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    Glow box

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

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    11 minutes ago, java said:

    Opinions on a DIY spoon glow box? Currently I just hit the spoon with a light in low light conditions and don’t do anything when the sun is shining. 

    I bought some LED strip lights and lined the inside of a small bait bucket. It's nice to have. Make sure whatever container you use doesn't let light escape. The lights charge via a small usb battery. Could probably put one together for under $20.

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    Olcott

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

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    15 hours ago, Killerk said:

    Some years ago this site has really help cut my teeth salmonoid fishing on Lake Ontario. It’s kind of a shame that the info on here has been so sparse. Regardless… today we spent time on the lake targeting some Ontario sharks. Started this am around 0630 a mile or so east of the chute and trolled west with the predominate east/ northeast breeze. We started around 200 fow and found the cold water pushed in tight to the south shore. We were seeing 46 degrees down only 40’ with 58 on the surface. We picked a few nice kings in the first hour in 209-250 but was then forced to Bob and weave with a bunch of north/south trollers. As the morning wore on we slid out to 300-400 and had a slow but steady pick of mid teen kings with our first ho of the year mixed in. Flat lake and great conditions. Pulled almost all off the riggers planted 40-60 down. Pretty exclusively a spoon bite with one off a flasher/fly. The further out the warmer the water. 62 surface and 47-48 down 60’. I hope this helps a few of you heading out this weekend. Tight lines!!

    Appreciate the post. It's definitely quieter than it used to be on here. Might be more people posting on the social media apps instead of Internet forums but I'm not sure. 

    Wilson

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

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    3 hours ago, TriMatt307 said:

    Took almost Two hours to find them but then it was a fast bite before wind changed and shut them off. Went 3 for 4 on kings. Stingray Frog and UV Pickleseed spoons on dipsy divers at 300 and 325. Riggers were quiet. 

    What depth did you find them in? Heading out tomorrow was planning to start in 200 and head north. 

    If you’re wondering where the kings are…

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

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    21 hours ago, Yankee Troller said:

    You're seeing stragglers in these systems. It's not where the majority of them are. 99% are still in the Lake. These stagers the last 4-5 years have become lock jawed in August up and down the lake. I'd love to know why. I remember never leaving that inside water the last half of August and pulling some nice full boxes.

    You’re right the last few years have been way off from what I remember the last half of august being like.
     

    We got them moving a bit yesterday though. Couple mature bites and a bunch of immatures in 4 hours or so, which is how I remember the average days being this time of year. 

    Wilson 6/20

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

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    16 minutes ago, Triumphchaos83 said:

    Fish are there just have to find what they want. We did good on sunday but was a slow start then 1130 hit and it was a constant bite. All fish were deep we caught but seen them up top allday 60 ft but they weren't hitting.  400 coppers and rigger 80 plus feet meat

    Yea my 230 wire diver fired twice with good fish. I'm assuming it was down in that 70-80 range. Let my fishing partner set the rod after second fish and he let it out too fast. Reeled it up a few hours later and the dipsy and flasher fly were all twisted, so I think we definitely missed some opportunities there. Should have stuck to my policy of not letting guests set rods.

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    Wilson 6/20

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

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    Went 3/4. One teenage king. one smaller king, and one coho. Missed another teenage king. 250-275 fow. Wire diver with hammer fly (230 lead), UV green dolphin on rigger down 45, and salmon slapper on braid dipsy (150 lead) produced fish. Similar to last report in that I couldn't get a pattern going. Changed colors and spoon sizes all day. Sounds like some fish were being caught deeper. Typical June day I guess. Thought we would find some steelhead but none wanted to cooperate. Weather was great though.

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    Observations from the Water - 4/25/2021

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

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    1 hour ago, BrookdogFishingCo said:

     


    That’s exactly what I was looking for, Colin. I’ll be sure to post that info from now on.

    For this last week - lakers and kings were caught on 4” chartreuse and gold spoons - I use moonshine lures but that doesn’t matter. Trolling speed was 2.5mph. Depths were 80-100. Area was between 4mile and 12 mile. I launch from Lewiston and Wilson - never any further east than that.


    Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

     

    Right on. I fish out of Wilson so I’m sure I’ll see you out there. Tight lines.

    Observations from the Water - 4/25/2021

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

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    14 hours ago, BrookdogFishingCo said:

    Thanks for all the constructive feedback. Unlike on Facebook or the other outlets all people would be doing is casting hate.

    As a guy that’s on the water near daily, I’m all about providing info on whatever I see to help others. Sure, I’m a captain and take people out all the time but I don’t consider myself an expert - I don’t know what an expert is when it comes to dealing with Mother Nature.

    After re-reading my post - I’m trying to figure out what makes it seem like a promo - the last sentence? Where I’m encouraging folks to book trips if they haven’t already? Like I said before - that doesn’t apply to people on this forum - you all have your own boats so you aren’t going to book me anyway. I’m not trying to sell you on booking me - I’m trying to provide helpful info so if it isn’t helpful - let me know what else you want to know but try to recognize that a small part of what’s in my posts are directed to a larger audience outside of LOU. I don’t have the time to edit content for every platform so I hope you understand and can ignore what isn’t relevant to you.

    Does it seem like a sales pitch because it’s a link to my site and not a direct post of 800+ words and dozens of images to this page? As I mentioned before - this platform isn’t conducive to posting a lot of content in a single post - it takes forever to load a couple images let alone dozens. So I guess if you think it’s problematic/unsightly scroll past and don’t click.

    Bottom line - I want to provide useful content to help the community of anglers and be at least a little entertaining at the same time. If you think I’m accomplishing neither - please let me know how to improve/what else you want to know.


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    The last section of your blog post is a direct pitch for booking a charter. That's probably what the other posters are referring to. 

     

    If you read most reports on there, they give information on port, location (line #), depth, baits used, color, trolling speed, down temp, etc. Compared to other reports posted on the board, yours lacks in terms of actionable info, other than you caught a king and some lakers likely in the bar area.

     

    Yankee Troller puts out some of the best reports on the board. Maybe check out his reports and compare them to yours.

     

    I'm not criticizing you. Overall, I'm indifferent. I'm just explaining what others might be taking away from your post compared to the posts of other members. 

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