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left the house about 2 so guessing 3 ish?  Was not out long before the bite started

9 hours ago, gasman2438 said:

I am sure it's harder to fall off a 21 footers.(The water is warmer off a large boat LOL.)  I run a 23 foot and in winter and spring I wear my auto inflatable jacket you don't even know you have it on. You can buy them for under 100 bucks. I was born and brought up on Seneca and I was brought up to respect the water.

I am not telling you to wear it the state of NY is.

Auto inflating belt way to go, as often as not I will forget it is there until I sit in the truck

Shakedown lead to a few hours of fishing, the goose egg at the launch was a bit ominous but boat ran fine.  East troll between 18 and 28 FOW, barely past Krull Park hooked a nice king and while fighting it hooked into another.  3 for 5, 2 nice kings and a small bow, lost 2 nice ones, guessing one was foul hooked, nearly spooled me.  Green Bayrat shallow diver 300 ft back and dark green NBK spoon with gold back, leadcore off boards 1.5 colors out.  All the fish were feisty per usual spring fish and returned to fight another day.  Day was beautiful and it was real nice being out.

On 4/20/2020 at 2:55 PM, Gill-T said:

I once tried to grow a mullet with my curly hair in the eighties. 

Me too!  Check me out on left, this is from late 80s.... My buddy was pissed, we filled our punch cards, I caught the king I was holding, 2 out of 3 of the silvers my buddy was holding and the cabezon in his other hand as well....

I have been a mile out into the Strait of Juan de Fuca (before cell phones) stopped to fiddle with something and realized I had taken on a LOT of water.... FORGOT PLUG...  Brought her up to plane (thank goodness she got there) and after it drained put the plug in from the inside, scared the crap out of me.

3 hours ago, Sk8man said:

Just n FYI comment as a "reminder" the Fishawk is a great tool in the arsenal and is especially helpful in the Spring and Summer as well as late Fall but right about now the "preferred" temp game rules will be changing. Take your temp readings and set up accordingly but if you aren't having any action don't totally rely on that alone because the fish are already showing up in way out of temp water (e.g. 60 or 70 degree water). They will do this both to feed if bait is available there, perhaps while searching for food (usually less mature fish feeding), but more commonly as part of the internal genetics/homing instinct going on for the matures and fish will be traversing the lake from many directions and depths. It is tempting to say "throw out the temps" but you just need to think of it as one tool not the end all thing. These fish will also come from way outside of the cone of your transducer too so don't get despondent about not seeing a bunch of marks this time of year. It is a real time of the season for experimentation and letting the fish suggest what to use or do Response to aggressive urges may be the key right now rather than looking for bait etc. and bright highly active lures and attractors may be the most productive. A we go along the mature kings mouths tend to harden up and hook-ups may become more difficult with fish not really getting ahold of the lures (and sometimes hitting the attractors instead ) so sometimes tightening up releases a bit and shortening up leads on riggers may help.

Totally agree.  The part about mouths hardening I was unaware of so from now on anytime after mid August if I lose a fish that is my new excuse  

1 minute ago, Dan.Riordan said:

 

Full disclosure, still near to salmon and trout fishing and need some help. Was out yesterday fishing the trench near Henderson and marked a lot along the bottom. About half appeared as if they were arching up to my bait but I only got one hit.

 

Had a few thoughts: (1) they were all lakers and didn’t want the flasher flys (2) speed wasn’t perfect as I don’t have a fish hawk and don’t know the speed at the ball. Boat speed was between 2.2 and 2.8 mph (3) wasn’t fishing long enough.

 

Let me know your thoughts.

 

 

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Not sure about that area but I launch out of Olcott and last few times I have been out current has been strong.  Having to do almost 5mph SOG to get 2.5 at the ball depending on direction.  Fish hawk worth its weight in gold but did not have on my old boat so I would watch blowback angle on rigger lines and listen as they will sort of howl or groan when going to fast.  Find the bait and keep going back over it that way you are changing directions a lot and you can get a feel for the current and adjust accordingly

Our boy Waffles, if I so much as touch the boat he goes ballistic, high pitched yipping and tapping his front paws on the floor really fast. 

