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Ah......Pete, maybe you can expound on this "wet noodle action" you have been getting.

I have had them hit bottom with a flasher/fly at about 112' going 2.4 downspeed with 350-400' of wire out. If you want 150' you need to go to 1lb thumper weights.

When I first saw your thread title I thought to myself.......a virgin in Olcott? I have GOT to see this!!! ....oh well, welcome to the addiction and a great first trip out into deeper water.

The pup was chewing on my daughter's nose in the picture.

Great hunt!!

In previous years, teams would have loved a 15 lber......not this year!

What a bummer!!!!! No worries though.....the fish are not going anywhere any time soon. Nice meeting you at the dock.

The kids got to help pick out my new hunting buddy. An all liver German Shorthair.

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Gill-T Hooker ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): Time on Water:6:30-11:30 Weather/Temp: Wind Speed/Direction: Waves: Surface Temp: Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: Too many to count Total Boated:Too many to count Species Breakdown:Kings, Coho, Lakers Hot Lure: Northport Nailer Blue Mahi Glow, Lure Jenson Shoehorn Mag, Capt. Val w/A-tom-mik mirage glow, Northport Nailer Orange-ice-glow/gold Trolling Speed: Down Speed: 2.25 Boat Depth: 60-68' Lure Depth: 2 color/10' to 52' ==================== The fishing is the same as my report from two weeks ago. Non-stop action on Kings, giant Lakers and Cohos. Took some newbies out..... a father with two boys. I think we may have ruined them for life. Eyes where as big as saucers when the fish started hitting the deck. I am a catch and release guy, but the boys wanted fish so.......the boat got really bloody today. Not sure how long it will last but boy what a ride!! ====================

No worries, the fishing off Olcott is on FIRE!!!!!!! Will be out tommorow and its going to be a bloodbath.

Turn at the light in Youngstown and go to the free launch. Brand new and won't hurt your outdrive like the fort launch. Will be a zoo tommorow off the Niagara with the tournament going on.

All my divers have a small pinch-pad release above the foregrip on the rod. Place the wire or braid into the pinch pad to keep it from creeping.

Was down working on my boat yesterday and I noticed just upstream from the marina a huge colony of Cormorants in the trees. Was wondering with the DEC oiling the eggs on colonies in the eastern end of the lake, could we get a similar program started on this end of the lake? Anybody know who we can contact about this. Those baby steelhead don't stand a chance if released.

Pick your poison good man. The sure thing is trolling the shoreline for browns, cohos, with a dabbling of Lakers, Kings or Atlantics as incidental catches. If you see boats deeper......they are probably on Kings/Lakers, in which case you will want your dipsys. You could get away with just spoons this time of year but you might as well bring some Flasher/fly combos. Your biggest challenge this time of year is not IF you will catch fish but CAN you fish due to the weather.

This time of year .......no matter what NOAA says, if weather is coming in, you are going to get NE or E winds. It can be blowing from the south right at the marina, but as that warmer air hits the cold air bank over the lake, the wind curls around the bank like an air foil and will blow across the lake in a completely different direction. Been burnt enough over the years to learn you have to become your own Lake O weather man. Don' t rely on NOAA!!!!!

Apparently there are Kings off Olcott. Nice report.

Gee Tim........seems to me you might be awhile and your slip is empty. Leave the key to the dock lock under my door mat eh buddy? I feel your pain. When you were catching all those Kings in July last year, I was rebuilding my hardtop. Man there was a lot of wood rot. You really should have taken my suggestion to either get a port-a-potty or at least a piss can to prevent that from happening again PS I will stop posting pictures of fish I catch until you finish.........naw

More Pics to crash your computer

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): Time on Water:9:00-1:30 Weather/Temp: Wind Speed/Direction:West, NW, N, NE, then East Waves: Surface Temp: 46 Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: Too many to count Total Boated: Species Breakdown:Kings, Lakers, Cohos Hot Lure: Northport Nailer Blue Mahi-glow, Mag Shoehorn spoon, Capt. Valium SD/A-tom-mik Mirage/glow Trolling Speed: A little over 2 MPH downspeed Down Speed: Boat Depth: 50-70' Lure Depth: 10'-2 color --60' ================= What can I say. THE BEST FISHING I HAVE EVER EXPERIANCED. Started out of the chute with Kings in mind at the bright and early time of 9:00. Hooks everywhere. The rods started snapping as I was putting them down. KINGS, KINGS, KINGS. Nonstop action with no more than 5-10 minutes between bites with doubles, triples and quads. We fininshed with all rods cleared by fish. Two and three year old kings mostly, but we also took probably over 15 Lakers between 12-18 lbs. I had a 2 color out that took two Cohos that I soon pulled because It was a pain to keep in the water with all the other fish hitting. ====================

Olcott has had them since mid-March when the Emerald Shiners came in. Getting them now in the transition colored water between the muddy stuff and the green lake water.....approx. 12-15' FOW. Hitting small sticks with rattles. They taste the same as last year

The Catt. gets stocked pretty heavy with Browns. I often catch them jig fishing during the May trophy smallmouth season. NONE THAT BIG! Nice brown.

Bow rail may not be sturdy enough. You need some serious consideration for backing plates and hardware because these boards soak water and are heavy pullers.

King

Since Coyotes have reclaimed the Southern Tier of NY, I have seen fewer does with two fawns. QDM tactics push for the removal of mature does so not to shoot button bucks. I think this is a mistake. A mature doe knows how to live with coyotes and teach their offspring how to survive. Since they taste better and are less likely to survive the winter, I try to shoot a yearling doe on my antlerless tags. I used to pass on shooting coyotes because I thought they would make the herd stronger. Traditional big-deer provinces and states have always had predators and yet they grow bigger deer. My thinking was flawed. Coyotes are opportunists, indescriminately killing any fawns weak or healthy. If you get a shot take it.