Missdemeanor

Longline....Thanks for the update on the laker stocking. I'm glad to see that they are putting bigger numbers into the lake. heck maybe between the lakers and the browns, the gobie population might slow down a little.

Cheers I couldn't agree more. Gotta Bite.....Lakers are notorious for being poor fighters. Ive caught Lakers in the upper teens and even twenty Lbs before and they fight great....Nice runs and totally bull dogging the bottom. When you catch a laker that is suspended , they tend to fight a little better. My theory is when you drag em up from 100ft or more, their bladders expand, thus causing the fish to fatigue and display a poor fight. I know guys who fish for them all winter at the Bar. They use medium action spinning gear. I guess those fish really put of a fight on that light tackle. I'll have to try it this year. The one thing some people don't know is the DEC does not stock these fish. The stocking is done by the Federal government because Lake Trout are considered a "native" fish to the Great lakes. I'm not 100 percent sure, but I think that the Feds stocking program, isn't as vigorous as the DEC is with other Trout species. 95 percent of the lakers landed on my boat are released.

Brain....Gotta love those lakers.... They are definitely the "Rodney Dangerfield" of the lake. Great pic

Stan...The fleas I'm taking about are the "Spiney Sea fleas". When they are in Larvae form they cluster up in the water near the thermocline. What happens is the flea larvae will stick to your line and then you can't real in the line past the eyelets. Ive seen 3 feet of that crap on my line before. the only way to combat that stuff is to use 30# line or the special "Flea Flicker" line made by Cortland. A lot of guys have rigs already set up with 30#. I have 6 rods all set to go with 30# Ande. I would like to thank what ever nice ocean liner captain for introduced that invasive species into our waters.

Thanks Brian.....It was one of the toughest days yet. No real pronounced temp break and the fish were scattered.

(Your Name) : Missdemeanor ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): Sat 13 June Time on Water: 0530-1030 Temp/Weather: Partly sunny Wind Speed/Direction: W/S/W Waves: Less than 1 ft Surface Temp: 56 to 53 Location: Rochester LAT/LONG: 40-41 west =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits:7 Total Boated: 6 Species Breakdown: 1 King, 1 Laker, 4 Steelhead Hot Lure: Homemade Orange/Gold spoon, Silver streak "Hot Lobster", NK Die Hard Trolling Speed: 2.4-2.6 Down Speed: 2.3 Boat Depth: Most fish caught in 100-140 Lure Depth: 3&5 color cloth, 42 rigger ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== All I can say is what a hectic day on the lake. The fishing was less than stellar and we had to work for our fish . Started off in 95 fow and marked absolutely zero. Worked our way west and finally too a nice chicken about 8 lbs. Now the pressure is off. We troll to what appeared a surface break and then the 3 color goes. We get the steelie to the back of the boat and then the 42 rigger goes. I hand the rigger rod off to the guy and notice the fish darts towards the surface and then right to the boat. NO GOOD! After a little over and under the wire dipsy, bull dogging in the back of the boat, we land it. Nice 3 year old king. The best part of the fight was it was on an ultra light trolling rod and 12# test. Ended the day with 6. Mostly steelhead with one of the Steels being around 15 lbs. We released the chicken and one rainbow domestic stream runner rainbow. One of the bare legal steels was gill hooked.The clients were real good guys. they really picked up on how play a fish. Some pics of the king and the bigger steel Just an FYI guys...I started picking up fleas on my wires and mono already. Just at the swivel, but its already starting.

Awesome I love the dalmatian spin Dr and Atomik combos. That's my starting line up on my dipseys....Great fish man.

We Also had a less than stellar day on Saturday. That cold water really screwed stuff up. We boated two kings in the 6-8 lb class. Marked alot of hooks and some bait. No where near the picture we are used to seeing. I'll confirm Slimy's report...we also had the Die Hard go.... We had a couple more shots on Free sliders......Pulled the plug early to avoid the cluster F.... in the river.

Chris.....No problem on the tip. Heck That's what this site is all about. Unbelievable weekend. We can only hope that this Nor-easter doesn't screw things up too bad. Good luck this weekend.

