tenatureboy

I am going to take my lack of success at catching a king larger than 10-20” as a sign that 2023 is going to be incredible!!!

Fished 430-830 tonight.  Lake was flat then got flatter. Started in 140 fow Scattered marks here and there with a pod of bait mixed in from 160 to 210fow but zero takers

Temps were 47 down 100 over 210fow trolled into 56 degrees down 100 over 110fow 
 

Best screens and a flurry of skippers from 6-7pm in a stretch of 120-130 fow 70-100 down in 56+ degrees.  Orange/silver, green FF, carbon 14  zero pattern!!! Then dead quiet for the last 1.5 hr

good thing I have a full time job as I would not feed my family being a salmon fisherman in 2022

https://marineweather.net/coastal/lake-ontario-hamlin-beach-to-sodus-bay-including-irondequoit-bay-marine-forecast

I day dream watching the live cam on this LOU page when I can’t fish!

https://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishing-hunting/lakeontario_map/

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!
 

Thanks Gambler HB2 and john

Agreed lots of ways to slice and dice the subject.  Lots of me to try and learn.  

My main days of LO fishing were in the 90s and early 2000s before family and life took my time. Also before the days of wire and leadcore and meat rigs.  Hell my first ESLO derby as kid was trolling in front of Charlotte beach out of a 25’ sailboat holding a Mitchell 300 with a little Cleo tied on!  Yep we caught cohos and lakers!  
 

So I am playing a little catch up each season now that I am back. 
 

thanks again!

Looking to add 2 dipsey set ups to my spread but need some guidance.  I have an old hand me down set up with mono that clearly is not up to date

Suggestions

Reel?

Rod?
Guide type?

Line?  amount?  If wire or braid what backing if any needed?

thanks In advance!

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

Bumpy first trip out 1-3’ from NE  Overall success as boat and equipment worked perfectly but fish don’t not cooperate!  Headed east out of Braddocks into the wind from 20-40 fow. Lost one at 20 over 30 fow midway to the genny on a watermelon spoon mix. Trolled 10-15 fow back west and was skunked!  Nice to get out!  Really bumpy after 11am

Is that an Atlantic your boy is holding up?

Debating on trying a last trip trolling out in front of the Genny for any stagers..... or winterizing the boat and starting to kill deer???

Any updates?

Thanks in advance!!

Damn wish I saw this before I wasted last night in the rain being the only boat out of the river!!

 It was rolling 2-4 when we headed out so we tried close 30-60 fow from 4-6pm. Zero. Not even a fish porpoising to get our hopes up!  

First year back fishing salmon in about 5 years. Tough season for me!!  Ready to winterize and start hunting!

Thanks for the inputs!  This is not a serious fishing vacation so a couple of lakers during the week are fine with me.  It will just be nice to be on the water in the early morning and not a work!

Thanks Tom!  We are going to be on the West Y just south of the Park so we can run over  as needed to the College area.

Renting a cottage for the week and looking for some starting advice for trolling for laker, bows or browns on Keuka..... 

Boat is rigged up for LO salmon with downriggers and fishhawk...  

I have the standard spoons, spin dr and flies arsenals.

Areas of lake to focus?

Do I need cowbells? color?

Thanks in advance!

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!


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fished sunday afternoon out of the oak...  90-100 FOW picked up 3 coho (50 over 90 and 2 on the surface) had 2 other knock offs (80 over 90 and 30 over 100...  mostly green and silver spoons and spin dr)....  surface temp was 54-56 degrees... only 2 other boats in the area when we came out at 3 then had place to ourselves after 5pm..  didnt have time to drive to wilson that day

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!