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Nice job. I did a pile of lakers but no kings. Water is set up nice though. 

I did a skipper this weekend off the end of a bait mark 75 down over 140 fow: Seasick Waddler. Boats were scattered. East of the bay deep current was nasty. Struggled with blow back. Easy trolling once I got west of the bay though. 

2 hours ago, Tom Mich said:

Quite surprised to read that chamberlain releases aren't more dominant on lake O. I fish lake MI and by far they're the most popular here. Put em on, and forget about the rest.

I will give them a try!

Been slaying lakers in 140 fow straight out from lighthouse. 

On 5/13/2023 at 2:07 PM, NyFallGuy said:

I keep my clips super tight too.  Personally, I've felt that if the clip releases, it doesn't matter how fast I grab the rod, with any slack on the line the fish (salmon) always

seems to get off the hook.  I like the cannon clips.  The "click...click...click" means I'm good.  Oh, the only issue I've had is when the dinks are out.  You could be driving around for an hour without a hit, because you've got a dink in tow.

Really tightened my tension tonight and tripled my release to fish on rod rate! thanks for the advice!

On 5/13/2023 at 5:17 AM, Legacy said:

 

I run my releases extremely tight. Tight enough that most fish can not release them on their own. 20# kings struggle to release them. When a fish hits them I want to be able to get to them and release them. Not the fish. Lock them down and I bet your hook up ratio increases.

Really tightened my tension tonight and tripled my release to fish on rod rate! thanks for the advice!

5 hours ago, Legacy said:

What release are you using? Blacks???

yup. 

I have been dealing with a lot more rigger releases with no fish than in past years. As I troubleshoot should I increase tension on my rigger release to ensure a tighter/longer rigger to fish connection? For example, last night I targeted lakers in 130 fow over 150 fow out of I Bay. Formula was easy as marks were plentiful. Easily had 10 rods pop and only felt 2 fish on the rod. Thoughts? Encountered a similar issue with browns but assumed my stick baits were bumping bottom. 

Laker bite was bananas 🍌! Screen was covered along a predictable grid of water which was cool. Wonderbread on rigger 130 ft over 140-160 fow took five in an hour. All fish 10# or more with the largest near 20#. Pretty sure I was not a pioneer today as I simply followed a dozen boats into the hole.

Good work. Saw you out there enjoying the day!

Long Shallow did the trick today. Several came to the net similar to the pics and everything in between. Calm seas were a welcome sight. Trolled the shoreline and stuck with 17 fow. 

3 hours ago, Morningdew said:

Going to post good or bad trips this year. Unfortunately today was a bad trip. Fished east of the bay, 10-20 feet of water. Only one brown. Came on a NK/C5 on the down rigger. 

Same here. Took a couple kids with me. And replaced my double digit days with a zero!! 

Smacked a king this morning and a ton of browns out of I-Bay. Got wet but stayed relatively warm. 

Still need to check the wind forecast for Sunday AM but leaning towards a shakedown trip nonetheless. Refresh my memory: Irondequoit Bay launch is taking early season boats now that docks are permanent? Plan b would be Genesee River launch.