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Prayers sent. My first was a premi. Born 2 lbs 10 ozs. Don't be stubborn, rely on family and friends and you will get thru it.

Pulled lines at 1:30. The tally was 13 keepers, 4 shorts and a couple of silver bass. Took awhile to figure the bite out but 0 fish on worm harnesses, 0 fish on leadcore and sticks, all rigger and dipsy bite with small spoons. Northport Nailer in 3.25" size in a perch pattern and Northport Nailer Wild Thing spoons took almost all the fish. Size was small from 3 lbs to 15.5". Good for eating but not for fighting. Riggers around 68'-75'. Standard dipsy out 250' and mags out 225'. Good future class of fish. They were spitting up YOY alewives.

Dunkirk near the fence. Spoon bite

Starting to build a nice box. Dipsy bite

Bunch of small walleyes so far. The fleet must be off Barcelona. Warm water everywhere. Have not bothered to put trout gear out with 74 degree water all the way to bottom

Saw it on tv. Cool.

Ok probably launch out of Catt and make the run. This wind most certainly brought a fresh batch of fish in.

Thanks for the heads up. What time is the start of the event?

Dunkirk Sunday Anybody fishing out of Dunkirk lately with a good program want to share details? PM if you don't want it public knowledge. Towing up to Dunkirk for annual Erie trip. Thank You.

I believe he is asking about copper.

Whether you go right or left out of port is more important than the right/left rotation of the flasher. A circle spun in either direction is still a circle.

I get bigger fish from 10:30-4:00.

PAP your are being punked.

...........my apologies......high school aged kids.

When college aged kids decide to post on LOU.........

It would appear at the time of the charting, warmer water is offshore. With winds calming down, the Niagara flow may take the midwaters back overnight so what silverfox said may hold true. If you want to hunt before you fish, run out to 150', stay in neutral and watch the graph. Put you probe down and find the thermocline. Nothing on the graph?....cruise out to 250' and repeat. Nothing at 250'..... shoot out to 400' and set lines trolling North until you find fish.

Alewives are herring

Wow great layout on that boat! The exterior fiberglass looks new. Can't believe it is a 1977 boat.

Quick stuff at you fingertips go to Olcottfishing.com. Find the surface currents icon near top and click on it. Go to upper left nowcast scroll and find temp transects for Lake Ontario. That page gives you the slice on water stratification and the surface temp in bottom corner

Mike if the lake rolls over, a good bet is to be fishing from the fort and upstream. The bass from the lake don't like cold water and will pile into the river in huge numbers. Often you only have to drift along the coast guard retaining wall to get your fill.

Good news Mike!

Yep, with the roll over you were in the warm water bubble offshore of the Oak. May be the best spot in the whole lake right now if you look at the water temp charts

I have fished Otisco once. Weeds on trolling gear is a problem on that lake. I know from Justin's posts, he catches a lot of fish approx. 28' down or so. It would seem to me torpedo divers may be the easiest way to get you to that depth. Yes, Amherst is perfectly located.....1/2 hour to Lake Erie, 20 minutes to the Niagara, 35 minutes from Lake Ontario, 1hr 20 minutes from Canandaigua, 1 hr and 45 minutes from Lake Chautauqua........so many options.....so little time.

Let me know if you need to borrow any gear bud. I have a pocket fisherman and some banjo minnows you could walleye fish with...........sucks don't it. I have become jaded and now bring all my gear home after each trip. An extra 1/2 hour of loading and loading each time but piece of mind.

If you are looking for walleye, blind trolling is often just that.......trolling blind. You have to research where 90% of the fish are caught in 10% of the water. For example, you can open water troll Lake Erie for walleye using a lot of muscle power and never catch one. If you learn where there are some small humps and depressions are and mark them on a handheld GPS, you can drift over them and catch fish every time out. Also if you want a diver that pulls straight out the back, look at the Deep-Six diver or the Double-Deep Six diver- use with wire or a braid line-counter set-up.