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Sold. Ill take them please PM me so we can figure out details

I'm interested in your boat for sale. I live in Windsor NY so I'm really close to you. Is there a night this week that I could stop by and take a look in person. Thanks!

Great job guys! Glad you boated some kings. Was good seeing ya back on the eater up here. It's been tough...

Oh yea for all those out in the trench - watch out for the boat named 'Monica'. They'll head strait for you, push you up against the cliff out of the zone, follow too closely, and cut across your dipseys and copper rigs. 'Monica' needs to learn some serious boat etiquette!!

Looks like a whitefish to me.

Nice fish Orange Belly! Im out of henderson- seasonal camp at bedford creek. We went for Kings today and got skunked... Thinking about switching to walleye at some point this week but don't know where to start?!. PM me if you're willing to offer a few tips! My dad is out from Ohio for the week and would like to get him on some fish! Thanks!

That's a good idea... I do have quite a few pics and have length weight and girth measurements. Hope that's enough. Who would you recommend and roughly how much does that cost?

This topic has me kicking myself for not getting a taxidermy done on the 33" 17.5lb brown I caught last month out of Henderson.  1st season luck i suppose... Dang it!

I bought a Lowrance Elite 7, the biggest mistake I ever made. I had so many problems I can't even remember what was the first one, they don't have enough memory to run a decent card, like one that has depth contours, and you can't zoom in enough to see what depth your in on the chart, of course you have your depth finder so you know what depth water your in. They only accept the mini cards. They claim it's user friendly, but with POOR instructions, you better play with it a while before heading out on the water or you will be disappointed and aggravated with it not to mention totally confused and you fishing trip will be consumed with the finder and not fishing, if your gps works right you might be out of the knowledge of your ground speed. Mine is coming off my boat and I'm getting a fish finder and a separate gps so when one pukes I still have one or the other not totally out of commission. Probably going with a Furuno fish finder and I don't know yet what for chart plotter.

Hi Pap - I see you got an elite 7 and were not happy with it. I have an elite 5 and was wanting to upgrade to the larger elite 7. Do you plan to replace the elite 7, and if so is yours available for sale? Is this the GPS/sonar combo model? Thanks!

Boy was this weekend disappointing - not a single fish boated... my first skunk this year (wife not impressed and extremely bored all weekend).  I only get up on the weekends as it's a 2+ hour drive for us from home to our camp in sackets harbor.  The weather was great this weekend, with low wind, especially on Sunday.  Allowed little boats like mine to venture past the lighthouse quite a ways without concern.  I guess the high W winds earlier in the week really messed things up out there.  There were lots of boats... from inside fishing the wall on stoney to a few miles out in the trench.  Marks were consistently on bottom 20ft from 120-160fow.  I tried everything... multiple spoons, spinny/fly combos, flasher/fly combos, meat, and even cowbells for a little bit.  I had 5 releases all weekend putting 7 hours in on saturday and 5 on sunday.  two on a spinny/fly, one on the meat rig, and 2 on spoons.  screamer on a purple NK mag spoon for about 10sec... then gone.  Had another on for about a minute in 160fow, 145 down on the same purple spoon.  It was small, and didn't fight much, bet couldn't ID the fish before it threw the hook.  That was the excitement for the weekend - didn't last long.

I know weekends like this make the sport what it is and you'll have that from time to time, but it sure was demoralizing to me, as I've always boated something on every trip this year.  I guess some blame could be laid on the conditions of the lake... but I can't help but think I'm doing something wrong.  I've heard quite a few reports of guys catching a few salmon this weekend... I'm glad someone is!

I hope next weekend goes better... or else I may have to resort to other styles of fishing for perch or smallmouth or something to keep the wife entertained and coming each week.  I have 7 guys and another boat coming up for labor day weekend too, and they're expecting to catch some fish.  I sure hope the 'man trip' doesn't end up like this past weekend... might be making more beer runs than trips out on the lake. haha

Where are the walleye?  I haven't heard anyone talk about them in months around henderson... do they come back in the bay this time of year?  Where are the good perch spots.. she'd love to catch fish after fish like that... we're just very new to the area and figuring things out each weekend.  Any help or guidance would be appreciated!

what size hooks typically go on 28 spoons and Mag spoons?  I need to replace some of these plated trebels that come with them.

