Kevin J Legg

Good advice given. I use a small weighted float and 4-6 pound test line. 1/16-1/64 oz. jig with a minnow. Sometimes I put a tube jig on for added color and size but still use minnow and sometimes use Berkley 1" gulp minnow or 2" power bait. Many times I fish two and sometimes three rods varying the jig depth from 1-4 feet or more to find what they want. This allows lots of experimenting till you find what they want and then it's general game on. Water temps. are just about spot on now for good crappie activity and with the warm weather the action should really heat up.

I fished yesterday and kept around 10 crappie. Not fast and furious but they are starting to hit as water temperatures approach 60 degrees.

I believe there was a good run and we were too late.

Guess I'll stay up this way at least we're getting some quality fish.

What's up with Mexico this year?

I have a 2007 Merc 4 stroke and went to Don's Prop in Clayton. He put on a different prop than it came with from factory and although the top end speed didn't change much, the power improved significantly. My 18' Lund Alaskan runs around 29 mph and performs much better with the new prop. I believe the new prop is a touch larger and definitely has a different pitch. Unfortunately I don't have the specs. for the new prop but I'm sure Don's Prop could help.

We had a very slow morning fishing out of Mexico yesterday. In four hours only caught one brown about 5 pounds. Pulled and made a move to Stoney and picked up 3 browns (biggest 9.1 lbs.) and a 8.6 laker in a couple hours. Just shows the need of being flexible.

I stopped at Rossie to view the spawning walleyes that run up from Black Lake. They said last week they were flopping out onto the bank. There is a DEC officer there 24/7. He thought the run would be good on Monday with the warmer weather. We only saw a few with the high cold water.

Looks like you'll have a fishing partner for life. Very pretty fish.

I was thinking of trying them myself. Off a board in a chop they should work well.

I completely agree with Erskin. My wife and I have a large garden and eat an abundance of fish and game. We even purchase pork and eggs that are raised locally. I believe the fish from the lake are fine in moderation. We eat a great deal of perch, bluegill, crappie and smaller game fish caught in smaller local lakes releasing the large breeders which being older, have potentially accumulated higher levels of contaminants. My daughter, a doctor, is due with our first grandchild in August and she is being very careful with what she is consuming during her pregnancy and while nursing.

We covered a lot of ground yesterday and couldn't find the fish. Started at Port Ontario and went to Selkirk. We then made a run to Sandy Pond where we caught one small brown but we were hitting a lot of floating weeds. Picked up and ran back toward Catfish and ended up running back to Selkirk where we hit two more small browns. We decide to call it a day after a wind switch and the rain arrived. Water temps. weren't bad (up to 43.5) but Salmon River was only 39.5. Most places the water was extremely clear and the few we caught were is slightly colored water. I think some stable weather and warm rain would really help. We tried a wide variety of lures and depths with a 8-9 rod set but just could make it happen. One hit a Stinger spoon, and two hit jointed Rapala. Better fishing days are ahead and it's always a pleasure to spent a nice day on the water with good friends.

I've used the line technique on several occasions and it's worked very well with almost no pain but you do need to be able to push down on the hook to disengage the barb. Perhaps it was to deep to allow you to do this. The worst is when one barb is in you and another in a thrashing fish. Wishing you a rapid recovery!

Nice fish and photos thanks for the informative post.

There we only three trailers when we launched but a full parking lot when we left.

47 degree colored water sounds great.

Great Game Syracuse. Perfect way to complete my day!

Fished the lake this morning. 5.3 and 8.13 lb. browns, 7.0 lb.laker and 8.3 lb. steelhead. Good first trip of the year to Ontario with Gary and Garet Plantz. Water 39-41 degrees and clear. Couldn't get a spoon to fire. Never found a concentration of fish.