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    LO waves 9/6/13

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

    Posted

    I haven't posred in a couple of days as most guys are done for the season. I do see that some are still trying so here goes. Right now we have 2-3 footers and the wind is from the west about 5 mph. The lake is very brown in close due to the constant pounding the past few days. If you go out be safe. And good fishing.

    Thanks! How do you know how big the waves are and what the color of the water is at 3am when it is pitch dark outside?

    Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

    What am I doing wrong?

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    Not sure what part of the lake you are fishing but for the past couple of weeks in Sodus the fish have been out much deeper in the lake and have been down much deeper. We have been catching them in 200 - 500 feet of water about 110 feet deep. If you dont have wire or braided line going to your divers you are not getting deep enough to catch the fish and are pretty much wasting gas. Maybe the fish are staging shallower in front of the Salmon river if that is where you are fishing??? Don't know about that.

    What you consider to be a Lake Ontario Trophy

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    For me a 30 lb silver king would be a mounter. I've caught many over 30 and 1 over 40 in 18 mile creek but since I've been back at the lake fishing the Tyee has escaped me.

    Browns 15 lbs

    Steelhead 14 lbs

    Laker 24 lbs

    Coho 12 lbs

    Atlantic any as they are a beautiful fish.

     

    I pretty much agree with this although I would look for a bigger Coho, I like the Cohos when they enter the river and get that nice Pink side. They look very nice once they start to turn.

    Copper vs. stainless

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    While this is true and I would agree with you if you fished just a few times a year, that is not the main reason people upgrade to a roller or twili tip. Wire line and rod tip wear is a two-way streak; repeatedly running wire across the tiny radius of a standard rod tip cause premature wear to the wire causing it to curl excessively. These curls can loop over themselves and kink, and kinked wire breaks. Given a spool of wire, diver, attractor, fly, fluorocarbon leader and swivels run about $75 on a typical diver rod, a twili or roller tip upgrade is a fraction of the cost of a kinked and broken line.

     

    Hmmmmm. It is funny that you say that because I run a couple of rods with a twilli tip and a couple with the regular tip. I do have that line curling up like a pig tail and never noticed if it is better or worse with the twilli tip vs standard tip. I will have to check that out and see. I have a few twilli tips in my tackle box and can change them easy enough. You are correct about the twilli tip being a cheap investment at about $8 or $10 for sure.

     

    I will say this though... Even with the standard tip I have never broken a wire line yet. I have had some become frayed and have cut it out and retied it. That fraying may be caused by the standard tip now that I think about it.

     

    In either case, good advise. I will change my tips out this week.

    RUFF RIDER Sodus Live Report Aug 23 - Sep 2

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

    Posted

    Yeah cause you really need it to be like glass so you dont get bounced around too much in that boat..

     

    Even 1 footers can cause my beer to spill :)

     

    Water is very warm, 65 deg down 100 over 350fow. Stopped in 100fow for a while, didnt mark a thing. Trolled from 250fow-350fow, couple of marks around 90.

     

    Wow, Last night it was 50 degrees down about 85 out in 250 FOW. 

     

    Is that a true 100 down or your downrigger 100 down? Which is actually about 80 down :)

    blown transducer

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    They no longer make the 50/200.  You can get a 200 for the unit.  My buddy called lowrance and they hooked him up. 

     

    A 200Mhz transducer is almost worthless for salmon and lake trout trolling.You need a 50 or 80 if you want to see the fish.

    RUFF RIDER Live Report Sodus Aug 16-18

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

    Posted

    Nick,

    What size dipsys are you running out 450 and farther?  What depth do you figure they are running at? 

     

    I use Walker Deeper divers and I have one Luhr Jensen Dipsy Diver. I find that the Walker size #1 runs Deeper than the Dipsy Diver size #1. I can get down to about 90-100 feet with a Walker #1 if I let it out about 350 feet at about 2.5 mph. The Luhr Jensen does not seem to get as deep. My testing is informal but quite often I troll in to shore just to see at what depth my diver starts hitting ground. That is about the most reliable method in my opinion :)

    Adk1 Report

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

    Posted

    Congrats on a great fish! I don't know about Oswego and Mexico but Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Sodus were the three best days all year. It can be tough without a probe but my guess is that you were fishing too shallow. Most of the fish in Sodus area seemed to be parked about 110 feet down on average. Many of the guys reported that most of them came in deep water down 110 -130 feet. My biggest on Saturday came off a 5 color lead core tied to a 130 down downrigger with a 12 lb weight. 

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