Fly n Fish

What an amazing last week of summer fishing off Rochester 80+ fish in 6 days of fishing  

28th - Headed way off shore and fished from the 27n-32n.  Great mix of Matures, 2 year old's and steelhead.  There were pods of fish scattered out there so it was crazy chew with doubles and triples followed by short lulls.  Its great seeing the fish come on the panoptix and being ready to grab that rigger.  Must have happened about 10 times that day. 

Hot Lures: Salmon candy Bam paddle with a green goblin fly (steelhead killer), DW super glow two faced and small silver carbon.

29th - Back out to the same waters but this time with a goal of getting my daughter a LOC fish.  Fishing was just as good as the day before and around 11:00 I watched a bullet come across the Panoptix and attack the middle rigger.  My daughter was on the rod fast and boated an 11.13 Steelhead which held out for her to win the youth division and 13th overall.  8 of the fish we boated this day were steelhead.

Same spread

30/31 - No fishing

1st - Back out to the same water another great mix of 2 years old's and steelhead (No Matures).  I had my other daughter on the boat looking for any LOC fish but came up short with 2 steelhead around 9lbs

Same spread

2nd - Worked 60'-120' in search of stagers and browns but we had a case of the dropsies and went 1 for 7.

3rd - Evening trip with my daughter and her friends.  Went after Lakers for the first hour to get the rods moving.  After putting 7 Lakers on the boat  we spent 2 hours chasing stagers put 3 on the boat and smiles to go around.

Hammerhead cowbells with gambler rigs for the Laker's.  When I target Lakers I only run the 2 corner riggers and slow down to 1.6-1.8.  If one rigger goes off I turn into the other rigger to slow it down and it usually produces a double.

For the kings all moonshine spoons 

4th - One last effort to get another LOC fish.  Warm water moved way in and the chances of finding a big brown looked bleak so we moved out to 100' to focus on stagers.  Was able to put 5 matures (lost another 5) on the boat , a few browns and some small kings.

DW super glow two faced took 4 kings and I had a yeck frog spoon near the bottom that took our biggest king.  I had that set for brown trout.  I ran an all spoon set with 2 dipseys, 3 riggers and a weighted steel.  besides the one hit off the bottom everything came out of temp (stagers).  

Bonus: My daughter was fighting a king and it let go as I was going to net it and ended up with a hook in my nose passed the barb.  Cut it and fed it through and kept fishing.  

Overall a great week of fishing (The rest of August was amazing also) I'm pulling the boat next week, time to start focusing no hunting prep and coaching football.  

Tight Lines,

Eric 

In addition to what was already said if you want to target them specifically I troll with spoons and crank the speed up to around 3.1.  Additionally Flasher/spin-doctor Fly work good also for them with that speed. 

With the PANOPTIX I have I can tell if its a steelhead as they come after the baits twice as fast as salmon do.  

Normally this time year the winds are out of the SW and lite.  This year is a different story heavy north winds constantly.  I fishing out of an 18' boat for years all seasons its just all about picking your days.  

At least in my opinion the day after a hard blow especially west I will go offshore where the water is more stable.  Did this yesterday evening with good success.  

I had a similar issue with mine years ago check to see if you have any  steel that might be interfering with the internal autopilot compass and will prevent the pilot from steering well.  I put my tool bag in the cabin one day and the autopilot was going haywire until I figured out the problem.  

Thanks for all the advice.  I did replace the starter but was still having the problem.  Had a mechanic look at it yesterday and he said the main wiring harness that connects to te engine was loose.  He re clamped it, cleaned the connections and it seems to have fixed the problem.  Drove it back from Sodus to Rochester this morning.  

I have a 2000 5.0 Volvo Penta closed loop engine.  The boat was starting intermittently which led me to believe it was the starter solenoid because nothing would happen when i turned the key.  

1. I replaced the starter solenoid it started 20 times no issues

2. I cleaned all the positive and negative connection and dyaeletric greased everything

3. Checked all fuses

4. Put a new starter relay in the engine computer 

5. Changed the ignition switch

6. Bypassed the neutral safety switch

* seems to not start when there is heavy moisture especially after rain.

Boat is currently stuck in Sodus at Katlyn Marine

Anyone seen any issues like this in the past?

Thanks,
Eric 

Sometime matching the size of the bait the salmon are eating helps.  Take a look at their stomachs when your cleaning fish

Wire! Sea Fleas this time of year are horrible even with wire and braid would be even worse.

I will take 2 x  60's 

Will send a PM

Thanks Yankee Troller, I will make sure my friend Vic stops by your booth at the show.  

Bozemen, Yes I have radar

Asking for a friend,,,,,

Looking purchase a Garmin unit matched with a thru hull transducer.  One that will give the opportunity in the future(year or 2) to add a PS-30 panoptix.  Specifically for lake trolling.

