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Nice looking mess of fish. Hope to be out myself Sat. morning from Olcott.

Can you say Weight watchers? Those are sows. Awesome! Congratulations.

Thanks for the report. That's a great day. I am fishing out of Olcott and my results don't seem to compare to what is happening from Rochester east. Now I only run three rods and have nothing particularly special in terms of gear, but still wish I could boost my hookup numbers. I feel the water here has been too clear compared to what it sounds like to the east. That's my excuse and I am sticking to it (for now anyway). Tight Lines back at ya'.

That's a great solo effort. I fish solo most of the time and netting them can be hit or miss many times if the fish have any size to them. I really don' t understand why they can't cooperate and just jump into the boat at that point. Tight Lines

For sure the weather has not cooperated much. I am off all this week and could only find 2 days that were manageable.

I went out about 10:30 and had almost no company out there.

Went 5/5 today after getting skunked yesterday. Two browns in 22 FOW with one high on a UV Tiger Thunderstick and one 17' down on a 3.0 Mag lip in color grinch. Two lakers in 55 FOW both on a Moonshine spoon color carbon running within 5' of bottom. One coho 25' down in 55 FOW on a Maglip 3.5 in color fishmonger. Speed was 2.0 - 2.3 GPS. Took me 6 hours with my three lines in just to get these. To me the fish are scattered, and a note that I got no fish in the 10 - 13 FOW range which I fished for two hours between the two days. Water is quite clear and I could see bottom in as deep as 17 FOW. I did talk to two guys yesterday (4/11) who said they got 7 - 8 lakers in 60 FOW running down riggers right on bottom. They said they got nothing on dipsy's or boards. I started my deep water run in 60 and got nothing after a significant amount of time. Great weather today and enjoyed the time out. All fish cooperated providing solid fights. Tight Lines

What was water color when you were in 7 - 9 FOW?

Thanks for the information. It really does help inform the rest of us. Great work.

Interesting picture Gill. That explain the outer band of brown water separated from the shoreline band by a section of green water. Yeah on temperature thing too. I figured maybe temp wise I was a touch ahead of the main group. I'm lucky to live about 20 minutes away. The gas prices will cut down a little on my 2 hr. Trips to Chautauqua and Honeoye. Have not fished the Oak in summer for bass in many years and this might be the time for a few return trips. Tight Lines

First time for the year and went 4 for 5 on small browns (14 - 16"). Surface water temps were 35.5 - 36.6 in depths less than 20'. Ran boat in 9 - 12 FOW most of my 3 hours with lines in. Two fish on gold/black HJ10 50' behind the board 100 feet out, 2 on same size in UV green tiger 70' behind board 80' out, and another on lemonhead Maglip 3.0 40' back. I worked inside the mud water and had best luck a short distance west of creek mouth. Really nice day to be out, but where was everyone? I was out about noon - 3:30 and only saw 2 other boats out. Not looking for a crowd that's for sure but surprised at lack of others. Maybe they were out in the morning. Tight Lines

Thanks guys.

Yankee - Could you describe the color ayu? I cannot find it on any lure website. I am wondering if it is the color of some BayRat Short Shallows I bought at the Niagara Fishing Expo a few years back. Thanks.