Scalloper 1

We landed 9 kings and a brown on Saturday in 7 hrs. Hopefully I am getting my gear on track. 

We left the dock at 5am and fished until I had to go to work at 9am.

landed 3 mature Kings and missed 3.

went back out at 4:30-8:30 and landed 7 3 19- 20 lbs and one 25 lbs. I will take a 10 fish day in 7 hrs in a small boat any day.
 

From what I am told there are no public fish cutting stations in Fair Haven?

we even offered to pay the fuel dock to use their station but got rejected. 
Are there any other public options?

Thanks

On 7/19/2022 at 1:15 PM, Reigleman said:

Why are there not catamarans on lake Ontario in lake Erie I would think they would be the more practical boat for fishing is it because of price

I went mate on a 42' Fin Cat out of Portland Maine a few years ago. It had twin 300's and would top out at 45 mph. This one had a hydrofoil midship. At 25-27mph + most of the boat would come up on the hydrofoil and out of the water and glide over 3-4' of chop. That was the most stable comfortable riding boat I have been on at higher speeds. Sid to she was again very stable. IMO they would be perfect for the Great Lakes.

The only drawback I saw (which would seldom be a issue on LO) was a deep following sea as when they crest the top going down over at high speed they will bury the bow resulting in a rapid stop. But as with any boat just drive it according to the conditions.

20 hours ago, Tominatorny said:

Thanks for the report! How did you do in the morning? Also how far down did you find the temperature and fish marks? Thanks!

Yesterday morning we had 2 shakers from 5:15-8:30 when I left for work. Last evening from 4:30-8:30pm we started in 300' and trolled to 550'. We were 2/3. Temp was 62 deg at 60' and 55 deg at 75' 46 deg at 90 if I remember correctly.

I cant get a wire rods to fire. The last three times out its been downriggers only with spin doctor and bait or 8" board with bait. And yes I have tried baits on the wire at times with no action. 

I even put my Fish Hawk TD on the dipsy and set out to 250' to confirm the depth ratio.

1 hour ago, Pappy said:

Nice report!

looks like the lake was way calmer than what the wave report predicted, again!

I was down looking the lake over at daylight yesterday morning and I could see whit caps off in the distance. Seems like about 12-1pm the wind let go.

2 hours ago, Force of one said:

Just wondering what boat you are using? Looks like a nice setup 

2020  20’ Duckworth Advantage Sport

My wife and I got out after work and got the lines in at about 5:30pm. We set out in 120’ . By 8 we landed 2 kings and lost 2 we had one get into the prop and cut the line 4” from the hook. 3 hits were on meat and one was on a Carbon 14 while trolling our way back in. One was 15 lbs the 2ed was 11.
During that time she killed 170 of those dam biting flies. They were relentless. I see them a lot in Maine while offshore tuna fishing too. I hate any kind of bug dope but I also hate donating a qt of blood while trying to fish. 
mother then that not a bad afternoon. It’s 4:19am and we are heading back out soon until 8:30am then back to work.

I would say that was a incredible trip for the first time on the lake. Great way to break in your new Duckworth on the big lake.

I expect you will soon be buying a house there 

How far down do Kings,Cohos or Browns get down the River towards the Atlantic? Lampreys make it from the ocean to the lake. Can other fish make it from the lake to the ocean? 

How far down the St. Lawrence have kings been caught? Can they make it to the Atlantic?

Great report thanks. I was out also. We left from Sodus. A local told me Saturday was a stic bite but I really wanted my best shot at a King so I stuck with spoons. We only put one brown in the net as of 1 pm. We went in for lunch and back out about 2:30. I changed over to all stic baits and the rods fired consistently boating 5 browns and a nice eye.

I own 2 they work well.

I was sitting in my c=car at 6am looking over the inlet to Sodus bay. After 10 min over 100 (I counted) cormorants flew in and landed in the inlet near the light house. The made their way up in towards the bay. They were coming up with 3-4" fish steady. Some of the fish were bigger and it was a struggle for the birds to get them down. I really hope you guys are successful at getting some kind of controlled reduction of these predators. Many of us from the East coast are watching hoping we too can be more aggressive in protecting our wild Atlantic salmon par in the spring.

21 hours ago, Adk1 said:

Any idea what the weekend conditions might be?

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS51.KBUF.html

WSW 17-22kts at 5:30am

was 18-26kts out of the west all night 😖

I didn't want to deal with the bow blowing off and tangling lines so we stayed in.

My wife and I were going to head out of Sodus this morning for a few hours before work. The picture below is the current buoy report off of Oswego. I understand SSE is a good direction but gusts 24-25 since midnight may be sporty in a 20’ boat.

Are the rod trees still available?

I came here a week ago from Maine. I got out 2 evenings last week, a day Saturday and the whole day Monday. Could be worse I guess but I still think I came early. We have had some luck. Last Friday evening me and another guy went 6/6 on browns and Monday the wife and I went 12/18 again all browns.

The last two weeks in March I was working in Ocean Springs Mississippi. Fishing was tough still a little early to fish from shore. I managed 2 specs and a guy gave me 4 flounder.

I too spend some time watching Russ's videos as well as Ricks from Crazy Yankee. Very enjoyable to watch but seems to be very costly for me 

What are the dimensions?

Yesterday was decent.

So if I were going to target Kings where are they in numbers this time of year? I hear of the odd one or two being caught but where are they normally in April?

Very nice vessel. All aluminum would be my guess 

I saw it in Oswego today. When I saw the net reel on the deck I figured it was towing a net assessing the bait biomass.