Matt From Kingston

No Kingston ny down in the Hudson valley

On the water by 7am. Trolled over some big marks in 125-175 fow with no takers for a while. Around 830 we decided to pull gear and head offshore. Wound up in 500-550 fow which I think was around the 28/29 line but don't quote me on that. Went 8 for 10 most action between 11am and 1pm. No steelhead but a nice fat 28" Atlantic, a few coho and nice mix of kings. ( Possibly thinking that full moon pushed the bite later in the day...) 400 copper with UV green jeans mag spoon took our 2 biggest fish, NBK and meat on riggers down 60-80 in the low to mid 50 degree temp range did well too. No hits on flasher flys. Definitely worth the trip out there. We were glad to salvage the day after a slow start since it is a good 5 hour ride from home

I have used that launch twice before with much less ruckus, but it was during the week. I live about 4 hours away and just went there because it was familiar to me and close to our hotel.

Had the worst launch experience of my life there this past Sunday night. I am actually surprised no one was stabbed or shot. Coming back in around 830, there were dozens of jetski's all over acting like fools. I finally manage to get tied off and go get the truck. Everyone else is going through the 1 lane where the pay kiosk is, and a consequently stuck in a line like 10 deep. The sign in the parking lot says retrieve turn right toward the road, so me and another guy do that. The "jetski folk" didnt like that, so a lady literally stands right behind my trailer so I cant back up, and she just waives on all her people who went the wrong way. Her man is threatening my buddy at this point, and before he could get out boat pulled up, we just start getting cut off. Guy in the lane behind me is fairing no better. Next thing he is out of his truck and everyone is yelling and screaming vulgar and racial comments. He gets his boat out, I get cut off by like 10 people in a friggin uhaul truck towing their boat trailer. They have to put the trailer on the ramp at an angle because my boat is right there and consequently cant get their boat lined up right. Broken bottles all over the parking lot, weed in the air and the cops finally show up because someone had stuff stolen. F the cops chants and cell phones all pop out instantly and it remains a disaster. An actual hour later, I finally get the boat on the trailer and we pull all the way up by Bill Grey's to unload the gear and tie it down for the ride back to the hotel. I was surprised there were no shots fired, but back at the hotel find out that was up the street at the park right by 104. This guy is not using any rochester ramps again. The next day we went to sandy creek. No one there and we had our limit of kings by 10am.

We ran the high speeds last season and couldn't have been happier with them!

Just got back home. Wrights is open until october 15th. We fished anywhere from 50 to 550 fow today. Screen was totally blank from 150-350. Marked a good amount of larger fish from 350-500 but they were down deep like 250-300 and didnt seem to come shallower to feed. Same thing happened to us last time we were up there in July. Also didnt mark any notable bait balls.. Oh well, back at it next year after we hit the hudson river for stripers.

Head up to Oswego this weekend to bring the boat home and get out one last time. Does anyone know if Wrights landing is still open (bathrooms, ramps, fish cleaning station)??? Thanks! - Matt

When trailering we just use a good ratchet strap to pull the kicker up to the transom with it in the down position. very little bouncing around. If we are making a long haul, we will drain the oil and take it off to help be kind to my old ass boat. (yamaha 9.9 4 stroke)