justtracytrolling

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

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

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

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

I think we've had this discussion a week or so ago... justin

Ill take weeds and fleas over sitting on the couch. Fleas are much worse on Owasco, and summer trolling is all about finding clear surface water. I used to be so excited to get lines in the water that I didn't cruise at all to look for weed free areas, but now im a bit more patient and smarter. There is no easy answer it just takes work and time on the water, and of course luck and reading LOU posts even old ones from the same time of past years helps me come up with ideas. justin

My son has VIP purchase privileges for seaguar and few other companies so dad gets most stuff about 50% off msrp, but otherwise I AGREE its too pricey when you tie leaders on 10 rods at least once a week and often times after every fish at Otisco. justin

I fished Cayuga yesterday and the west side was the only place to get away from the weeds. As for the fleas...I got used to them just one more thing...they usually collected at the eyes and I stripped them down to my barrel swivel and they come right off. The cottonlike fuzz on the other hand at Otisco will drive you crazy in may/june. If anybody thinks Cayuga is slow for numbers on trout don't try walleyes in the finger lakes!!!! Owasco tomorrow ill try to do a live post or two if we get into anything. justin

Best landlocked salmon I caught today on Cayuga were on matching spoon and flasher...little awkward with the extra length behing the dipsey but no probs and it worked great... justin