tenatureboy

Headed out to 300+ based on your comments! Thanks again. 2 dipsy hook ups lost. Then this took a black and purple down 75 over 350!! 20# king released a 5# king and 4# steelhead in the same area! Got really sporty out there!!!

Congratulations to your daughter and her nice fish! Thanks for sharing! headin out with my daughter now. Hope to have lines in the water by 615am

PM trips was a bit slow with another 10# steelhead from 260fow. A brown trout 90 over 220 and a how lot is little baby kings from all depths but 120fow as the sun set we could not keep the little kings off our lines. nice evening! Fleas were tough but part of the deal if we want to fish! First time I have ever seen them load up on the treble hooks and my downrigger cable and releases!

2 rainbows - 1 little 1 11# 2 little kings A couple of misses 70-90 over 240-260 fow All carbon 14 spoons not knocking them dead but a nice morning Moved into 160fow scouting for the afternoon. Some marks and just hit a 10# rainbow 60 down in black and purple spoon

Will be out in the AM and again in the PM message me if you want to connect and share info will update post with reports once we start to hit fish. Ha ha hopefully!!!

Fished from 4-830 from sandy west to Hamlin beach 6 knock offs finished 4/4 when hooked up all black and purple spoons 3 kings- 18# 60 over 200 6# dispey #2 out 130 over 200 6# king 20 over 100 1 small Atlantic 20 over 200 will be out tomorrow evening also if I was going out in the AM I would start at 100 fow. Temp was 42 down 50 over 100

Now that is a keeper!! Picture and fish!!! Love the fish hug!! These are the moments! I have a pic of my daughter from a long time ago like that!! 10+ years later and she still comes salmon fishing with me! Congratulations!!! To those the share tips and tactics you make these moments possible!!

90 fow inside screen is very busy with bait and marks but no talers. Have 44 degrees 80 over 90 fow. It was worth the try!

We moved out to 300+ with only another skippy. Trolled into 170 and just took a rip on a dipsy. Lost it. Not big but a fish Still marking fish 60-80 over 170 fow

Thanks for the starting place this morning. 4-5 skippers so far. Lost one decent when a leader broke!! All spoons carbon 14 and silve black and purple. 70-90 down on the search now for something bigger

Fished the evening with my wife and daughter out of sandy started 170fow in front of Hamlin beach fished out to 220. Lots of bait in 170 but no takers. 1st rainbow came 70 over 200. Black silver purple spoon. 2nd rainbow was on a dipsey #2 setting out 175. Black and raspberry over 215 fow. Had to call it quits early for my daughter and had a 15” king take a carbon 14 while I was starting to clear lines in 220fow. More bait in 170 but more action in 200-220.

You do not suck alone!! On Saturday out of the oak the only other boat we saw with a fish on lost the small 2-5# fish at the net! Yes we laughed! But our payback was only pulling in one shaker! We marked bait at all ranges but couldn’t buy a bite! For the life of me I can’t figure out why I suck so bad!! The problem is that it is consuming me to break my curse!!! But I have to work all week!! I am going to try some lighter leads off my 25# mono and longer leads off my riggers!! Something has to give!!

Ha ha salt on my wound! Good for you! We saw you set down in 250 fow as we headed to 300. When you turned out we turned in. Didn’t want to crowd you as it is a big lake. We found bait and marks in all areas but just couldn’t buy a release! You definitely had a hot spot! I blamed my dad both times out with him this season we have been skunked! 🤔

Congratulations! I was west of you out of sandy creek last night! Found the same temp worked 300+ fow for a while had bait and marks but zero hook ups. Trolled in and worked 200ish fow for a while again some bait and some marks and zero hook ups. Trolled into 100fow some bait some marks and zero hook ups. Gave up!

Dumb question from a guy the typically tries to catch salmon but seems to fail lately. what is the general pattern for browns during June- july? shallower water 60ish degrees slower troll? TIA

I haven’t fished the bar or river mouth but was in Wilson May 18-21 this year. Never made it to the bar as we fished east or west of Wilson for the most part 100-250fow It was my first extended trip to the area. To me the lake was 3 different lakes each day. Morning, midday and evening. Got blown off the lake late morning on 2 of 4 days but the evenings we fished again as it laid down. I paid for a slip for the weekend which made going back out in the evenings easy. i have a 19’ 4 winns Of those 4 days I would say you would not have fished 1.5 but it is all weather dependent. The river recommendations are a great idea that I am going to remember I was glad I did a few days in a row to have those windows when the lake cooperated. I am goin back next May just earlier in 2023 best of luck!

Chuck you guys certainly deserved every fish you got. You put in the time as parts of those days were rough! I think Saturday was the roughest I have fished in a long long time. I am sure Saturday when those charters saw my little rec boat head out at 530am into those waves they questioned our sanity!!! Pounding back to Wilson thru 5’ waves from olcott made me question it also. We were safe just used a lot of gas! For us we found no good consistent patterns but did end up with 3 fish in the 13-14# range. Friday black and purple spoons took our kings in 250fow then Saturday it was black and orange in the same water as you. Baby kings came on everything….. FF and spoons all colors! Cohos had no pattern except for the top 20’ of water. Had one hit as I was setting the rigger release! Thanks for sharing info on the water! Tim

Thanks for sharing! Hope there are some fish for us next weekend after the derby! Boat slip in Wilson and a house in olcott!! Got family and friends lined up for 3-4 days of fishing. Anyone else gonna be out there from 5/19 to 5/22 message me if you want to help each other out