6-17-12 Finders Keepers Sodus Report

[Finders Keepers]

Fishing Report

Your Name / Boat Name: Finders Keepers

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TRIP OVERVIEW

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Date(s): 6/17

Time on Water: 5:30-11am

Weather/Temp: Partly sunny, warm

Wind Speed/Direction: SSE 10-20+

Waves: 1-2's in close, 2-3's out deeper

Surface Temp: 67

Location: In front of Sodus

LAT/LONG (GPS Cords):

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 10

Total Boated: 3

Species Breakdown: Kings, Steelhead

Hot Lure: UV Black Tuxedo

Trolling Speed: 2.7

Down Speed: 2.7

Boat Depth: 80 - 180

Lure Depth: 35-100

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SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS

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On Sunday we brought out Fox Rochester/News 8's John Romero and his son JD for some line-ripping action. We were setting lines over 85 fow soon after sun-up and before I could get the first wire in the water, the port side rigger fires and starts screamin'! JD let his dad take the first fish since it was Father's Day and it was GAME-ON!! The fish smoked-out several hundred feet of line on its first run, then had two more robust runs and we knew we had a good fish on! The fourth run was straight at the boat and when John finally caught up with it, the king was gone. After that, it was a slow pick the rest of the morning as the wind picked up strength and held us under 150 fow. We had a feeling the larger kings that were in tight early had slid out deeper, but to target those would make for a rough ride, so we held in tight to see what we could find. We had several short hits, one 14 lb king, a skip king, and about a 10 lb laker get off about 20 ft behind the boat. It was getting towards 11am, and John still hadn't put a fish in the boat, and had said he'd like to catch a steelhead. So we put out a shallow steelhead spread, missed a couple, then he finally brought a beautiful 9lb chromer to the net! On our way back towards the lighthouse we tried in closer for some browns, but they were M.I.A. and we would finish 3 for 10.

All in all it was a great day on the water and both John and JD were happy with some fish for the grill later that day! I'll get pics posted as soon as I get the chance. We're hoping to get out once or twice this week to pre-fish for the Atommik Challenge on Saturday. Good luck to everyone fishing the Summer LOC - with the size of the kings this year, it's going to be a fun season!!