Miss em

Just figured there was some sort of official process to get it recognized as a potential catch and release world record. Full length pictures with tape measure, etc.

Wish he wasn't holding it out towards the camera so much.....

I figured this would end up in some big controversy. Sorry I posted it now.

Nice going JTT,  I did the solo thing this morning and ended up with just bass and one hit and miss on a spoon that I was pretty sure was a walleye.  Finally starting to mark some decent marks off shore on the thermocline.  Starting to look better and better all the time. 

Posted this again because I didn't think it worked from my laptop.  Guess both are working now.

Great weather, great event.  Great to see all the walleye fisherman out on the lake.  Ended up being a slow day for catching walleyes unfortunately.  Only four walleyes taken between a dozen or so boats.  Biggest fish was 24", 5.2#.  Thanks again Justin for organizing and to the whole gang that helped prepare all the food afterward.  Everything was delicious.

Here is a picture of all the kids that participated with the fish.

Here are the rigs that worked for us.  Plug was on three color core.  Spoons were on 14 foot long cheaters set three feet above the main release.  Cheater leaders are 8# mono with coastlock snaps.  Rigger balls were parked at 60 degree water.

Great weather, great event.  Great to see all the walleye fisherman on the lake.  Ended up being a slow day for catching walleyes unfortunately.  Only four walleyes taken between 12 or so boats.  Biggest fish was 24", 5.2#.  Thanks again to Justin for organizing and the gang that helped prepare all the food afterward.  Everything was delicious.

Here is a picture of all the kids that participated with the fish.

Here is what worked for us.  Plug was on a three color core.  Spoons were on 14 foot long cheaters set three feet above the main release.  Cheater leaders are 8# mono with coastlock snaps.  Rigger balls were parked at 60 degree water.

I have a few you can have.  In Tully, NY. 

You are letting it out to fast IMHO. 

Looks like things are setting up for next weekend.  Got two this morning, a 20" and a 23".  One on a spoon, one on a TDD perch Rapala.

If you check this on your phone, I have been trolling north of the buoy line between 119 and 123 in the 40 foot water.  Lots of eyes out there.  Running the riggers down near bottom with perch f9 rapalas and copper stingers.  the hit the cheaters on the riggers too.  spoons on 30 foot jet divers and deep diving plugs with snap weights to make sure they are running 30 feet plus.  From what I have seen, you will do fine out there with just about anything you put in the water,

Yeah buddy!  Welcome to the summer troll....

I see some big boats getting launched at the South Shore launch.  The two docks in the eastern slip are the deepest.  The sand washes into the western bay and makes it pretty shallow.

Ended up scratching out 8 keepers and 6 shorts in the 30 to 40 fow North of Shakelton.  Bare Naked Reef Runner and copper spoons were best fished near bottom.  Action was not hot and heavy but sure was a nice evening.  Buddy of mine was up there same time as us drifting worm harnesses near 123 and only hooked one.

Used to ice fish Lower Saranac a ton.  Awesome pike fishing and my partner got one over 20# one day.  Headed up there the weekend of the fourth.  Looking forward to it.  Middle Saranac has some good northern fishing as well.  

I brought some crawlers with me but didn't bother with them,  Seemed like the keepers were hanging out together.  We caught/dragged some real dinks around.  Have never seen so many small ones before. 

Set lines around 11:30 and trolled for just about two hours in the deep water north of Shakelton.  Landed 26 walleyes, but only 9 were keepers up to 20".  One of the shorts was only 7" long.  Hit pretty much everything we put out - F7 and F9 perch rapalas on riggers, small copper Stingers on three way crank bait rigs, 30' jet divers, riggers back and on cheaters, bare naked reef runners flat lines with snap weights.  Had me pretty busy trying to run 6 rods.  Never go them all out at once.

Must have been a fluke by I landed 21 walleyes on my first 7 trips on Otisco last August on a spoon rigged on a 12 foot cheater, three feet above the ball.  Even a blind squirrel gets a nut sometimes I guess, but from my limited experience, the suspended walleyes don't seem to be ball shy whatsoever.  Catch them on Oneida all the time even closer to the ball.

Pick up one of these from Gander...

http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Wonder-Pump&i=20769&r=view&cvsfa=2586&cvsfe=2&cvsfhu=3230373639&gclid=CjkKEQjwk9CcBRDEopHmnZa5td8BEiQAr2BckCohd6CrQPvsqe9Ii5MHrFvSirqaLbD_mNwGFh1H-2rw_wcB

Works great, is fast, and you won't spill a drop.

Nothing doing on the walleye troll last night.  Thought we had a dandy and ended up with this instead....

Might have had the same thing happen later but we missed the hit.  Plug came in destroyed and bent in half.  Or a tiger got it.  Who knows.

Going to make troll this evening.  I'll let you know how I do, which may or may not be any indication or help to you at all, since we are still in the developmental stages to this walleye thing. Thermocline is just about set up right.  Probably a week or two it will get good once the alewives get done spawning.

Can we register at the Captain's meeting?  My crew and boat are very dependent on a mild wave forecast.  Also, rules state rod limit is two per person up to 8 lines (4 crew).  Any less crew is per state law.  Site says 2 rods per person but regs are now 3 per person. Can I run 6 rods if there are only two of us?

Nice and Easy stores have Ethanol Free as well.  

We have used the  Roemer Liberators since the 80s and love them.  There is a video on here that shows how we rig them.

http://www.fishdoctorcharters.com/template.tpl?selector=video

Consistent trolling results not possible for me either....

Gave it a try the last couple mornings for a few hours each morning and nothing but some browns and a tiger.  61 degrees down 22 in a few spots.  Be set up just right about when that night bite slows down.

I am not but I can just drop in the mail to you.