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Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):4-24-10 Time on Water:3.5 hours Weather/Temp:Awesome Wind Speed/Direction:5-10 East Waves: 0-2' Surface Temp: 48.5 Location:Red Barn west of Olcott LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 3 Total Boated:2 Species Breakdown:Coho Hot Lure: Orange Dreamweaver Dodger/ custom tube fly Trolling Speed: 1.7 Down Speed: Boat Depth: 62'-68' Lure Depth: 20' ==================== Took father-in-law out (newbie) and brother in search of cohos for dinner plus Kings and lakers for fun. Someone did not tell the fish! I explained to my father-in-law that because of the east wind, we probably were not going to catch much. True to form.......east winds make for a tough bite. Ran a spread of dodgers/flys on bottom for Lakers......nothing but streaking. Plenty of hooks to fish over. Moved out a little deeper near a slick with debris and found some cohos. For some reason the cohos only wanted a orange dodger/fly stacked off a rigger at 20'. Could not get anything else to go. Frustrating day. Did see some nice mid-range hooks that looked like Kings, but couldn't get them to bite. So after explaining the intricacies of why an East wind sucks to my father-in-law, we proceed back to shore only to be greeted by Northfork Charters with a Mega box of Kings, Atlantics, Cohos, and browns Oh well, thats fishing. ====================

Depends on what you want to spend. Four tite-locks....$120.00 with some hasseles of retightening vs two Big Jon doubles for $400.00 that will last a lifetime and not need any adjusting. It is expensive getting a boat set-up, most go cheap and upgrade later, but if you can swing the more expensive models......you get what you pay for.

Tim, why would he want to see your ropes?

Walleye colors. White, chartreuse, yellow, orange, and glow. Weight depends on where you are fishing. In the trench, you need a little heavier weight. Up on the bar away from the trench, the current lessens. I like to use a jig with a short shank and apply a minnow, with a stinger hook. You would be shocked how many fish you are missing without a stinger. Make sure the hook shank is stout enough (saltwater gear) for when you hook that 20lb er.

Great Pike fishing around all the islands and back bays. Since it sounds like you are going to be traveling daily, just put out a spread of large stickbaits or pike spoons and troll the deep weed edges near the multitude of islands. At night, the bass move up from deeper water in shallow and can be caught with minnows or shiners. Muskies where the pike are, plus you can troll the deep current areas with downriggers for the big boys. Walleyes in a few select deep drifts with current. Great fishing........enjoy the trip.

Just looked at my unemployment tax bill on my paychex invoice and noticed NYS charges a surcharge on my unemployment tax!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where is that "tea-party" sign-up sheet?

Did you try hitting it with a hammer?

Spro makes pre-made musky/pike leaders with heavy fluorocarbon. Gander Mountain carries them.

Are you the "Riggermortis" on Spoonpullers.com? If not, you may have someone else with your boat name floating around in Canadian waters.

Ray, the DVD sponsor packs are not ready yet.....still in production, be patient.

You mean we are not going to see you on top of your flybridge getting rained on any more?

Jerry, I would be willing to bet your 26' Penn yan is as heavy as Paul's 30' Trojan. The only reason you fish for Browns is your boat is too heavy/expensive to take offshore!

Did they get rid of their thin silver-scale series? That would suck.

Vince, are they proposing windmills out in the lake off Sumerset? Seems they have plenty of greenspace near the plant to put them on land.

What is the story behind this? Did Bill take a guide's favorite fishing hole? Seems outrageous to me.

Because they are talking about closing the launch at Wilson state park, you may want to make arrangements to get a slip at Olcott. You can leave from either port.

Hey......you made a funny Sounds like a great outing boys, thanks for the report.

Just heard the state of affairs with the DEC from a little birdie. The next two classes of DEC will be canceled. We are down 30 bodies now, next year due to retirement etc. , the force will be down 60 officers. The comminsioner is on record as saying he would just as soon get rid of the DEC police force!!!!! These guys take the same training as State troopers, plus are getting additional training in homeland security....because they don't know who else is going to patrol the borders other than the Coast Guard. State troopers get $70,000 plus benefits as new grads, a DEC officer gets $39,000 and has to try to make a living in Long Island (where new graduates end up). Ask yourself, when was the last time you saw a DEC officer on a stream? With all the cuts coming our way, downstate politicians don't understand conservation. NYC as a population is anti-hunting. PLEASE take the time to write or e-mail your congressman to maintain funding to DEC officers. Thank you.

Pike Hunter, this time of year the shallows are filthy with Lakers. The first coutour line on the south shore is usually at the 30'-33' mark which you will notice a slight dip on the graph. The fish will usually be somewhere past that first dip. Look at the pictures of the lakers we caught and you will notice how LARGE their eyeballs are! The other thing you will notice when you look at a laker is how big their nares are. These fish can see and smell REALLY well, and they live a long time so they probably have seen a lure or two. If you get into a big pod and can't get them to go, sometimes a jig/minnow with light spin gear is the way to go or drifting with three-way rigs with a small spinner blade a head of a minnow. From the other posts, and what I saw in the stomach of the one fish I kept.....small smelt are making up the diet.....about the same size as a trolling fly.

Go up to Small boat harbor near Buffalo, and fish Erie. You won't regret it!!

During the summer months, you can walk-troll a small rapala along the pier walls and catch largemouth at the Olcott piers, so I am sure you can do the same at any of the piers along lake O. Just make a long cast parallel to the pier, walk with an open bail after you have let out more line, close the bail and take a stroll from end to end holding the rod tip down along the wall.

I was thinking BROWN TROUT written all over it!!!!!!

With a handle "slimyfish" you have to love Lakers!

To be served at the walleye er I mean wedding reception.......walleye flourentine with a side of walleye gill-plate scallops. Honeymoon at Quinte in November Good thing you bought all your toys before you got married.