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Nice I didn't see ya out there. Were you west or east?

Hey, at least there was some silver action for ya!

Even with some knock offs it is still exhilarating to hear a screamer doing its thing. Thanks for the report! Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Lake Ontario United mobile app

How were you running behind the ball?

I was getting fleas over the weekend, not big numbers, but they are alive and well..

very nice!

I was spouse-free all weekend so my goal was to be on the water every second possible! My normal fishing buddy, the one who I had planned the weekend with was struck by a summer flu bug, so I made some phone calls to fill in spots at the last minute. Ended up fishing with Bob (mortigan), My sister, some old friends, my mom and dad, and even by myself for a while. With Bob: Got out first thing in the morning looking for a king bite. As everyone has experienced out of sandy, the screen from 80 - 100 was absolutely stacked with bait and actively feeding fish. We dropped two wires with spinny/fly and two riggers with spoons and free sliders. We eventually added a 10 color core pulling a clean spoon and a flatline with a bright colored stick bait. We could see fish and baitfish breaking the surface - steelies we thought, but we tried everything and could not get a fire. We fished all morning with nothing to show for it, all the way out to 250ish in front of the nose. 1pm we headed back to where our screen was good and decided to try and slay the sea chickens. That we did. Don't remember the count, I think a dozen in about an hour or so. I had to drop Bob off at the dock, so decided to head out again by myself. I went on to hit about 17 more with the high 17lbs. First time fishing alone, and man is it a lot of work keeping the boat straight and being doubled up on fish! With my Parents and sister: Pretty much same story... no silver bite at all, not for lack of trying though! went out to 450 this time with a blank screen most of the way. Had solid temp down 50 with nobody home. Went back through my normal summer salmon grounds again, with nothing. Why does this year have to be back to normal? This was my mother's first time out, so I really had to do something to keep her interest. We headed in to see the screen still looks great. All fish successful C&Red. My mother pulled in a beautiful 19lber and was a pro at getting to the rod quickly and reeling it in properly! I was really impressed. With old Friends: Took out an old friend and his brother - started at 6am. Sunday the lake was a sheet of glass, and there were only like 3 other cars at the launch, and i think only one other had a trailer. I could not stinking believe that nobody was out. Anyway - same story as above. Tried to get some silvers, ended up with a spunky steelie on an NBK spoon down 40 in about 130. Lakers were to be had up to about 15lbs. My friend Eric and his brother Brian have an outdoors video company, and provide content for TV and internet. They filmed the whole trip with some underwater shots, etc. I am excited to see how some of that turns out, and even more excited to get them back out in July and August when the kings are around consistently. Overall the weekend was great, many good memories made.

Nice!

Imagine what the coast guard will say about that when they spotlight you next time...

Good to meet you yesterday Lou