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Rod,

Don't worry man, I have a few spots saved on my GPS for us this weekend. I KNOW I lost some that big two weekends ago, so they should be even bigger by now Oswego is known for their big fish simply because us sodus guys just don't tell when we find the big ones The really big ones get too tired to keep swimming to Oswego and just stop out front of sodus hehe.

Nick

Sorry for your loss Bob... our first fish this weekend will be in his honor.

Nick

Sounds like things are still slow out of Sodus. We saw those bottom fish last weekend and threw everything at them we could... nothing would go. There was also a lot of bait hanging on the bottom, so maybe that's why. Hopefully more fish will move in soon!

Nick

Well it wasn't meant to be a secret... everyone should feel free to send wedding gifts whenever they want!

The kicker ran well, didn't blow up after I changed the oils which is always a good thing! Looks like Rod and I will be teaming up for the Sodus pro am, so bring your A game

Nick

Friday Evening:

Got out around 6pm and fished from 100' to 200'... nada zilch, nothing. Not even a release. Ton of biting flies and cottonwood made a mess of the lines.

Saturday Morning:

Overslept! Got out around 8:30 and setup in 100fow. Five mins later the cheater on the 50' rigger started bouncing, I popped it to find a king the same size as the spoon. While setting that back up the 75' rigger with a firetiger fires and starts screaming. Landed a nice 15lb king. That was it for the rest of the morning.

Saturday Evening:

Fished 100' to 150'. Had quite a few releases with no one home, very weird... small fish maybe. Then the 50' rigger's glow chicken wing slider fires and starts screaming... landed a 17lb king. Start heading towards port and the 325' #2 wire takes off with a green protroll green fly. It's just zipping out, I mean headed towards canada. The fiance fought it for quite a while and got it back in from 600'. Turns out the protroll got tangled and was sideways creating a ton of drag. A nice 15lb king though. Had the planer board with two splitshot on it take off also, but no hookup.

Sunday Morning:

Fished from 80' to 300'. Very slow. Managed a 7lb king over 120', down 40' and had a few realeases, but that was it.

All in all... considering it's june... I was pretty happy. Past years we weren't hitting kings until July. Now if I could figure out how to keep the flies off I'd be happy. There were times where I thought I was going to lose it and jump in the water :shock:

Nick

I won't be up this weekend as the boat is having some motor repair being done... new stator... $500... ouch. But I'm up throughout the summer on weekends. From what I've heard, the browns have been non-existant this year, but steelies have been pretty plentiful. The kings haven't shown up yet, with a few exceptions. If you're headed out soon, I would keep a surface programs going with red/orange spoons for steelies. But always keep at least one rod deeper for some kings

Nick

I'll be there!

Ch 68 works for me, sometimes listening to it is the only action we get

Nick

im working on one im gonna call it "BUFFY"sorta flesh tone with nothing on it

oooh you should add a hairy back too

"SILVER CROC" WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE , approaite.......

Actually, I agree, that would be a good name! If you don't name it that, I might have to make you a spoon when I'm up there this weekend and call it the silver croc Hmmmm... actually I think you like the blue crocs though, maybe an entire croc spoon line....

Nick

actually... a LOU barbecue would probably be a lot of fun... I'm just not sure how many of you would drive all the way down to my house here in Philadelphia!

Nick

HAHA good to know!

Nick

Yeah I might have to buy a board. Right now all I have are two inline planers (one for each side). I've been hesitant to run my leadcore (don't have copper) off of it simply because I can only imagine how much "fun" it would be to reel in. In your video I see you have a planer that you just clip onto so you don't have to fight the planer when the fish hits.... that makes a lot more sense.

Nick

This year we have noticed almost every trip at least one fish has a lamprey on it or that drops off when we get it close to the boat (and we don't catch that many fish!!! ). Out of wilson last week, there were days where I thought I must have had a fish on a flat line, or it broke me off without releasing a rigger rod, because we'd see salmon and steelies jumping out of the water behind the boat, to the side of the boat, in front of the boat, etc, just jumping like mad men... I'm guessing trying to get rid of lampreys?

Nick

Yeah I saw the guys name from Douglassville on the LOC site, but do you know him? I'd feel kinda funny showing up at his house with a basket of hand tied flies welcoming him to the neighborhood

Nick

Not sure the exact beam of my boat, but it's only 19'. Actually, if you're still up at Wilson, it's the white trophy in the parking lot next to the cleaning station I'll check out some of your videos and see if I can figure out how you cram 10 rods into there I'd be happy with 6 (not including boards)

Nick

Anyone know the winner of the LOC? He was fishing with a guy that literally lives down the street from me in Douglassville, PA. It'd be nice to meet another LO fisherman in my neighborhood.

Nick

Mark,

I'm trying to get into running more than just 4 rods this year, any chance you can jot down a quick diagram of how you run that many rods without tangling? I'm trying to imagine it, but all I see are tangles and lines crossing, and when a fish hits... well I might have nightmares about it tonight.

Nick

Yeah as long as the weather cooperates, we plan to fish Saturday and Sunday.

Nick

Rod,

Nice meeting you up there! You didn't miss much leaving when you did. We went double digits the next few days but nothing only one or two over 10lbs out of all of them! A lot of people had almost no luck. The weather wasn't all that great either. Looking forward to memorial day weekend, hopefully the fishing will pick up by then!

Nick

DB,

Sorry to hear about the bad luck, we're headed up tonight and should be on Ch68 most of the time. Good luck out there!

Nick

Del,

I think a 23' and under class would be awesome... I'm just not sure there's enough "little guys" out there to make it happen? I guess when you get good enough, you get worried about the problem of catching 6 small fish.... I can only wish that I get good enough one day to worry about the size of the fish I catch as opposed to being worried I won't even catch 6 fish :shock:

Nick

Rod,

Ok cool, I'll look for you. We'll probably be monitoring ch68. We're driving up Friday evening and will probably launch from the state park early saturday morning and start fishing right away, then come in around noon to check in at the marina. We're in a grey topped 19' white trophy... I'll be the guy not catching anything and driving in circles

Nick

I also would like to say that the name on the boat or it's size dosen't matter if the rules are the same you just got out fished.

DEL

C'mon now... they don't cancel the tournament for 3-4' waves, but no way I'm taking my boat out in them. Meanwhile, someone in a 25' is trolling right along. Also, the advantages to having a wide beam is there as well, tough to put more than 2 or 3 riggers on my boat....

I'm personally very happy with the changes and if I can get the time off work this year I plan to hopefully fish the Sodus Pro Am and look forward to getting outfished

Nick

Rick,

Are you staying out at the bar for the month? We're heading up tomorrow and fishing through Sunday May 18th. We'll be back again for memorial day weekend also. Haven't seen many reports from the bar area, looks like not nearly as many people traveled out there this year, or maybe they're just not catching like usual.

Nick

Fish safe have fun and take a kid fishing.

Just make sure to ask the parents first!

Nick