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Don't sweat it if they don't work lots of reports on meat bites this year but I haven't had a single release on one in fact I haven't even had a flasher fly hit this year despite that we have had a good year keep running them because the day they go hot for you it will be worth it Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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I cant speak to sandy but the launch at bald eagle was open on saturday nice launch and has a drop box if you get there early and fishing was fantastic. we fished the sandy creek shootout from there and had steady action all day long ended with an 81lb box and had or threw back 5 other fish over 15 I have a bruise on my stomach from the rod butt. its only about 15 mins from sandy..
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The pier can be a great place take a bucket of crabs keep them up high away from the gobies and if you like to cast a jig will work lake said and river side work on different days lots of variety around my biggest drum (sheephead) is 22 lbs the fight good and if you can pattern then you can catch all day Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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Flies, the biting kind!!!
ifishy replied to VooDoo's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Waneta lake Muskie hunt.
ifishy replied to Aspiring_Pollack's topic in Musky, Tiger Musky & Pike (ESOX)
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Properly Setting Wire Slide Diver Out Help Needed
ifishy replied to KeithVT's topic in Tackle and Techniques
clip the dipsey over when there is still one wrap of braid on the spool than pick up the rod and start letting it out under tension that way the wire is never slack. -
Any reports Hughes area west
ifishy replied to Bassin Bob's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
We fished out of Hugh's sat steady pick but fish were scattered did 1 brown 1 Laker 2 steel and 3 kings from 110 out to 220 from 30 down to 85 down riggers and dipseys all spoons glows were best but we covered a lot of miles couldn't get 2 hits in any one spot today's wind will change things up Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app -
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Line twisting around downrigger cable.
ifishy replied to fishinfreak's topic in Open Lake Discussion
check the swivels on the blacks make sure they are able to spin free if one is stuck your release could do a slow spin with the cable even while the weight stays straight. the cable is made up of small strands twisted together so there is always some inherent twist in it and it can rotate as it goes up and down. if the release swivel is fused or a piece of dirt in there or just stuck than you can have issues. only takes one turn to cause problems. sounds far fetched but i had it happen so now if i ever get a twist in anything I always check the swivel. -
Waneta lake Muskie hunt.
ifishy replied to Aspiring_Pollack's topic in Musky, Tiger Musky & Pike (ESOX)
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Use a longer tow rope dock your boat than use the rope to pull the other boat in Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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Father’s Day braddocks
ifishy replied to Jeremy Goodison's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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a record hatch would be nice to help re establish a more diverse age structure in years to come. my concern would be for last years hatch that just went though its first winter and would be looking to put on the feed bag. I do think a good this year hatch could be important as cooler stream temps and good flows this spring open the door for a strong class of natural kings which are a big wild card in the predator prey balance
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Gill t you beat me to it I must type slow Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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After you let it out run it down the chute for a couple minutes that will ensure it has come up to running depth than you can send it down the board line over you're dipsey. When you are deploying it even if slow it is running slower than other lines and will sink deeper if you send it over your dipseys before it levels out there is greater risk of tangles Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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Hughes 6/18
ifishy replied to Frogger's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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As much as i love the cooler weather for comfort and as much as it has set up great fishing through a lot of the lake I wonder if taking so long to warm will cause low recruitment of young of year alewives cold water is not good for growing the algae and other planktons they need coming out of winter. This is a long time to go on fat stores for a young bait fish
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we went 6 for 8 out of Hughes 3 kings 2 steel and a laker started out late morning in the fog and started popping rods right away wind came up a touch and blew the fog off and it slowed but managed a couple more fished 9 to 1 biggest king around 18-19 both steelbows around 8 all hits in top 35 feet of water the steelhead both came in the top 10 feet off of slide divers. silver and black and a homemade glow lure took most of the hits.
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Waneta lake Muskie hunt.
ifishy replied to Aspiring_Pollack's topic in Musky, Tiger Musky & Pike (ESOX)
maybe try cursing the basin and if you see marks doing some vertical jigging? the fish on the shoreline might see a lot more lures than the ones in open water. i have read that trolling this time year at high speeds 3-4 mph can be good. great way to cover a lot of water. i'm following this thread closely and will be learning as much as i can from it. nice to get the perspective of someone else just starting into it. -
Father’s Day braddocks
ifishy replied to Jeremy Goodison's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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i launched at hughes yesterday. he has done a ton of work to keep it usable. very fisherman friendly launch and even has good bathrooms. no distance to travel to the lake and you can get to depth quick. normally i dont like crowds but this place has made every effort to always be open with the high water and is one of my favorite launches in the state
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Hugh's Marina today
ifishy replied to littlemack01's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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so as someone trying to get into more tournament fishing i like hearing that you are considering an am division. I would agree to some of the biggest hold ups for me are related to boat size. i run a 19 footer and have to play the weather day to day. i also typically have a 3 person team and adding an observer takes away from the comfort enough to be a deterrent I do understand the need in a high stakes event. having boat launching facilitys is always a plus and having trailer friendly weigh ins is also a plus. things like rod limits are great equilizers but tough to really enforce in a no observer event. there are other ways to help even out the playing field and bring stratagy into play though. a 10 fish box is tough on a 3 man team and if one of us has a faimily obligation and we fish with only two we'd be SOL. multi species is a great thing to see and a 3 and 3 per day would be very small team friendly and still competitive. I would even say it offers the opportunity to be creative and do maybe a 333 style maybe make the two day total 8 fish four salmon four trout but whatever you decide to weigh day one you cant change out on day 2. anyway just my thoughts. the dates on this tourny make an am division look inviting as a new one to try and we like to fish from different ports.