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I saw the lake was calm, nice day,I'm planing on trying Friday,might try in a little closer,water is still pretty cold.were you marking fish at all that makes a difference if there around or not.I've seen Charters going out but can't tell where.Thanks for the report


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Hello. what is your local bait shop, any where's close to Fulton? Thanks

I see wrights landing still flooded and not many boats out fishing, any new news from the ones that are out? catching any fish? what ya using? FOW? Anything? LOL Wondering to if any one knows where to get some herring, whole or cut, Erie Dearie or Label or???

THANKS

I dont see why not. I just made up a batch of cut bait from ballyhoo and bunker

Starting last year and has worked well for me.


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1 hour ago, shinintimes said:

As I'm sure you seen that post was from 2013... I drove past there a couple  weeks ago and believe its new owners and the back of the bait shop was open nothing inside not sure if it was because of the high water hope not that would suck for a new owner !!

Ok, Thanks

6-2017-Just wondering if  you still  deal in Erie Dearie Herring cut bait Premium packages?? looking to get 3-4 packs and ship them to Fulton

Recently I was reviewing post's about Brine for cut baits using meat rigs. I've used meat rigs in the past but only with artificial baits. I'm curious as to the process of brining and what

type do you use for lake Ontario. Is there a preferred brine and cut bait for Lake O. What would be the preferred method of rigging the meat rig with this brined cut bait??

All replies are appreciated.

On ‎5‎/‎23‎/‎2017 at 9:50 AM, bondouley said:

We are using meat rigs. The will hold up if you salt them good then put them in brine . We have times when we take more than 1 fish on a single fillet. Our team always cut our own it's is much cheaper per fillet

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When your talking about brine, what is it and where do you get it, never used it but I always here people do.Thanks

I've had one for 4 years now,love it,I can handle it by myself.Its a double hull angler model,deep V.handles Lake Ontario just fine,it's outfitted with a Yamaha 115 and T9 ,I got it from Clayton Marina,best price around,no one would touch what they gave it to me.They do have a new style and bigger motors.My gunnels are about 13 inches wide for storage,transom is wide at 8 feet,I believe all loaded up runs about 3200-3400 DW


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19 minutes ago, Sk8man said:

If those rubber bands were a few years old they may be too weak by now. Try going to the Dollar Store (or Michaels) in the girls hair department (no jokes please folks) and getting some of the very small rubber bands they use in their hair they are about the right breaking strength (approx. 3 lbs). 

Ok, worth a try, I'll take my Granddaughter,lol

17 minutes ago, Sk8man said:

X2 on mudflats advice.  Are you making about a half dozen loops around your finger before putting the loop intot he arm of the release? If so it should hold in the crook in the arm of the release....unless maybe you are using the super slick braid?

That's another thought, I'm pretty sure I get 3-4 loops,trying the 6 might work

45 minutes ago, mudflat said:

 

 

Another option would be to use rubber band(s) half hitched a couple times around your braid and then put the rubber band into the blacks release.

 

Depending on how tight you have the release set either the release will trip or the rubber band(s) will break. 

Thanks. I've tried the rubber bands and they work ok depending on the current, going down deeper it seems the braid cuts right through them,unless there is a better rubber band then the ones I got from Fish Usa a few years back with my riggers.

Blacks release .

I like using braided line but it doesn't like my Blacks release, I find that it has a tendency to pull up to the top of the release pin and that causes a concern on will it release, I had times last year that I couldn't pop it from the boat and had to bring it up with the ball. So instead of changing my downrigger cable release setup I thought about trying some type of pad release for the braid that would also attach to the rigger cable via cable or chain. Or run it right off the ball itself.This pad release would have to function at both shallow and deep fow,good in current, etc. or are there any better ways to achieve the same. All replies are appreciated.

I  do use that too along with NOAA reports, there is nothing like a live view, as a pro member I'm sure you have used the live cam installed on LOU. The only problem with that is its 30 miles west ,conditions can be a lot different here. Would be nice to have a few more live cams along the entire coast. Not only for fisherman but for all aspects of the lake.

Thanks, I've know about this one for a long time, its pretty hard to tell, even when it reloads. They could update that one.

I hate to bring up old stuff but when I see what I saw the past week it makes me sad to see the the City of Oswego has not turned on any web cams or installed any new ones as

they mentioned they would.Several times last week I sat above Wrights landing over looking the lake and watched several vehicles towing there boats to launch only to have to turn around because

they couldn't get out on the lake because of the conditions.For many it is a chore to load up and travel,then the disappointment, Those cams provided a visual of the true conditions and with a little grapevine effect

more people would come to know that there is visual and info out there they could check before hand. Oswego has allotted monies for the waterfront project,On LOU there is a camera installed at Sandy Creek, great live view,for a few thousand "Oswego" it'd be worth it. It also use to be nice to see the Harbor and the docks,remember,you could see if anyone was messing with your boat???

