justtracytrolling

The bite doesnt get any better than right now, and Im the ONLY one out there targetting walleye go figure! Had the worst time ive ever had getting fish in the boat...3 misses....1 lost long...2 lost in sight and 3 landed in less than 2 hours. 9 walleye bites!! Better run of fish too...22 23 and 24. I included a pic of the belly fat...if any of you can make it tomorrow night and are trollers pm me. The bite doesnt last long...maybe 2 hours so you gotta have it dialed in...btw I Do!

Justin

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Morning is my favorite also...especially saturday n sunday...they are the only days with boat traffic as otisco isnt exactly a tourist hot spot like the Larry. Cant catch fish at nofishco tho....lol!

Justin

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Pap, the man that first took me walleye fishing is having a big party saturday n I want lots of fresh walleye for him...I have yet to freeze any...just been eating em right up ...last nights are the first in the freezer n im down to my last package of venison...so I better pick up the pace!

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Throw away the pinch pads...blacks is the the only way to get the deep cranks down on the short leads AND get the rods bent down enough to get a hookset and take up slack. In fact I have lots of pinch pads n stackers if anybody is interested in them. Im heading back up in an hour or so...its on!

Justin

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Got a chance to try the evening bite last night and its as good or better than the morning bite at Otisco...wondered if you are experiencing the same...i love the high water temps and the full moon!

Justin

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19-22-23

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Nice fish kevin! Looks like the walleyes up your way better look out cuz you're on em for sure....they arent too safe down my way right now either! Keep em coming

Justin

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Finished up around 11 with 3 eyes...19-22-23 all on perch rapalas down 30 over 55...biggest came on sr9 with rigger...gotta love the short setback...dropped 1 eye and had 4 browns...so much for otisco being anoxic below 20-25 feet...all the fish caught 2.8 to 3.3 gps

Justin

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1 walleye n 3 browns so far...but getting nicer out!

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All of the large tigers weve caught (near 40 and up) have come from walleye trolling, and the smaller ones arent too bad to release if you leave them in the water...i agree with you, but wouldnt be much sense in having a boat and slip at otisco if i stayed home all summer. So we do our best to return them safely, and there is no way not to catch them. I worry more about them cutting me off and having a rapala stuck in them, but there isnt anyway to prevent it walleye fishing...if someone has a trick fill us in....but steel leaders is not something a walleye angler is very open to

Justin

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I think august is probably best because once it gets past labor day weather becomes an issue and in fall a lot of us will be doing our serious fishing and hunting gets going earlier now too! That narrows it down to august 3-4 or 10-11 24-25. I vote either of the first two weekends before my son is back to college, but those 3 all can work for me. That's the spirit PAP...and if you don't have a boat you can join one of us...I have room, but we're gonna fish more than a little on my boat!! Ill be camping somewhere nearby as Ill have to pull the boat from Otisco and put her back on the way home.

justin

South shore access area looks fine with me, and free sounds good.  Some one throw a date out...we are the only group within LOU that doesn't really do this,  the musky, trout and salmon, and bass guys all get together and fish.  If you don't have someone to fish with pair up.  We can do this...everybody has fished Oneida and I read lots of posts from you guys, so lets hear from you! 

justin

I have both a 25 watt boat unit and a 6 watt back up in my emergency box even though I stay on smaller water. They both are about the same money and Id recommend both especially on big water.

justin

Overcoming the fleas...fishing with family...homemade waffles.......priceless!

~Tracy

Great job Billy V and crew!  Way to go getting into the bigger fish!

justin

Well lets start talking dates and see where this goes. I think the only weekends I definitely cant make it are July 26-28, and August 16-18. As far as location goes Im not that familiar with any other launches on Oneida other than Oneida Shores, and something more midlake would be better for those of us with slower boats. Camping would be plus too, but Ill go anywhere.

justin

Kevin,

Wondered if you could post a pic of your homemade bottom bouncer?  On Otisco we are fishing for suspended walleyes, but they do relate to points and presenting to those fish can be tricky as you can easily be dragging on the points.  The depth changes very fast and goes from 50+ fow to just under 20 fow, and the fish are down at least 20.  Currently I try to hit it just right so my outside line goes over the points without dragging...not easy but can be done.  Id like to have something out in front of my shad raps and taildancers that would bounce them over so I can get in tighter.  If I turn out at the last minute I miss the back side if I drag im done...covered in zebra mussels.  I have lots of different bottom bouncers in different weights and don't need them to get the depth just to help pick up the lures.  I could try to shorten my set back and add one of my lightest ones.  Just wondered what yours look like, and if you think the walleyes are bothered by the weight just in front of your lure?

justin

After reading the Cayuga LOU-All thread I was wondering if any other fellow LOU walleye hunters would be interested in having a similar get together?  I realize that we are spread out a bit more, but Oneida is a central location and has numbers.  Just throwing this out there please feel free to comment.   I think it would be a great way meet new people and put faces with names, and a little friendly competition might be fun.    

Justin

If you check the walleye forum I have probably 50 posts on otisco walleye

justin

I use manual big jons and don't care for them much! But they get me by. I wish I had cannon unitroll beacause they are MUCH better than big Jon manual. Some day I will have electric


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I cant imagine using them , but I guess you get used to it....glad I have electric...I respect your effort tho for sure!!

justin

Walleye action has been a steady slow pic for the last 2 weeks...my last seven outings ive caught on 6 of them. Always just 1-3 walleye bites, and plenty of size with 3 over 8lbs. I will probably make a serious walleye trip tomorrow and fish the entire night into the morning tomorrow as I think its right.

justin

Great pic...that's what its all about...its summer get a kid on your boat and get them involved!

justin

Sounds like you had a great day trolling. I took my boy there yesterday trying to get him into his first Tiger so we spent the morning chucking lures in the north end. He hooked into a descent one but it ended up throwing the hook. Sounds like i should have been trolling!

Had my son aboard sunday afternoon, and we bass/tiger fished the north end all afternoon and you did better than we did! I threw a spinnerbait Ive had a few tigers on and had one follow that was rather small. We didn't do anything on bass, but they had a tournament all morn...Otisco is humbling sometimes. I trolled to the north end to get there and got another brown and a smb...trying for bass and tigers...go figure...Im a much better troller than a caster at Otisco, but either way you earn em all!

justin

Nice work, and a good read. Sometimes a great sunrise is more better than fishing.

Justin

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had a ball this morn, and so did dallas the boy in the pick. Had fellow LOU member tim (rnsurfnturf) working boards and matt n dallas running riggers and core. I just sat behind the wheel with a smile keeping my thread going. Just love putting hardworking fishermen like them on fish. Hope everyone else had as much fun as I did this weekend! And most of all thanks Tracy for making my passion a reality!

Justin

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