MrKato

At what depth were you catching those lakers?  And I assume they were on or close to the bottom?

Launched around 630 and headed to 75-100 ft of water just west of Braddock,  Setup around 7am.  Found very cold water (50 degrees or lower) 25 ft down.  Fished this area until about 830 with no action and then moved out to about 180 ft depth.  Found 55 degrees around 50-55 feet.  Boated 14 fish (2 browns (one around 8 pounds and the other around 4-5 pounds which had a lamprey on it) and 12 other fish ranging in range from 1-4 pounds).  Mostly small chinook with a few coho.  Had 4-5 other releases.  Had about a 1 foot chop from about 830-1115am.  Lake went calm around 1115am and when lake went flat fishing/catching turned off.  Left lake around 1145-noon.  Very few spiny fleas.  Used all spoons and best colors were watermelon and black/green magnum NKs.  Even though fish were small it was quite busy for 2-2.5 hours. - Mr Kato

Thanks to everyone for your replies.  Will give the 30 pound mono a try and hope that improves things or at least reduces the buildup

Running 17 pound mono and then 10-12 pound fluorocarbon leaders

I fished out of Braddock Bay Thursday (7/7) morning from about 730-11am.  Fished 80-200 ft of water.  Marked lots of bait and lots of fish and had a couple of releases but nothing in the boat.  But the reason for this posting is that I never so the spiny fleas so bad.   When pulling in my lines they were covered with spiny fleas and sometimes had 3-4 feet of fleas piled up on the line.  Never seen it this bad.  I am sure that is why I never hooked up on any fish even though the graph indicated that there were plenty of fish there.  Wonder if anyone who fished that morning off of Braddock Bay experienced similar issues with the flea buildup on their lines.   The only line that never had buildup was the lead core line I was running.   I run fluorocarbon leaders on my lines and the fleas would seem to buildup/stop at the junction of the fluorocarbon and monofilament knot.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to prevent/minimize the spiny flea buildup?  Will the northeast winds this coming weekend and 3-5 ft waves reduce the fleas?  Looking for any advice. Thanks. - Mr Kato

Whaler1:  Great day of fishing!  Nice browns!   What speed was working best for you?  And was there a certain direction (west to east; south to north?) that seemed better?  Thanks! - Mr Kato

Maybe fishing will improve next week after frontal passage on Monday and a return to some west and northwest winds. The consistent east winds for the last week or so has slowed fishing for mostly everyone out there in the Rochester area.

Fished Braddock yesterday (Wednesday) from about 8am to noon and had good water temp (49-50 degrees) off of Braddock but did not catch a single brown.  Managed only one small king (1-2 pounder).  Had another 4-6 releases but nothing else landed.

Where are the pen rearing pens on the Genesee located?

You said you turned around just before Smoky Point.  Where exactly is Smoky Point?

one more question:  did you boat any of your fish in front of the bay or did you catch most of them west of the bay/past the west point?  when I last saw the boat you were still headed west and then eventually you went out of sight.

Did you fish east of the bay or did you start to the east and troll west?  I saw a boat out there this morning that came out of Braddock and went a little east but then trolled west,   I was onshore casting and noticed one boat that came out of the bay around 715-730 and wondered if that was you that I saw.

What pier was it that you were fishing east of?

Well that is certainly not a pretty site.  Will probably get worse as the day goes on.  May be even worse later today/tomorrow as northeast winds increase.

Northeast winds for Wednesday and Thursday as remnants of Ida approach.  Never have too much success with those winds.  Good luck!

BreakingBass - Regarding RPRN6:  This is the weather sensor station at the end of the east pier (Summerville pier) at the mouth of the Genesee River in Rochester, New York.  And I would also agree with you that looking at the Weather Bug website and camera 6 (Forest Lawn Beach) and camera 13 (Oak Orchard Lighthouse) can be helpful,  I have been fishing Lake Ontario since the early 1980s in the boats of friends and in my own boats since 1986 and wind and wave forecasts for the lake still seem to be a difficult task for the weather service. I can remember a day in the late 1980s when fishing the Spring ESLO Derby when the forecast was for 4 to 6 foot waves and we were on the lake just to the west of the Genesee River fishing a flat like with barely a ripple on the water; there were even people out there in kayaks!! And then I was out there another day when the waves were supposed to be 1 foot or less and I got caught out near Sandy Creek in the early morning when the lake went from waves of less than a foot to 4 to 6 footers out of the east and I had to make it all the way back to Braddock Bay in those conditions.  I am sure there are plenty of other people out there with similar stories,  Just keep monitoring all those potential sources of information. - Mr Kato

I believe that the buoy report is for the buoy that is approximately 20 miles offshore north-northeast of Rochester.

