Kevin J Legg

The crappies have definitely moved into shallow water haunts to prepare for spawn. They have darkened up and are in normal shallow shoreline structure. Fished an Indian River Lake yesterday and caught 23 crappies and 10 bluegills that we kept. All the bass went back..Many fish in shallows, you can even sight fish them Worked the shoreline with trolling motor and anchored up when we caught a crappie. Often caught a few fish after we caught one. One small shallow bay, near deep water, was loaded with fish ( bass, crappie, bluegill) and we hung there for over an hour catching a bunch of fish.

Nice reportWe fished west of Sandy earlier this week. We were working basically the same program as you but only trolling at 1.8-2.0 (GPS). We lost several fish on a perch Stinger in the small size . They seemed to stay buttoned better with larger size spoons. We also saw very few boats out. We ended up 7 for 11 with one laker.

We were 7 for 12 earlier in the week mostly browns and 1 laker. Fished east of Mexico in 5-12 feet of water. 1.8-2.0 mph on spoons. Fish were all in colored water so it pays to look for it.

Fishing Report

Your Name / Boat Name: Longlegg

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TRIP OVERVIEW

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Date(s):5/11

Time on Water: 5:30-1:00

Weather/Temp: Cold then warmer

Wind Speed/Direction: S 10

Waves: <1

Surface Temp: 48-51

Location: East of Mexico

LAT/LONG (GPS Cords):

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 12

Total Boated:7

Species Breakdown:6 browns ,1 laker

Hot Lure: Spoons

Trolling Speed: 1.8-2.0

Down Speed:

Boat Depth: 5-18'

Lure Depth: 4-17'

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SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Slow pick and we lost a number of fish on small stinger.

Caught most fish in one small area in 9-12 feet of water. Very few boats where we were.

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Federal 3 1/2 ", #5s. At close range it saves on the cleaning process. Beard was only around 9" but spurs were long.

Ryan,

I know it's a bit of a run but most of the Indian River Lakes are good. I've been having decent luck when weather warms and we have a S-SW wind. Let me know if you whar more information or give me a call.

With this cold weather I'd hold off on the crappies until it warms up again as it will surely put them off. Cold front s always seem to really shut th3m down for a few days.

Retirement is great especially if you've got great friends and family to share it with!

Here is a nice bird with 1 1/8 inch spurs

I'll get out next week as the weather looks nasty this weekend.

I've got the tee shirt!

Fished walleye at Quinte Monday and Tuesday and caught many eaters. Wednesday my brother shot a turkey and we caught 15 crappies at a local lake and got a nice bird this morning with1 1/8 inch spurs. May continues to be great.

Paul,

I'll be heading to the Hudson River and on to Cape Cod in about a week and a half for Stripers. Also I will most likely fish Black River Bay for walleye and head to St Regis River for stream trout. Choose your poison in May!

Wish May lasted for 180 days! Caught a limit of stream trout on Thursday. We caught a nice limit of Ontario browns yesterday and wacked a nice turkey this morning. Tomorrow were headed for the Bay of Quinte for a few days of walleye fishing. Life is good!

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Another thing about going it alone is you don't have to contend with as many potential line messes with only two lines out. For me it makes trolling a little more low tech although it can be a bit of a circus once you hook a fish..

Good lucxk. I'll be chasing turkeys!

Fishing Report

Your Name / Boat Name: Longlegg

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Date(s): 4/30

Time on Water: 5:30-1:00

Weather/Temp: Cold turned to warm

Wind Speed/Direction: Light S

Waves: <1

Surface Temp: 50

Location: West of Mexico

LAT/LONG (GPS Cords):

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 18

Total Boated: 14

Species Breakdown: 13 browns 1 laker

Hot Lure: RR spoons

Trolling Speed: 1.8-2.2

Down Speed:

Boat Depth: 5-12'

Lure Depth: 2-7'

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SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Found a small pocket of warm colored water. Picked up 7 early and they shut down. Tried out in 25-30' and didn't do anything. Returned to original area and found a mud line next to shore and caught another 7 in shallow 5-7'.

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I aw today two guys were arrested for this incident. There may be justice after all.

I think the browns I've caught that have lamprey marks is greater, more like 35%. Three have had lampreys attached when landed and quite a few fresh scars.

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Date(s): 4/25

Time on Water: 6:00-2:00

Weather/Temp: Frosty start then warm and sunny

Wind Speed/Direction: Started S switched to NW

Waves: <1

Surface Temp: 48-51

Location: Port Ontario

LAT/LONG (GPS Cords):

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 11

Total Boated: 7

Species Breakdown: 6 browns, 1 steelhead

Hot Lure: spoons and J11

Trolling Speed: 1.8-2.4

Down Speed:

Boat Depth: 8-30

Lure Depth: 3-15

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SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Good early bite most fish coming off the boards early. Latter most were off the riggers. Went pretty dead in afternoon. Should have started earlier and left by 11:00 One of the fish had a plastic ring embedded around it!

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Yea , the lamprey did a number on him.

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Date(s): 4/21

Time on Water: 7:00-11:30

Weather/Temp: sunny 60

Wind Speed/Direction: SW 5 switched to NW 5

Waves: <1

Surface Temp: .49

Location: west of Mexico

LAT/LONG (GPS Cords):

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 7

Total Boated:7

Species Breakdown: Browns

Hot Lure: spoons green and silver, blue silver

Trolling Speed: 1.8-2.2

Down Speed:

Boat Depth: 8-12'

Lure Depth: 5'

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SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Not a hot bit but a good day. Caught 5 off the boards and two in propwash. Varying speed seemed to trigger bites. Big fish was 11 1/4 lbs.

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bandit 49.

Great post. We talked to you at bait shop today. We fished east of Pine Grove and went 7 for 7 on browns. Mostly on green silver spoons but big fish came on green blue silver. The big brown we got was 11 1/4 lbs.

My brother once asked me if I had to choose between fishing and hunting what would I do?

My answer was I'd cry!

Great brown. I've gott mostly smaller ones so far but am looking for a quality fish. Maybe this week.

Great day. I'm trying to get there sometime this week. Hopefully weather will cooperate.