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Took my dad and uncle out today and picked up about 10 browns and nice 15 lb king.  We headed east and then decided to continue past Webster park and ran into a ton of debris. I lost a planer board on a floating tree.  We also saw a 20 foot floating tree in 30 foot of water in front of iBay.   
 

thanks @Missdemeanor for the report yesterday. The eyeball man UV on the chinook took 3 king hits.   
 

17 hours ago, Bo Hunter said:

Great work Anthony,  congrats my friend. There were a few moderate and small rainbows caught. One brown. Anthony had the lunker laker 8lbs.15ozs.

Thanks Scott! All those lakers were caught at the same spot we won the fall tournament a few years ago.  

Had a great day at the first club tournament of the year with @Hickel24. 

Check out the report for the spoons and flasher flys that were good for us today 

Got out today with some friends I met through pickleball and my buddy @Hickel24  and put together a decent pick.  The water is looking better from the storm east of iBay.  Tomorrow and Wednesday look nice.  
 

Took the big-er boat out today for it's first trip in 2024 with @Bo Hunter and Brian from the FLTA and had a blast!  Thanks @Bo Hunter for lunch after!  
 

Good To See you Today!  Great Report

 

Great Job Les! 
 

I am more curious on how you took those leaders off solo and still got the fish to the boat!  
 

what pound weight did you use on the end of your rigs? 
 

23 hours ago, Sk8man said:

Ditto Anthony. You have come a long way in your fishing in a relatively short time

Thanks Les!  I really owe it to the boards, flta club members and the folks like you who share the knowledge!  I am just trying to pay it forward..   to be honest I do keep secrets close to the chest that guys tell me are secrets.  All my reports are really things you can find anywhere on the internets or by following other captains on YouTube!  

Hope this helps! 
 

Owasco Lake September 2023 Summer Fishing Report
https://youtu.be/L1T0F5szH5g

Owasco Lake September 2023 Summer Fishing Report

Jeremy was in town this weekend for a URRG Upstate Research Rocketry Group launch and met me in auburn Saturday evening to fish the Finger Lakes Trollers Association Owasco tournament the next morning !!
 

First hit of the day at 630am was a reel screaming 7lb rainbow on a 250 copper pulling a moonshine walleye glow perch. As it stands this is the biggest rainbow caught at a club tournament this year!

Jeremy brought in that fish perfectly!

Rumors at weigh in was a lot of bows were coming unbuttoned at the back of the boat!

The rest of the day was a flasher fly bite! Bringing in 3 solid 6+ lakers to round out a decent box! Congratulations to the birthday boy @Bo Hunter for a 30 lb Box and the win! Wow!! What a great birthday present!!

Lots of stagers in 80 ft west of the genny tonight.  Moonshine RV green ladder backs picked up 2. We only fished from 7pm to sun down.  

18 minutes ago, cmc5028 said:

For a newbie, can one give a synopsis of the names and location of piers open to public access? I would guess egg sacks, skein and spoons are the most popular baits?  

Go to the Irondequoit pier before sun up and see what other people are doing. 

21 minutes ago, Gill-T said:

Seven kings today on plugs …….

Out deep or in shore?

14 hours ago, Crestliner said:

were talkin fingerlakes here.

to be clear though I am running 10lb 15 foot leaders off the back of the 30lb.  

8 hours ago, Crestliner said:

Good report! how were the flees   on your trip?

I have been running the blood run seaflea 30# all year and haven’t had many on those rods all year.   

here is my slide diver setup.  

23 hours ago, Bait Bucket said:

Found some warrior spoons, my question is, did you remove the trebles for a single or leave them on. 

I left the hooks that came with them 

Nice Job! 
 

There is still a lot of fishing left in the lake before winter! 
 

Awesome Report! Love that brown town pattern!! 

16 hours ago, Bait Bucket said:

Great report. I do two a year to keuka and do have some luck around the bluff. My question is, where did you find the warrior spoons, I cannot find them anywhere. Been looking for a while with no luck. 