Ok ,thanks for the info,this weather is crazy,I got out once 2 weeks ago.If you recall the exact name of that rig pass it along would like to take at look at it.Thanks

With the weather they had,they certainly could have put them in earlier,I heard they have to schedule the workers time to do the docks job,move them from a winter position to a summer one.


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I was there 3 hours ago,Main docks are in,the boat launch one short one in the rest still out,shack is still closed up.No web cams to see anything yet. Suppose to be on,if any one is concerned about what the lake is doing before they get there I suggest calling the Mayors office in Oswego or your local Alderman.Waves tonight where around 1-2 feet,they were hitting the breakwall. Fridays weather is looking ok. Rain is in the forecast for the weekend and possible storms.

Happened to take a drive there 2 hours ago, main dock is there but the other launch docks are still sitting

on land. No sign of movement, the Shack is still all closed up to, no web cams working yet, the city said 2 weeks ago they would be up and running very soon, only doing Maintenance on them. Well that's been going on since last August.

To nasty to get out there right now.

I know there are several different types of Umbrella rigs out there and some for certain species, just wondering how they work out there on Lake Ontario for trout, Salmon,

anybody using them and how many leaders or lures can you run off them. All response's appreciated.

2 hours ago, phil2 said:

I noticed last year. One rigger rod clear 30 lb big game. Other 30 lb green. I was catching fish put same flasher and fly same depth on the green, the clear fired nothing on green line?? Thought it was weired. Think all season only had 2 releases on green line rod. So maybe the reason. On my dipsey I run 40 lb power pro right to dipsey. 30 lb clear big game to flasher. Other 40 lb suffix that turned lighter green had only two fish on the faded line. Wouldn't think it would make a difference but it did.

Thanks, that's interesting

4 hours ago, on the lam said:

When you say fishing out of Oswego has been challenging, do you mean your breaking fish off? Are you looking to use braid on rigger rods?

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Past couple of years you really have to do a lot of scouting and trolling to find the fish, there just not there like past years, I don't travel too far East Or west  from Oswego Harbor so when I do find them and mark them and you throw everything at them day after day somethings going on. I'm not saying I don't catch fish, just wondering if I change some thing would I catch more. I've been using braid on my rigger rods for years. A underwater camera would help set the picture, just not ready to invest in one.

3 minutes ago, Sk8man said:

You have nmentioned that you use a fluoro leader. I'n not sure what length and fluoro is supposed to be "invisible" to fish so wht difference would your main line make regardless of whether this is so if the leader the lure attached is fairly long how is the fish going to examine your main line that far away wihile trailing the lure. I think in general a lot of "overthinking" goes on here and this may be a good example of it. Also there is a lot of over reliance on technology in general today as it applies to fishing - much of it is marketing hype and it is highly successful and I've been as much a "victim" of it as well. People have been successfully fishing for eons without all the technology and some have always been better at it than others. It is probably because they were better at studying the fish habits as well as examining detail about what they were doing right as well as wwrong, while seeking their targets Time to put the microscope away....... I guess and not fret about the miniscule details. There is always going to be some marketing genius out there inferring that you are doing something wrong or they have a better answer

I get what your saying and thought things like that through, Question is are others having more success with switching I've viewed on line tests that have been done on various fishing lines under water, since I have always used red or green power pro and now see the difference it makes under water I'm wondering how much a difference it might make it I switch it up. Everyday is different out there and fish can come at your presentation from any angle, water depth and clarity plays a big part too, so if my current line gives off some detail so far down according to the online graphs why wouldn't I want to try something that doesn't or shows less? I could use all fluorocarbon but would need a bigger real. I'm not over thinking it, here is what I've seen that brought me to thinking this and there has to be something to this because I saw several boats last year with reels spooled up with yellow. The way fishing has been out of Oswego the past couple years I'm just thinking maybe I can up my game a bit and just maybe someone will share their experience as one gentleman has already done who posted his positive change up. I don't have a big boat and all the fancy stuff just a comfortable one that catch's fish.  I usually fish alone since being retired so Im still trying to teach this old dog new tricks.lol

46 minutes ago, Landshark said:

Just out of curiosity, why are you trolling with braid?

It has such a small diameter you can fit a lot more on a smaller line counter reel than mono, its strength is greater, it has no give so you see the hit faster, it spools on and off straight, unlike mono's, cuts through the water easier, I always use a fluorocarbon leader for stealth, A 20-30 Salmon can rip off a lot of line. I use it off my riggers, my side planners, down the shoot depending on circumstances. during spiny flea season you can still use it just add a 100-200 feet of Cortland flea flicker or similar or 50lb Big game, flea's have a hard time hanging on to that. I've used mostly the reds and green power pro, yellow is looking like it is making a statement. What I didn't mention in my main article that I personally have seen a lot of reels on other boats loaded up with yellow braid or mono,

a lot of fishermen think they have something special and they don't want to tell or mention things that work really good. I don't have a problem posting something that I found works. I just don't have the consensus on the yellow except for the one gentleman that posted on here that switched to yellow.