BHufnagle

This is my first year and struggling a bit too. I am out of Mexico but also have a camp on sandy pond that I have been able to navigate for the last 2 weeks. It has been very tough for us as well, with a lot of boat rides and a lot of money spent on fuel. We have landed only 1 salmon, and hooked 4 or 5 total. All on green echip f/f. We have found some 46 deg water in front of the north dunes in 130 down only about 70 down. Every time we go through that spot we hook up or get knocked off. We have also landed a few steelhead on free running sliders. Have run the whole gamut in my spread, but thinking about spin dr's and meat this weekend. I am also going to try a torpedo diver for the midday.I am trying to be patient waiting for them to come home, august is just around the corner and I know things are going to improve greatly soon.

Try the chamberlain releases. They have a setting for the rod and the lure. Even a 1lb smallmouth tripped them with a full bend on the ugly stick Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Same for us. 12 hours trolling, 1 little brown and lost a nice jumping steelie over 200', 20 down. we thought we were doing something wrong until we checked the posts. There's always next weekend

I paid $500 at Salmon Country For a 23' W/A Down the road at Port Ontario, it is about $1750...

I am at Salmon Country for the first time this year and I am very satisfied. I have a camp on Sandy Pond and am afraid I won't be able to get out of the channel this year, so i spent the extra $ to be safe. Very easy in/out, and the drive isn't bad for me. Gives me an excuse to stop for breakfast at the little salmon inn! I called them both before choosing and heard that the new guys are put in the "swamp" at Mikes, which sounded like what I was trying to get away from. Salmon Country has been great, and I have a Mercury outboard and they are a Merc certified marina, which is nice

I'm goin with the 24's! Thanks. Do you still have the 24's available?

Thanks for the advice. As the winds and currents shifted, I just couldn't keep it in the zone. I think the bags will be just the ticket. Maybe work on a kicker for next year...

Went for the first time out in our "new to us" boat. Found the stained water in front of catfish and landed 3 browns and 1 smallmouth in 2 hours, out to 30 ft. all on bright sticks except for one big brown on an R&R spoon that was down about 8 ft over 30. I couldnt get as slow as I would like, thinking about AO bags to slow down. GPS was at about 2.8, fishhawk at the surface kept creeping up to 4.0 with the throttle all the way down. I have a 23ft walkaround, and figured the 2 18 inch bags would be enough to slow me down where I need to be...