Fairhavenfisherman

beautiful pics!!!

If you are able to do wait until march or april i will come look at the engine and i am 95% sure i will buy it as well. Please send me a private message and we can further discuss this.

nice fish!!!

I agree about the epic battle, that was a fight!!!!!! And nice fish!!!!!!

Nice browns, thats a FACT!!!

ABSOLUTELY AN ATLANTIC, i take back what i said . From the other pictures the colors seemed lighter and more like a browns, but these 2nd set of pictures you can definitely tell by the slightly forked tail, and the colors seem darker....how long was that fish in the cooler before you took the other pics? It seems like the top band of color seemed to lose its color, and fade a bit but maybe it is just me haha. Heres a pic of an atlantic my buddy and i caught this spring, he started the season off right, our first hit of the year....Not as nice as yours though but still a beautiful fish.

Either way it is an amazing fish, i was just trying to put my perspective on it becuase it doesnt necessarily "define" either an atlantic or a brown, seems almost like a mix between the two, wouldnt that be somethin (although impossible for natural reproduction). Nice Fish though, im quite jealous!!!!!!

hey bud i hate to burst your bubble but that is not an atlantic, its a brown trout, very easily distinguished. Before you get it mounted the jaw protrudes past the eyes, which atlantics do not, atlantics have large and few sppots where this BROWN has many smaller spots on a light background. This fish also has a solid, and thick caudal peduncle, which is the area from the adipose fin to the tail...This is clearly a brown trout, take a close look at it, and think about getting it mounted...it is still a very nice brown but it is not an atlantic...sorry. The atlantics are brighter, and have a snout that does not ever protrude past the eyes, and has a long and narrow caudal peduncle rather than a short and thick one. Not trying to prove anyone wrong or anything but i am a conservation major, and this is no way an atlantic salmon, its a brown trout, without a doubt

Billy V!!!! Your reports are extremely helpful and interesting, i love following your fishing trips on this site, you are a great fisherman!!!! Keep up the good posts!!! and thanks for the info, it has helped me greatly

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): Monday, 19th of April Time on Water: 11:30 - 1:30 Weather/Temp: 55 sunny Wind Speed/Direction: west wind, probably 15 mph Waves: 1-3 Surface Temp: Location: Fairhaven LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 4 Total Boated:3 Species Breakdown: 2 browns, 1 coho Hot Lure: dreamweaver goby super slim Trolling Speed: 2-3 Down Speed: Boat Depth: 6-18 Lure Depth: ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Well it was pretty choppy this weekend with the lake getting destroyed by west and north west winds in fairhaven, so today we finally figured we'd give her a chance, headed out of the chute and were forced to go east and fish the protected water by the pier, didnt go more than 1/2 mile east and looped back, The water was GREAT and getting better!!!!! Anyways got a late start, first fish boated was a nice 6 lb coho around noon, and then once we boated that we got another rod with another goby superslim spoon on, fish was about 4 lbs. The last brown came on a firetiger j-11 jointed rapala, fish was 8 lbs. On the way back in we flatlined the firetiger rapala, and all the sudden the rod starts screaming. Set back about 150 ft it quickly grew to 200, then 225...Unfortunately we never saw the fish, and it broke us off. Not a bad little quick trip, fishing in fairhaven should be great this week!!! ====================

Hey thanks for the info popeye, we did most of our fish on the black and silver jointed challenger stickbait. Did a brown on the dreamweaver superslim goby spoon as well, and your basic natural colors in the clear water, hopefully we do get that blow and it stirs her up a bit and we get that muddy water!!!! by chance what channel are you guys on when you fish out of fairhaven?

i live in fairhaven and fish out of it as well, i went out sunday night and caught 2 browns and a nice 6 lb atlantic salmon....All fish came from the piers to the second bluffs east of the chute....im sure the water has changed quite a bit since then though. Will be back at it this weekend to give it a shot. Hopefully we get some color in that water then we'll be set!!!

I also fished out of fairhaven, i fished sunday night with good results...in an hour and a half of trolling we finished with 3 browns and a nice 8 lb atlantic, they sure have increased in numbers. Great to see, and its also great to see that fairhaven is starting out the season very well!!

