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Hachimo

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  1. Thank you for the info. So my thoughts are somewhat on the right track. I over presentated my spread my last few trips and it showed. Every boat around me was killing fish and i was skunked until i ran only two rigger rods
  2. Hey fellas, this was my first year fishing Lake Ontario. I did well for a rookie but now i want to experiment with rod spreads for next year to cover more area. I spent alot of money this year between buying a boat,riggers, and gear so my budget was limited. I run a25ft trophy. My spread consisted of 4 riggers with two rods on each with occasional cheaters. If lake was rough then Two riggers were out. Durring the winter i would like to further equip my boat and purchase more gear. My thoughts were putting a planer mast on each side then running 250-500copper 40ft or so of each side of boat. Then a dipsey off each side maybe on 2nd setting. Then keeping the riggers behind the boat. This probly sounds like non-sence to some of u seasoned vets but any inmput would be greatly appreciated. Also if anyone has any copper combos there lookin to sell i would be interested. PM me and let me what ya got. Thanks guys
  3. HookedupF7. I met ya when u were takin them pics. Surprised u didnt get my rig in the pic. Fishing was good sunday but today was much better. Well except for me and the wife. Lol we got 3 steelies and 3 knockoffs from 5:30am to noon. Think i figured out my problem thou. My 6rod spread is to tight. But as a rookie u learn from ur mistakes. Best of luck on ur next trips.
  4. Fishing mexico now at 130-140Fow. Riggers 110 and 90 stacked with flasher flies and spoons. 2for2 One on mt dew flasher fly and one on black silver mag. Two kings in high teens
  5. Got a question about the J-plugs. This is my first year fiahing Lake Ontario. Been a good year (for a rookie) so far but i know its gonna get better. I’m from pa so only get up for 1-2weekends a month. I got one hell of a J-plug collection but never used one yet. All spoons n flies. How do I present the J-plug? Behind 8” flasher, or bigger flasher? Or by itself? And color flasher if so. Do i try to match flasher color to J-plug? Any help from you guys is much appreciated
  6. Sounds of it there still out deep. Planning another trip next weekend. What was the bait or baits of choice?
  7. Good luck fellas. Last weekend the better bite was 280-400ft. I made the mistake of staying i shallower water.
  8. Well today wasnt much better. Woke up at 4:30 and stepped onto the deck of the boat and felt the wind and heard the waves crashing off the break. I laid back down in the cuddy till 5:30 then headed out to 120 fow. Trolled till noon workin my way out to 180fow. An only hit one king and lost two others spoke to other boats who fished depper in 300-400 and did alittle better.
  9. I fished mexico today and went one for three. Started at 120 and went out to 200. I talked to a few different guys who fished deep and shallow in the 300/400 ft was much more productive. i made the mistake of running in the 100’s. HOpefully next trip i do a little better
  10. Fished today from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. And went 0for2. Pretty bad but any trip i take up north is better then work or staying home. After a broken leaf spring and two blow outs on my trailer outside of syracuse my morning got off to a late start. I had no action untill 6:30pm. I started in deeper water(140-180) and couldnt find a fish nevermind get one. Moved into 120FOW started markin fish and bait and hoked up shortly after but lost it. Worked into 112 and flasher fly went again just to loose it. The lake was in rough shape and i wrapped it up. There wasnt any signs of fleas like my last trip a couple weeks ago. Ill be at it again tomorrow bright and early hopefully the lake calms down a little bit.
  11. As i type i am sitting at the launch. Had some bad luck on my trip up this morning with a trailer axel and tire. I went out fishing but turned around and came back in the lake was a little to rough for the wife’s liking. Gonna wait it out a little bit then try for an evening bite I will post my findings later on
  12. I guess ive been pretty lucky with not getting tangled up. OR i just dont have enough time in with that spread to experience any severe tangles. Although there was a time i dropped a leadcore down with 6 rods and i paid the price for that. Every pole wrapped in the tangle and had to cut 8 colors off the pole live and learn. WONT do that again.
  13. 1988 Trophy hardtop. BLUE and white. If you see a white dodge dually withstacks on it in the parkin lot feel free to PM me or yell to me on channel 68 and i would let you in on any fish i find and lures/spoons i get with. IF i hook up at all.
  14. I have a 3 hr ride from Lake Wallenpaupack to mexico and always keep an eye on these reports and in return report my findings when im out fishing lake ontario. I will be heading up to mexico saturday morning to fish all weekend. I normally get to the launch by 6am and fish till dark then anchor up by the launch and sleep in my cuddy so i get an early start sunday morning. I will post my findings saturday morning when im out of mexico
  15. This is also my first year on lake ontario and knew nothing about this kind of fishing untill i reached out for help back in april. I am limited in gear and knowledge but ive been running 4 riggers with two rods on each. One straight spoon and flasher fly on other rod for each rigger. Ive been hitting them in 140FOw between 50-90ft down so i stack a spoon and fly every ten ft where im marking fish and it seens to work for me. But i am a rookie with limited knowledge. Lol.
