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When we ran mono divers we would run them on 25lb test. However, most applications on the Big O require you to have wire to reach the Salmon.

Kings are hanging in 100-300' of water and the Cohos are in a little tighter. Kings will take spoons and Flasher/Fly type baits and the Cohos are taking small spoons and small flasher/flys. Read some of the Pro/Am reports from this weekend.

You should get into one! Its more than competition. Its comrodery (butchered that word) more than anything. There is an AM side and an open division. The Oak is close enough to you, or even Sodus. Get a buddy together and try one!

Anthony, I see your liking those Smartfish?

Hey Rodney, it was nice to meet you too. Thanks, and keep in touch.

Friday (Practice/Pre-Tourney) - We headed out about 5:30am and worked the area from Wilson west to the Niagara Bar. Fishing wasn't fast and furious for us, but there was a steady pick most of the day. Our first big guy came 105 down on the corner rigger pulling my favorite Sea Sick Waddler NK 28. Shortly there after we took a ripper on the 375 wire that eventually wound himself up in the 10 color core off to the side. We ended up dropping him because of this. He took that Green dot Smartfish with an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow fly. Our last King would come from our center rigger that we had parked at 75' for Coho on a Dreamweaver SS Orange Slurpee. The rest of the day was a steady pick of Coho, small stealhead, and small kings. We got our limit, but it wasn't impressive. Saturday (Day 1) - Well, we wanted to see if we could scrape up a few kings before we headed into box out on Coho, but the Kings weren't playing in the area we were working. We went deep looking for some and all we found were Coho and a nice 9lb Steelhead. The lure of the day was the Stinger Stingray Mixed Veggies. It took 4 out of the 6 fish we boxed fished off our 10 color core. The Coho we found the day before had moved West a tad and when we got on top of them the bite was over. A very disappointing day for us given we have been slamming the fish out of Wilson for a few weeks, but it is June and the lake seems to be very hit or miss during this particular month. So, our decision Saturday night was that we needed to go big! Coho weren't going to get us in the money. Sunday (Day 2) - So, we headed out to a spot that another boat had some luck on a few Kings the day before. We didn't have all the lines in the water when the 400 wire starts to throb. Well, 6:04am and we had our first King locked and by 6:15 he was in our cooler. He took a Dreamweaver Spinny White w/ a Green Edge pulling a Sea Sick Waddler A-TOM-MIK fly. We were pumped thinking we would have a shot at money by the end of the day. Well, it was 8:am before we were locked into another fish. This one hit the 200 rigger pulling a Dreamweaver Spinny Black w/ green dots trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Ultra green Glow fly. No sooner did we get it down and it was hooked up again. So in 15 minutes we had another teenager in the box followed closely by a Coho. Then another lull! We would take a few shots off the 600 later pulling the Green dot SmartFish trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Glow Green fly. Lastly, our 400 wire would take off with another big guy. This one on a Dreamweaver Frog Racer Spinny towing an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Glow Green fly. We would end the day with 6 in the box again. However 4 were Salmon and 2 were Coho.

Nice job glen!

Nice job! Hope your son enjoyed it. I know I did when I was younger! I see you have a pic of my next boat in the background. Thanks!

Here is my grip about floro on a wire dver, and I know people use it, but floro has NO stretch. I dont use snubbers so I need that mono to give a little. I dont get cracked off on my divers ever. Not for nothing, but you do have a 5" disc less than 10' from the lure so does the fact you can see the line matter? I am one of the guys that has the new Wonder Set diver Mike C talks about above. If you want to see it stop by the Wilson Boat House or 4C's during the next two Pro-Ams and I will gladly get you a look at this devise.

I think I am purchasing a Coolpix P90 tonight. I played with it last night and it did everything I wanted. Plus the guy at the camera store in rochester knew his stuff!

I've gotten 2-3 people since this post. I will keep you updated bud. Thanks for the offer, but I think your safe at this point...lol. Go catch some fish!

Looking for an observer given the fact ours decided yesterday he "couldn't" do it. We pay $75 a day. You can fish with us on Friday practice at no charge to you. Only downside would be we don't have a bed for you. 5 guys sleeping on the boat is enough...lol! So, if there is anyone in the area that would like to do one, or both, please let me know as soon as possible. e-mail: [email protected] phone (after 4pm): 585-704-7996

Same here!

