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Fishing Report pat ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): 9/12/09 Time on Water: 6 hrs Weather/Temp: Overcast/Drizzle/Upper 60's Wind Speed/Direction: ??/NE Waves: ~3' Surface Temp: upper 50's Location: Mouth/North of Oswego River Outlet LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 1 Total Boated:1 Species Breakdown:King Hot Lure: Blue/White Grand Slam Bucktail on Green Spin Doctor Trolling Speed: 2.2-2.7 SOG Down Speed: Boat Depth: 120' Lure Depth: 50' ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Immediately after launch, we watched one charter boat a large king inside protected breakwater area, then did not see or mark another fish anywhere near mouth of the river (despite numerous boats). After a couple of hours at river outlet, headed north. Waves were challenging, but dipsy hit 50 down in 120. Boated nice 20# king on blue/white Grand Slam bucktail. Marked several between 40-70, then trolled back in, then E/W across river mouth, but few marks and no takers. Unsuccessful lures: green flies, variations of green spoons, and purple/black NBK. Like 10thMTNDave, this was the first king after a frustrating season of learning! ====================

You made that guy's day! Great report, Jack, thanks. Pat

Great report, Rob - impressed by the "focused" efforts to get your wife her first king! Thanks.

Thanks for the details in your report, Tim - sure haven't had that kind of "luck"!

Great report, Tom! Ditto Chris' comment about giving you credit for going solo with the weather and the wave prediction report. Nice fish - great story! Pat

Great report, Chris - sorry about "the one that got away." Thanks for the details in your post - once again, you've helped the guys who aren't that proficient (myself included).

Great detailed report Woody, thank you! Pat

Thanks - but the credit goes to the website here for providing the format, I only filled in the blanks. Having the "vital stats" at the beginning of the message is concise and helpful if you're in a hurry!

Chris - As I indicated in my post tonight, your post helped us make a decision to go shallow and enabled us to catch a couple of steelhead instead of "getting skunked" again! Beautiful evening to be out - even better when you're catchin fish! Thanks again.

Pat : Fishing Report Wed Evening ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): (June 24) Time on Water: (5:00 PM – 8:30 PM) Temp/Weather: (85°F and beautiful) Wind Speed/Direction: (NW at ~5-8 MPH) Waves: (Calm) Surface Temp: (66°F) Location: (East of Ginna) LAT/LONG: () =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: (3) Total Boated: (2) Species Breakdown: (2 steelhead) Hot Lure: (NK28 Watermelon, Stinger NBK in Green/Yellow) Trolling Speed: (2.5-2.9 SOG) Down Speed: () Boat Depth: (90-100 ft) Lure Depth: (1-10ft) ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Wife and I out for a beautiful evening. Fair amount of bait pods and a few large fish marked 50-80' down, but no takers for first 2 hours, hence the "head to the surface" decision. Thanks to Chris' I-Bay report yesterday, we (eventually) decided to see if we could hit some steelhead near the surface. Hit 2 on in-line planers with 1oz splitshot ~ 4' ahead of spoon. Both planer hits on yellow/green NBK's. Again taking Chris' info, decided to raise one rigger up to ~30 feet and put the watermelon spoon on a slider - so 10-15' down? - and the 3rd one hit that. Spoons 50' behind planers, and 75' out. Both fish released successfully. Thanks, again, "momay4000" - we were getting pretty discouraged after a couple trips just washing lures. (Wife is bashful, so she made me crop the picture!)

Pat: Sturgeon Fishing (Not on Ontario!) ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): June 5 Time on Water: (9 AM – 3:00 PM) Temp/Weather: (60°F and overcast w/rain) Wind Speed/Direction: (E at 5 MPH) Current: (2-3 knots) Surface Temp:(60°F) Location: Willamet River, OR =============== =============== Total Hits: 5 Total Boated: 2 Species Breakdown: Sturgeon Hot Lure: Fresh shad Trolling Speed: N/A Down Speed: N/A Boat Depth: Lure Depth: 40 feet ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Hey, guys, thanks for the great posts and information! I'm still trying to learn the ropes on Ontario, but I thought you'd enjoy a slight digression for a quick report on the two sturgeon caught last Friday in Oregon, fishing with my brother-in-law. You fish for 12-18" shad in the AM, then you bait them (very large unbarbed hooks), attach 20 oz weights, and drop them on the bottom of the river. First sturgeon was ~7 ft, ~100 lb and the second ~10 ft, 300 lb. That one towed us 1/2 mile downriver and took 1 hr to land. "Keeper" slot size is 38-56", and the steak-size fillets (from a previous catch) taste much like perch. 6 ft heavy rod with Penn 330 reels and 80 lb test. Thanks again for all the updates and info on how to fish Ontario!

Great job with the experience and the telling of that experience, Lou. Many of us on the board can relate to that, regardless of the type of fishing, and that's why we're out there regardless of the success of our efforts. As many on this board have related, your boys will cherish this for the rest of their lives.

Todd Shreve from Dover, PA, with a 28# 11oz king. His partner was from Douglassville, PA - Steve Gerloff.

Spent ~6.5 hrs from Bear Creek to ~2 mi west past Ginna, then back to E of Bear Creek - marked plenty of fish 40-50' down in 100', then came in close in 10-15' of water - with no luck. Started with NK's and flies, then stickbaits in the shallows - not a hit. NE wind could have been a factor - an "interesting" boat retrieve at Bear Creek with the waves crashing on the boat launch - be careful in these conditions! Water temp 42.5-45.9F. "A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work!"

Stopped by at the sale today - all the "sale" ones were gone, but the gracious owners made a couple up for me. Great place to do business.

Hi guys (ladies?). Been a stream fisherman for many years, but picked up a nice boat from a retiring friend and now we're "on the water" with much to learn. Have an elderly (80's) dad that I want to get back out there and "complete the circle" from having taught me to love fishing for so many years. The boat is an 18' Mirrocraft rigged out for downrigger fishing, but I have to be wary of the wave height, given his age. Fishing out of Webster. Appreciate all of the great feedback from you - it's at great website - thanks!