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And all tributaries upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish except tributaries to the St. Lawrence River in Franklin and Clinton Counties where general angling regulations apply

 

Special Fishing Regulations for Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River Species Open Season Minimum Length Daily Limit brown trout, rainbow trout (including steelhead), coho salmon, chinook salmon, pink salmon All year 15", except 21" for rainbow trout

Except 9" in Irondequoit Creek (entire), Lindsey Creek and Skinner Creek (Oswego and Jefferson Counties), and the Black River (Jefferson County) 3 in any combination not to include more than 1 rainbow trout (or steelhead) in the tributaries lake trout Jan. 1 through September 30 none 2 except no more than 1 shall be between 25" and 30" Atlantic salmon All year 25" 1 northern pike First Saturday in May through March 15 22" 5 Black Bass (Lake Ontario & tributaries except in Jefferson County and including the St. Lawrence River & tributaries) Statewide angling regulations apply Black Bass (Lake Ontario and tributaries in Jefferson

County & St. Lawrence River and tributaries) 3rd Saturday in June through Nov 30 12" 5 walleye First Saturday in May through March 15 18" 3 muskellunge and tiger muskellunge Third Saturday in June through December 15 48" 1 lake sturgeon, American eel Closed Possession Prohibited yellow perch, sunfish All year Any size 50

Except Yellow Perch and Sunfish may be taken in any number in Jefferson County all other fish species Statewide angling regulations apply

Thanks, that makes sense now

Question- what do you mean when you say they were mupped?

Went on a Musky Joe charter Friday and Saturday on the Rideau River in Kemptville Ontario.

We caught 6 Northern Pike, One tiger musky, One Walleye and had a real nice Musky right on the side of the boat before it broke the hook. In all great trip and had a good time with Musky Joe ! All fish were successfully released after a quick photo!

Fished all three days, Thursday slept in a little later than normal. Got out and set up around 8 am north of the river in 140' had three releases with no one home then the rigged with green mountain dew flashed and green hammer fly takes off for Canada ran out 400' + could not gain anything for every 20 gained I lost another 80'. After 35 minutes of give and take a 30.48 lb king hit the deck! And that would be the only one landed and three days !

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The fish could have weighted 2 lbs! The smile on the little guys face is the real trophy

yeah, I guess I should have stuck with spoons ran pretty much all stick baits, did run a hammered Sutton 44 for a while with nothing. What depth were you running in?

Dave

Sweet Browns! Nice Job "Gettin' Some", we couldn't get anything to go went west A-Frame to the high rocks, one small mouth and 3 little alewives <img title=":-(" class="bbc_emoticon" src="http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishing-hunting/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0101-sadsmile.gif" data-cke-saved-src="http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishing-hunting/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0101-sadsmile.gif" /><br /><br />Dave

My wife tells me " It's not the size of the ride! It's the motion in the ocean LOL

Didn't see it mentioned anywhere, (might have missed it) but just downloaded the new LOU phone app!

 

Pretty awesome

Any Luck with the eye's on Oneida?

Nope no me, the Trophy I have now bought new in 2002 is the first Shelby Lynn for me, used to have a 19' stury II cuddy, named Tasmanian Devil (red & white).

Pretty Busy I mean!

That lake is home turf, and have fished it since the '70's.

The launch at Marion Manor, has had me almost in tears before,(and upset) watching some of the "fisherman" get in the water.

Plugs not in, boat still attached to the back of the trailer, scratching their a## wondering why it is not floating off,  forgetting to un-hook the winch strap causing the boat to ground itself, etc.

"Hey dummy, remind me to call ya' dummy", as Fred Sanford would say............lol.

 

Yeah I like to fish Oneida, but I put in at Godfrey's Point, it can get pretty and steep launch.

Thanks Scott, Good Luck on the eyes, I have some things to get done around around home this weekend.

 

Dave

I don't know about "Unwritten Rules", but the one I try to live by is treat other boats as you would hope they treat you. Not always the case though. If you ever fish in front of the Salmon River in the fall you will for surely have an incident or two  . The googans will be out in full force then! Other than that time of year most everyone you fish along side of in Mexico Bay anyways will be curtious and helpful:)

 

Dave

Saturday- 4/27= Got out around 6:30 am headed west and set up in front of the A-Frame trolled past Catfish and the high rocks with nothing headed back east and hit one brown 13.5 lbs trolled back and forth until 2pm and then went in for some lunch, back out at 4:30 trolled west from the little Salmon past the Salmon river until 8:30 and never moved a rod.

 

Sunday -4/28 = Got out around 7:30 headed east with the same results nothing all the way to the plant.

turned north and headed out to 80' to 100' and started marking fish suspended between 50' and 70' put the ole Cow-Bells and Peanut rigs on the riggers down 58' and 66' and starting picking lakers for the rest of the day picked up at 3:30 pm ending the day 13 for 16 most released did keep 5 for the kids. Had my son's girlfriend with us for the first time and she had fun reeling in the lakers

 

Dave

Nice Job as always Dave!

Went for the first time out in our "new to us" boat. Found the stained water in front of catfish and landed 3 browns and 1 smallmouth in 2 hours, out to 30 ft. all on bright sticks except for one big brown on an R&R spoon that was down about 8 ft over 30. I couldnt get as slow as I would like, thinking about AO bags to slow down. GPS was at about 2.8, fishhawk at the surface kept creeping up to 4.0 with the throttle all the way down. I have a 23ft walkaround, and figured the 2 18 inch bags would be enough to slow me down where I need to be...

 

BHufnagle,

                    I have a 21' Trophy walk around and I used the 24'' bags and could get down below 1mph with no problem, went with a new kicker this year and i wish I had done it long ago!

 

Dave

Scotty mini power grips, love them!

The new thing I am trying this year is using a Tadpole Diver between the mainline and a 8' lenght of 10# fluro (leader) then I can run spoons off of the boards with and weights or knots. Had a good hit with one Sunday running a Sutton 44 off the boards.

Nice job Fish Hunter, we stayed out til around noon had to be home early, but it was fun new kicker worked great, we stayed in front of the little Salmon did manage two hits but didn't stay on long. Hope this weekends weather is better.

 

Dave

Flurocarbon leaders make a big difference also, especially if your fishing outside the muddy water

Just got mine in the mail last week great looking spoons! can't wait to get them wet!

I run 1000' feet of Malin on 47lc's with no backing, just the tape as mentioned about with no problem. I run snubbers so then I can have the drags alittle tighter, but some people don't, which ever you prefer. But just like everyone has stated they are fun to have a 20-30 salmon just taking off, the feel you get of the power these fish really have is amazing! Have fun and hang on