Still got the elite 7? Does this unit have the HDI too or just the sonar and GPS? Do you have the white Lowrance cover for it?

I'm interested. Thanks!

Hi Mike - I have a camp in Henderson with the same size boat.  West Winds in excess of 10MPH from thursday - monday will make for some pretty rough water early in your trip out of Henderson with a 17.5' boat.  If you can't make it past Galloo island due to waves, stick inside between the Island and Stoney Point anywhere from 50-70 fow early in the am and 80-100fow by noon for Browns.  Seasick waddler and natural born killer spoons will do the trick anywhere from 15-30' up from the bottom depth.  skate out to 110-130fow with cowbells and a peanut right on the bottom for lakers.

Not sure what to tell you about walleye/pike/musky... sorry

I hope you have a good trip and are able to put your friends on some fish!

Hi markdnaiel: I believe when people refer to "the mountain", I take it as Stoney Point.  But hey i'm still new and figuring things out so I could be wrong...

I wanted to go out there where you were so bad on Saturday... but by 10am those rollers made me a bit uncomfortable in my boat.  On days like that, can I find lakers in the 100-120fow trench between Stoney and the island?  I tried cowbells on 2 passes on the bottom and zilch... nothin.

Thanks guys!

I don't have a down temp probe... I look for arcs and baitfish zig zagging across the trench profile and stick to the depth contour on my navionics card that yields the most action... figure I'm in the right temp zone putting the spoons right down in front of them where they're being marked.

Best spoons have been a magnum Northern King 28, natural born killer.  I don't see it listed on their website... but the only place i've found who sells it is Dick's sporting goods.  Maybe it's a special dick's product?  I don't know... it's very close to the chartruese one that NK has on their website... but a little different.

Purple stinger ladderback spoons also seem to do alright.

Hit the trench at first light and setup with a FF and spoon program with 6-rod spread in hopes of boating some salmon. Didn't mark much bait or arcs and the rollers slowly turned into white cap rollers that were just a bit too uncomfortable to be in with my boat. Damn it! Headed back inside to Stoney and set up with all spoons in 90-100fow targeting browns. Quickly doubled up. Damn it... first fish boated was a ridiculously huge sheepshead.

Second fish screamed for a little bit in the beginning and we weren't sure quite what it was... It saw the boat and made another good run. We're all thinking it must be a teenage salmon the way it was fighting and acting... Got the nose up in the water and in the net after a good 10min fight. Wholy cow the biggest brown we've boated yet!! 17.5lbs at scale back at camp and 33" long!! What a fish!!

Caught 2 other average browns like this one.

Overall went 4-5 missing one strike, and that includes the huge drum. Headed in at noon. All 3 browns caught on a Magnum NK28 NBK. That spoon continues to produce for us. Can't have too many in the tackle box.

Headed back up on Wed-Fri... Got some friends in town from Ohio visiting so want to try to put them on these fish. We got a seasonal camp in Sackets Harbor at Bedford Creek now.... Loving it!

I went up to Cayuga today for the first time since mid-May. Been spending a lot of time up north in Henderson lately. My wife, father in law who is visiting, and I, setup about 1/2mile or so north of Meyers in 120fow, 77deg surface, on the east side and quickly got caught up on thick floating weed beds on all 6 lines I just put down. 4 rigger rods stacked; 2 with stinger ladderback spoons and 2 flasher/fly setups, and and ran 2 dipseys with spoons. Annoying. Cleared the lines and re-set since the water seemed to clear up. 5 minutes later... Dragging More weeds! Super annoying! At this point a cus word or two could be heard if you were around. Pulled the setup and scooted to the west side about a mile or so above T-falls and re-set the same spread on a south troll in 140fow, and 74deg surface. Woohoo no weeds!! Trolled for 15min without a strike... Noticing a weird buildup of gray jelly-like crap forming on my lines where it met the surface. Keep in mind this is my FIRST year fishing lake O and the finger lakes... And I remembered reading about the dreaded water fleas. I now know firsthand what a PITA they are! I pulled all my lines up and every one of them had this jelly-fish like gunk on them in multiple places throughout the water column. WTF! At this point my father in law isn't impressed and my wife is begging me to go to a winery... Fail! How the heck is anyone fishing on this lake right now??? Is it an April may and June fishing lake and soon as the water temps increase it's a waste of time? That's what I was feeling anyway. I definitely won't be back to the lake until later in the year to give it a second chance. So far my experiences fishing on Cayuga vs lake O is night and day. 10x more fish caught up north.

