bigwalleye

Yep, ramps in nice shape couple weeks ago. Fishing was on fire then, not so sure bout now, though.

Reel Doc: is this the summer pattern/program I can expect to use going forward? Id much prefer to fish deeper w riggers n divers than get caught in the shallows like I did once yesterday when a fellow troller decided to give me the ol’ shoreline squeeze. Luckily didnt lose any tackle. Appreciate it.

I’ll get the party started. I wish! Jigged a good bit to start this am, south of Dean’s Cove. Marked tons of bait and super marks in 30-35fow but no takers on the jig. Dropped the hardware and ran a south troll inside 36-43fow pulled 2 chubby lakers 1 on a 20 jet and 1 on Dipsey bout 30feet down, no real program/pattern except boy girl spoon/silver back continues to catch fish on my boat. Pulled 2 more lakers on boy girl dipsey again but now 150 feet back in 70-80fow? No real pattern. Hope to see some good reports from Cayuga this weekend. Good luck Social Fishtancing!

Anyone got any stray single trackmount rod holders laying around you nonlonger need or use? Perhaps there’s an odd one that’s been hiding in the garage? Or an uneven number? I can use 1-3 holders to balance out what I already have. I’m on west side Seneca Lake. Thx!

Id be interested if there’s no shipping involved. I’m in Himrod NY

Lmk if the first person doesnt take it. Thx.

My first trip to Lake Ontario on my rig started 730am Fri May 22. Launched at Fort after a 3 hr drive. Had some technical issues/speed issues to start, but once we dialed in the speed it was on! Caught More fish going w the current than against it. 2.7 down, 2.4 back. 10/13 all mature kings minus 1. Best contour was 77feet fishing 44 down on riggers n divers. All spoons. Blacks/Greens early, green/blue spoons late/high soon. Caught from 10am - 2pm steady pick til wife tapped out and we made camp at Niagara Shores Campground just east of Olcott. Day 2, Sat May 23, early start in the fog out of the Fort. Safely made our way out to the bar same place as Fri. Quite a bit busier as far as boats go and interesting trolling with 1-200 feet visibility. Depths and colors varied more than Fri esp until the fog burned off. Found fish in 65fow, got in line, ran thru that depth, hit a double, then turned out deep to fight em! Landed both. Rinse, repeat, hooked up a big fish that made 5-6 jumps, took 500’ of line on my light rigger rod and almost got run over by the boat following us! We turned 90 degrees to fight him out in deeper water but alas he spit the hook 3-400 feet back. Not much we could do on that one. Wished I coulda seen what he weighed. Finished 13/17 kings, plus 3 lakers and a small coho. Sun May 24 only had a couple hours to fish so hit the bar further west at daybreak again in search mode. Wasnt long til we hooked up in 140fow. Boated our 6 by 830, hit a double at 845, one was 18lbs, still swimming, then called it a weekend! Went 8/8 which felt great! Spoon colors varied, green/glow worked good to start Sun, then green/chartreuse once sun got up, 28/33 down on riggers in 130-140fow was best for us. Nothing custom or really that special. NK Mags on riggers worked good w high sun on Fri/Sat afternoons. Three day tally for this NooB amateur was 31 kings, 3 lakers, 1 coho. Big thanks to this forum for the great info on getting my tackle dialed in. Never had a single break off and cant argue with the results!