Kevin J Legg

I donated a half day walleye trip for a fund raising auction to support a cancer patient. It was a slow morning but we scratched out 5 bass and a walleye and it was a beautiful cool morning on the river. we had a fish cut off at leader, another straighten a snap swivel and I lost another one after a couple throbs.. Not sure what that was about but it might have been a good morning if not for some errors. The river seems to be in a bit of transition after the full moon. Hoping things pick up soon.

Justin, I'm going to give it a try tomorrow but unfortunately Wed and Thurs.are bad for me. Give me a call and we can set something up.

Justin, You're welcome to meet me at Mexico or Henderson sometime and give the salmon a try.Lake trout action is good now but salmon is still somewhat spotty. Let me know if you want to join me. I like to fish 3 people on the Lake so you could either bring a buddy or I'll bring someone. I may run down tomorrow or later in the week. A couple more weeks and the salmon action should be more consistent.

Hit the river about 4:30 and fished till 8:00. Only had 3 hits and caught a smallmouth, a short walleye and one about 5 lbs. Seems like the full moon bite i experienced last week has slowed or perhaps I need to be out there from 2;00-6:00. I'm thinking of running to Mexico tomorrow and try the trout and salmon..

Sounds like a great way to break in your new ride.

I actually run 10-12 lb. Big Game mono on line counters when using boards with long leads running crank and stick baits when fishing big open water like Quinte in the fall or Lake Ontario in the spring. I use a swivel and about 3-4' of flouro leader or no leader. I also use a snap for the ease of quickly changing lures I use the same rigs running spoons and sticks for shallow spring browns on the lake but use snap swivels on spoons. On the river I use spinning reels on long rods when longlining cranks. I run 20lb. fireline or power pro and 20 lb. flouro leader due to zebra mussels. I often use split shot ahead of the swivel not only to get deeper but to keep weeds and water fleas off the lure. Longlining works for me in depth inside 35 ' The river is very different with constantly changing current, and structure that often limit you to short trolls using shorter line lengths. That's one reason I often use very heavy bottom bouncers, heavy braid, 25 Lb. flouro leader and stout gear in deeper water where I sometimes troll in 40 fow or deeper with current. (Not a fun or easy way to fish but it can be effective)

I couldn't agree with sk8man more. Some days it just isn't going to happen. Fortunately with experience those days become less frequent and we know Justin has experience.