I have found them at mitchels in rochester  and on their website.  The purple uv dr death however is proving to be elusive..   

http://www.warriorlures.com/FishingSpoonDisplay.aspx?ID=355

http://www.warriorlures.com/uveliteseries.aspx

On 8/13/2023 at 10:06 AM, Followed The Waves said:

Great report and great info---thanks!  Quick question, if you don't mind.  I just started fishing U-Charters slide divers and I didn't think I was getting down deep enough so I bought the Ultimate Accessory Ring and Weight Set.  I've been through a few nasty tangles with my lead core, so I run the divers on a #6 setting to get them as far away from the boat as I can (I run Chinook divers on a #4 setting).  With the slide divers on that setting, any idea how much wire I need to let out?  U-Charters doesn't seem to offer a chart with this "Ultimate" setup and from my googling, no one else seems to be able to find what I'm looking for either.  Does a 3 to 1 ratio sound right (3 feet out for every foot of depth)? 

I really like my slide divers and I am running the mag rings with the standard weight not the upgraded weight!   I find on a 1 setting it’s 1 foot down for every 2 feet out using wire dipsy line! 
 

when running divers I push my led cores way out on planers to avoid tangles.  
 

I have a fishawk TD that I have used to better understand that line to depth ratio! I haven’t done it on a 2 setting yet only the 1 setting that’s a 1 foot down for every 2 feet of line.   
 

I also run 50 feet of 30lb mono on the slide diver proper and tie the wire and mono via a nice barrel swivel that will feed into me rod and reels level wide guides.  
 

hope this helps!
 

6 minutes ago, java said:

Good work. I grew up in Urbana and share your love for the lake. So many stories of fishing…boozing…fishing and fishing!

as a kid we fished almost every morning and when I turned 14 and got my boat license we hung out daily at the rope swing just south of the waterfront 

8 minutes ago, Bo Hunter said:

Very nice report Anthony.   Those small lakers do cook up well. With the lack of bait, I'll bet any size, shape or color lure would've caught those hungry lakers. Just have to put it in their range.

Your Trophy set up looks sweet.

Thanks Scott! See you down there in September! 

Went on my 38th week-long vacation, and this time, it's my 5th year hauling my fishing boat along. Added some excitement this year with my newly acquired 21-foot Trophy Walkaround.

Most of the time, we were more into hunting exotics than specifically going after lake trout. We covered every nook of the Crooked Lake, mainly aiming for different spots and points, hoping to reel in some Atlantics or a Bow, but luck wasn't on our side this time.

But when we did decide to target lakers, things started picking up once we nailed down a plan. Our best setup was 8 rods cruising at 1.9 mph in 130 fow, and here's the gear we used:

- Planers

- 5 color with a Smithwick Firetiger stick bait

- 7 color with a Reel Rage Electric Muffin

- 220 weighted steel with a Reel Rage Brown Town

- 250 weighted steel with a Stingray "You Can't Afford It"

- Downriggers set at 50 feet and 55 degrees, holding a Moonshine Walleye 1/2 Moon Gold Perch, and a Warrior Flutter Purple UV Alewife, both with a good 30ft lead

- Wire Mag Slide Divers doing great work at 1.5 mph over 111 feet, loaded with Moonshine Walleye 1/2 Moons in Blue UV and Purple UV, each rocking a long 30-foot lead.

Our luckiest spot turned out to be along West Lake Road, around 2 miles south of Switz. At 130 fow, we teamed up with my dad, and things got wild—7 fish in an hour, even scoring a double and a triple catch back-to-back.

Unlike two years back, we noticed a shortage of bait this time, especially around the Bluff area.

Through the week, we kept about 4 lake trout for lunch. Funny thing, all their stomachs had were perch minnows.

Most of the catches were the usual 2 to 3-pounders, with a handful tipping the 4-pound mark. Those little fish must not have much of a shelf life with not much grub around.

Despite the rain playing spoilsport, it was an awesome week of fun. Gotta say, that boat cover was worth every penny, keeping us dry and happy!

Nice boat!