tenatureboy

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

Is that an Atlantic your boy is holding up?

Congratulations! I couldn’t convince my younger daughter and wife to go last night! So I am slightly jealous!! Glad you had an incredible memorable evening!!! Heading up to fish in the rain this evening with my older daughter and friends. Hope to avoid the thunderstorms! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Thanks Whaler1 and Sk8man! We used to run a similar rod holder set up on our uni-trolls as Whaler1's photo on our previous boats which worked good for me and how i like to rig and stack. My new boat is a 4winns 190 horizon with a little sun deck so overall installation space is limited. Once i have the boat out of storage in spring, I am planning to install the flush mount rod holders in the gunnels (if possible). I agree using the gimballs is based on if the gunnels are wide and stong enough to handle the flush mounts. Just dreaming planning and researching now the deer season is over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Planning to set up a new to me boat this spring... haven't had a family fun / salmon boat in a few years! Looking to potentially install flush mount rod holders and use gimbal mount systems with Cannon Uni-trolls for easy removal for a day of skiing and tubing with the family....... Pro's/Cons of using the gimbal mount systems? Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!