days spin doctors work better. Run a couple in your spread and let the fish tell you what they want.

Thanks Shawn.

Like bobsboy said, use another swivel. Make sure it is a QUALITY swivel. I would buy some SPRO or Sampo swivels.

camo521, Like Keith said, this format does not give charter boats and edge. This format has been used at the Pro Ams, Oak orchard 3 fish derbies and other derbies around the lake. Lots of times rec guys beat out charter captains. Putting 4 BIG fish in the cooler is a tough task captain or not. Just because a captian is out every day does not give him that much of an edge. Things change on the big lake EVERY minute. Here today gone tomorrow. You just got to be able to adjust to what mother nature and Lake Ontario throws at you.

No problem Scott. I totally understand. Just when you thought you could relax, all hell broke loose again.