MJP

1 hour ago, Prof T said:

Nice pictures and glad your camping/fishing trip was a success. Yes, the wind over the past few days has been unbelievable in the afternoons, but it has helped combat the high temps. 

 

Guessing you'll be back!

Oh yes. We frequent the area. Love it up there. 

Spent 3 days on the water. All 3 windy days. Made for difficult trolling at times. Trolled worm harness on deep shoals and along shipping channel.  Didn't hook any walleyes. Protected areas were good fishing. Didn't catch a big pike but several smaller ones where hungry. Lots of perch caught. A couple nice bass and a Bowfin smashed my spinnerbait. Bass and Perch made it to the frying pan. We had an excellent camping trip.

Nice catch.  Excellent fish fry. I'll be trying my luck next week. 

Stop by Woodys Tackle on Rt. 3 in Port Ontario. They will be able to tell you all you want to know. 

I was there Monday 7/19. Launch and creek ok. Out through Channel I had 2.0-2.5'. My first attempt out was in the morning fog. Got off channel and dragged my skig on flat rock. Once I could see, no problem. There are some of the small channel markers covered with grass. Makes them hard to see. Also I have small boat. 16.5' with 25 hp. But there some exposed flat rock spots. I looked just to my right and there was a seagull, standing there. If it's foggy I would wait it out. We did catch Lakers so good luck.

12 hours ago, MJP said:

Good fishing. 

Put in at Stoney Creek. Was to foggy to get out on the lake. So did a little pike fishing. Fog lifted and headed for the Wall. Found Lakers in 100 'to 120' trolling along the wall. Hammerhead Spinners in silver and glow green. Chartreuse green with black dots Kwikfish.  Caught 4 small ones. My wife Debbie is good with the net. Got my cannonball stuck on the  ledge at 100' but got it freed. A good trip.

10 hours ago, Beards247 said:

Nice! Puttered around Henderson Bay, turned a few perch in Henderson Harbor. Nice 18' smallie out by the islands

Good fishing. 

It was to windy for my boat to make it out the the Trench today. Back up plan. Chaumont Bay Perch for fish fry dinner. Today waves 1 foot or less. Well give it a try.

On 7/10/2021 at 8:12 AM, chinook35 said:

Out solo. A little bumpy
1 for 3. 165 fow down 60. 45° home made cut bait rig . tough fishing solo getting too old for that. Lol. com/fishing-hunting/uploads/monthly_2021_07/IMG_2134.thumb.JPG.c16c7f23afdcc0b8b13de08421f0de1e.JPG' alt='IMG_2134.thumb.JPG.c16c7f23afdcc0b8b13de08421f0de1e.JPG'>

 

That looks awesome. 

Nice trout. I know that spot well.

35 minutes ago, Chicong said:

What weight balls do you guys use?  Could anybody tell me what is normal amount of angle our downrigger wire is at while trolling?  Is there a simple way to calculate the actual depth of the ball based on the wire angle?  Thanks!

I use 8lb. I have a small boat. Tough to judge by the angle. Fourtunitly I can see them on my sonar. I work with that.

5 hours ago, cjc said:

Yes you can put your boat in at no charge but the wind is always a issue every day.

I agree. I was up there over the weekend. Only could get out one out of four days. No bites.

1 minute ago, Erbyjoe said:

I will be there this weekend also shoot me a message and we can introduce each other.


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1 hour ago, saltr said:

We ended up booking with Sunset RV and Cabins. Thank You to all for the suggestions. Tight Lines!

Excellent. Enjoy and good luck fishing. I'll be up there fishing also this weekend.

1 minute ago, fishfearme said:

That where we are staying next week.

 

I'll be there Labor Day weekend. Have been staying there for years. We like it. Nothing fancy. Bob's a great guy.

Sunset cabins and RV park. Ask for Bob

Fish it. Might be a hot set up. Friend of mine bent his race car when he hit the wall. Handled better after that impact. Crazy but you never know.

Sunset cabins and RV park. Just west of SUNY campus. Ask for Bob.

18 hours ago, Gator said:

Please open the marinas! I've done everything right, I'm a sheep lol, I am happy to comply. But if I can't catch some crappie next week, all of that may change. 

 

I guess I lean toward doing what's asked, so long as it isn't nonsensical. And I freely admit that my gut feelings could easily be wrong. Okay, are likely wrong most of the time, to be honest, which is why I try to be guided by logic and information. I often defer to those with more expertise. But I still haven't had anyone provide a reasonable answer for why boat launches are closed. Yeah, there's a few boats with too many people, but it's not like we're having sandbar parties, Florida style. It's mostly a bunch of stinky old fishermen who are anti-social, anyway. I'd be shocked if boat launches are contributing to the spread of COVID-19. Maybe it's a downstate thing, or maybe I'm just wrong. Either way, I don't get it.

I think it's about the crowd that would gather at the launch and parking lot. Saratoga Lake launch has already proven it would be packed. JMO