CopperJohn

That is my thought, coming out of the creeks they are skinny and pale, fat ones are usually nice orange.

Ted, what is wrong with dead reeling? If you can gain line enough to get them up out of the cold water without them spooking that is a good thing. If you are pumping and reeling you increase the chances of them getting their head around and getting off , especially with cohoes

They are few and far between, sometimes you hear of someone catching a whopper on a j-plug, if you want to fish for walleye it would be better to go near Henderson .

Launch is open normal time on Sunday

Thanks for showing Brads bait.

3 hours ago, Great_Laker said:

Thank you, its a blast. The last couple of years I've been considering auto pilot to make things easier when fishing alone. I think it would be a game changer regardless of whos on the boat 

Best investment you will make, auto doesn’t get distracted by fighting a fish, keeps you going straight into the wind so you don’t have to captains troll all the time.

Great job, what is a Brads rig ?

Skywatcher, I have eagle claw ten rods that I use 7 strand wire on, had for more than ten years the guides hold up, definitely put twirly tips on.

Two buddies fishing together, you remember when something different happens, talk and tease for years. Good memories make fishing fun.

Would have been neat to get a picture of it swimming next to the boat.

A  center pin clip is meant to be used for adding a weight to a line and should not release the line until you squeeze it.. I use a rubber band to fix sliders. Doesn’t damage line when releasing.. Less drag than a clip.

It will be down to the swivel immediately and the swivel will go thru the coast lock and jam into the plastic clip.

If you don’t back the trailer in far enough when launching the bow can drop when coming off the rollers and the keel will hit the cross member, eventually the damaged part will peel off when coming up on the roller. It happened to me. A wood epoxy kit from Abatron fixed it for me.

Went out of Oswego today with a buddy, everyone was telling me spoons where what to use, put 5 spoons and one spin doctor green dot  out, nothing for three hours then the spiny on 400 copper fires, 9 lb king, pulled two spoons and put two more f/f out on dipsys,  hour later a double on f/f another 9 lb. and a 16 lb. king, marked a lot of fish and bait on the fish finder, quit at 1.00pm

Thanks for the report, now I know what to try tomorrow.

23 hours ago, Draggin The Line said:

Gee I thought the reason fewer salmon were stocked was the lack of baitfish? Hmm Looks like our wonderful governor Como cares as much about us fishermen as he does the elderly in nursing homes...SMH

 

That is a fair assessment of Andy

Thanks for the report, I guess you still have to go West to Olcott or further to catch fish.

I too will raise my coffee mug to him next time out. Enjoy your memories and hang in there.

9 hours ago, UNREEL said:

I was told the  oiling of the eggs worked great on ground nests like Gallou and Stoney Islands years ago because the birds killed all the trees and they had no choice where to nest. Given the opportunity to nest high in trees like we’ve seen in Irondequoit Bay and other islands, the birds will nest there,  which makes oiling and raccoon predation impossible.

A fire fighting boat with a high pressure water cannon would be my choice of weapon. 

I got news for you, raccoons are excellent tree climbers.

Years ago when DEC first got permission to oil the eggs of cormorants, they reported on their website the work they where doing, oiled  X thousand eggs on this island at a cost of y thousand dollars,  they reported this for each island except one island had no nesting cormorants on it but they observed a raccoon on the island. I commented about the report on a thread at the time, DEC removed the reports.

I don’t know if a raccoon swam out to the island or a good old boy dumped one out of a live trap but it reduced the cormorant nesting on the lake.

If DEC made an agreement with local animal control officers in the Henderson Harbor area to put a raccoon on selected islands they could effectively reduce the cormorant population and save taxpayers x thousands of dollars.

Nice fish, thanks for the report.

Nice fish, thanks for all the info

yesterday was his last day

A question, does anyone know if the same person who is running this is the person who stored the International Marina docks in the marina two years ago instead of taking them into the canal locks like the Wrights Landing docks have been stored for years ?  Public employees can't  be fired.

You didn't say where you are on the lake, most tackle shops near the lake have most everything used to fish on the lake.

Are you asking about snap weights to use behind planer boards on lead core, or dipsy divers to use on wire line or down rigger weights. They all work under the right conditions. Usually you buy more than one of any of these weights. Sales person at the tackle shop should be able to help you. Google tackle shop near Lake Ontario.