MrKato

On Thursday I noticed Rochester Sport Fishing Charter was docked at Westpoint Marina and I sent Captain Kip an email and spoke with him on Thursday.  He told me that the average depth thru the channel was 4 to 5 feet.  It was a little shallower before you got to the channel markers going out and once clearing the markers on the lake side there was a sandbar out there that came up to about 3 ft.  He said that he basically went thru the center of the channel without any issues.  And his boat is somewhere in the 25 ft range.  - Mr Kato

longspurs:  where did you launch at Braddock?  Did you go out thru the channel?  If so could you tell the depth thru the channel?  I had heard that they were dredging the channel.  Was the dredge still there or is it done?  Just wondered because I have a 21 ft Crestliner that I would like to take out but still concerned about the low water level/depth of water in the channel, Any info would be appreciated.  Thank you! - Mr Kato

I thought that last year after the channel was dredged that the channel depth was 4 to 6 ft?  So even with the level down shouldn't there still be 2-4 ft of depth thru the channel?

For the gentleman that bottomed out with your jon boat, did you bottom out in the channel?  Farther back in the bay?  Or out in the lake past the last channel marker?

Just curious.

I have a 21 ft Crestliner and obviously am worried about launching/trying to get out in the lake to fish.

Forecasts are for the lake to rise 11-12 inches by mid April, if that is any good news.

Yankee Troller:  What port are you fishing out of?

What are you using as jigs?

Thanks for the replies!

Just wondered if anyone out there has done any near shore smallmouth fishing from Sandy Creek to Webster..  I have not but I was just wondering if anyone has tried and and had any luck.  If so can you reply with any information/details.  Thanks!.  

Rick,

I am headed out of Braddock around 7am.  Cell # is 585-622-8742.

Mr Kato

Did you guys have problems with spiny flea buildup on your lines?  I was out Thursday out of Braddock Bay and it was terrible.

Not going out tomorrow (Wednesday) but most likely Thursday.

How deep were the kings?

I fished out of Braddock Bay on Friday June 5 and started fishing around 7:30am and based on recent lake reports in the Rochester area I set up around 70FOW and trolled out to 220.  Had some marks in the 70-100 ft range but not much after that out to 220.  Came back in to 80-100 ft of water between Braddock Pt and Lighthouse Pt and lots of marks down deep (70-100 ft range).  Fished riggers set at 85 to 100 ft and boated 5 lakers with 2 other releases.  All on spoons (silver/blue stripe NK or white/blue stripe Evil Eye).  Had rods stacked on riggers with 2nd line about 15-20 ft above bottom line.  All fish and all releases were on bottom line.  And all fish/releases came between 10:30 and noon.  Left water around 12:15.  The 80-100 ft depth is the same depth range I caught all my fish the last 2 times out.   Lots of debris (weeds/sticks/etc) in the water around 160-180 depth.- Mr Kato

Hey Rod Hog - Question on the 2,3 and 5 color setup.   Never fished those rigs before but just put 3 color and 5 color on 2 reels.  How much line are you letting out when you fish those rigs?  Want to give them a try on my boat but want to make sure I am fishing them correctly.  Thanks.. - Mr Kato

Fished from about 7:30 to 11:30.   Tried inside until about 9am fishing 7- 20 ft of water since we saw 3 to 4 boats nearshore.  Got nothing.  Went out to 80-100 and boated 1 laker about 60 down over 80 on a spoon.  Went in and and came back out around 1:30 and fished til about 5 in same 80-100 ft range just northwest of Braddock.  Did 3 more lakers, 2 with rigger set at 90 and 1 with rigger at 72.  Had 4 other releases.  All on spoons.  2 on silver/blue stripe NK and one on yellow with orange stripe NK.  Lake fairly calm.  0-1 ft wavers from the east/northeast.  Seems to be the predominant wind direction the last few weeks.

dickey, I plan to head out of Braddock tomorrow as well - Mr Kato

(585-622-8742 if you want to text me)

You could always go to the Lake Ontario buoy report site (https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov) which would have the wind conditions (direction and speed) at Olcott Harbor/  It would also have all the data for the last 24 hours so you could see how wind speed and direction were trending.

Only 1 steelhead caught in 40 ft of water about 15 down. Very few marks on the graph, Fished Braddock to:Lighthouse/  Saw one other boat at the launch when pulling out.   He caught 2 kings:  1 in 40 ft of water the other in 100 ft.  Don;t know the lure depth.  

thanks for the info.  First time out this season tomorrow (Thursday).. Will post how I do. 

Whaler1:  what depths did you fish off Braddock?  And did you fish east or west of the mouth?  Thanks.  - Mr Kato

Plan on fishing Thursday morning out of Braddock Bay. - Mr Kato

I have some of those orange and gold Rebels and it is a good lure!  The ones I have are probably 20+ years old.

Launched at Braddock around 7:15 and went straight out to 80 ft of water based on reports posted from earlier in the week.  Began setting up around 7:45-8:00 and first fish (laker) came around 8:15 on rigger set at 85.  Then did a king at same depth about 20 minutes later.  Did a steady pick for the next 2.5 to 3 hrs finishing with a total of 3 lakers, 2 kings and 2 cohos.  Moved one rigger down to 100 ft and had 2nd line stacked about 20 ft above it.  Other rigger at 70 with 2nd line about 20 ft about that.  Ran spoons all morning with black/green NK28 doing 5 of the 7 fish and a black with gold/silver ladder back doing the other 2.   Fished between 80 and 130 ft depth most of the time with most of the fish coming at the 90-110 ft depth.  It was a beautiful day on a very calm lake.  No photos to share right now.

If you had riggers set up what depth where they at and did you catch any on the riggers?

Some great advice.  Get out fishing when you can because you never know.  I hope/pray that you will be out there again soon!

looks like 2 kings a coho and a laker in those 4 photos