Rippin'Line

I lost my card reader but i recently bought a new one. Ill be putting it up either tonight or tmrw.

Vettman, i hit hemlock the other day. Managed a 10 to 11 pound Bow that I let my buddy take on. It was his first trout ever. He smiled the rest of the trip and way home. And i will completely take you up on that offer. May hit it canadice or hemlock on sunday depending on family easter stuff.

Ran 6 rods yesterday with a buddy of mine out on hemlock lake. (His first time fishing for coldwater species). Put one off each rigger with spoons at 4 and 8 feet down and ran a planar off each side with 2 lines each pulling sticks mainly 4 inch rapalas for browns hanging out near shore. About an hr in with no fish one off the right planar bard releases fired out and line started screaming. After a good 5 minutes I dipped the net in and pulled up the biggest bow i have ever seen come out of the fingerlakes. I forgot my scale but estimated it at a solid 10 to 11 pounds. I've caught big steels out of Lake O but as far as a bow goes (I know theyre basically the same thing but i dont want to have that argument right now) It's the biggest i have ever seen. Is this normal for the smaller finger lakes like Canadice and Hemlock. Biggest ones I've caught out of there are usually 3 to 4 pounds. Ive gotten 12 pound browns and big lakers but never a bow like that. Anyways my buddies first big Bow let alone cold water species produced the biggest smile i have ever seen on someone after pulling in that first trout. I think it's safe to say i got a fishing partner everytime i bring the big boat out or cruise around hemlock/canadice in the 16 footer.

Not bad. Dont blow away. Waves are going to be rolling tmrw. [ Post made via Android ]

So tmrw is a nw 19 mph wind. Im assuming that means big waves if you have a 17 ft aluminum boat? Probably a bad idea? [ Post made via Android ]

Not an easy rask. Replaced the rollers on my trailer over winter so ot shouldnt be an issue. Waders are a good idea. With all the flyfishing i do you would think i would have thought of that. [ Post made via Android ]

80 ft of water or 80 ft down? [ Post made via Android ]

Thanks guys. I may have one lined up. If not you will be hearing from me.

For Hemlock you can pull down a dirt road right in front of the Water treatment facility and follow that down to launch. For Canadice just follow the lake on Canadice rd and you will see a sign then just look for an opening in the trees. My first 2 trips down there i blew by it. There are no docks so launching can be tricky since you cant touch the water. I push it down my trailer holding a rope then climb back to shore and pull the bpat in. Its a pain in the A$$. It is so worth it though. Just cruising arund with no docks or housing.

Awesome. Thanks [ Post made via Android ]

Suggestions or want to sell me one? Post or pm. Thanks [ Post made via Android ]

Anybody hitting trout in the shallows? Thinking bout making the run out there tues or thurs next week. [ Post made via Android ]

I generally wear a pair of breathable waders with cabalas wader pants and heavy wool socks for the bottom layer. For the uppers it goes t shirt sweater wader jacket. My wader jacket however is basically a winter jacket. Its a gander mt guide series. [ Post made via Android ]

Thanks alot trouthunter. Might get up there 1 more time this yr and ill take your advice. I'm pretty heavy into Lake O tribs for browns now. thanks again

Thanks alot trouthunter. Might get up there 1 more time this yr and ill take your advice. I'm pretty heavy into Lake O tribs for browns now. thanks again

I had a random thought and looked up a picture of a landlocked salmon form the fingerlakes region and it looked exactly like it. The big spots it had on it through me off.

Canuck, your right abotu there not being splake in the lake. I assumed that since hemlock had them canadice would too. Eveen this time of year i should be fishing that deep? For lakers it makes since but as far as browns and bows go i would assume they would be moving in shallow to spawn?

Im used more to lake ontario fish but today i felt like breaking the riggers out and put on my small boat in hopes of hookin up on some trout up at canadice. Ive managed lakers at hemlock before but i never caught one at canadice. I managed one 2-3 pound splake (first one i ever caught) and my dad pulled another trout that we think was a brown but it got off. Today we fished 40-60 ft of water with no hookup on the riggers but we managed to hook up on the splake and the supposed brown off planar boards. I've never been very consistant at either of the lakes for coldwater species so any advice for this time of the year. I know deep for mid summer but idk about fall and their spawning patterns around here. Any advise would be great.....

Too late for salmon. Steelhead and Browns will be in still.

In my experience with the salmon you got to be there between 5 and 9 in the morning or between 6 and 11 at night.

haha. Yeah me n my buddy were talking about that the other night. Were hittin maxwell tommorow morn with the fly rods and maybe I'll find him.

Made it out for probably the last time targeting matures in from of sodus bay. We managed to pull 1 18lb salmon on a flat lined black deep diving thunderstick, On the next hit we had a monster that ran out but managed to break the line at the knot on the same thunderstick. Unfortonately it was the only one we had and we hit nothing the rest of the day. Probably hit hemlock or canadice this weekend on the little boat for trout then by late next week it will be time to chase a few kings in the streams before the trout start making their move.

Alright thanks. Ill give it a shot.

I've been hitting piers lately but it looks like were going to be bringing my buddy's boat out again on Sunday since the pier bite has slowed so much. Assuming it's due to the high temops. Anyways anyone know what depth's i should be concentrating on. I'm assuming 40 to 60 fow but i could be wrong. Havent taken the boat in weeks. I'll be fishing out of port bay... Any advice would be appreciated...

Any details on where the fish are holding as far as what depth? Gonna head out tommorow morning and troll outside of port bay. Then maybe cast glo spoons at night.... Any info would be greatly appreciated..