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Once again Sodus spring browns did not disappoint. Got on the water at 6:45 and ran west a bit. Set up in 20fow, hit our first fish as soon as I set the first line on the planer board. Continued with steady action all the way west to bootleggers until we lost good water color. Turned back east and hooked into a very nice fish. Took us 30 minutes to get the 12lb brown in the net. Spent the day between 20-30fow, temps ranged from 42-44 degrees. We ended with 15 browns, 1 small steelhead and an even smaller king. Almost all fish came on spoons with caddy shack, fire tiger, monkey puke, and killer dolphin taking the most fish.

Yes 15-25 fow has been the ticket for the past couple of trips. Last Saturday was the best day I have ever had up there. Today was slower but still great . I run big boards with leads 120, 100 & 80 feet back. Riggers 45&55 feet back down 7 to 12 feet. Fifteen pound mono with a 12 pound leader.

That was my thought too, but didn’t want to jinx myself.

Took the family up to Sodus today for some fun chasing browns. It didn’t disappoint. Caught 11 between 8:30 and 12:30 before we called it because they were cold. Lost five, two of which seemed like very nice fish. One broke the leader after peeling a bunch of line. Found a couple pockets of 43 degree water west of Maxwell that held fish. Most of the action was on spoons but a few on sticks. Purple clown was the hottest spoon. IMG_2741.mov

Decided to make a shake down trip with the new to me boat on Sunday out of Watkins. I spent time this winter setting it up with Scotty riggers, tripple rod holders on each side and rewiring a lot of the electronics that were in desperate need from the previous owner, so it was great to hit the water. Took two buddies and we got to the launch around 8:30. Water color was terrific and surface temp was 38. Headed to the east side first, nothing happening so we went across to Hector Falls. Found numerous Rainbows a Landlocked and a very respectable 6# Brown. For it being my first time fishing out of the boat and having a lot of figuring out to do while setting up I couldn’t be happier with the trip. The hot spoon was caddy shack, perch rapala took several plus one on a jointed fire tiger.

We hit the lake this morning with hopes of finding some silvers in the shallows. We were in 14 fow skirting the edges of the docks with the planer boards. The first rod of the morning ripped off the planer board, bent right over and took off running like I expected a brown to do. I grabbed it and handed it off to my 4 year old daughter only to find out it was much heavier than I thought it was. She battled it for a while with my help before handing it off. We got it to the back of the boat and it was a big laker. It weighed in at 9.5# hitting on a j-7 fire tiger. We went 5 for 6 all lakers from 8:30-11:30. We had a couple crushing hits. Shallow water lakers are a lot more fun than ones from the deep.

Ended up having a decent day for fishing with a three year old and only running two riggers because I forgot the boxes with my dispeys in them. Got set up around 8:30 and fished till 11:30. Went 4-4 on lakers with all fish coming between Wells College and Long Point. Ran right on the bottom around 80-120 fow. Marked a lot of suspended fish but couldn't get them to bite. My daughter wanted to take a couple home to cook the other two we released.

I have the day off from work this Friday and am looking to take my daughter out on Cayuga. I haven't been over there since about this time last year so I'm looking for some tips. Thinking of fishing out of Deans Cove. Thanks in advance.