Kevin J Legg

I was doing a final scout of a field I had permission to hunt only to find out there was another group that had permission to hunt it ( landowner confusion). The competition for fields has gotten to be severe and it's become increasingly difficult to find places to hunt if you don't rent or own the land. There also seem to be few locals in the field and I have no birds for the opener tomorrow. Things do seem to get a little easier in the late season when there are other things to hunt and lower bag limits.

actually 10 color was a flasher/fly. Stinger on the rigger but I've only caught a couple off spoons thus far.

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Longlegg ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):8/29 Time on Water:6:00-3:00 Weather/Temp:75 Wind Speed/Direction: Waves: 1' Surface Temp: 74 Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 11 Total Boated:6 Species Breakdown:4Kings and 2Coho Hot Lure: flasher/fly Trolling Speed: 2-2.6 Down Speed: Boat Depth: 70-125 Lure Depth: 50-105 ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Ran out to 75 fow at first light and found a good screen. Hit one on a 11' flasher within 5 minutes. Dropped one but picked up a second on a wire out 155 and the screen went blank. Trolled out to 125 fow and hit one on the wire out 225. Dropped one and then no hits for about two hours. Worked our way back in to 75 fow and saw a boat hooked up, Saw some bait and hooks on the screen and shortly thereafter we were hooked up also on a stinger set down 60 feet. Took two more quick hits but came up empty and then landed another on a wire set back 160. Worked around a bit longer and finally hit another on a 10 color leadcore and decided to call it a day. Lots of boats in the morning but not many out in the afternoon after 1:00. ====================

Great post. Glad you had a good trip and learned some new water.

Nice report. I'll be headed down soon.

I recently donated a half day trip to benefit a cancer victim. We went out on the river early yesterday morning. After catching a couple walleyes we switched to smallmouths and limited out by 10:00. Nice morning on the water with Kris and Dave Haskins.

Not only that but there is no limit!

I certainly wasn't judging the high test loads and chokes, which could very well be more effective under some circumstances. However, under standard over decoy shooting the Winchester Xperts seem to work just fine for me and are half to a third the price of the high test loads. It's always a good idea to pattern loads and chokes but field experience tells you a great deal too. Scout well, set up correctly with quality decoys, and pick your shots and you could kill them with a 410 when they are feet down over the decoys. That and it's a more thrilling shoot!

Great brown. Thanks for the post. We went 4 for 4 on Kings on Wednesday.

I guess I'm behind the times or just plain cheap. I shoot Winchester Expert 3" in size 2 and BB's at 1550 fps. About $129 a case at Gander Mountain right now. I bought a bunch on sales at Dicks a couple years ago and with a factory re-bait paid less than $8 a box! With factory improved cylinder chock for decoying geese they seem to drop geese as well as the high price loads my friends sometimes shoot. I switch to Mod chock when pass shooting and also seem to do fine. I've tried the 3 1/2" shells and found they didn't add much if anything to performance and the added cost and punishment on the shooter and gun weren't worth it to me. I haven't patterned the loads, or tried after market chokes for comparison (although I have for turkey) but from my goose hunting observations of myself and friends I'm sticking with what appears to work well for me at a very reasonable cost. Certainly not a scientific approach but maybe a good practical one.

What a laker.

I agree with you there, last year was not a good one. Perhaps that's one reason the duck numbers are supposedly up this year.

Nice job on a less than ideal day.

Great job and nice fish.

Probably better than cormorant.

Caught a male last week that was dark and hook jawed and a silver female. This female's eggs weren't as mature as the one I caught last week..

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Longlegg ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):8/15 Time on Water:6:00-12:00 Weather/Temp: Partly Cloudy Wind Speed/Direction: 6 SW to NW Waves: 2' rollers Surface Temp: 74 Location: Port Ontario LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 2 (one off rigger 80 down second off dipsy 280 out Total Boated:1 Species Breakdown: 28# King Hot Lure: flasher/fly Trolling Speed: 2.2-2.8 Down Speed: Boat Depth: 90-140 Lure Depth: 70-110 ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS The guy at he bait store said it was a blood bath there Monday and Tuesday. Not so for us today, although we did get a nice fish and drop a second. Boats were widely scattered and seemed to be in the search mode spreading out mostly in the 100-160 range. We only saw a handful of fish boated. ====================

Pete, I guess your right extermination may be a bit harsh. I breast them and prepare like teal breast or woodcock (still pink inside). Don't overcook them or they taste livery. I often marinate them and either grill or use in a stir-fry.

Sorry you had a tough morning. If you rally want the cost per pound you better figure in the cost of the boat, maintenance, fuel, gear etc. On the second thought forget the cost and just enjoy yourself!

A farmer friend called and said the pigeons were in his silage and wanted them out. I recently purchased a new Winchester Super X3 and wanted to try it out. Last week I went up and shot about thirty and returned yesterday and shot forty. Great practice for the early goose hunting as the pigeons were coming in over decoys (they decoy very well) Lots of fun and since they are grain feed they are good eating. By the way the gun worked flawlessly and I was only shooting low bass 1 oz 8's. The manual recommends 1 1/8 oz as minimum 2 3/4" load. I'm not to worried about it handling the bigger waterfowl loads.

Reports I've read say duck numbers are up. Feds increased the limit on scaup from two to four.

I've made many posts on fishing walleyes on the river. Check them out.

I got skunked on the walleyes today but caught a nice limit of 14-17" smallmouths I guess I'm getting a bit selective when I feel like I had an unsuccessful morning cause I didn't hit a walleye.

I know the feeling. You hate to see them go to waste but like to release the breeders. Only one thing we know for sure. They don't have a chance to survive once you decide to keep them. I believe all you can do is use your own best judgement. You're obviously releasing most of the big ones, which is commendable.

That's awesome. Makes it worth the work of setting out the decoys.