Misty IV

This reminds me of an incident that happened probably 10 years ago now off of Nine Mile. It was the Fall LOC and a fisherman comes over the radio saying, "You're not going to believe this, but a seagull just swooped down, took a Silver Bullet J-Plug which was floating on top of the water, took off, snapped the line and flew away with it." About 3 hours later, another fisherman gets on the radio, hailing the previous boater who lost the J-Plug earlier. A Silver Bullet J-Plug just fell from the sky into his boat! Seems the seagull didn't like the Silver Bullet and dropped it off into his cockpit. The second boater offered to meet the first guy somewhere to return his J-Plug. Crazy winged creatures!

Welcome to the site, Steve. Hope you manage to get some line wet this year!

Amazing how different things are same time, 1 year apart. I drove up to check on the house after the major lake effect snows last year. Took a ride to Mexico Point launch and I was amazed at the sights. It was ice as far as I could see in all directions. Quite a sight! Couldn't get in the parking lot, however, as there was a good 10-15 feet of snow piled-up at both the entrance and exit gates.

I saw one a few years back while I was trolling off of Nine Mile. It was headed the opposite way, so I stood my ground, but was prepared to pull everything and head in if it changed course. One boat wasn't so lucky, though. One second, the boat is stationary, the next he was hauling you-know-what to outrun it! Got a cool picture of the whole event. I'll try to scan it and upload it here.

I apologize if this topic has already been on here, but I couldn't find anything like it when I searched. After a day on the lake, where do you like to go to eat? Personally, I love Stefano's in Pulaski and Carnsie's Irish Wigwam on Sandy Pond. Stefano's has some incredible Italian food and the Wigwam has a great selection of delicious food...not to mention the view of Sandy Pond.

Cool pics! Where-abouts did you take the pics? Trying to visualize it.

I just got chills throughout my body! Just what I needed this morning. Nice pics. And, yes, it makes you feel as if you were really there. Thanks for sharing. Is it spring yet?

It already looks like a new boat. It will be time to put it in the water before you know it! Come on spring!

Beautiful fish! What type of setup did you catch it on?

I've been thinking of a way to add lights to my soft top but kept drawing a blank. This definitely gives me some ideas which will work for what I need to accomplish!

I hope once the new administration gets into office (whoever it ends up being) that things change. We keep hearing the word "change" in their speeches and campaigns. Around me, I can no longer find any gasoline without ethanol in it. My gas mileage has gone down and my engine isn't running as well as it used to. Gas prices are constantly going up and down day to day. Last week, the name-brand gas station I use was selling regular grade 87 at $2.91. This week, it went up to $3.17. Yes, this foolishness has to stop! In one way, I'm glad I topped off the tank in the boat and poured in StaBil before I put her away for the winter. On the other hand, I just hope the engine starts and runs in a few months.

Yes, they answered my question, thank you! I took a ride to the hatchery the weekend we closed the house for the winter in late September to look at things. I was suprised at the lack of fish in the staging area. Definitely not what I've seen in previous years. Hopefully things improve this upcoming season and things can get back on track.

Wow, that is well below what they wanted. I heard the count wasn't that good, but had no idea it was that low. Tim, we await your words of wisdom!

I talked with my co-worker and he was, in fact, referring to stream fishing, not out on the lake itself. He said he's heard about the great fishing opportunities in the streams and rivers...that's what he wants to try. I think I talked him into trying the lake out at some point, too. He's going to look into chartering a boat, if they go that route, as well. Thanks to all for your replies and input.

How many Chinook eggs did they end up harvesting last fall?

I figured the regs between the lake and tributaries may be a little different. I'm guessing that is what my co-worker heard. I'll check with him later today when I see him and ask him where he was planning on fishing that he heard about the single hooks. He's only done stream fishing his whole life, so perhaps that is the regs he thought applied. I'll get back to you once I talk with him. Thanks to all for your replies so far. I figured there had to be some confusion with the information on his end. Otherwise, we'd ALL be running around starting a new collection of lures before the season starts.

A co-worker who has only fished rivers and streams here in PA came up to me today and asked me about fishing on the lake. He and a few buddies are planning their first ever trip up to Lake O this summer and asked me about hooks. He says he was told that you're only allowed to use a single hooks now. I told him that can't be true because all the common lures we troll with (MI Stingers, NK's) have treble hooks. Has anyone heard about this or do you think my co-worker was given some very false information? I'm taking one of my 3 tackle boxes in tomorrow to show him what I run.

Nice to see you here, Keith! You'll soon see what I was talking about in my PM to you the other day about the group here. You're gonna love it!

I have been using Fish Wish Taxidermy in Port Ontario (behind Woody's) and have been very happy with the results. I caught a 42", 33lb king back in 1998 and had Maggie at Fish Wish handle the mounting responsibilities. To this day, the mount still looks beautiful and I continue to get nice comments on it. It looks exactly like the king I caught.

I'm adding a copper rig to my setup this year. That, along with some information I took in at Pete Lahosky's seminar at Cabelas.

LMAO!!!!!

How much did you end up getting in Quakertown? We had about 1/2" of snow here before it changed over to sleet...and was it ever coming down. Made for a lovely drive home from work Tuesday evening. Torrential rain flooded out a lot of roads today. Supposed to change back over to snow overnight tonight. Guess Puxatawney Phil was right afterall. Ugh, I'm really itchin' to go fishin'!

Welcome to the site. Whatever kind of information you need about fishing, you'll find it here. There's a great group of people here willing to help anyone out.

Welcome to the site, Joe! Nice to see another Islander owner join here. I have a 221 Islander and launch out of Mexico Point. Have you ever launched at Mike's Marina or Mexico Point? I've seen a 19' Islander (blue/white with a blue top, cooler on the swim platform) at both locations a few times being launched/retrieved. Any chance it was yours? Again, welcome to the site!

I've been running Cannons since 1993 and have no complaints.