On 7/30/2019 at 2:46 PM, GAMBLER said:

So far this season, the salmon fishing has been awesome.  My only concern is the lack of kings under 15lbs.  We have only caught a few small kings this season so far.  Usually the number of small kings out numbers the numbers of mature fish.  It has been backwards this year.  Anyone else seeing this?  I'm wondering if we are finally seeing the stocking cuts?

Ran into a couple of small kings yesterday West of Olcott in 180 FOW.  Both will live to fight another day, never left the water.

Thanks for the report.  Taking my son out tomorrow for the 1st time in many years.... Teen angst finally wearing off, hoping we do well.

Caught 4 (plus 1 shaker steelie), lost 2, Was only out about 4 hours, off before noon.  44 degree water about 70ft down in 300FOW, stayed between 280 and 370 FOW seemed like every time I turned into the wind we were into something.  Marked a decent amount of bait as well. 

Looking at the pics in this thread it seems all the 4 year olds are female, same for us, I dont think we took a male king.

I know my mag 10's are supposed to emit positive ions or some crap like that, not sure what your riggers are but maybe one has it one doesnt?  I will say my mag 10s do a lot better than the home made riggers I had on my old boat but old boat did not have fishhawk which in my opinion is the true game changer

On 4/6/2019 at 1:55 PM, Ylw-dog said:

Remove a couple inches of lead make a loose over hand knot . Insert mono until it meets the lead . Sinch it down . Done.

Winner

I dont recall opposite rigger taking more fish but I will watch for that.  This year I have seen a number of fish come up for a look an bolt.  Trying different colors, spoons, flies, leader lengths etc.  Will be out saturday morning, hoping for more takers and less lookers for sure!  Wish the lake would go back in time by 2 years....

1 minute ago, Frogger said:

Has anyone ever tried one of those stable fly traps “sticky” types? It seems they have them specifically for these monsters. Was thinking of hanging one of a downrigger or something. In addition to the spray.


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I worry a sticky trap would be completely covered with flies in about an hour but if you try it and it works please do update as any relief is welcome

I am allergic to stable fly bites, get red hives that blister and pop.  Anyone in same boat I have a regimen that provides relief....   Clean the bites 1st with rubbing alcohol (key step).  Then benadryl cream and cortisone cream (or stronger if you have script).  If you have to work the next day have a few drinks before bed.  If you dont have to work take a few Benadryl pills or just plan on not sleeping for a week.

8 hours ago, lrg355 said:

Took my dog out with me a few evenings ago. They were crazy on him. Had to leave after fishing about 15 mins.

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Made that mistake a few years back, they went after my poor dogs ears

in the end we lost 2, 1 was most likely a steelhead, looked like it when it cleared the water and spit the hook, could have been a silver, better than a day at the office.  Flies were unreal, I had on jeans and thick socks to protect my ankles, used the biting fly repellent folks talk about on this forum, still was bitten on hands, arms and ankles... STILL better than a day at the office.  

Ya flies are brutal today. Ty for report

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Should call it dead out of olcott

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Only my third time out this year thanks to my back. Beautiful day, headed east troll currently Marked bait between 90 and 140. 45 degrees at 50 ft down. Spread between 65 and 35ft. Perfect 2.5mph at the ball.... had some lookers but no takers. Double orange crush behind mountain dew 6 colors out, 2 green hammer flies behind green and silve, purple Nbk? spoon behind green and white glow. Had rigger pop once, nothing.

Anyone having any luck? Where, how deep?

Tight lines

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Fix it straight and use (or install and use) minn kota with ipilot 

Sorry to hear that as well, hoping you get some relief for at least the summer!

They have been there awhile, maybe more were added?  About 3 weeks ago coast guard stopped me and asked about them, they did not know what they were for.  They do appear to be PVC capped on both ends.

21 minutes ago, FishingFool34 said:

Any of you guys have their 90* swivel base? Kind of curious what that is? I see no benefit in being able to rotate them in 90* increments if that is what they do. I don't usually run more than 2 boards plus riggers (usually only me +1 fishing), even for walleye so I'm leaning towards the doubles.

in my opinion it is worth the extra few bucks because you can leave the mounts in your Berts tracks and just pull the pin. Another benefit is when rotated in line with gunnel it can be used for rod storage while underway. 

1 minute ago, FishingFool34 said:

I'm assuming you guys are talking about the mainline for big planers correct? I run inline boards so that shouldn't be an issue for me.

Correct in my case