Thanks 

Yes,  1999 was the year of the 40lbers, my dad landing one 41+ off Pulaski and was 3rd place.  

I will take it. PM Sent

Yes it works well look up vision quest charters on Youtube he does a tutorial on this.

I was in the same area, matures were in there but out of temp.  My 58' rigger took 3 matures and my 190' dipsey on a 3 setting (55-60 down) was hot also.  

I will take it, sent you a PM

2022  Monroe County Offshore Classic Rules June 25th 2022 (back up June 26th).docx

2022 Rochester Multi Species Friday Event (24 June 22)

1. All Fish must be caught legally and in accordance with NYS DEC regulations. All entered fish must be caught in US waters of Lake Ontario. 

2. All boats must start in Monroe County Waters and return to the port of the Genesee River, Irondequoit Bay, Braddocks Bay and Sandy Creek. Vessels may leave from ports outside of Monroe County but must enter Monroe county waters before they begin fishing. For example if you leave from Hughes Marina (Wayne County) you can not start fishing or proceed to your fishing spot until you enter Monroe County Waters. 

3. All boats must be registered and paid by7:00pm on Thursday June 23rd. 

4. Each boat will have a minimum of 2 participants. The maximum number of rods run by any boat shall be eight (8). 

5. Boats may not leave port prior to 5:00am and may not begin fishing until 5:15 am. 

6. All boats must provide at least one cellular phone number with the tournament entry. Any cancellation due to weather will be made 6:00am on the day of the tournament. Committee members will contact each team via cell number provided and or on channel 72 in the event of a postponement or cancellation. Participants should monitor channel 72 prior to leaving port at 5:00. 

7. Weigh in will be at Shumway’s Marina beginning at 1:00 pm and end when all the fish are weighed in. Participants MUST BE IN LINE no later than 2:00 pm or suffer disqualification. 

8. Legal fish species will be any Salmon and Trout (No more than 1 Lake Trout). All fish must meet the minimum NYS DEC size limits at the time of weigh in. Any team bringing a non-legal fish to the weigh in will be immediately disqualified. 

9. The total of four (4) fish combined per boat will be used for the weigh in. One of each species Salmon, Brown Trout, Steelhead/Rainbow Trout and Lake Trout. All fish must be brought to the weigh station. No more than four (4) fish may be brought to the weigh in. Any coolers containing more than four fish will be disqualified. 

10. Scoring is based on 10 points per fish and 1 point per pound. 

11. In case of a tie, the boat that weighed in the largest single fish will win. 

12. Payout will be 100% of all monies Payout will be based on the total number of entries. Payouts will be determined by the tournament committee. A minimum of 30% of the teams will be paid out. 

13. All participants agree to hold the tournament committee members, Shumway’s Marina, Sponsors, their agents, and volunteers harmless from any liability, of any nature or kind and/or damages suffered by the participant during the event. 

14. Participants agree to grant permission to the tournament committee use any photographs taken during the tournament or the weigh in. 

15. All fish will be examined by the weigh in personnel prior to being weighed. Any fish that has fungus, rot, freezer burn, clouded eyes, slimy gills, and unresponsive flesh will be disqualified and the team will be disqualified. 

16. No disposal of fish will be allowed at the weigh in. All fish will be removed from the weigh in property at the conclusion of the weigh in. Any team disposing of fish on the weigh in property will be disqualified and will be barred from future events. 

17. Weather..... In the event of a small craft advisory, the event will be delayed until it is lifted. In the event of a weather postponement, the tournament may be held the following day. The location of the weigh in may change in the event of a postponement. 

 18. THE "SPIRIT OF THE RULES WILL BE ENFORCED AT ALL TIMES. ANY AND ALL DECISIONS BY THE TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE WILL BE FINAL AND NOT OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.

2022 Rochester Multi Species Friday Event.docx

Do you still have these?

I have tried the downrigger on a kayak not the best.  Torpedo weights/Divers with braided line works great.

https://traxstech.com/non-swivel-mount-for-scotty-downriggers/

On 2/11/2022 at 10:32 AM, MikeyP said:

I'll take these. Give me a shipping price to 1760

Sent from my SM-G986U using Lake Ontario United mobile app
 

MikeyP, I checked my PM's and someone sent me a message before you and bought them.

8 hours ago, MikeyP said:

Shipping to 13760

Sent from my SM-G986U using Lake Ontario United mobile app
 

Ok I’ll check shipping to Ian’s let you know

2 x used TX-44 Super planer boards $40 total will ship an owners expense. 
 

take Venmo/PayPal 

located in the Rochester area

PM me if interested