Flanman

Hi all, Sorry for the late post but fished yesterday morning (6/23) in front of the bay and east towards Webster. 125-180 FoW. Not a ton of bait but fish where there and scattered - 4/5 on salmon and lost the only major we had on but we got a 12lb, 11lb, 9lb, and 7lb so not too bad. The big boy was there for about 2 mins and came unbuttoned but the rod was going berserk. Most hits came 40-60 down - all riggers and MVP was NBK. Beautiful day to be out there. Seems like transition is over and based on my screen, it appears that that thermocline was down around 50. Have fun out there ..... Flanman

I would agree - sorry for not posting earlier. We wound up with 5 browns, a nice smallmouth, a 20 lb laker in 25 feet of water, 15 feet down, and a Cisco in 5 FoW on a stick (first one for me and super neat to see). Fishing was a steady pick until around 9:30 away from the traffic, then it slowed. It was a split between Thunderstick Jr's with orange belly and Glow Frog spoons on the riggers parked between 5 and 15 feet down, depending on the DoW. Beautiful day to be out and a great initial run. Thanks to all, Flanman

Fishing on their side of the fence is not a great idea. Our licenses have no bearing on that side of the line. Personally, I think it’s stupid but not my call. Flanman Sent from my iPad using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Ran out at 7AM and worked 75-125 FOW - 2 small kings and lost 3. No majors. Lots of marks and bait. Only had until 11AM so didn't want to push out too far as my buddy had to be back for a meeting. Tried mostly a spoon program, green glow frogs, mongoose, and chicken wings - put WD-40 on 100 foot of the main line (30lb Ande) and the fleas come right off. I run 15 foot of 12 lb fluorocarbon leaders in front of the Ande but no WD-40 on that as it's running horizontal in the water. Will try again tomorrow as I will have more time. I think we are fighting that full moon a bit. It was very bright last night with the clear sky. Thanks and good luck to all, Flanman

Was out there all day Friday on the south end and didn't see a flag move - over 20 tip ups out between us the the group near us. Plenty of ice though - 6 inches in some spots and that was Friday. Good luck Flanman

Perch aren’t in yet - was there yesterday Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Off Braddocks - similar situation- 1 salmon off blue dolphin. 220 down 80. Tough screen. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

We got out a little later (8:15) and hit a real nice Coho on a red spoon and a Big Jon mini diver in the prop wash and 2 skip kings. Marked some bait and fish in the 140 range and then again around 220 - screen was tough. Didn't see too many nets in the water either on the other boats. Ran mostly a green program with mongoose glow ladder backs and dolphins. Ran copper out 350 for a while off the board too but no takers. Marked some fish that were down 75 over 220 but couldn't get them to take anything, tried multiple directions and speeds. Don't have a fish hawk so I just watch my cable angles really closely and listen to the hum of the cables and try to fish the marks. Ran spoons from 70 to 93 feet. Good luck out there - not the screen I expected for this time of year but still a beauty of a day to be on the Big O! Flanman

I've actually done a decent amount of looking into this over the years. Grocery stores and fish mongers are legally allowed to sell you fish with higher levels of contamination than what we are catching in Lake Ontario for the most part. I am not going to say that is true of a 30 year old lake trout. I will say it of salmon, browns, and rainbows. I would not hesitate to eat a 5-8 lb lake trout and have many times. They are very good if prepared properly, especially smoked. New York State wants zero exposure to legal drama over someone blaming them that they got cancer from eating fish that the state put in the lake. I don't necessarily blame them on that. SUNY Brockport did a study years ago and the highest levels of contamination that they could find was around .08 ppm and I believe that was the whole fish, which of course we don't eat the whole fish. Last time I checked, the store is allowed to sell fish with contamination levels as high as 2 ppm. A long time fisheries biologist told me once that NYS doesn't want to trigger a commercial fishery out there - i don't know if that is true. Bottom line is that there are a lot of fish being sold in store and by mongers that have higher levels of contamination that what we are catching. I don't even want to get into the mass produced chicken, beef, and pork that millions of people are mindlessly eating every day. That's not to mention the farm raised sea food coming from South Asia. Most people don't think of that but they say hey, should I be eating the fish out of the great lakes? How about the McBurger or the Tilapia you're eating? Now that's nasty. Eat away my friends - we have some awesome fisheries around here and some really nice fish to grill, fry, bake, and smoke. FLANMAN