Big Spoon

Sent you a PM

They're a nuisance on Cayuga. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Glad you found em! Hope it's an easy fix Chris

Sent you a message, Lily Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Ugly day in Oz today. 39.5* down 50' from 90-200 FOW west of the chute. No screen, no temp no color. Good luck, Chris Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

They were pretty nasty north of Long Point last weekend - heard they were better on the West side. Fished between Taugannok and Milliken on Monday, they weren't too bad on either shore.

Went out with my wife yesterday afternoon. Started setting lines in 130 FOW north of Long Point. Took a shot on the dipsy before we got the whole spread out - big fish, shook the hook. Kept trolling south and stopped marking. Fished from 130-90 FOW with no screen. Pointed the boat back north, got back out to 130 when we decided to clear lines. Brought in the first stacked rigger, and there was a little rainbow shaker on there. Not sure how long he'd been on for, but he was still in good shape. As we tossed him back, the deep rigger started shaking - 3.5lb laker. Introduced him to his new vacation home, and kept clearing lines. As I was bringing in the starboard dipsy, something pounded it and headed straight for the surface. By now I was completely shut down by fleas, and I saw a big silver flash behind the boat, then he was gone. Before I could get that rig the rest of the way in, the port rigger starts pounding. Again, the fleas bogged us down, and the fish shook free. No hot lure - took shots on NK28 SSW, NK28 Glow w Green Spots, NK28 Watermelon, small Evil Eye Black/Purple Tape, reguar Evil Eye chart. w orange dots Tired of peeling snot of the line, we switched to jigging. I stung one in 110 FOW, then we headed in. 2/3 of my rigger rods were spooled with 10lb mono, and the other was with 30. The fleas were noticeably better on the 30 lb. My dipsy rods are spooled with 30 lb braid - shame on me for letting them soak as long as I did without checking them. Moral of the story, switch to your summer flea line, or check them every so often if you're fishing the northern reaches of Cayuga. Not sure how they are down south, should find out later this week. Chris

Started picking up the first fleas of the year south of Taugannok tonight Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Thanks for the tips and the report, Guff

Thanks Bob! May give er a go tonight if the storms hold off.

Thanks guys - may give it a go tomorrow night! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Thanks for the head's up Patriot.

Thanks Chuck. We had a fun night - a couple short strikes and had one follow all the way to the boat. It was a nice break from trolling. Looking forward to trying again.

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Thanks! Sounds like a plan. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

The forecast looks perfect for me to jig tonight. Since I don't have a trolling motor I am limited to those rare windless days to have any chance of keeping verticle. Going to be launching out of Myers, any tips, tricks, advice, starting depths, etc. are appreciated. It's my first time trying to get them on the jig, so all (most) comments are welcome. Thanks, Chris

The forecast looks perfect for me to jig tonight. Since I don't have a trolling motor I am limited to those rare windless days to have any chance of keeping verticle. Going to be launching out of Myers, any tips, tricks, advice, starting depths, etc. are appreciated. It's my first time trying to get them on the jig, so all (most) comments are welcome. Thanks, Chris