ryonybony

I use them all the time. I never had any problems with them as far as quick releases. You play with them a little to start, but once they are set you should be fine, especially on spoons. One thing I do know this time of year is that some of the small kings strike hard, but don't have a large mouth for the hooks. I tend to get a lot more of those this time of year, that would be my guess. I had 4 or 5 releases like that last weekend and we hooked up with a bunch of 5-8 pound kings. I might be completely wrong...but that was always my thought.

That is awesome. We are right next to you. Always good to see kids having fun out there. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Here is a pick with the kids fish.

Kings were hit 45-65 down. Last steelie was on a dipsy 150 back after it slowed down.

Steelhead were stickbaits. The kings and one steelie were on spoons...blues and greens worked best, large king was on polecat, solve with copper back.

Got out around 6...tried 50-80 and was blanked for the first hour. TONS of boats...decided to be a little different and headed out past 100. Ended up 6 for 9 mix of kings and steelhead. Largest was 21 pounder my son brought in. Was in by 10:30. Not much of a bite after 9:00, all early.

I was at the docks fishing for bass with my son. My basement got flooded and i was to tired to get up early and the bass were biting like crazy so we stayed there. I talked with a few guys who fished...two were skunked, The one that had fish was 3 lakers, and another hooked up 2 browns early and then nothing. Hoping it starts rolling next weekend!

I was just out off butler road today. Went with my 9 year old, the snow and slush was a little much for him so i didnt fish much...but did drill some holes. It is 7-8 inches everywhere we drilled. I think as long as you stay away from the bubblers there should be plenty of good ice.

Everything inside 200/

I love the chaos that a large king brings. The stories make it that much more fun.

Nice fish!

How deep is the water you are fishing? Last weekend we were 350-450, any closer or still out deep?

No idea...dont have a temp probe. I can say that the last few weeks i would pick up 2-3 browns every morning before going out for salmon working 80 to 100 fow. This last trip i had to go out to 135 because nothing was going in shallower, and when i got the fish up they were warm, and caught them 10 feet off the bottom. I hoped to catch more, but wasted an hour in shallower. Good news is that most people are not fishing them, all three were over 7 pounds.

Took my son out for browns this morning. He wanted to catch a big brown this year. We went out from 5:30-8:30. Didn't get anything until we went deeper. Caught three between 120 and 130. Fish were warm and caught near bottom. Lots of boats out, Anyone have any luck with the kings?

Hey! O was embarrassed before to show this. But this was our beast!

Sorry...i think i jinxed you with my post about july fishing. We will be there bright and early tomorrow. Hope we can figure this out.