Colin

Where did you get that net? In the market for a big rubber net for Kings and haven't been able to find one yet.

I tried the uni knot and the knot was too big to pass through the levelwind. Tried the blood knot and it worked like a charm.

21 hours ago, Offshore IV said:

Mexico Bay has been on fire for me. Morning and night. 

Nice! Long run for me to get there lol.

3 minutes ago, rdebadts said:

So interesting how different people have been having different experiences this year. We’ve had like 5 of our best days ever, and are averaging 5 MORE fish caught per trip than our previous best season. It’s been silly all season long for us... and we haven’t changed a thing!

That being said, this is the most likely time of the year to have tough days. Transition is happening and the fish are moving to the much less predictable offshore areas.

By the way, 6/7 should never be considered “slow”. It’s not lighting them up, but it’s a fine day.


The Fishin’ Physician Assistant

Agreed it was a good day. It's just been weird. The first light bite has been almost non existent with the bite starting around 7 for me each day. The evening bite has been outperforming mornings. We aren't marking much at all. Weird year. Not the first and won't be the last.

The fishing is definitely much slower than last year so far. We went out at first light not sure what the water temps were going to look like. We started shallow and aimed straight north to find where the best water was. Found the fish in 300 fow. Steady pick for about two hours then it just died. 6/7. 5 Kings and a Steelhead. Good size.

No real pattern as every rod fired. Green spoons and green flies. Wire divers have been good early lately then the riggers and braid divers seem to pick up mid morning.

Hopefully the fishing gets better soon. Not sure what’s going on?

59 minutes ago, cabezon99 said:

Should call it dead out of olcott

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Hey. Fish were out deeper today. 180-220 fow. The inside water was dead for us. We moved out deep and had a steady pick until the black flies chased us off. Green spoons and flies down 70-90.

I haven't been able to find any bigger fish in the last two weeks. My catch numbers have been solid, but I just can't seem to break the 15lb mark. Are you guys finding any fish with size?

1 minute ago, Beagler said:

Wind is good.  We are in a 16 footer.

Thanks! Was out yesterday the only rod we moved was a rigger down 100’ with a green dolphin spoon in 100-150 fow. They were sitting down deep. High rigger didn’t have a touch. 

How’s the wind? I thought they were calling for light SW but it looks like W at 10. 

Thinking of going out for the evening bite.

I've been trolling Lake O for 15 years without downspeed. Too many life events recently to make the $1,000 investment in a probe. I've had many days with insane numbers. Just pay attention to the angle of your rigger cable and listen for the hum. Or, as mentioned above, look at the bend in the dipsy rods as well. 

Downspeed is super important but not having it won't break your day if you pay attention to some other details.

Any time it's an East/Northeast wind you can disregard the wave forecast. It gets rough fast out of that direction. Unless it's under 5 mph be prepared to bounce. Plus the easterly winds generally shut down the bite.

Well my day was pretty much identical to yours. We wanted to fish deep but couldn’t and picked away at browns and small kings all morning. Being this late in August I thought for sure there would be some big kings in tight early but we didn’t mark anything with size. August is always so damn windy.

Thanks guys that was very helpful. I usually use Sailflow, Windy.com, and NOAA as my go-to's.

NOAA is calling for 1-3 feet but that is the forecast for the full day. I'm going to assume the early am forecast will be 1-2's and will build to 3's with the shift to East in the PM.

1 minute ago, FishingFool34 said:

Where are you heading out of? Wave forecast for mexico/oswego says 1ft or less.

Heading out of Wilson. 

What are you guys thinking of the forecast for tomorrow morning? It says Southeast 10-15 until an afternoon shift to E/NE. Anyone think it'll be too rough from 5am-11am? My rule is typically anything from a variation of a South wind is typically a go. Don't want to get up at 3:30 am if there is a more accurate forecast out there....

Fleas were brutal for me yesterday out of Wilson. Think the NW blow today will move them out for now?

Solid. How many rods are you running?

We will see.

I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt and hope that they are being proactive as opposed to being reactive in the future. If a reduction means I catch 4 kings for every 5 kings that I caught in the previous years, then that's fine by me (for the short term).

If the reduction in stocking means a short term sacrifice to ensure the fishery is here long term, then I'm all for it. If it's an underhanded attempt to get rid of the Kings, then that would be unfortunate, and I'd obviously oppose it. 

That being said I marked a ton of bait off the bar the last few weeks, but that doesn't mean anything because I don't have year over year hard data to compare.

That looks like a big Coho. I could be wrong.