rdebadts

So the insanity is building in the flood plain and rebuilding every couple of years and expecting different results.. Glad I don't have to forecast if we get snow or spring rains how far we can safely draw down and still have safe navigation or generate hydro . Imagine the screaming if your dock or marina was 20 feet from the waters edge in August. It happened in Georgian Bay years ago.

They should have never agreed with the 2014 deal to raise the lake 2ft to satisfy the salamanders and frogs. They would of found other wet lands. So now its been a thorn in property owners and marinas suffering and the land owners can swim freely with the frogs.

Knowing the high levels in the upper Great Lakes, they SHOULD have aggressively lowered it in the fall and winter. But they didn’t, because hydropower loves high water and the IJc will always err on the side of higher levels. Maximal efficiency of the turbines is around 9k outflow, and this guarantees they will have that flow ALLLLL summer... how convenient for them!

Of course they have to lower flows now for downstream, but they cannot possibly try to hide behind the guise of weather when they knew darn well that we were above normal consistently for the last 5 months...

And now, they will also have the convenient guise of “shipping safety” to throttle flows too.

The Fishin’ Physician Assistant

I use 10-15 lb balls, depending on application. For lakers in the spring, 12 lb is enough because we troll so slowly


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Green is best. Warm and green is even better. But I work in and out of muddy water and sometimes find them on either side.


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A very productive 2.5 hours before a big south blow. Enjoy!

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Can’t wait!!


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They don’t work- especially not for brown trout! You should give them all to me!!!


The Fishin’ Physician Assistant

In each port, the lat/long lines mean something entirely different. The oak is probably the port where you see “lines” mentioned the most.


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Leadering down is perfectly fine. We have just accumulated a rod/reel setup or two a year, and over time have been able to dedicate 8 rods to light line brown/steelie setups. That’s a pure luxury though.


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Sustained 20 is starting to push it... but I’ve fished a south wind near shore many times. My boat is 26’ and we fish a lot, so we feel comfortable. Always always err on the side of caution though!! If you have any question, don’t go... it’s that simple


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As gambler state, browns are a staple from April through July at the very least


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I’m with ya- especially today there wAs just no rhythm at all to the bite.


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The wife and kids were out of town this weekend and I couldn’t go, so I got some fishing in. All days were shortened- 2 due to weather and one due to prior engagements... but good fishing overall, despite it all.

Friday- we knew we had a short window before the strong southeast wind/storm came, so we motored to our spot about 4 miles down rather than troll down. We found a pocket of warm stained water and beat it up good. Great action on a mix of cookie cutters with a few real nice fish scattered in there. They took an equal mix of gold colored and perch pattern bayrats, in 8-15 fow. We fished them hard till about 9:30, then packed up and ran it just before the wind came... the bay was absolutely rockin with 2 footers in the marina...

Saturday-again, we only had about 3 hours to work with due to a funeral. We motored down to our spot, and the good water was gone... the water was cold and crystal clear. We picked a handful of browns, but the further west I went the worst it looked. It wasn’t terrible action considering how bad the water was... but some guys did much better east of me. Turns out it was much better out front. Oh well.

Sunday- we had a strong west wind last night, and knew it was gonna switch ne by about 10. We went east. We started with a bang but couldn’t keep them stuck. After a flurry of bites at first light, we kept going east, and it was a slow pick on a random assortment of lures by the bluffs. I think 7 different set ups took fish by 8:30, but there was no rhyme or reason. The bite kinda died when the ne wind started. We did do 4 or 5 bites right near port on the way back to port, and were back at the dock by 10:45, before the weather got too bad. I was a little surprised it a little better, to be honest- it seems like the east wind slowed them down a bit.

The Fishin’ Physician Assistant

Nice video!! Sucks to see that rod fall in! What do you mean by the unicorn?

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Sweet vid...... Appears as if you donated a nice combo ! I could not watch that footage if it were me. Awesome that you got the youngsters out there too man !!

Tyee, I imagine sodus is like any port in the early spring- excellent some days, tough others. It’s all dependent on conditions. We rely entirely on browns and lakers- no kings and cohos and steel like the bar. This was an atypically good day.

Regarding the rods- I got greedy and ran 4 off each board- and pointed one to far toward the water. That was my bad. Lesson learned.

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I did the same thing Saturday with a reel... 200 dollar f up


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Well done. That’s some good shootin’ there. Lakers certainly have their place.


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Just keep tryin. But I would focus on finding green or muddy water, and as warm as possible


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There will be a video hachimo. Might take me a minute- a lot to sort through


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We put in the Fishin’ Physician Assistant this am at about 7 am, after gassing up and double checking everything. After a quick launch and test run, we were fishing by 7 am.. and man what a day it was!

I had my brothers, niece and nephews on the boat. The kids wanted action, and the the cookie cutter browns were out in force and apparently very hungry (We had 6 doubles and a triple along with a steady bite all day). We kept only the injured fish (and those I dropped while trying to take pictures). Bay rats in goby and bright colors were hot, though everything worked. There was pockets of good water in all directions. The boat worked well and we finished by about 11:20, as scripted.

The icing on the cake was this gorgeous Atlantic. We also caught a baby king...

Hopefully back at it next week!

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Nice!


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