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Thanks guys! Forgot to mention the rigger lures, small spoons: One was hammered silver proeye spoon which I airbrushed to copy a silver streak black fin tuna(can't seem to find this pattern in small sizes). The other which took the bow was a small scorpion style spoon in Christmas tree(green/yellow/red)

Went to visit my parents out in Skaneatles and took my fathers little boat out to do some trolling. We hit the water about 6 am and we're off at 1030. Boat traffic was light, mainly fisher folks, both bass and trollers. Ran two riggers and two leadcores. Riggers parked at 45 and 60 and the cores out 5 and 10 colors. Didn't take a temp reading as we were marking fish and getting hits right out of the gate. Trolling 120-200 fow produced 4 lakers and one 25" bow. Bow hit on the 45 rigger and the lakers were mixed between the two. All lakers released well but the bow went to the box after an unsuccessful release attempt. We reeled her in quick, snapped one quick photo and tried to revive but no dice. Maybe because the bows seem to come up quick and fight hard in the warmer water while the lakers were staying deep until the very end? Either way My parents ate well that evening, I unfortunately had to head back east and couldn't partake. 10 color took 2 hits which came unbuttoned, nothing on the 5. Lost another 4 fish between the riggers. All in all a good morning. Since my move to Albany I miss this lake and of course my fishing buddy. The rainbows, when you can get them, are just gorgeous (and tasty). Maybe I'll try to get out again before he stores his boat and I have to trailer mine! Tight lines..

Rusty- you are correct, this weekend is the boat show so best bet is to steer clear of skinny! I made the mistake of trying to launch one wekend during it, never will I again. Alec - great info! I never really though of the effects of wind on the FL like I do lake O. All this talk of a little pink on the spoons has me rethinking some on my color schemes, or at least investing in some pink prisim tape.

Thanks for the help/tips. Unfortunately I've recently moved to the Albany area so once I find a house out here the boat will reside with me and my finger lakes trolling will be limited to a few trips a year. I'm pretty sure all my favorite spoons will work well here in the dacks, on LG and Sacandaga!

True there are a few places online but it seems harder and harder to get them in the 2.5" size and the basic colors. Maybe I'm just not looking in the right places. The old silver with fish hologram always seemed to be the best. I've just been buying tape nowadays and doctoring up my own.

Very cool Rusty!For some reason the Atlantics in skinny have always eluded me so congrats on that. Needlefish are often a go to for me at skinny as well but even those are getting harder to find in the stores. All the good spoons are seeming to disappear.

No clue what really would cause the differences in the two lakes but maybe something to do with springs?? I think the springs in skinny are ALOT deeper but I may be wrong. I was surprised by the temps as well, never took a second reading , just kept fishing! Good job on the laker, that's a beast. Here are a few from yesterday. (I'll add a note here in case folks get worried- we rarely use those grips on soft mouth fish and only needed them on that laker. We have found them useful when reviving fish that aren't quite ready though. They help hold on to the fish when the boats still in motion and not slip out of your hands)

Fished Skinny w my father this morning south of 5 mile. Trolled spoons on riggers, dipseys and a 10 color core. Went 3 for 5. Riggers around 60 took all 3. Core only took one hit and a drop. One decent laker, one average laker and a pretty bow. All swam away to fight another day. #21 sutton took the most hits. All the action seemed to be over by 9/930 and the screen dried up too. Water temps per the fishhawk td: Fow-Temp 10-71.3 20-71.3 30-71.0 40-68.8 45-64.4 50-55.3 55-51.6 60-49.2 65-47.9 70-46.8 80-46.2 Will try and post a pic when they come off camera. Tight lines all.

Ditto Pete. Got blown off the lake before I hit 60Fow out of the oak.

Nicely put Chinook, agreed.

That Guy is a dick, he'll get his eventually. People like that ruin the sport and I can't say I'd blame anyone for plastering his name all over these boards if they felt the need to. I havnt had any real bad experiences fishing in the pack yet but being a smaller boat I do feel that the bigger guys try and muscle you around. The rules of right of way definitely don't apply to trolling out there. Lol I try and stay to the outside of the pack more often than not.

Nice thanks! I fish a lot of suttons on the FLs but with all the talk about his spoons on this site Ill have to try some out!

Great report and nice browns! What size KOS do you topically run, fingerling or smolt If you don't mind me asking? I need to order some spoons! Haha

Thanks Kooter! Still have a lot to learn about lake O, it's quite a bit different than my home waters of Skaneateles and Otisco but I think I'm getting the hang of it! Looking forward to this weekend! Cheers