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John Kelley

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  • Birthday 05/29/1968

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    Madison, SD
  • Interests
    Fishing, hunting, golf
  • Home Port
    Lake Oahe

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  1. Wire divers, and copper and lead-core setups will get you down deep. definitely get some downriggers, though.
  2. North east wind really scattered them hard on Saturday, but I found some good kings out in the 29-31 line. The waves were smaller out there, as well. Some steelhead always want to play offshore, too
  3. That is a great price for this unit!! I paid retail for mine. Someone is going to get a great unit at a fantastic price!!
  4. You got it all right, except the we don't target walleyes part. That is about the only thing most Sodak's do target, aside from perch. They don't target pike, which is why all of the sloughs even, have giant northern pike in them.
  5. Yeah, Lake Sharpe is a great fishery, but Lake Oahe is even better. KIngs and giant pike in Oahe, as well. Francis Case also does very well in the spring. They are all impoundments on the Missouri River.
  6. Thanks, and yeah, there is a different kind of beauty out there on the plains. Wide open and rolling hills. Not many trees, though. Fantastic upland bird and waterfowl hunting, too. Thanks again.
  7. Gold, Silver, it is all good, Pap!! Nice job on the Kings, men. Looks like it might be a banner year on Lake Ontario!!!
  8. Howdy guys, I finally got out on the Big O on Saturday, it was nice to be chasing browns from my favorite port on all of the great lakes. My friend Tim Green(Poverty Stricken) was also up, and Eric the Maniac, Stankiewicz(with some clients). Things started out badly for me, as my brand new 2018 Ram with 5,000 miles on it decided not to start. Good thing Tim Green was there to put my boat in the drink for me. Thanks Tim. I started fishing by about 6:00 a.m. and put lines in at the breakwall, on a westerly troll. I was running a stick bait on a planer board out the port side, a mini diver and spoon out the starboard side, and a small spoon off the port rigger. Pretty soon the rest of the brown fishing fleet was out there with me, and everyone was catching fish, except me. I really hate that feeling!! Eric told me to up lines and head to where they were, West of Johnson's Creek. This spot did not seem to work for me either, so I headed back east toward the break-wall. I think I was just past the pumphouse when an 18" coho popped my mini diver and spoon. Yay, not skunked. I tossed that one back and kept trolling east, as the wind started to build. Pretty soon, just before the break-wall, my mini diver fired again, on a 21" coho. I figured I had better keep this one, or I might not have anything to show for myself. The waves built up to almost sporty size, and I had worked out into 30' of water when my rigger, down 25' fired on a nice football 8 pound brown. That is what I was after. Right after I re-set the rigger, it fired again, on a longer and leaner, big headed 10 pound male brown. Then my mini diver fired again on another 18" coho, that went back to Davy Jones locker. I looked at my phone, and it was time to get off the lake, to meet Ed Ball at his house, for our first all nighter on Lake Erie, but that is another story, in the Walleye section. A couple of days later, waiting for my truck to be fixed, I decided to troll around for some kings, and popped two nice 13 pound bright springers in 47'-50' of water on the UV bad Toad magnum sized spoon off of 5 color on a walleye board. Just east of the ladders but before the flats. Could not get bit on meat, was kind of weird. I took a pic of the stomach contents of the fatter king, to dispel the myth that you should not use magnum spoons in the spring because the bait is not that big, yet. That is a magnum sized carbon 14 spoon in the pic, for size comparison. Thanks and enjoy.
  9. Not the fishing, but the limits, yes. I have 50-60 fish evenings by myself on the prairie, but can only keep 4, with one over 20". Lots of catch and release out there. Those were some pretty nice sized male walleyes, though. You don't see 5 and 6 pound males very often, where I live. Salmon and trout fishing are hands down, way better out here!!
  10. Howdy fellas, my name is John Kelley and I hail from South Dakota. I have been working an and off in upstate NY since 2012, but have been focusing most of my free time concentrating on Lake Ontario, since I can always catch as many walleyes as I want when I am home. I decided to go fishing with my good friend Ed Ball and our good mutual friend Dennis Walter on Saturday, though, and check out the spring shallow water night bite on Lake Erie. We had a pretty good go of it, and returned to the truck at midnight to offload our Saturday limit of 18 nice male walleyes. We then headed back out to our waypoint after 1:00 a.m., and caught our sunday limit of 18 nice, male walleyes by 5:00 a.m. We were fishing west of Dunkirk. Water was very murky and colored. All our fish were between 19-26" long, and no females in the group. All the fish were milting, or still had milt in them, so the spawn looks like it is right about in the middle. The big females ought to be hungry pretty soon, I am thinking. The lake was like glass all night, so it was awesome for boat control. Not a bad first outing for me on Lake Erie, but all I had to do was set lines and reel and net fish all night. Captain Ed drove us right over all the hungry fish!! I am not at liberty to say what the magic lure, depth, or waypoint was, because it was not my boat, and I don't want to betray my friends. Great night of fishing, though, with great friends! Hope you enjoy the pics
  11. Right, and there have been more than a couple over the 20 pound mark, as well. Greers Ferry 22 pounds and change from the 80's is one them.
  12. I really like this idea, and consider me in on this one. I can take 2 Vets!
  13. Agreed, it was a beautiful day on the water, for sure!! Weird how Black and silver was so effective in that dirty water! I was expecting high visibility colors to do much better in the mud.
  14. Howdy Pap, I think I am going to call Oswego my home port this summer, as it is much closer to where I am working, and I want to hone my big brown trout skills until around July, when I hear the kings really turn on around there. I would love to meet up with you at the ramp, and swap tactics and tales! This weekend, however, I plan on hitting Lake George, and targeting some LL's and browns there!
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