Well said nitro...Actually that is a perfect post. If you do happen to land one of these fish, be careful with them. Muskies are very susceptible to stress. All the muskies I have caught, I leave them in the net overboard, remove the hook, or use wire cutter to cut the hooks if they are deep. I then hold the fish up for a quick picture. I hold the fish by the tail in the water till she kicks free. A little anal about killing those fish because they are so rare....Good luck and make sure you post up a pic if you get one....

Here is a pic of the spoon I did most of my kings on..... Gold NK 28 with sliver ladder back tape

Rob...sweet pics man...I love those atlatics....Haven't caught one in many years.

On the lamb...I prefer to Pm rather than continue this on a public forum.............Pm sent forth with

Stan the browns are around. I just like to target them in mid summer. Besides those steelies are the best fighters in the Lake. Had some great air shows today. I love catching Browns, but there's nothing better than a big ole buck eye charging out of the water. Chris... Just an FYI I ran some flat lines with spoons off the big boards. They had a small shot on them too....Nothing. The cores were Ok, the divers were good , but the slide cheaters were to ticket....Good luck

Thanks guys. this has been one of the best spring bites ever. All these fish we caught today were released and in good shape. Hopefully this pattern will last a little longer

Started out in 120.ft We had a solid pick all the way 200. Ended the day at 1030 , 19 for 23. Mixed bag of kings, Steelies, Cohos and a chicken for good measure. Almost every rig I threw out took a rip, but the highlights had to go to Hog Wild Spin DR and Crazy**** fly 120 on the wire diver. 10 colors, 5 colors and 3 colors all took shots. Riggers from 60 and up with slide cheaters also too shots. Typical red stuff off the sliders, wonderbread mags,and a newer spoon I taped up took a few. When I get a pic of the spoon I'll post it up. Here is some of the decent fish we took....I love those buck eyes!

Yea until you need one....Like when you wife or daughter gets in an accident or has a flat and some good civil servant changes her tire, or stands by till AAA gets there. The Police have gotten a bad rap lately. Sure there are alot of crappy things going on, and you know what Bad on those guys. Bad on the guys who give good cops a bad name. As far as those BP guys......They probably didn't have any idea what goes into trolling a spread. I'm not making excuses you guys just have to remember not everyone on the lake has a clue what we do. Most BP guys start off in one of the worst crappy areas on the Mexican border. Every day they face the possibility of some national killing them in order to get into the US. I have alot of respect for the job they do and the coast guard for that matter. Its just a sign of the times and we have to adjust to it.

Its always good to kick the skunk out of the boat.

Sponge your exactly right...My apologies....The fly was the crazy Beehatch...Just went to the oak and bought three more yesterday.

Ran all the way out to 450 only to find a gradual temp break all the way. Ice cold water so we headed in to about 180. Wire dipseys 110 and 95. One with a Mountain Dew Spin DR No-see-um Atomik. The other was rigged with my new favorite Crazy Bit$h Spin Dr. and matching Atomik fly. We ended the day with a respectable 6 kings 1 Steelhead. lost 4 other fish. Not a bad morning and we were back at the dock by 11:00. Most of the kings were mid teens, however we had one monster that weighed 27 on the digital scale. Too bad it wasn't last weekend. All the fish were successfully released.

I have an X-4....awesome unit........

Thanks for clarifying that for me guys......Still sucks. If its not the blow boaters causing trouble, its the freakin fast ferry or the air show. Rochester is by far the most underrated port in the lake. It too bad it wasn't a little more sportsmen friendly.

Just so you Rochester fishermen are aware,The coast guard will not allow any boat traffic in or out of the Port during the air show . May 30th and 31st. You could probably go out in the morning, but they will close the port at 0800 for the rest of the day. NOT GOOD! As I get more details I will post them up

The only vessels that fall into the "Fishing vessel" category are Long Liners, or drag neters. Commercial fishing vessels in other words. regular guys who are trolling like we are fall into the "Power Driven Vessels" category. I almost puke in my mouth to say it, but the sailboats have the right of way.

WTG...I use some heavy duty stuff. I have an abu garcia bait caster heavy action 6 1/2 ft rod, spooled with 85 lb power pro. Instead of a steel leader I use 50 lb mono with a beefy snap swivel. My musky fishing has been in the Niagara river jigging big baits off the bottom. You really need the heavier stuff to pull your bait out of snags. For trolling in the Late Late Fall I tend to use my salmon stuff with titanium leaders...Good luck chasing the Essox