Hachimo

After reading this post and pondering the reasons y i spend TO MUCH money and TO MUCH time fishing,I think i can finally answer WHY I FISH? My grandfathers paved the way for me into the world of an outdoorsman. One grandfather was more into hunting then fishing and tought me the appreciation of the woods and world of hunting and fishing the deleware river. My other grandfather was a great fisherman. At the age of 8 i was running leadcore lines and sending downriggers down fishing for lake trout on Charleston Lake, Ont. Canada. When i was 12 I had a friends dad ask me to go to Cayuga lake with him and show him how to troll for lake trout with his new downriggers and leadcore combos. This style of fishing in NEPA isnt very common ,but becouse of grandpa it was second nature to me. In 3 hrs of fishing we got 4 lakers then had motor problems but had a great time. Also at the age of 12 i got my first lick at a king salmon. Grandpa only had a V-bottom 14ft smokercraft so for our birthdays (1st week of September) we fished salmon river durring the salmon run. We caught fish and it was a blast. Occasionally the lake would be nice and we would troll for a chance at a silver salmon and only once i hooked up and after a 30min fight i lost it at the boat. I wasn’t a bit upset thou. I told grandpa that was incredible. Nothing like the battle of big king on the lake. As the years went by grandpa couldnt do the drive nomore(3hrs) and as i hit my teens i lost interest and started hanging out with the wrong crowd. It took me a few years to figure out what i wanted in life but I always knew One thing i had to have. A big boat all setup to fish lake ontario so i can put a silver salmon on the deck. After meeting my fishing/hunting partner (my fiance) we bought a flat bottom 16 ft boat and hit the salmon river and caught a few kings running the river. I even had that boat (equipped with an evenrude 4.5hp) on the lake trolling tryin for my silver salmon lol. That’s what nightmares are made of, when the winds blow out of the north and im fishing 100fow from port Ontario. So we bought our “86” trophey 2460. Last year i achieved my silver salmon many times over. Alot of my rookie success comes from the members of this site showing me the ins and outs of the lake. Lake Ontario fishing has now become a huge part of our lives now. Me and my fiance are getting married in August and my bachelor party is gonna be me and my brothers fishing Lake Ontario. Our honeymoon? Yes me and her last week of August fishing Lake Ontario. I take a lot of pics and videos on the boat and there was a short video i took last year,that i look at now and think these are the best days of our lives. I reacently lost my grandfather Who showed me Lake Ontario fishing on 12/9/18 and not a day goes by i dont think about him and what he instilled in me and i fish with him every time im out there. My pop pop passed away march 2016 and every time i walk in the woods he’s there walkin right along side me. It is becouse of these men “WHY I FISH” EBA3964F-CD69-4DD4-B8A3-FFFD3449A308.MOV

And with the couple warm days i got the itch to uncover the boat and get workin on it. Installed my two planer mast mounts,two big jon swivel bases,two cannon swivel bases and swapped out my volvo 275 outdrive for a brand new 275. Next step, disconnect and pull out the motor to replace the oil pan. Then finally lift the boat with my excavator to get my new trailer under it and off to Lake Ontario I go. I always loved the winter and goin icefishing,but after fishing Lake Ontario last year I’m hooked and can do without the ice.

Sorry they have been sold

Got out for the first time on the ice this year. Put a hurting on some big perch. Fished 10-3:00. Kept 24 perch 12”-16” released a handfull of smaller and a few platter gills. I'm Pa and lake wallenpaupack is in the back yard. Gonna try getting on some NY ice this year but dont know where to start.

I have an older cannon mag 10 with 4 foot boom for sale. Everything works as it should.i put new cable on it last year. The plastic case that screws on is missing a few screws and has silicone around it and shows the signs of bein used. Asking $150 OR will consider tradeing for other Lake Ontario fishing gear. I would be interested in wire dipsey combos,flashers/flys Pm what ya got,worst i can say is Not interested. I can accept paypal and ship but i would much rather exchange in person so theres no surprises. I am from Lake Ariel,PA Thanks. Mike

I am selling a whole bunch of J-Plugs that I acquired from buying whole collections of fishing gear. I broke them down to lots of 14. Most are used but in good condition. Some are new. With each lot i will include at least 2 trouble hook harness’s. One small one large. I am asking $40+S&H per lot and am open to offers. private message me with offers. I am from Lake Ariel,PA(near Scranton). Thank You, Mike.

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After one year of fishing i can 100% agree with ya. Normally the wife runs the boat and does a dam good job. I run the gear and when we hook up she brings them in. One weekend she had to work so i brought an old friend who just got in the way and after he had a few drinks became a liability so that ended the already frustrating trip after fishing 3 hrs.

Wow. Talk about putting some time in to explain the spread knotlost. Thank you for the in depth advice. Yes i have it beat into my head now that more rods isnt always the best. As a rookie capt. i thought the more more tods the better the chance of hookin up. But i over presented the area below deterring fish from the presentation. The more time i spead on here reading old forums and the answers from u guys and videos i watch im building up confidence for spring browns. Kills me to c a snow covered boat.

I appreciate all the help guys. This site and you guys on it really helped a first time Lake Ontario fisherman put fish on the boat and hopefully more next year. I recently built two planer masts out of my old cannon hand riggers so my plan is to send the big boards out with 300 copper on the end of each board then a dipsy off each side and one rod off each rigger on back corners of boat and leaving the shoot open to land fish. That depends on lake conditions also.

Yes, that was all i had to work with last year. 8 only on calm days but the occasional 8 rod tangled was a nightmare.