Billy V

Nice report Rob, way to stick it out on Sunday. They do a nice job with the Scotty's. We're looking forward to a fe wof them next year.

Batteries were DEAD when I got there. they were prolly dead for the past two weeks. Time to re-load and get them out to a couple of different places.

Yep. $65 clearance cameras at Cabelas last year. There are cameras that take better quality pics, but these more than do the job for my purposes.

Weight please!!!

Here's a few pics of the best buck I have on camera so far this year. Nothing like Jerry has up there in the Land of Oz, but it'll do for around here. JERRY...when is my weekend to come hunt in Oz with you??

You might want to check with my kids. They caught a bunch of their little brothers the other day and might know where the big ones are too!

Saw this over on Spoonpullers and thought I'd pass it along. Congrats to Eric and Kevin on a great weekend! Team Total Fish Points 1) Striker 10 319.60 2) Sea Devil 9 276.51 3) Shirley B 8 249.47 4) Cold Steel 8 246.33 5) Oh-Baby 8 225.58 6) Grand Slam 7 212.73 7) Get It Wet 7 198.01 Pacific Time 6 186.80 9) A-TOM-MIK 7 165.88 10) Hideout 6 160.32 11) Thrillseeker 5 153.84 12) Vision Quest 7 150.88 13) East Coast Boys 5 147.25 14) Liquid Plumber 6 141.22 15) Sunchaser 5 137.43 16) White Cap Charters 5 134.24 17) Praying Mantis 5 128.22 18) Yankee Dream 4 123.64 19) Hot Rod 5 121.95 20) Two Fish 4 120.81 21) Finsanity 4 115.06 22) Fastlane Fishing 3 93.84 23) High Voltage 4 93.19 24) Yankee Troller 3 85.64 25) Kenoerdel 2 70.21 26) Lousers 2 61.17 27) Primetime NY 2 60.58 28) Trouble Shooters 2 58.51 29) Popeye 2 56.15 30) Lucky Enuff 2 48.55 31) Tall Tails 2 47.89 32) Finhooker 1 32.03 33) Last Minutes 1 31.62 34) Fish Nutz NY 1 29.02

All of the Sharks are sold pending payment. Thanks for looking!

Both of my 345 clickers were dead after two days. Other than the clickers, the reels have been fine though.

Great report Charley! Way to go!!

Both of the 15 lb Sharks are sold pending payment. 2 of the 12lb Sharks are sold pending payment. I still have 1 12 lb Shark available. Thanks!!

Thanks Ray! This is a beautiful boat, and I'm sure it'll make someone happy for years to come.

I have the following Sharks for sale: 1- 15lb Black Faceted Shark $50 1- 15 Lb Chrome Faceted Shark $50 3 - 12 Lb Sharks - The 12 lb Sharks were chrome & gold faceted, but they've been painted flat black. Some of the paint has rubbed off of them, but they're still in great condition otherwise. $45 ea. Local pickup in Ithaca, NY. You can PM me here, email me at [email protected] or call me at (607)592-9012.

I thought I heard some country music coming from that end of the marina the other day! NO JOKE...That Country music is the ringtone on Jerry's phone!

BTW Jerry...NICE HAT!!

Charley, Temp down 60 feet was 54-58 degrees, and down 80 it was 45-48 degrees. It varied some, but there was a pretty tight band of temp that we were working. The later in the season we go, the stronger the Kings spawning instincts become so the more tolerant of warmer water he'll become, especially off the mouths of the tribs he'll be running up. We often find late season Kings in really warm water (60-65 degrees), so don't be afraid to fish the marks in that water. Hope this helps!

GREAT FISH JERRY!!! I bet that was exciting when it hit the deck. I had a great time with you too...thanks for helping me out, I really appreciate it.

I'll be out Tuesday afternoon, so no worries, I got the mid-week thing covered for you! Thanks for the report!

The lake was dead-flat when we left port so we decided to try our luck off-shore today. We pointed the boat NW out of port and after a short run we set up in 340FOW. We had a steady pick of fish today, but the best depths for us were 460-480 FOW, and we found our temp from 60-80 feet down. Our best down speed was 2.0-2.1mph on our Depth Raider. We ran a mixture of DW spoons & Spin Dr/Sigg's Rigs Flys on both downwriggers and wire divers. Our best spoon pattern was the SuperSlim DW Gator fished at a variety of depths, and our best spinny combo was a white double crush glow Spin Dr/Sigg's Rigs Glow Ghost fished off our our 80' rigger. We also had multiple bites on both a Wonderbread Spinny/Sigg's Rigs Wonderbread UV Glow fly and a Green Dot Spinny/Sigg's Rigs Green Hypnotist fly combo. Today was mostly a steelhead bite for us, although we did manage a couple of kings, one of which was a 27lb bruiser that took a SS Gator spoon fished off of a 65' rigger out over 460 FOW: The kids we had out with us both got to tussle with several steelhead today too: Jerry and I both particularly enjoyed seeing the kids locked up with some Lake Ontario chrome....steelhead are the perfect size fish to introduce a kid to this sport. After a few turns on the rod each, I think we have two more kids hooked on this fishery; they both said that they want to come back again reaalllllly soon. Good call bringing them with you "Uncle Matt"! It was fun to pit my spinny/fly program against Jerry's spoon program. I didn't keep track , but if I had to guess I'd say it was a draw...pretty much everything we put in the water got bit today! I had a great time today Jerry...let's make time to fish together again soon.

Happy Birthday Scott!

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Just my $.02 worth here...I have the White Tourney Series riggers (Cannon Mag 20 DT/TS) and I've found them to be not only smokin' fast, but dead-nuts reliable. The counters on mine are just as they should be...spot-on every time. The only issue I've had with the riggers was when I yanked on a boom to extend it and broke the compression collar....my fault! One quick call to Cannon customer service (outstanding by the way) and they replaced the entire boom for me at no charge, even though it was my fault it broke. I had the replacement part in less than a week. I also have two full seasons of experience with Humminbird products and can't say enough good about them. If you want the opinion of someone who's used them extensively, feel free to PM me. That being said, any of the major downrigger brands will serve you well for year to come.

Thanks for INVITING me to come hunt with you this year Jerry! Can't wait to stick one or two of those bucks!

30lb right to the swivel will work just fine. We use 30lb Big Game and the fleas aren't a problem for us.

I'm with CBish on this one except that we frequently start our deep water flasher/fly leads at 10' off the ball and go from there. In shallow water we'll oftentimes stretch our spoon leads way back there, but only if we need to! You'll definitely want to try bumping that speed up a bit...2.2-2.8 is a good range for summer kings. Another big part of the equation is where you're fishing. If you're fishing an area and you're not marking any fish and have no temp, lead lengths aren't really going to matter much. You gotta find fish first, then worry about details like lead lengths & speed.