Oswego 4/5/2025

[ChrisS]

I got out solo in the early afternoon to take advantage of the calm top and sunny day. Traffic at Wright's is picking up and there were 20 or so boats out that I could see, but cleared out by the afternoon. Seemed like people were getting into fish. Started out in 250 FOW and worked in to 100 or so with two riggers (meat on one and a mupped spoon on the other) and a UV deeper diver on 1 1/2 with a flasher fly. Settled in with a nice column of 52F water at ~80 ft. Picked up a small atlantic on meat trailing a white spin doctor on the low rigger, then a small rainbow on a uv pickle seed on the other rigger (released both). Then not much else for a few hours. trolled S-curves out to 350 FOW and started marking a thermocline around 100-120 feet down and some bait but not much else. Around 3:30pm, just as I was turning to head back towards 100, I found a nice wad of bait in 375 to 350. As a I trolled through I picked up a good king on an RV crab face on a rigger parked at 95ft in 50F water, lost it at the boat trying to net it. Made another pass, picked up a nice 20+lb king on the meat in 48F on the other rigger and while fighting it, she crossed the diver line, I separated the rods and put diver rod on the other side of the boat, I think with the moving the diver up and down, it drew in another king who hit the diver with a UV blue veggies 1 1/2, 250 out. I landed the first one, but couldn't make the double happen.  Another pass, another smaller king on the diver with with UV veggies, and landed it. Another pass and a king on the rigger with a mupped UV hulk for a limit. All told, I was 3/6 on kings in a small area between 75-100 ft down in 300-350 FOW, around 48-52F and between 3:30 and 6pm.  Plus the Atlantic and rainbow made for a nice day out!

[matt05star]

That's a nice day, especially solo. Good job with it.  Must get the heart pumpin' pretty good.

[Del Gue]

Thanks for the report! I’m headed there Wednesday for 5 days. Looks like they are moving in. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

[ChrisS]

9 minutes ago, Del Gue said:

Thanks for the report! I’m headed there Wednesday for 5 days. Looks like they are moving in. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

Looks like it will be a quiet week without big wind, but as we know that could change any minute. Good luck!

[Del Gue]

1 hour ago, ChrisS said:

Looks like it will be a quiet week without big wind, but as we know that could change any minute. Good luck!

Shhhhh! I’ve been watching the weather, don’t jinx it! 😅

She will let me fish if she wants me to. If not, plenty of good places to kill some time in town. 🍻
Thanks!

Edited July 7, 2025 by Del Gue

[Esox killer]

How far out do you need to go to find 300 ft of water