What's your experiences and does anyone have any info to share about these weeds and flea problem? Is this an annual occurrence?

The cabelas fluoro leader is made by Seaguar. Same stuff... Cheaper price with cabelas name on it.

Taken strait from Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources website:

Here are some highlights of Ontario's Great Lakes commercial fishery:

In any given year, Lake Erie’s commercial fishery, primarily made up of yellow perch and walleye, accounts for about 80 per cent of the total value of Ontario’s Great Lakes commercial fishery.

Lake Huron produces the largest volume of lake whitefish in the Great Lakes. It is sold primarily in U.S. and Ontario markets. Lake trout, walleye and yellow perch contribute to the commercial fishery as well.

The principal commercial fish on Lake Superior is the lake whitefish. Thunder and Black Bays on Lake Superior also account for 90 per cent of the lake herring commercially harvested in the Canadian waters of the lake. Lake herring are primarily harvested for their roe, which is shipped mainly to the U.S. and Europe.

Lake Ontario supports a locally important commercial fish industry. The commercial harvest comes primarily from the Canadian waters of Lake Ontario east of Brighton, including the Bay of Quinte and the St. Lawrence River. A variety of species are fished, including yellow perch, walleye, and sunfish.

Over 80 per cent of commercial fishing in Ontario occurs in Lake Erie, the warmest and most productive of the Great Lakes. The fishing industry predominantly uses gillnets to catch walleye (Sander vitreus), yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) (see Figure 3.1.2). Most of the industry is in Canadian waters, as U.S. state governments have eliminated or tightly restricted most commercial fishing in favour of the recreational fisheries.

....this can confirm the topic being discussed that Canada back doors the recreational fishery and promotes commercial walleye netting in its waters. The US however, strictly restricts these harvests.

PAP... I take offense at your comments about the Canadians. Where are all the nets you are talking about? For the most part I love you Americans but comments like this are just stupid. I just got back from Port Clinton Ohio and saw more nets there than I have seen in Ontario for years.

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I used to commercial fish Erie right out of Sandusky Bay on a very large operation and it is illegal to net and keep any sport fish (trout/salmon/bass/walleye/etc). None of those nets target those fish, and if they are caught up in the nets 'livewell', they are returned to the lake unharmed. Those nets are purely for Perch, and at the discretion of the owner, they can also keep catfish, carp, and drum. Would definitely encourage you to make an educated comment if you do no know what you're talking about.

Oh man those browns taste good outta the smoker!!!

Called Henderson Marina and all of their cabins are already rented for next year's memorial day holiday (surprising!).  Ended up booking a cabin with Bedford Creek Marina which is next to Westcott Beach State Park. Staying for 7 days 8 nights next year... 

Wholly cow that place is expensive...

Second the cannon customer service... I've read on many accounts of them replacing whole set-ups due to their equipment failing... even when they're in the bottom of the lake.

Still feel for ya losing that rigger man... really sucks! I looked at your pics and you have the older style mag 10's.  I have the new STX Mag 10's and they're a vast improvement over the previous model.  They have that faster speed you want and a couple other nice features.  I gotta get back up that way soon... I'm addicted.  The haul out of BRB campground was a little long every day though.  Might need to find somewhere closer in Henderson or something.  I burned through 35+ gallons of fuel this weekend.  I'm already thinking about the pre-spawn salmon river stack-up at the mouth before they start to run.  You ever try that?  

Hi PAP! We're staying in the one cabin on the hill at the same campground. That's my Blue Tracker at the launch, if you're here now. We were targeting the browns this weekend on riggers with spoons but did end up with one walleye that nailed a rigger spoon. Pretty unexpected... But ill take it. Ill definitely be back up this way... Had a great time fishing this water for the first time!