mattym22

Launched out of the bay and headed toward Webster pier. Got a laker on a black shallow diver on a flat line 150 back in 10ft of water. I bought a bunch of the basspro lures from "the bin" last year and they seem to run pretty well that was where the shallow diver came from. I think they are Xpro lures? Any one else use them?? They are pretty easy on the wallet compared to a lot of other brands. So we got to the pier and did a few loops with nothing. Saw some other boats getting fish here and there. We decided to try heading a little deeper and see what happens. Headed out to sixty but noticed marks in the 50' range about 5-30 deep. Looped bck to 50 and ran plugs on the board. One shallow and one of the rapala deep divers (supposed to go up to 30' deep). And ran spoons on the riggers at 20 and 35' deep one green and orange and one black with white ladder back. Got another laker on the black spoon. looped back through the same area three more times following my gps waypoint but no marks at all. Went back in shallow looped in close to the pier and got a small king (just over legal size but perfect for doing whole in the smoker) on the same black lure from brass pro that we got the laker on earlier. Read a couple of other reviews this morning and other got fish on brighter colors. We had rapala firetiger and blue/silver rapala and another off brand in bright gold but black was the color of the day for us. What a great day to be out. Lake was flat as a cutting board and I was comfortable with just a sweatshirt. One of these springs I am gonna take the sun seriously once again I have a can of spray on sunscreen in the sidewell of the boat and didn't use it, and once again my face is fried with perfect out line in winter pale white in the shape of my sunglasses. We meant to take picks but after an early start and loading up on bill grays after getting back we all forgot about it. No big deal. Salmon was samll and the lakers were average the upside is they were almost equally spaced 2hrs apart on our 6 hour trip which to me is way better that gettin em all in the first half hour it keeps everyone more excited about the next catch. As for the small king. It didn't make the smoker. I brought a coworker out for his first ontario trip and he thought the deal was he couldnt have any fish since he was just taggin along. Once I realized he was interested I sent him home with some some tasty young salmon fillets for his dinner and I made sure to show him some pics of what a real lake ontario salmon looks like(showed him the 25lb I got last year which I know isn't the biggest out there but it got his attention). I think I got him hooked on big lake fishing. Well it seems I have written a small book this morning. I guess thats what a 3am pot of coffee in a half hour does. Well I am off to work. Good luck to all the guys gettin out today. Weather is lookin good for a nice day on the lake little rain but a temp that makes us realize summer is on its way.

I just found the pics. If you want to PM with an email I will send them to you.

My wife got a 3 footer in the oswegatchie river last summer while we were bass fishing in a shallow area near rensaeler falls got it in about 2ft of water.

Went for a short evening charter with Randy Calus on Sure Strike Charters. Randy got us some nice fish and was great company. His boat The Sure Strike III was really nice and the underwater lights on the boat made reeling in the last salmon of the evening(which was also after dark) a real treat. I would certainly recommend Randy Calus to anyone looking to enjoy a charter on the big O. Attached is a pic of the last fish of the evening.

If there is any chance you will be going out this weekend let me know. we can exchange cell numbers if you'd like to keep each other posted on what may or may not be working.

Are you guys headed out this weekend? I am trying for Sat and Sun am trips. Hoping this warm week gets things going.

You guys must have been the ones we passed sat am (and the only one in sight for that matter) We were the ones that held up the one we got for the day just under 7lbs. Good to hear you guys got a few. How was the ice on your way out of ibay?

Can't wait till this weekend with this weeks warm weather and all. Hope it gets that water temp up a bit and heats things up. Pretty tough at work when all you can think about is getting out again.

Here is a pic of my first fish of the year.

I think I am going to try again tommorrow morning. Any tips on what swim baits to use size color brand? I have a bunch of spoons but only a few rapalas. Blue jointed Tiger pattern and chartreuse and they are the type that only dive 2-4' max.

Got out on the lake at 6:00. Had to maneuver around some large ice sheets to get out of the bay. Also saw some floating logs that were hard to spot and very large. Tried to find a warm path of water to hit but the temp was even everywhere we went. Got one 7lb brown out in front of shipbuilders on an orange crush 7' deep over 15' water and had one on just past that spot on a green northern king spoon (dont remember the name of the color) but lost it at the back of the boat. It looked to be about the same size as the first. Was not too rough and actually not really that cold. I brought all my hunting clothes but only ended up needing long johns and my carhart. Does anyone know if the browns start coming in shallow in greater numbers after we get a couple warms days? and what about the cohos?

We are going to launch out of ibay tommorrow morning and try to get some browns. Has anyone had luck this early in the year? and does any one have any tips to help me out? I am hoping for the best since launching is going to be a pain with out the docks being in yet.===============

We are going to launch out of ibay tommorrow morning and try to get some browns. Has anyone had luck this early in the year? and does any one have any tips to help me out? I am hoping for the best since launching is going to be a pain with out the docks being in yet.===============

I fish out of my 16' starcraft on ontario all the time. I was out this past sunday in 3-4' waves. Just keep in mind that big waves make trolling a pain in smaller boats. I like to use the website www.wunderground.com to get wave reports on Ontario. It won't let you see the future but it'll give you somewhat of an idea as to how things are looking out there.

I am new to the game and had a question. I have see posts about the lake turning over or flipping. What does this mean and how does it affect fishing?

I will be heading out of I-bay at about 5:30 on 9/12 and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on what depth of water I should be heading to at this time of year. I'd like to catch some immature kings/steelies or even some lakers. I'm sure there are plenty of variables but any suggestions would be great. Thanks Matt

What does "down speed" mean? I have been using my gps to track my speed.

What are ideal trolling speeds for salmon,steelhead and lakers?