BabyJoes

Set up due North in 70 FOW around 4PM and immediately did a small king 60 feet down on the rigger with ladder back green, white, black gold spoon. Screen was loaded with fish and bait between 70 and 80 FOW, haven't seen anything like it in years and thought we were in for a fun evening. Outside 80 FOW nothing. Fish were coming to the balls and we had lures right through large marks all evening without another taker. Fish were scatter from 20 FOW to bottom. Bait balls were 50 feet high. Tried about every lure we had on the boat. The king we caught had a budda belly and my guess was the fish were so bloated from all the bait fish they were not interested in lures. Would have been a better morning bite.

Set up in 80 FOW and worked out to 200 FOW with no marks nor fish, only marking lakers on the bottom in 115. Surface temp consistent at 64.6 F all morning. Picked up and set up again at 450 FOW and did a small 8LB king at 460 FOW 40 feet down on black, green, white ladder back with gold back. Only one small mark all morning up high. Several boats out but everyone was working depths all of the place. Beautiful morning and dead calm!

3 for 6 on kings, all of them smaller with a few knock offs. Shut down for the last 2 hours before knocking off around 11:30AM with wind kicking up and found out was dragging a mess started by a length of yellow plastic rope. Need to get better at checking lines every half hour or so, especially when having steady action that suddenly stops. 220 FOW was the best depth with riggers set at 110 down although one fish came at 40 down and we were marking fish all over the water column. Hot bait was a black, green and silver ladder back with a gold back. Lots of boats out and fish being caught in that water from red can to Wilson.

Headed to Webster pier first thing for kings and set up in 20 FOW and did loops in front of the pier out to 40 FOW for an hour. Planer boards with both stick baits and divers, diver in the wake, riggers at various depths with no takers. Headed West and tried from 15 to 40 FOW with only one small brown with the rigger set at 30 down over 35 FOW and a brown off a stick bait on the surface. Slow for us but saw a few kings caught both in tight and deeper. NE wind might have made it tough. Good luck!!

Oops, that was Friday 7/15

Out with my favorite wife this morning. She wanted to go and bumped all of my fishing buddies. Lots of fun when you say go straight while I set the lines and you look at the motor and it is always in a hard right or left hand turn! Marked lots of big fish and bait at 130 to 150 FOW 60 feet down, but could only get shaker kings to bite. Good sign for next year. I would start in that water if going in the morning, maybe try but bait? Tight lines!

Out with my favorite wife this morning. She wanted to go and bumped all of my fishing buddies. Lots of fun when you say go straight while I set the lines and you look at the motor and it is always in a hard right or left hand turn! Marked lots of big fish and bait at 130 to 150 FOW 60 feet down, but could only get shaker kings to bite. Good sign for next year. I would start in that water if going in the morning, maybe try but bait? Tight lines!

Thanks for the report!!

Tried the 100 to 200 FOW zone from first light. Never marked a fish. One ambitious Laker came up to hit a spin doctor over 140 FOW 110 down on the rigger. A few other boats out, I did not see anyone else netting fish. Beautiful morning!

Thanks for the report!

Thanks for the report, they are all helpful. Was out Friday out of Braddock and was 1 for 2. Little rough for my taste. The King was right on the bottom in 103FOW with the rigger set at 100 on a white flasher meat rig. The other one we did not land was on a wire rod at 300ft with a purple flasher fly at 120FOW. My son went out Saturday for a bit with no luck and talked to a charter captain near the Genny launch who said you had to look way offshore still for fish.