BassMrs.ster

Soak in whole milk for 2 days

I did get a huge Tiger. This guy was over 19 inches

Soak in milk 

I will have to bring this issue to the Otisco Lake Preservation Society. Yes there is such a group and I don’t think they will be very happy about this. I have to agree with Justin. Man up. Take care of your trash. If you see someone dumping their trash say something!


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My father's first fish ever from yesterday and his first time fishing.

The deep tiger feed bite was ridiculous today.  I had chowdaire out with me and wanted to show him how to target the bigger walleye specifically, and I had to move offshore dead center of the lake and abandone the bigger walleye to try to stop catching tigers and still got 1 more.  We ended up with 4 over 36 and 1 for sure over 40.  I handlined all four to the door and released them all without a net with no issues same as I've been doing all summer.  I've definitely caught more tigers over 36" trolling deep this season than ever including when I ran a reaction program every day.  Ended up getting into 1 good walleye at 8lbs, and the rest were average fish.   

What's the water level like I heard it was getting low and hard to launch I'm looking to make my annual birthday bucket list attempt (big muskie or tiger) next weekend

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No it was stupid last night for sure!  Lol

Today was no gimme!  Toughest fishing I've had perhaps all summer.  Got lines in downwind turned around to go back to the area I had good fish and had a double.  Landed a big bass and a decent eye and that was all the action.  Fished 7 hours after not a touch by any species.  Last night was a good wind direction for casting but really was too rough to fish properly and they certainly weren't chewing!  I've had my share of wind and waves but at least the wind blew the lake clean....and I had it to myself for a day n a half!  Nobody else that stupid, but I had to know....bet tomorrow is decent. 

Always good to see ladies involved in the sport too

Nice fish, Congrats!

That’s a great job!


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The walleye we are trolling are nowhere near those rocks.  The walleye you are referring to have been in the weeds for roughly 6 weeks.  I did 5 solo the morning in question over 7 lbs trolling deep.  You guys know there are walleye all over the lake right?

10.5.2020 learning to find and entice. It’s all about being aware each day of where they are and what they are biting. It changes all the time. There are fish ALL over the lake!

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I passed out all my core rods to a couple boats that morning and the only way you can put those rods on a board without catching is to cut the hooks off!  Even then those baits are hot enough and the cores are so dialed would not  shock me if I landed a fish or two with out a hook.  I know the rods and drags are forgiving enough!  I had 8 core setups and 2 copper setups to fish 7.5 feet of column leading up to my birthday fishing marathon.  Each core is less than a foot deeper than the previous and only 4' longer in length.  I wanted to be able to see just exactly how much column I have to work with day to day.  That way when I make adjustments during a season where the bite isn't great I know just how accurate I'll need to be.  Let's just say 2 weeks of testing showed the window for active fish can be conceivably between cores cut every half color (15')  That doesn't mean you wouldn't catch a fish I'm just saying in order to get a rod to fire more than once and to notice any real action you need the cores cut every quarter color (7.5').  On the best days I  had 5-6 of column and on the worst days less than 2 feet and it was tough to get 2 different rods to fire without shortening a core by clipping on a bobber or by adding 5- 10 feet of braid after the core before the board. So on my birthday I had em all dialed so close that I knew I could get both board rods and my hot core rigger all going and the bite was wide open.  The next morning I was with Gary and another seasonal camper and every single rod in my 9 rod spread fired with an eye at least once.  I had em so bunched up to show those guys exactly how good the bite really is that I was a nightmare turning and working fish around the spread.  Fun few days but I'm never gonna troll 9 lines so close together because it was impossible not to tangle just turning easy and you couldn't land a fish without catching another line.  Tomorrow I'm back after some tigers and that bite is literally the best it's ever been for deep trolling and bigger fish.  Of course I probably jinxed myself!

You’re doing it right!


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I definitely shouldn't be posting this but...
 
I slept in this morning and got up at 530 hit the water by 6.  Had a fine time watching the sun come up.  finally to where I did a bunch yesterday and bang I'm tripled!  Get the one line back out while landing and releasing the triple. laying the second line and it goes off in my hand.  I come right and rigger goes off with a 3 color core.  This has been an unreal setup taking 2 10's and a couple 9s in 3+ weeks.  This walleye had been hooked a couple times I'm certain because it would pull drag then charge the boat, then scream sideways and back to the bottom.  Fish was barely hooked but my Denali 8'6" leadcore rod paired with a tekota A 400 did their jobs and I slipped my net under another 28+ 9+# beautiful eye!  Passed off my hottest setups to Gary and Terri and led them back thru em...Finished 7-7 and a big catfish.  I'm ready for bbq bacon wrapped walleye!  I'm gonna just troll around my big fish setup till dark and then cast tonight!  I'm looking for another actual 10lber for Kevin to mount to put in my Customer RV and  1 for the store... might be this one!

Congrats on a great fish BassMrs.Ster.
 
This has been a very enjoyable thread to read. I have enjoyed all the comments from great fishermen thanking other great fishermen for all they have learned.
I have learned so much from being on this forum and I am still slowly coming up the curve.
Without reading Kevin's helpful posts over the last 6 or 7 years I would have never experienced catching a few of those strong SLR eyes.
Lyk2fish has helped more than he knows in my quest to finally get an Owasco eye (then a second one) a couple weeks ago.
Justin clued me into the enjoyment of jigging eyes in general and I got one on I-bay and SLR that way.
Tomorrow I am off to Lake Erie for some crawler harness bottom bouncing.
Ah yes,such a great fish and sport! 

Kevin,
No the fish you are gonna mount came off my boat.  10lber hit all three of my riggers then wrapped up on a sunken mooring.  Broke off 2 of the rods and landed on the third.  Lost 2 whole leadcore setups on the same mooring today

Thanks bro for the kind words. Everyone on that list you referenced has one thing in common, we’re all hard core fisherman that put in hours and hours to figure out how to be better. Through trial and tribulations we figure it out not because we’re experts but because we are relentless at wanting to be successful at this game we play............by he way is that the fish I’m gonna be working on.....it’s a beauty with an awesome story!

Any guesses on what that fish weighed?


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Thanks for the kind words, but you guys are the ones putting the time in...I'm here to help but anyone wanting help needs to make arrangements to see me in person or book a trip if you want to actually understand what's going on...  

Thank you. Lucky year. I still haven’t wrangled any bass. But I did land a huge catfish. The walleye is the most difficult in this lake because things change so much. According to my friend Justin it is the hardest lake to catch walleye in. And I definitely got a lot of wisdom from the things he has taught me. Special shout out to@justtracytrolling I hope I spelled that right. Thank you Justin. And if anyone needs an awesome guide he’s your guy!!! [emoji476]


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