invasahata

caught your response in a later post. thanks.

wondering if u target kings and pick up the browns along the way or do you run a brown specific set up? if the latter i would appreciate hearing what tweaks you make. thanks and nice fish!!

Trolled east in 110’ and came back west in 70’. My 12 yo Jack did a banner job managing this 2xl! Caught in 65’ with a flasher fly combo on the dipsy. Spunky on the release despite the photo shoot.

Temperature breaks were funky tonight! Started at 65 over 130 fow. Temp. was 55+ but stayed with the marks-plenty of them. Did 3 kings (3 includes the banana sized one). Trolled in to 110 and found the cooler water (49) at 85 feet, nothing on the screen with one pass. Fumbled the lamprey on the one yard line by the way. On an unrelated note thanks for the lead on good wind and wave apps. A mix of Windfinder and Buoyweather are proving helpful for me and my smaller boat.

I fish Braddocks regularly and agree they are a bigger issue. I am not getting any buildup from my flasher and dipsy to my lure though. Like one poster said cleaning up during regular lure checks is the added inconvenience. I have not considered that they may contribute to a lower catch rate though. It is very satisfying to strip them off the wire though. I broke my own record and collected at least four feet of them above one dipsy. Be sure to flick them off the boat otherwise they attract those darn biting flies.

👍

Mud line was over 50-60 FOW. I stay just off bottom thus the lakers.

Flat seas and chilly. Slowed my troll to 2.4 and bumped into a few. Stingray Spoons with a ladder pattern at the mud line. My biggest laker…not much of a fight though.

Nice work. I fished Braddocks in the same time frame. Screen was dead. But nice night. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Great lookin’ fish!! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Coaxed my 11 yo onto the boat with a promise to start our trip with the bass bite. By 6pm we motored west out of the bay and trolled from 160-125’. Changed our spoon program twice before we settled at 80’ over 125’ where bait was unusually deep. Had a ball coaching my first mate on the finer points of landing a major. Learned a good lesson myself which was to use neutral to close the deal. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Red Dodge…that was me. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Not sure if it matters but weeds are thick as snot at launch (I mean thick!!) making it tough to get good bunk to boat contact on retrieval. I feel like this is an annual phase given the right conditions. No way to clear things until I launch again so I am going to just cinch my straps when things dry out. Short trip due to wind and waves so I just donated my parking fee and messed with a few program changes. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

I actually clip off the nub that would lock the line in place. I have read up on fixed slider options and the rubber band style came up. I will give it a go. I usually fish solo and need to find my way to as few steps as possible to set a rig. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United