justtracytrolling

Great report and even better getting your guys on fish! Very impressive, and love the stories...keep em coming tracy and i love reading em when we cant be out on the water. Love to see sportsman sharing their passion and pros like you helping all us weekenders. Absolutely will make it up there this year for my first trip to the big O.

Justin

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What kind of releases are you using? I just have the pinch pad style and they pretty much suck on hard pulling cranks, but I do it the same way as you...now I gotta get one that way just to see! I have no down speed and the current up there killed me last year. Tried running em just over the boat to gauge the speed but its WAY different down 25 feet and im just inexperienced with that.

Justin

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Sounds like the action is heating up, great job and good report Fish Hunter. Have to get up to Oneida next time I pull the boat. Oneida was good to us last year and the bonus perch, and smb made it even better. I stuck with cranks but sounds like I better try a couple harnesses off the riggers and the core too.

justin

Glad you got into em kremer01...and couldn't agree more...senkos under docks and pit bosses for flippin if its thicker cover...and Ill give the ladder docks more attention next time I take my son out...thanks for the idea Lund SSS...makes perfect sense 

justin

Thanks everyone! Your posts make me even more excited to go out and catch another lunker!!! If I thought there were alligators in that lake I would have sworn I was reeling one in! Bummed we were not able to get measurements but size doesn't matter...right guys??? lol Also bummed that I didn't get a pic of myself with that Tiger but there was no way I was going to be able to hold up an "alligator" for a photo shoot! lol All kidding aside it was definitely a great experience and I NEVER could have done it without Justin! I was thrilled we were able to have a successful release of such a beautiful fish. Now I can try to get him again next weekend! lol

Up until 3yrs ago I had never put my hands on a fishing pole, gun or bow (that's right guys...I hunt too)...mind you, not because I didn't want to I just didn't have anyone to show me the ropes. Well, Justin has showed me the ropes and them some! His passion & knowledge of fishing & hunting amazes me & I am truly happy that he loves sharing that with me. It's obvious he knows what he is doing...proof is in the puddin'! Thank You Justin! Ok, enough tooting Justin's horn. lol

Thank you again...you are all an inspiration!

P.S. Thank you panfisher and CONGRATS to you on your spotted bass!

~Tracy~

Absolutely!! We have been joking about it, as I always told her over 42 was goin on the wall but the last one that was close I didnt work fast enough and couldnt revive it and we ate it. So I when I had it in my hands I just wanted to see if I could do it. Asked her tonight if she had any regrets, and the answer was NO. Also wasnt prepared to deal with a trophy that size...no big cooler and we were driving a gto...coulda tied it the roof lol...wonder how many women have caught such a fish? I was trying/hoping for a tiger for the slam, but never dreamed it be that big.

Justin

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heres a better pic...8lbs 6ozs

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Good work Kevin...looks like you are on em for sure. After reading your posts I used my riggers a bit this weekend, but I cant get em to take cranks off the ball. Im on em too at otisco but never have caught off riggers except harnesses after dark. Ill keep working at it as the short set back must make it a ball. Im always 200+ off boards...even with the tigers

Justin

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Well due to the fact that i dont know how to catch a non breeder sized fish from otisco i eat almost all of mine. I know nobody wants to hear that, but they are yummmy. I drove 600 miles last week commuting to otisco so to say i earn them is an understatement. I fish hard and my fish are my families main source of protein after our 6-8 deer are gone. So to answer your question of the 8 i caught....zero...

Justin

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I wear thin long sleeve uv and insect repellant shirts from columbia and soak them in water. Combine that with the canopy on the boat and i have no problem fishing sun

up to sun down on the hottest days. I wont sit in the sun and let it beat on my skin unless im taking a swim and im in and out if i do that.

Justin

I have a new respect for all of you musky hunters! Dont know how you guys are able to get good pics and measure and safely release the monsters you catch with only 2 people! We were so overmatched I felt helpless. Boats all around im trying to work on the fish, drive with the remote. While she held the net and told me which way to steer watching out for the other boats, lines still out, and she could barely hold the net with both hands. I had all the stuff, hook cutters, spreaders, big net, fairly heavy tackle and its a miracle it swam off! Water is way too far down on a pontoon, but I didnt lift it with the net. All the while im frantic she is totally calm no big deal! Always thought id mount a fish like that but I couldnt kill it...have absolutely no idea of its size only that it was much bigger than the almost 42 from last year or sure seemed it. Surreal...sr9 was just crushed...think she wanted me to keep it but that wasnt gonna happen..sorry im long winded but had to get this down as I use my posts as a journal.

Justin

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Justin took me out after a swim & we trolled the East side. I no sooner got two rods out on boards & the right side rod started screaming! After a great battle I FINALLY got my first tiger musky! Caught it on a perch shad rap 9, 20 down over 40 fow, Gps speed 3.1. Not sure exactly how big fish was due to the fact that we had no way of measuring a fish over 40 today! Fish was only out of water for 10 sec & a safe release! Sorry pic is over zoomed but Justin was in his boxers & fish was to big for me to handle! Second pic of me with destroyed shad rap! All in all AWESOME weekend...GREAT weather & an Otisco SLAM....walleye, tiger musky, lmb, smb & brown trout!

This weekend marks 52 weeks with our boat. THANKS LOU...for without all of you we would have never come so far so fast!!!!!

~ Tracy ~

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Nice!! Thats what im talking about...big eyes...Im still dreaming of my first trip to big water, but its a long haul for me and a 8mph pontoon isnt the boat...

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Ill take otisco over oneida for walleye everytime! Catch rates are much higher at oneida if you like little walleye...but how many 5-8 pounders do you hear of per fisherman...I. have 6 this week and im on way back out after an 8 this morn...