  16. I fished mexico yesterday morning 6am to 11am.i brought an old friend with me as a mate cause i was by myself. We hooked up 6 times landing one around 8lb. But things got very bad very quick. He was hitting the bottle and got so drunk he couldnt stand up on the boat. Bein a hazard to himself and a liability to me i had to cut the trip short and 3hrs back home. I would rather have a seasick mate anyday over a drunkmate.
  17. Thank you for the detailed information. Like i said by no means am i trying to make a living off this. I am very new to the lake and thought it would be ideal to have a captains license and be able to charge for fishing trips and not get into any kind of trouble doing it. If i broke even at the end of the year i would be trilled cause then my personal trips with friends and family wouldnt cost me a thing. But at least i got somewhere to start. Thanks again guys
  18. Hey fellas got a question and anyone with some knowledge on this subject that can help me i would much appreciate it. I am from the scranton pa area and have taken a few trips this year to Lake Ontario and have done rather well hokking up with browns and kings. I run a 1988 bayliner trophy 2460 but these trips are getting expense and i was thinking of doin part time charters on the weekend. What all do i need to legally become a charter? I just got a quote from an insurance company with $1,000,000 liability and now looking into my uscg captains license. The courses ive seen online cost $595 for the course. Is this all i need is the insurance on boat and license? Also can you guys recommend a website that i can take the course online. Thank you. Mike
  19. Ha ha you aint kidding fish nut. Its been a dream of mine since childhood to buy a big boat rigged for kings that could handle ontario. And finally at the age of 32 i got it. Me and the wife had a blast. Granit she was ready to leave saturday morning after an hour of 4ft waves but after the first hookup she forgot she was seasick and it was on. And everytime i make the trip up the 3hr ride seems to get shorter and shorter. Hopeing to get up again in two weeks
  20. Ha ha you aint kidding fish nut. Its been a dream of mine since childhood to buy a big boat rigged for kings that could handle ontario. And finally at the age of 32 i got it. Me and the wife had a blast. Granit she was ready to leave saturday morning after an hour of 4ft waves but after the first hookup she forgot she was seasick and it was on. And everytime i make the trip up the 3hr ride seems to get shorter and shorter. Hopeing to get up again in two weeks
  21. First off i want to thank all you guys who helped me with flasher/fly selection and what to look for to find the fish. This is my first trip i ever made for kings and i couldnt ask for a better trip. I left mexico launch at 6am saturday morning. After spending afew hundred dollars to start a flasher/fly collection i rigged three flasher/flys down 80ft,60ft,40ft and 3 spoons below and between them. Started at 140fow and zigzag to100 back to 140. First fish came at 140 fow on a fat nancy spoon at 7am. After wrapping around my leadcore and tangling around all 6 lines i handlined him in and it was a solid8lbs. By noon it was all spoon action in 140fow 50-70ft down with 5 kings boated n released (all small). After a lunch break fished Saturday evening 4pm-8:30pm. Again all spoon action (fat nancy color) and the same route was marking bait and fish 140fow with fish between 70-50. Me and the wife kept 3 nice kings. Largest 14lb and we lost another 5. We spent the night in the cuddy in front of the launch and got out at 5am sunday morning. Fishing in front of the power plant at 120fow we doubled up on flasher/flys with an 18lb and 22lb king and landed both. Riggers were set at 50 and 60. Most excitement i think i ever had on my boat. By noon we went 5 for 8 all on flasher/fly and not a single bite on the spoons that were hot yesterday. Cant wait to get back up north in a couple weeks to try this again.
  22. This is my first year salmon/trout fishing on Lake Ontario. Ive been building a collection of spoons and lures over the past few months and am pretty well rounded on spoon sizes and colors bieng a bought a lake ontario charter captains entire spoon collection. So far fishing lake ontario ive been running 3 downriggers with two poles stacked on each. I have no dipsys yet or wire lined setups but i also do run a leadcore off the side. I am new and clueless about flashe/fly setups and flasher cutbait setups. So my question to you senior vets of the lake is where to start with buying flashers. I understand different conditions may require different colors and styles. But where do i start there are somany flashers to chose from. Thank you.
  23. Im planning a trip next weekend. What has been the lure/color of choice? This is my first year on the big lake so not so sure what to put on and when. Ive been accumulating gear over the past few months so i have over 600 spoons small,med,and mags. At least 50 j-plugs different sizes and colors. But no flashers yet. This time of year do you guys use flashers or no need cause the fish arent so deep?
  24. Thanks for the info. I’ll be goin next week and we’ll see what happens. Thanks again
  25. How about the salmon fishing if i launch out of mexico. Has anyone been having any luck in deeper waters by the mexico area? I seen lots of reports of other areas members are getting into the kings already in deeper water. If so what would be the ideal lure selection. This is my first year fishing the big lake. My first trip last month i did real good with browns and planning on heading north again next weekend but im really itching to hook onto a king ir two.
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