zern

Hi ya Chris I pretty much fish with riggers. just started to use a diver but nothing yet. Ok, how far behind the ball are you lures? The watchword of late has been "get them away from the boat". with riggers i go will long leads. i use mostly spoons and above 50' i have them back 125' behind the ball. I shorten that as i go deeper. but not less then 75' Second. your line. are ya using a invisible type line? fluorocarbon type? that made a big difference with me. Next I would have to say speed. Run the lure along the side to make sure it has the right action. Have ya got a graph? if so watch it to see where the fish are located in the water column, not forgetting to let out extra cable. Lastly, some times it just bum luck. I have a friend that has far better equipment them me, has taught me how to fish the big lake and for the last 2 days has only caught 2 fish. Some times they are not biting. Good luck, keep trying! Hopefully someone with more wisdom then me will add/correct what I have said. Mark, Buckshot.

wow! nice fish! thanks for sharing that with us!

Fishing Report Mark/Buckshot ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):8/22/09 Time on Water:6am-12:30pm Weather/Temp:partly sunny Wind Speed/Direction:S 5 Waves: nice chop Surface Temp: 75 Location: Hugh's LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 4 Total Boated:4 Species Breakdown:1 brown, 2 tiny kings, 1 coho Hot Lure: NK28 silver/yellowgreen stripe Trolling Speed: 2.5 Down Speed: Boat Depth: 65 out to 250 fow Lure Depth: 62' Just me and my small boat but manages to catch a few. Nothing of any REAL size wanted to play but was fun to be out. Tacklebox Bill called me to tell me that thermocline was down around 80. Spent most of my time there. After 3 hours of fishing deep in pulled my riggers up to 62 feet of cable and started getting hits. Fished 62 feet of cable the rest of the day. Last fish of the day was 7.2 pound Coho caught in 250 fow. Good luck to all that are in the Derby! Mark/buckshot

WOW! what a GREAT STORY!

Hey Chris, Hate to say this but ya made me feel better. I lost a nice size king at the boat that strightened out the clasp on the swivil! (lost my brand new purple stinger ta boot!) I have been sitting here feeling sorry for myself till I read your report. broken split ring! wow Great report! Mark Buckshot

(Your Name) : Fishing Report ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): 6/20/09 Time on Water: (5:00 AM – 11:00 PM) Temp/Weather: 60 maybe. cloudy with rain moving in Wind Speed/Direction: (E at 8 MPH) Waves: (1-2 Footers Surface Temp: low 50's Location: Hugh's LAT/LONG: (GPS Cords) =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 2 Total Boated: 1 Species Breakdown: 1 brown,3lb,12oz Hot Lure: fire red dreamweaver Trolling Speed: 2. Down Speed: ? Boat Depth: 115' Lure Depth: 24' ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== I spent too much time out deeper looking for the other side of the break. Saw afew pods of bait fish and hooks but all-in-all a slow day. Even had a nice chop on the water but wind was from the east. Never heard anything good about an East wind. Hope all the others out there had better luck Buckshot Channel 69

Got out around 4pm. trollled out to 350 with hardly a mark. Just as the sun was setting I caught a nice 8.5 Laker on a pink/silver NKmag over 170 fow. Hope others did better! Buckshot channel 69

Nice work bill! Mark

Nice King bill! I was out Monday. started in 150 and worked back in. went 4 for 4 nice 14 lber is all i can brag about but he put up a nice fight. black/purple and black/worked for me. Buckshot

Hi ya's New to this site but not new to fishing Ontario. I have a 16footer i use to fish out of the wayne county area. I have the radio going and answer to the call "Buckshot". I fish mostly on the weekends and if it's too rough you will find me on one of the finger lakes Good luck to all! Zern