Went out for a few hours on Thursday morning from about 9 to noon.  Went out to 80 ft just to the NW of Braddock point and moved out to about 120 ft depth.  Had a good screen with lots of marks down between 70 and 100 ft.  55 temp was down about 70 feet and dropped to 42 at around 90 ft.  We did one king about 10 pounds down 90 on the rigger.  Also did a small steelie and a small brown down around 65 to 70 on the rigger but neither of those fish tripped the releases.  Both were pretty small at a pound or 2.  Had a good screen with lots of marks but just couldn't get them to bite.  Only had a few hours to fish but it was a nice day.  Lake flat (maybe too flat).  Lots of spiny fleas on the lines but they shook off fairly easily. - Mr Kato

Went out for a few hours on Thursday morning from about 9 to noon.  Went out to 80 ft just to the NW of Braddock point and moved out to about 120 ft depth.  Had a good screen with lots of marks down between 70 and 100 ft.  55 temp was down about 70 feet and dropped to 42 at around 90 ft.  We did one king about 10 pounds down 90 on the rigger.  Also did a small steelie and a small brown down around 65 to 70 on the rigger but neither of those fish tripped the releases.  Both were pretty small at a pound or 2.  Had a good screen with lots of marks but just couldn't get them to bite.  Only had a few hours to fish but it was a nice day.  Lake flat (maybe too flat).  Lots of spiny fleas on the lines but they shook off fairly easily. - Mr Kato

The near shore marine forecast posted for Rochester today (Sat July 10) listed the water temp off Rochester as 52 degrees.  That is the water temp of  the Monroe County Water Treatment Plant in Greece intake pipe which is something like 35 feet down.  So 41 degrees at 58 ft is most likely realistic.  A strong east-northeast wind persisting for 12-24 hours or more in the summer will often result in upwelling and the temp can drop 20-25 degrees in a day.  The mechanism that does this is kind of like what causes tornadoes to occur (wind shear:  winds going in opposite or crossing directions as you go up in height),  Same thing happens with the water in the lake:  flow beneath the surface is generally west to east; get a strong surface wind (east-northeast) and the water starts to rotate or upwell.  Cold water could persist for many days until (as someone said above) the northwest or west winds blow again and brings the warmer water back in.  I always look at that water temp posted for the near shore forecast for Rochester because that will give you and indication of what the actual water temp is at 35 ft and if you look at it every day it will give you information on whether the down temp (at least at 35 ft off Rochester) is getting warmer or colder.

Can you provide any info on what water depth you fished and how deep you were fishing.  Sounds like a great evening!!  Maybe fishing is finally starting to pick up! - Mr Kato

Also fished off Braddock on Wednesday from about 745 to 1115 any where from 60 to 150 ft of water.  Also marked lakers on the bottom and occasionally some fish at 40-50 ft.  Had 3 releases but no hookups.  All the releases were in the 50 to 670 ft range and way off  the bootom so maybe small fish (coho) that just could not hook up.  Did not mark any bait pods either.   Tough day!  I also saw that boat in the high grass and wondered what the story was.  Thanks for sharing that info.  Could be very tough getting that boat out of there.  Hopefully no one was seriously hurt/injured. - Mr Kato 

Thank you!

Do you have any specifics on depth of water you fished and where you were in relation to Braddock Channel?  Out front? East? West?  Any info would be appreciated since I plan to go out of Braddock on Wednesday or Thursday.  Thanks! - Mr Kato

I fished out of Braddock Bay on Wednesday April 14. Launched around 10 and fished until about 2:15/2:30.  Started in front and just east of the bay because there was warm (54 degree) water there.  But it was pretty muddy.  So around 11:30 we headed west of the bay and found a little better (less muddy/more stained to clear) water around 51-52 degrees and over the next hour and a half picked up a small coho and 2 browns (each around 5 pounds).  Had 1 other pretty large fish on but lost it near the boat.  Had 2 other releases.  So after a slow start for the 1 1/2 to 2 hours the last couple hours of the trip were pretty good.  Had to get of the water a little after 2pm but may have caught some other fish in that area because the water seemed pretty good. Fished from 5 to 12 feet with most of the action in the 5 to 7 foot range.  Did not go out much past 12 feet. - Mr Kato