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  1. Sweet Caroline
    Also, "lack of salmon" is relative especially if you were talk to guys who fished the lake during the 90's early 2000's.
  2. Sweet Caroline
    Ditto on the wind this year compared to last year. Mature bite was stupid last year down at Niagara...not so much this year. Despite the wind this year our mature summer bite was actually better than last year. Died labor weekend which by then the fishing is normally slower anyway.
  3. Sweet Caroline
    Said the same thing last year about the lack of teenagers and all the matures around. Looking back at this season I think we did just as many matures this year as we did last year though.
  4. Sweet Caroline
    Looks like a king to me?
  5. Sweet Caroline
    run the Saltist 30. perfect for wire
  6. Sweet Caroline
    Can't always judge the size of the fish based on the fight. Had the same thing happen to me. Not quite as big as yours though. Nice fish!
  7. Sweet Caroline
    Matures always seem to move through the 300-500 FOW depths late July - mid August. Towards the end of August they're back <200 FOW. There are always some fish on the inside so it is still worth the trip should winds dictate how far out you can go.
  8. Sweet Caroline
    Anybody know where a leaderboard can be viewed for the Orleans Derby?
  9. Sweet Caroline
    Yes. I had heard the smallmouth fishing was awesome on Erie still. Not sure why the dynamic is different here on LO.
  10. Sweet Caroline
    We had the opposite happen to us. Started off with a few hits and small fish on the inside. Then we moved offshore a bit and they lit up around 11:30 and we did four majors in a row.
  11. Sweet Caroline
    Headed out of Rochester this afternoon. Like the reports. Gives me a good starting point. If you don't mind can you post a wave report before you pull for the morning? I know you are a little west but atleast I will know what is headed my way. Thanks in advance, DR
  12. Sweet Caroline
    Just out of curiosity. Does a NE/NW wind have the opposite effect on the North shore? I.e. warm water near shore with a NE wind and cold water with a NW?
  13. Sweet Caroline
    Don't know the scientific reason why but a NE wind will bring cold water in and a NW wind will bring warm water in. I was out this Saturday and the wind started blowing a little from the NW and in a matter of a couple hours we went from having to fish 90-100 deep to find cold water to over 130ft deep when we left. Wind from any other direction doesn't seem to change the water too much. A west wind seems to keep fishing conditions consistent. The past two years the mid-June through mid July wind patterns had a consistent westernly flow and likewise the fishing was very consistent for us. This year we seem to have much more easternly winds in the mix. For whatever reason, even with a light east wind the fish get lockjaw. I think Tim Bromund had more of a scientific explantion as to why the water changes so much with a NE/NW wind. Hope that helps.
  14. Sweet Caroline
    Been fishing the lake seriously for 25 years and the past 5 years have been the best ever for us. I would say 10 years ago was when it was just starting to get good. we have had some record catch rates the past few years according to the DEC. Fall river mouth fishing was spectacular during the late 80's early 90's from mid-August to mid Sept when I first started but pretty tough "numbers-wise" in the Summer. Nowadays the May-August bite has been insane and starts slowing down late August. Not sure why the change from the past but I''m not complaining.
  15. Sweet Caroline
    Doesn't matter for lake trout. They seem to always bite
  16. Sweet Caroline
    The key is to catch alot of fish so the rods don't stay in the water long enough to collect fleas:) 30lb big game seems to do the trick. I like to check rods after 30-45min if they haven't fired which usually isn't long enough for any major amounts of fleas to collect. This makes it much easier to remove what is there and then reset. I spool all my reels halfway with 20lb test and then use a blood knot to tap in 15 lb test until the fleas show up and then I remove the 15lb and tap in 30lb. I also put a 10 ft leader of 15lb fluoro at the end.
  17. Sweet Caroline
    yes. there were some other posts in the "open lake" section about this
  18. Sweet Caroline
    It seems logical that the Goby population impacted the SM Bass, but from what I hear about Erie is that the SM Bass has remained good and the bass are larger. Erie also has a large Goby population so I'm not sure what the difference is between the two lakes?
  19. Sweet Caroline
    Good info. Maybe the little NE we get today will help.
  20. Sweet Caroline
    Fleas are bad now. Changed everything over to 30lb this last weekend
  21. Sweet Caroline
    Nice. We did a few majors there yesterday as well. Biggest was 26lbs. Also caught more steelhead and skip kings than we could count, and a few teenage kings and even some browns. 300 copper and 10 colors were the MVPs with moon cricket dream weavers. Fish were still biting when we left at noon. Good day. Hopefully conditions will stay stable.
  22. Sweet Caroline
    Hmm. Seems browns are all over. We did a few today out over 150-200 FOW off Braddock's.
  23. Sweet Caroline
    Did it once a long time ago. I believe it was something like a 25 mile run NW out of the Genny.
  24. Sweet Caroline
    Hey Nick, I remember you had once posted a tutorial on changing out the drag on a Tekota 500. Any chance yoy can post that again? Thanks, DR
  25. Sweet Caroline
    Perception is reality until the fish hits the floor. A registered scale has kept many a fisherman honest.
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