Gill-T

From someone who pulls up NOAA charts on Lake O every day.....even winter, I can tell you that EVERY day the down currents measured off Buoy data has been a different direction EVERY day. Lake O is a washing machine right now. Best advise I can give anyone under these conditions is fish the middle of the lake. Lake O is like a toilet bowl with the water swirling around west to east on the south shore. What doesn't go down the St. Lawrence will circulate back west along the north shore. With the toilet bowl effect "stuff" will move to center. Stuff being plankton, bait fish and therefore predators. During the winter the middle has the warmest temperatures. Because of the mild weather with mixing winds and currents the food chain has remained offshore. The bait is just now coming into the shallows and the kings will follow. We need sustained SW or W winds for multiple days.....weeks etc. for the fishing to pick up inshore. My advise for now for if you want numbers head out and fish high in the water column........and stop blaming the fishermen.

Yep, there are kings. When you find a king, mark them with GPS and pound the waypoint for a while.

If you want numbers, start at 400' and troll out. Fish the top 40'

what did the picture look like at the drop?

Hey even small greasers make a mess of the floor

The boating industry does us all a disservice by supplying only plastic scuppers. The sailing community has mostly large brass scuppers that last forever. I have looked everywhere for brass ones and can't find them to fit our small openings equipped on power boats.

I do believe some synapses got fried the moment Tim opened the engine compartment.

If anyone would like to add to their exercise regiment....P90-x ain't got nothing on bailing water for 1 hour. Today, I feel muscles in my thighs and back that I did not know I had.

Lesson learned is MAKE SURE THERE ARE MULTIPLE bailing buckets of various sizes in your boat...it could save your boat and your life. Thanks for the adventure Tim....you sure know how to show a guy a good time! Same time next week?

Aftco roller release to a fixed loop on the planerboard line. Place dipsy in water, clip line into release, send out board free-spooling/thumbing the dipsy reel so the dipsy maintains it's position in the water. Once you are at the desired distance away from the boat...lock down the planer reel, zero the line counter on the reel and send the dipsy out to the desired distance. You just made your 8' transom 50' wide.

Kudos to you and your team. The years of giving great fishing reports when most don't take the time or remain tight-lipped for some unfounded reason. The good mojo has paid you back. Nice work.

You have to look at the time the last data was taken from. If you check too early in the morning, sometimes the buoy data has not been updated. Usually the buoy data gives the most accurate info up-to-date. I don't trust forecasters when it comes to wave height.

Great fish....come up from the depths with moss on it's gills.

I have often wondered how much poop would a 34 lb greaser leave on the floor of the boat? Cool layout of the mount....splayed fins and back hump look cool.

Buoy showing the winds amping up again. Warmest water Wilson to 4 mile.

Happens every spring. Last year it was much earlier. Could be a spawn thing. Could be a cold water thing.

10-15 knot winds from the NW means 3-5' waves NOT 1-3' that NOAA always posts.

Micromanagement minute: Take the little lady to Barton Hill Spa in Lewiston for the night. Schedule a massage for the morning.

30 Lb Fireline Original Fused - Smoke color. Almost flea-proof

Micromanagement minute.....just checked the temp transects page on NOAA, and you are correct in your assumption about the warm water blowing out. Looks like you need to be out in the middle near the fence due north of Wilson to catch up to warm water.

Micromanagement update: Nick there is a large cell moving north of the lake....shouldn't hit you, but expect it to get the lake frothy.

Hey nick, check the radar loop......some big rain with T-storms off Toronto heading your way.

Ya screw the high lines......you are doing great on the deep bite. Looks like the green water came back overnight. What the NE gods taketh....the mighty Niagara giveth back!!

Get the boards out and try high lines around that debris field. Surface lines and leadcore with spoons. Try an orange 6" spinny with a coho fly 50' back and 10' down on a rigger.

I think it is called the Water Street Side Bar......down overlooking the lewiston launch. The wanton shrimp are worth the drive to Lewiston.