Justin

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Rnsurfnturf and I teamed up this morn on my boat to get this nice 27.5 inch 8pounder on a perch tdd11 30 down over 50 fow. Fished all morn with 1 bite...big tiger made off with my eriedescent reef runner. We swithed tto the east side and tryed for a reaction bite...3.1 mph on the gps and immediatly had this toad!

Justin

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Went out last night and trolled to midnite and had one good bite, and even though I was standing there when the fish hit I had no chance at it.  Fish seemed to be deeper than normal last night.  My 1 bite was on eriedescent reef runner down 28 over 45-50fow.  Fish were really related to the ends of the points, but not on them as much as ive been seeing.  Almost as if the weren't active yet.  Really prefer fishing in the morning and daylight so Im ready for Saturday.  So that ends my streak of 1-2 big walleye on 3  consecutive trips out, not that many would consider that good fishing, but I love the challenge. 

justin

Nice job Kevin, two real nice fish.  Been wondering when you were gonna start putting up some st. Lawrence walleye pics up, and thanks for the report.  Has it been a slow start up there?

justin

Correct....I catch over half of my walleyes on the big deep divers. They work well at otisco especially in the summer because the oxygen levels drop off below 30 feet so walleyes tend to hang around 29-30 feet. That combined with the fact that the reef runners will only go down about 28 make it an easy fit. I use TDD11's too inside the reef runners as they have a steeper curve and you can run just about anything else on the outside as most everything has a shallower curve. I can post the dive curve if someone needs it, or most others for that matter. The options are endless when you combine diving crankbaits, clip weights, lead core, and riggers. I am just starting with the core and clip weights and so far I do best with deep divers, but Im gonna run some harnesses this weekend with both and see which the walleyes prefer.

justin

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I am taking mine off now also as I had mine tampered with in the driveway and didn't notice till it started coming off on Cayuga last Friday.  Thankfully I noticed in the nick of time and saved it!!!  The idiot who attempted the theft apparently wanted the bases too and gave up after two bolts probably because of my dogs. Cant believe two bolts held as long as they did.  Thankfully my nylock nuts and Loctite slowed the thief down.  Luckily I had nuts and bolts on board to fix things after a bunch of screaming and hollering trying to hold it on and start a nut on a buggered bolt.  You can see where everything is buggered up from a pair of pliers.  No harm done and lesson learned.   

justin

We have been catching a brown or 2 almost everytime out at Otisco for walleye all season. They have been 13-16 inches with the exception being a 12 lber I saw caught right next to me as I passed back in May. tdd 11s mostly...didn't catch any last summer or fall.

justin

There ars a few guys from Greene on this board... and if your anything like them your ok with me. Welcome! Btw can u shoot deer at 60mph with a beer in one hand while driving with yoyr knees?? Those guys can.

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Cant everyone! Im from Berkshire and it was taught in school out there! lol Welcome!! Used to ride 4 wheelers to Seebers and Bills little bar in my drinking days!

justin

Took my son and his friend out to bass fish and just when we got out we get a downpour. We waited it out under the top, and after 45 min it cleared off, but we couldn't seem to land a bass. At dusk we got out the trolling rods to troll in and picked up my son's friend, Robert, his first decent 'eye a nice 24"er pic to follow. Still no pattern what so ever but that's 3 evenings in a row with a nice fish or two. This one was on eriedescent reef runner down 28 over 30-40fow speed 2.1 avg on gps. Didn't mark much bait or fish but was lucky enough to get one. Just cant quite get into em, but I feel like im not far off. The few that we've been getting have really put up a fight coming in/up, much more so than any others Ive caught.

justin

The turtle bay bite early was incredible! My son and I had a ball with them. Now you have to earn them because there is cover. We still stop in to turtle bay and get a few each time as the water is still up enough but you have to fish almost vertically with all the growth, and know where they are. Sunday we got 6-8 working 10-15 ft of water along the causeway with wacky rigged senkos in purple and baby bass. We work the inside edge of the weeds out in front of turtle bay and around the narrows. The pond side of the causeway has plenty of bass too. We found that patience with wacky rigged worms produces well right now and the fish don't seem to want you twitching the bait just let it sink at sit and methodically fan cast. Our boat best bass this season is 24" and over 8lbs. Caught walleye fishing casting a jerkbait at 220 am! BTW we catch lots of bass doing this from dark to dawn. "Bass fishing" in middle of the night is fun way to fish for walleye during new and full moons, but we get far more bass than walleyes, and its cooler out just bring your thermacells and keep the hat lights off the water! They are in there for sure. For smallies we drop shot gulp bait between the west side points. We are gonna go this afternoon... my boys day off.

justin

So much for a summer pattern starting...fished from 730pm to 1230pm starting out were I left off last night and 1 brown.  So we changed it up a couple times moving shallower and finally got a 22" and a 24" in close enough that I had to go around floating docks.  Blue was the color 10 ft down in 12 to 20 fow...tried 4 perch patterns, gold clown, firetiger, crystal, and eriedescent first and still had a couple of those colors running when blue worked immediately. Tolling speed was 2.2  same as last night, No idea if we would have done better if we tried it earlier.  Just took too long to find something...I think I should have gotten harnesses out but with only 2 people and just six rods we didn't have time.  Cant wait to get on a semi consistent pattern, but any time I catch 1 good walleye its a success.  My buddy Scotty fished with me and he did great, and worked the lines nonstop changing lures and keeping em clean! The 22 incher fought so well we were sure it was a brown,  as we couldn't keep it behind the boat and it even crossed the first line on the opposite side.  No real big fish tonight, but happy to see Otisco yield 2 days in a row.

justin