First spring King at Port ontario.

[Kevin J Legg]

Fishing Report

Your Name / Boat Name:Longlegg

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TRIP OVERVIEW

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Date(s):3?24

Time on Water:7-1:00

Weather/Temp: 55 rain and clouds

Wind Speed/Direction: 8 E

Waves: <1

Surface Temp: 49-54

Location:

LAT/LONG (GPS Cords):

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 7

Total Boated:7

Species Breakdown: 6 browns, 1 king

Hot Lure: spoons and sticks

Trolling Speed: 1.8-2.5

Down Speed:

Boat Depth: 6-20

Lure Depth: 3-13

==================== What a pleasant surprise. While setting our fifth rod we took a rip off the board. It seemed very large but I was surprised when we boated a 20# King ( first of the year I've heard of in this area). She was a bit dark and full of eggs. We also managed to catch 6 small browns. One again the fish weren't concentrated and we covered lots of water picking a few here and a few there.

SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS

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[MadPerry]

a nice surprise indeed! congrats on a good run.

[MeatHunter737]

[Team Game Face]

20# ?

[Kevin J Legg]

A guide at the ramp guessed 18# but our at home scale read 20. Certainly could be off but a great spring fish no matter what. She was full of eggs and darker in color than other spring salmon I've caught. Here's a view on the boat.

[Paul Czarnecki]

She must have forgot to spawn...

[Kevin J Legg]

Yep, musty be confused.

[Capt Vince Pierleoni]

Congrats on the King no matter what the deal is. As wierd as it is, Paul, a couple years ago I organized a large multiple boat trip in the Niagara and one of the boats got a King like that. Fairly chrome, mature ripe eggs but tight in the skein, about the size of that one. Took a minnow but it was on the stella drift IN the Niagara river at this time of year.

[carpedium]

Would that be a 5 yr old salmon?

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[Gill-T]

Rare but not unheard of. I caught a slightly darkened king at Burt one year at the end of March.

[Capt Vince Pierleoni]

Definitely not a 5 yr old. The rare 5 yr olds in Lake Ontario are always at least high 30's in weight.

[Kevin J Legg]

Caught it on a J-9 Firetiger Rapala on ten pound test.

[ReelPower]

Spring run salmon are becoming a normal sight in MI on the Manistee...could be this fish has that same genetic heritage.

[Tall Tails]

Any Clips on this Salmon? Curious if it is Natural or Stocked?

[Kevin J Legg]

Didn't notice any clips.

[seasquirrel]

Nice fish. What a nice spring bonus. way to go!

[BAZOOKAJOE]

Nice spring zombie!!

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[fishhunter22]

im new to this spring king season. how long is the season and is there a large number that will be coming in to the east side shore?

[stoutner]

im new to this spring king season. how long is the season and is there a large number that will be coming in to the east side shore?

The Spring King season on the EAST end of the lake is 1 day long and you missed it. Gotta wait until June, July, and August for the east end to start getting good. Go WEST young man

[elevatorman]

NICE JOB FELLAS ONE FOR THE SMOKER.

[burkyboy]

There are usually 1 or 2 kings a year caught in April in the Salmon river by steelhead fisherman. We caught one several years ago about 17lbs on the gravel with eggs coming out of her. Either 6 months late or 6 months early!

[fishhunter22]

thats what i was thinking. kings-spring. just don't go together in my head. comma cozzy kings. always a few just way too early or too late..