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I agree with REDEYES, I would go with cranks/stick baits this time of year. However, I RARELY run them down to bottom this time of year. A lot of fish are suspended as high as 15' down over the deep water 40'+. Watch the sonar and try to get your baits where you are marking the fish.

Fished for 2 hours last night and picked up 4 nice eyes. They were down 20' - 25' then just before dark they went deeper and were near bottom.

Sounds like some great action!

Oneida is weird like that, those fish bite like crazy one day and not the next.

Great numbers snagger!!! I have done less than half that doing 23 in 30 hours so far.

Keep it up!

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Last year I used similar jig heads to what chowder is refering to. They were 3/4 oz. white jig heads from Gander and I used them a with 3" GULP minnow. That worked great for lakers in about 70'. I was anchored though so drifting with a somewhat light jig head was not an issue.

Sounds like quite an adventure. Glad everything turned out okay.

Good info on the instinctive strike technique Chowder. I agree, not letting the jig stay at one depth for only a couple of jigs seems to work better for me.

Because of the recomendations from guys on here I have been using 8lb. fireline with about a 6' leader of 10 lb. flourocarbon on a fairly stiff baitcast pole. Works good so far.

I wouldn't go deeper than 100' if you don't have to. I am sure it can be done but it is probably more difficult. If you are marking them down 80 or 90' start with that and keep moving your lure up. Keep an eye out for fish coming in above your jig, reel it up a little above them and jig it. That seems to work the best for me.

Good luck.

Beautiful Rainbow!

Fishing Report

Your Name / Boat Name:

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TRIP OVERVIEW

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Date(s):9/2

Time on Water: 5PM - 8PM

Weather/Temp:

Wind Speed/Direction: calm

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 5

Total Boated: 4

Species Breakdown: Kings

Hot Lure: White flasher/fly

Trolling Speed:

Down Speed: 2.0

Boat Depth: 110'

Lure Depth: 105'

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Went 4/5 last night off the South Dunes. The fish were stacked on bottom. The funny thing was that my friends fished all morning in the same spot and only had one hit. Went back out with them at night, same lures, same depth, same area and we got into them good.

Thanks for that post LureDragger. That is laker jigging from A to Z right there.

There is a ton of bait out there this year and that is making it a challange.

I use my 16' grumman on Ontario in Mexico bay and out of Oswego several times a year. You just need to pay attention to the wind/weather forecast. I usually stick with 10 MPH or less wind if it is SW, W, NW, or NE. A south wind can have a quite a chop too when you are a few miles off shore.

Just pay attention to the weather and use common sense.

Forgot to mention that, as usual, there will be a ton of great door prizes!!!

The 65th Annual Oneida Lake Association meeting with be on 4/21, at Cicero North Syracuse High School. If you fish Oneida Lake, please try to attend. The main topic will be restoring the funding for cormorant hazing. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

Below is a link with more details.

http://www.oneidalakeassociation.org/OLA-65th.htm

Lot's of great info in this. Makes the new lifevest law sound pretty darn important.

I went in once when I was about 12. There was still some ice on the lake but I was in a canoe. What they describe is almost exactly what I remember. First you gasp and tend to flounder around, then you start to lose function of your arms and legs because they go numb. I was lucky enough to get back in the canoe and paddle it back in, full of water. My legs were numb but I was fine. Luckily I was only maybe 200 yards from shore.

Thanks for posting this.

Oh that SUCKS!!!

They should be open by April 1st.

Nice job, looks like an awesome day out there!

Anyone been doing any good on Sodus Bay for perch?

Same here. Fished Friday morning out of Oswego and went 2 for 2, both kings. Saw one other fish caught. Sunday morning went out from Oswego again for a few hours and never had a touch. Saw one fish caught. Marked very few fish.

Bruce