greenhornet73

Well done. It’s definitely not easy doing it alone. Congrats on a good trip.

Anyone else fish out of Fair Haven today? Got to the launch at 7am and the fog was so thick you couldn’t see shore from 200’ away. My Hummingbird blew a fuse over winter and didn’t have a replacement on board so had zero navigation, depth, temp, fish finding capability. Relied on phone navionics for gps location/speed and gave it hell for 4 hours without a hit running 4 planers, 1 dipsey and 1 weight rod in roughly 6-18 fow (Didn’t know for sure obviously). Hard to believe no fish in that beautiful mud line running out from the pond channel but threw many options at them including sticks and spoons. Same thing in the green water everywhere else. Shakedown was successful besides the graph that is now fixed and no fish to clean but will try again next available chance.

Great, thanks again for the report. I am shocked the water was clear. Heading out tomorrow a little further west and hoping for at least half the number of bites you got today. Plan 1 is that everything works as it should after sitting for 4 months 🤞

Awesome! Good sized fish too. Can’t wait get out sunday

They respond well to turkey calls. I have had more fox come within 10’ than turkeys in the spring🫤

Oh sorry for the confusion, in our diocese the deacons don’t wear collars although I know it is permitted by canon law. Yes Jesus and many of the greatest Saints were fishermen and fishers of men. Keep up the good work.

You are a great fisher of men. Great work Father and have a blessed Christmas season.

My 1 acre pond in the back yard has skimmed over. Need some overnight teens to harden it up. Still haven’t put my boat away just yet 😉

Hopefully we get more than a weekend of good ice like last year

I’m hopeful but still haven’t put my boat away just yet. If the wind could lay down a little I would be happy. There is snow in my yard right now so there could be some fishable ice before December on small protected water.

Yep, I remember one morning in particular when me and 2 friends landed 7 8-10# fish from shore then the next time out not a single hit using the same bait in the same spot.

That’s awesome, thanks for the report! I’m glad to see I’m not the only one still with the boat on call. Going out Friday or Saturday wind permitting probably along the North shore in Constantia.

This might be another year to try since I think it may be another poor ice season

Good to know, I never tried that time of year 👍🏽

What a blast, couldnt get out this morning but at this rate I may not put the boat away until December this year.

Yum, still getting them in deep water around 45’?

Everything aligned for once and I was able to get my first and last trip in on Lake Ontario. The docks are removed from the lighthouse launch but I was able to launch by myself no problem. The rest of the trip went smoothly and had a chance to wash a bunch of plugs and spoons while no fish interupted that effort sadly. I fished between 10-40 fow and found the most marks in the 30’-37’ range but only a couple small pods and that was it. Could have been the fish spooked out of transducer range since I was in skinny water but ran a downrigger, a small diosey and a planer board and traded in a leadcore occasionally. It was a beautiful day to be out, a fish would have made it a perfect trip.

The shore bite for lakers starts in October where you can access steep drop-offs from shore(80’+). The brown and landlocks are usually crashing the surface at that time tight to shore. For many years I always used fresh floating egg sacks and 1 Oz. Egg sinkers and always caught trout. Last couple times I went everyone was using sawbellies and egg sacks were unheard of. Still did my thing and caught lakers when nobody else was moving a rod. The bite continues right into February but never fished later than that because I’m usually fishing through the ice by then.

De rien, heureux que cela vous ait plu!

Nice catch! How was the water clarity that day? It was gin clear where I was and natural colors were all I took fish with.