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Yeah still lots of icebergs....River opened up fast! She is screaming now...I grew up in little Texas...it was a good winter!!!

LOL, yeah this year is a little different...I could almost ice fish Mexico Bay...I am looking forward to getting the boat out though!

Between 8 and 9 o'clock... Sent from my MB886 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Thanks everyone...looking forward to getting back out, replenished some lures and have new line for the rigger rods... Sent from my MB886 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Ha ha ha actually if that fish fit in the net "kinda" I should be good...lol Sent from my MB886 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Great fish!!! Congrats!!!

Well I own a 16.25 LUND Rebel XL so the weather is the biggest factor for me getting out, I run two rods off riggers and two dipseys, we were consistently marking Bait and fish around 30-70 FOW mark so we moved the presentations up a bit, I do not have down temperature so I have to trust the screen...He hit the rigger running a white green dot flasher with a white and green stripe black dot stinger spoon trailing, (my Lake O lingo has fallen off over the years, but I'm sure you regulars know what I am talking about) we mixed up spoons and flies 50/50 behind the flashers...maybe 15/20 feet behind the ball, 65 feet down over 240 FOW...Rod went off and my buddy Pat jumped on it...we cleared the port dipsey first and just backed off a little on the throttle...he stayed off the port back at first...he then ran across the back and the starboard rod released, I was pretty sure he had knocked it off but I quickly cleared that rod and it wasn't tangled so that was break number 1, I pulled the starboard dipsey and switched sides with pat so that that line didn't hit the steel dipsey line...then we went to neutral...with all the lines cleared and the riggers cranked up (yes hand cranks) we fought him ver the starboard side...he made three good runs and then came to the surface, he was spent at that point but still about 15 yards out, and the water flea crap was all balled up in the eyelets, so Pat moved to he front of the boat to buy time to clear the crap on the line Jim was quickly picking that stuff off and the line went all slack, he was spent on the surface and the movement of his tail was pushing him right towards the net, I grabbed the line and lightly pulled him into the net and luckly the hooks were set good and with the slack time he didn't get off...it was a pretty good fire drill and we knew the fish was big, but being the first one of the year and use to catching walleye perch and crappies the first salmon of the year always look big, we all guessed a weight and I said 34 knowing that was the biggest king I had ever been a part of back when I worked charter boats as a first mate...once we weighed it at the launch with a guys cheap rapala scale and it was bouncing between 36.6 and 37.4 we called it 36.13 the number that showed the most...after talking to a few friends Pat we started talking about Pat putting it on the wall, we went over to a friend who has been doing taxidermy local for many years and weighed it there and that was the picture of the scale, it was a sliver over 37, now I wonder with 1/2 inch of slime and blood sloshing in my livewell what he would have weighed had we just took him straight in to a certified scale, either way it doesn't matter, in my eyes a King of a lifetime, an awesome day on the water with good friends, one heck of a story to tell and with a couple months to still grow at 45 inches he may have been a 40 pounder heading in a river...days like that are what keep us all coming back...now I need to change the crap line on my lake rods because I cannot afford another three fish breakoff day...LOL

I'll be sure to get in for future trips...once in a lifetime fish...been fishing the lake for 28 years and the biggest to date was two fish @ 34 pounds...those were over 20 years ago... Sent from my MB886 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Oswego area...yeah the net was a little small...LOL

Yep...

Man some big fish this year...they still have a couple months to grow...here are some pics of the fish today...pretty exciting on my 16 foot boat! He was 45" long, 26" girth and just over 37#...my buddy is putting it on his wall...

So we didn't get into the LOC and as it goes we boated a 37+ pounder today...a personal best for me and my crew...what a Stud fish though...

Good report, I'm going really soon, checked the launch today same thing slim ice in the launch and out in the river...I accidentally started a topic in another area, is there any way to delete it...?

Started this thread in the wrong area...is there a way to delete it?

Hello I am new to the site, I worked as a first mate on several charter boats out of Mexico bay as a kid...from about 1985-1992 (the good old days) then I moved away until 2009. I have been back home since then and every year I get out on the Big lake a little more. I have a 2012 LUND Rebel XL that I use for all kinds of fishing but I have equipped her up with homemade Planer Boards, 2 Cannon downriggers and an assortment of Big lake equipment that continues to grow every year...I have really enjoyed slowly getting back into this style of fishing and the last couple years have shown that (The good Old days) are again right now!...I already know a few on here looking around and am really looking forward to kicking off 2013 really soon hammering Football Browns...