Minerspoint

Hi I am new to the LOU forum and I live outside of Ottawa and enjoy Walleye and Trout fishing mostly. I fish the Big Rideau lake system mostly and enjoy fishing on the Rideau River and St.Laurence for Walleye. Also once a year I head to Opeongo lake and Temagami lake for a week long trout fishing trip. I recently bought a new to me 176 Princecraft Super pro which is fully rigged for fishing. (115 hp Johnson, 6 hp Yamaha kicker, Canon Downriggers and new Lowrance fishfinder/GPS). I am now looking to get into some Salmon fishing once again. In the past, I have fished out of Wellington (Scotch Bonnet Shoal) a half dozen times and once out of Cobourg or Port Hope (I forget which one). I have caught over 30lbers in both locations but this was many years ago and now that I have a bigger boat I am hoping to try some Salmon fishing again. (only heading out of course if the weather is favorable for Smaller Craft ). My setup is as follows Okuma CW -303D Coldwater Reel & Salmon Rod Okuma CV-30D Convector Reel & Salmon Rod Cannon Downriggers - Rigged with 200 lbs PowerPro braided line Some lucky spoons that I used years ago. I just bought 600 yards of Trilene Big Game 25lbs test line. I was going to rig both reels with approx. 300 yards each. I am concerned with the fleas for both the reels and downriggers and if 300 Yards is enough line. Does anyone see anything that I may need to tweak or any advise as I was going to head out tomorrow morning from Port Hope and try my luck. Does anyone have any recent feedback on the fishing near Port Hope or am I just to early? I remember many years ago heading out of Port Hope west a KM or so and dropping lines in about 100 feet of water and setting the downriggers to 60 feet. From my reading on some of the posts the Salmon seem to be a bit deeper. Anyways my fingers are getting tired and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Jeff

Hi I am new to the LOU forum and I am looking to reading what interesting facts that others have to provide. I live outside of Ottawa and enjoy Walleye and Trout fishing mostly. I fish the Big Rideau lake system mostly and enjoy fishing on the Rideau River and St.Laurence for Walleye. Also once a year I head to Opeongo lake and Temagami lake for a trout fishing trip. I recently bought a new to me 176 Princecraft Super pro which is fully rigged for fishing. (115 hp Johnson, 6 hp Yamaha kicker, Canon Downriggers and new Lowrance fishfinder/GPS). I am now looking to get into some Salmon fishing once again. In the past, I have fished out of Wellington (Scotch Bonnet Shoal) a half dozen times and once out of Cobourg or Port Hope (I forget which one). I have caught over 30lbers in both locations but this was many years ago and now that I have a bigger boat I am hoping to try some Salmon fishing again. (only heading out of course if the weather is favorable for Smaller Craft ). Thanks for reading my post and I am looking to spend some quality time on the site. Cheers, Jeff