Kevin J Legg

That's definitely a beauty. My buddy caught it's twin in Conesus a few years back. I'm still trying to get one over 13!

Got back on the walleyes this morning. Caught two fishing with 1 oz. bucktail and a piece of a worm drifting in 35-40 fow and a third one on a stick bait off the rigger. We also caught a 19" smallmouth on the jig.

Nice report and a super brown.

Fished Henderson area out of my 18' Lund yesterday and the <1 footers were actually 2-3 footers which made it bumpy. We hit 2 browns right off the bat on the finger 65 down over 85 fow on magnum spoons off riggers. Picked up a skippy and then couldn't hit anymore except a couple knock offs. Did take one rip on a FF dipsy at 215 out. Moved out toward the trench and fished 135-160 fow and picked up a lake trout. near the bottom. Decided to call it a day instead of fighting the waves. Didn't mark much bait .

Nice. hose Roboworms are a great drop shot bait. Can fish them from 10-100' by switching the amount of weight.

Another slow morning dodging the rain. I lost a nice walleye right at the net but it was my only hit. I did get a couple smallmouths. Think I will change things up a bit and make a run to the lake and give the salmon and trout a try on Wednesday.

Love the story. That's what it's all about!

The walleyes in Lake Ontario and St Lawrence both have abundant fat. Generally the longer they are the more fat they have. Not quite a football brown but it does give them a sizable girth.

Thanks for the post. I'm anxious to get out next week and see what's hitting.

The fleas are definitely abundant right now. I actually didn't catch a walleye this morning. First shut out this year but it wasn't a no hitter as we lost one early and did catch four nice bass.

Justin, When I was a kid I lived in Dansville and I believe we fished Otisco for crappies in the spring of the year. Later we moved to Phelps where we fished some of the Finger Lakes. We then moved to the Albany area but I returned to the area for college at Hobart in Geneva and fished Seneca on occasion. I have many fond memories of that area.

I've fished the evening with good success. However, there is almost no boat traffic in the early morning and I love that time of day on the river. I also have had good success at night wearing headlights as the walleyes move up into shallower water. You can also see the their glowing eyes with a spot light.

Looks like your on them as well!

Justin, Here are the heavy homemade bottom bouncers I use. The one on the left side is made from 2, 4 ounce slip sinkers and is adjustable by adding or subtracting sinkers. Note, the wire I run above the sinkers to keep Zebra mussel cut offs to a minimum. Main line is 60 lb. braid.

Two eyes this morning. One 18" on jigging spoon in 75 fow. The other on stick bait/bottom bouncer in 35 fow.

Caught two walleyes this morning fishing solo. A 24" on bottom bounce/ stick bait in 35 fow and a 18" on jigging spoon in 70 fow.

Justin, My bottom bouncers are made from about a 5" piece of 1" lead pipe and foot long a piece of coat hanger. I place the coat hanger into lead pipe and pore it full of lead and put a 3 way swivel on the top of the coat hanger with 9" sticking out the bottom. Must weight about 10-12 ounces and are tough on your arm to fish I use about 4' of 20 lb. fluorocarbon leader which doesn't seem to bother the walleye in the current. I'll post a photo.

That's great. Glad you had some success.

Thanks Justin. Family obligations this weekend and next week but may sneak out next week a few mornings.