Agreed with Kremer01. People have different preferences and therefore that is what a variety of techniques is for....some enjoy floating, some enjoy bouncing and many enjoy fly fishing...it is all a personal preference, and in all 3 cases you will catch fish. People grow up learning different methods and techniques so please...enough degrading people who float just because you dont feel it suits your personal fishing tactics. Just go and catch em!!!!!! n by the way i float fish, bottom bounce, fly fish and troll...not a type of fishing i dont enjoy..to all TIGHT LINES n go get em!

went out last wknd, saturday on Port Bay. What a day lol. We had one footers coming from the south and it was hard to keep our spot on the point. Fished off of Thompkins points and we got into em pretty good. Me and a friend kept about 45 over the 9 inch mark. We fished from 30 feet of water to about 12, with all depths producing fairly equally. Best was around the 14 to 17 ft where the drop off on thompkins is. Caught a few nice crappie as well with a 3 lb smallmouth. fishing has been good, but not at its best this year. I personally have had better luck out of fair haven bay, east of port bay. Fish right inside of the piers on the drop, also try by the old railroad bed along the east side of the bay (north end). Good luck n lemme know how you did.

Well the best bet you are going to have is for steelhead and browns if you are coming up around thanksgiving. The salmon run is pretty much over by then, and the remaining fish will be all beat up and practically dead, with the exception to some late run cohos, but they arent like the "thick" runs we have going on now. Gill T is right, your best bait will be to fish single eggs, or sacks under a bobber or float, or to bottom bounce with eggs and sacks. Any way, good luck, hope you get into em!!!!!

No i do not think he is anymore. My professor is Jon Foust, who is the fisheries technology major teacher and Frank Smith is still involved in the fisheries and enviromental programs, and they are the ones who have been teaching us, but Foust is the fisheries teacher who is the shock instructor.

Yea, it is great i love going to school here they make as much as they can hands on to get you experience. Its not even like im going to college its more like being trained first hand for a job and its great. I cant wait to go stream shocking now to see how works as well!!!! Its cool there are other people on here that share the experiences that i am going through, it truly is amazing to see this stuff first hand.

Hey my namne is Jon Pafundi and i am a local from fair haven new york out by oswego. I am currently attending Finger Lakes Community college in canandaigua, and am majoring in fisheries technology. One of my classes is based on fisheries techniques, and we go electro shocking. I just figured i would share the experience with you guys. Yesterday me and a few other class mates went to Honeoye lake with our professor, for our first shock. It is actually quite amazing to see this. We only shocked near the shorelines out to about 20 fow, and in half an hour we captured, examined, measured and released about 10 walleye over 18 inches, hundreds of perch (many above the 10 inch mark), a few pickeral over 20 inches, and tons of largmouth bass, with our biggest being 22 inches. Some real big crappie where examined and a lot of other panfish. All fish were successfully released and we will be back out monday afternoon again for another shock. We successfully gathered data for 317 fish. Just figured you guys would find this pretty interesting such as myself. And head out to honeoye, theres tons of fish lol.

lol absolutely not, the run is going to last for another month buddy.

It is never too late, until the ice comes that is. There are still plenty of immature kings out in the deeper water along with those steelhead. Dont forget about pulling plugs in the shallow water as well for the mature kings, but that will be coming to an end in the next few weeks. And to answer your other question, yes planer boards are still very usable. Along with pulling spoons, and j-plugs behind them for the kings, browns are also in the shallow waters ready to follow the kings up the river. Just like in the spring they hang out in the 5-15 foot range during the morning and low light hours and they will push out to about 30-50 during sun up or mid day. You can pull your sticks (black and silver) is still the hot ticket!!!!! Hope this info helped you a bit, good luck and tight lines!!!!

Nice fish!! Congrats on that monster.

are these riggers still available?

I have 2 cannon Mag 10downriggers with 4 ft booms. they are the power style with the small screen and computer faces on them. one of the faces is missing and covered with black duct tape. I got them with a boat my father bought, and he removed them. asking 400.00 for the pair or best offer. Do not come with swivel bases. will be posting pictures soon!

I am looking to purchase (2) Manual cannon downriggers that have the 4 ft booms. doesnt matter if they are the white or black styles. either will do! you can either pm me, or call at 315 532 8375 thanks a lot!!!!!!