Thanks guys! Every bit of info helps.

Thanks! That's a great site.

That was a NASTY Labor Day weekend. Strong East winds made the Eastern Basin Ice water. So about 60 boats trolled inside Oswego Harbor in Fog so thick you couldn't see 100 feet in front of you. We were trolling the East wall in this pick and you can barley pick out the wall:

So, for my b-day i want to buy a new Digital camera. I would like an optical zoom out to 10x and 8 mega pixels or more. I don't want to spend over $400. Kodak looked to have a nice one (Z1015) for under $300, but are they any good?

Man that was a fun weekend!

I would loose the stacked riggers and buy some "junk lines." A 10 color and a 400 Copper should do you well most of the time. Run them off planer boards one off each side to get them away from your wire divers. This adds stealth to your presentation.

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Congrats bud!

They are a very good addition to the arsenal! Some days its SD's, some days it Chips, and others the SF will kick butt.

It started Friday night by arriving to the Wilson Boat House around 4pm. I found a buddy at the dock so I said come on lets get out there! We got out about 6 and fished till about 8 with somewhere around 9-10 bites. We were surprised at how high the fish were coming in comparison to the previous 2 weeks. Our 75 rigger with a Dreamweaver SS Gator took the first shot with a teenage King. It would take another shot not soon there after. Our other hot rigger was our 65 rigger pulling a pair of Yeck Mixed Veggies. The only deep rig to go would be our 325 wire pulling that HOT White/Green Dot SmartFish (exclusive to A-TOM-MIK) with an Ultra Green Glow A-TOM-MIK fly behind it. Lastly, with about 30 minutes to go I let out the 10 color with that DEADLY Stinger Penguin and it did its job twice. It was an action packed couple of hours just a click or two East of port anywhere from 100-200. Saturday we took our time getting out. It was just my brother, my girlfriend, and myself. We all agreed that breakfast was the right thing to do that morning. We finally got on the water about 9:30, and as luck would have it we found out that was about when the bite shut down. Not wanting the skunk to hit the boat I decided to toss out that Coho Killer from Dreamweaver on a 2 color off our Otter Boat. It wasn't out there for long when the Orange Slurpee did what it does best and hooked a Coho. A little bit after that we called it quits as the NE wind got the lake rollin' pretty good. So, 4 hours of fishing left us with 1 small fish and concern about the charter the next day. Sunday's charter showed up VERY early, which was fine by me given the fantastic morning bite the day before. Our charter today was a graduation gift from father to daughter. So, she brought some friends along to join in on the fun. We headed out just at day break and found a decent screen, but they were exactly jumping in the boat. This trip was a tad bit different than others with 3 women and one guy aboard, but I must say they handled the rods better than some of the guys I have on board! We ended up losing our first 3 or 4 fish on the wire divers, and once we dialed in all the gear we had a steady pick till it was time to pull the rods. Divers were firing out at 300-375 with the deadly combos pictured above. Those two combos have taken 75% of our fish the last 3 weekends! SmartFish are now offered in that deadly Wonderbread pattern, and I promise you they are deadly! We would end the day with 9 fish in the box with 3 great Kings all in the mid to upper teens. The rest were that 10-13lb range with a few cohos mixed in. Again the Dreamweaver SS Orange Slurpee took the Coho. Our riggers would take only a few shots with Dreamweaver's SS Dave's Salmon Slapper, and NK's Sea Sick Waddler taking them. Monday was another relaxing day of fishing with friends. We headed out around 7:15 and got word that it was SLOW. We set lines in front of the harbor and it didn't take us long to loose our first wire fish out 325 pulling a White/Green dot SmartFish trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow fly. Not long after we re-set that rod it fired again! After that we went blank! So we went into search mode. We headed West and Deep and finally found some fish in 300'. A few Coho's and Stealhead in the top 40' that took Dreamweaver SS Orange Slurpee's and Glow Froggy's of 2 colors and 10 colors. We would take another shot on our 600 copper pulling a White/Green dot SmartFish trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Live Ultra Green Glow. Finishing off our day was a slider on our 75 rigger with a teenage King that ate a Dreamweaver SS Dave's Salmon Slapper.

Nice job richy rich! I got your picture last night.

Nice to hear! Not much of a selection in the Rochester area normally!