Flanman

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Had a tough pick at them today. Fished slightly West between 185-300 - fair amount of other boats but not bad. Guys on radio not doing that well either. Got one nice coho and missed 3 others- grrrr. Fished riggers from 35-60 - and a green frog wire diver on 3 with a green spin doctor and green glow taco. Ran planer board with various sticks. 2.2- 2.6. Met a guy at the dock with a sweet Hewes Craft that did well out in 400+ ouch. Didn’t think I had to go that far but I was wrong. I normally do do better but I keep missing the good water. Not being creative enough in my thinking I guess- oh well I guess that’s fishing. I heard folks on 68 say they barely marked a fish today. I assume they were being honest- I marked some but definitely not a great screen. Good of luck all. This week should set back up nice before we go into transition. I’d imagine it will happen pretty fast now.

It was tough for me out there today - just a skippy and one streaker on the screen. Fair amount of bait but not a ton of hooks

Nothing out deep yet - got a Mtn Dew spinny and a green crinkle out on the wire about 250. Seeing some Bait clouds but not a ton. A few hooks but again not a ton. We are in 430

Out front of Golden Hill in 400+ Just set up as I had issue with trailer this morning. Two riggers down 3 spoons each one down 45 the other75- going to put wire diver out next. Marking a little but not a ton. Going on 68 ,,,I'm all about sharing

Very nice report

Pete - I've done my share of jigging on the finger lakes with moderate to great success. I've tried Lake Ontario 3 times now and tried cabelas jigs and both 1 and 1.5 oz jig heads with paddle tails that work on Keuka and Cayaga but I can't get it to go. I am really anxious to get it to work on browns, lakers, and salmon. The screen was very strange today in 65-120 as in loosely formed bait with some hooks but not what I'm used to seeing. Your post gave me a lot of encouragement to keep trying. Did you catch all lakers? I know guys catch browns on the butterfly jigs but I still need to get some. I use 1 oz cast masters on Keuka in the fall with good success - I'm going to try that next. I am running about 35 feet of Floro between the lure and braid. Thanks so much for this post. It will keep me trying. Flanman

Niagara Bar out of Wilson in May! Unbelievable fishing. Best of the year in my opinion. Planer Boards, divers and riggers all work. Nice mix of fish too!

Niagara is a great option - lower river browns and steels - Jigging for lakers on Finger Lakes can be stupendous

I am at it again today - I'm having a tough time again - surface to 70 down - not a bump - it has to be early transition - but they have to eat some time cause they haven't been eating much the last three days - wonder if I should go way deep or is it just a waste of gas? [ Post made via BlackBerry ]

Fished west - Shadigee and Golden Hill - slow fishing but managed 1 King and 1 Coho - reds and greens all spoons - surface to 65 seemed to be best. Strange that it is not way better [ Post made via BlackBerry ]

Its tough out here today! [ Post made via BlackBerry ]

The drum do taste good - you just have to keep them on some ice before you fillet them - the flesh reminds me of saltwater fish like saltwater drum or triggerfish I have eaten- just cut out the bloodline - it is very good blackened - It is a dry fish so you don't want to overcook it. Everyone has to get over the trash fish issue - it fights good and tastes good - its not a perch but it is every bit as good as many other fish that I have supped on ........hey - its just just not the most beautiful fish in our area but your eating it - not kissing it. If I blackened it and put it next to some red beans and rice - no one would ever believe its a drum. If you got one this time of year, it would be unbelievably good out of the cold water. Only reason I know all of this is that I contemplated eating one for 20 years and finally did it last year and was very impressed.

I have had good luck at Seagar Marine in Canandaigua - they have a shop off Parrish - I have had my Honda in there many times and I have to drive it all the way down from the Oak to do it. - Good Luck

OK - I have had an interest in White Bass for some time but never enough to get me to do something about it. I caught several in the lower Niagara this week and one had to be around the 2 lb range. What a blast ..........hard fighting and a nice looking fish when they get bigger. I would like to think that there is enough of them around but no one targets them. They were in the river cause of LO turnover due to NE winds earlier in the week. It is a neat fish and it eats great too ............why don't we ever hear more about them? I understand that there is a lot of them in Lake Erie ..........I imagine that they are in Lake Ontario and maybe the Finger Lakes too??? No one ever says anything about them ........I am very curious .........do we have a sleeper fish here?

I will tell you that I always thought that they were an interesting fish........kinda a some sort of layover from saltwater. If you do saltwater fishing the drum and sheepshead are not trash fish but they are in fresh water. Sooooooooo .........this weekend I was fishing with someone who never fished before........a young lady in fact from Southeastern PA. We caught fresh water drum (sheepshead), white bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, etc. She wanted a fish fry as she loves fish. I threw the first 5 sheepshead back ...........she kept asking me WHY? I said well they aren't that good to eat but I always had a secret desire to try one. So I kept the last two of seven because we had a bunch of perch and white bass anyway (which we love to eat). We had a whole team of non fisherperson folk back at the camp so I said what the heck............now is a good time to go for it. The freshwater drum is a little different to clean but the meat is very white and reminiscent of a ocean fish. It reminded me of a trigger fish .........I worked through some bones and came up with some very nice white chunks of fish. Pan fried them like the others and I have to tell you they were excellent ..........no baloney. You would be very pleased with this fish. We need to take more of these out of our waters and if you have a clean resource, they are a clean, cheap, and good source of protein. I want to try it blackened next .........its different than perch or bass but its good.

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