Bad Habit

Fished this morning from 6:30 til 9:30. Started at about 80' and went to 130'. Ended the morning 3 for 4. Did one small King on a watermelon NK 28 slider off a rigger at 95' over 120'. The second fish was also a small King caught on a 42 second NK Mag off a dipsey out 150' over 120'. The third fish was a King about a 10lb King caught on an NBK Stinger down 95' over 120'. Marked a lot of small bait pods but not a lot of hooks with them. Decided to cut the morning short when I got my line wrapped up in the kicker motor netting the last fish. Went back to the dock where I could reach the prop to cut the line out and now ready for another day.

Thanks for the report. That's a lot more encouraging than the reports last week. Hopefully, the fish and bait will stick around for a while.

What do you think this strong NE wind will do to the lake?

Same result for me yesterday. Fished from 7:00 til 10:00. I stayed in the 60 to 90-foot range from I-bay to Webster Park. I saw lots of bait and a few fish. I tried different depths and speeds but couldn't get a bite. There was enough bait to get the rods bouncing but very few hooks right on the bait. water temp was right around 60 degrees on top and the coldest I found was about 46 degrees down 75 feet over 90.

Thanks, I did do that. I’m thinking it’s a switch because it started intermittently a few outings ago.

The ignition on my Yamaha 9.9 stopped working. I’m thinking it’s a bad kill switch or neutral switch. Does anyone know how to bypass these to test and temporarily fix it? I would like to get through this week until I can do a permanent fix. I'm also looking for someone that can do the fix for me if needed. Any recommendations would be appreciated. I'm in the Rochester area. Thanks.

The ignition on my Yamaha 9.9 stopped working. I’m thinking it’s a bad kill switch or neutral switch. Does anyone know how to bypass these to test and temporarily fix it? I would like to get through this week until I can do a permanent fix.

The wind has been stiff out of the south the last few days. Glad you were able to find fish. Those spring Kings are a lot of fun. The forecast has the wind turning to the north Wednesday night. Hope they are right. That could set up the inshore fishing for the weekend.

They were the mag size.

The diver is the 4 1/8" dia. I was it running 35' out without a ring, on the 3 1/2 setting on a wire diver. Couldn't have been running very deep.

I didn't get out until almost 9:30. Set up just east of the bay. Lake was a little choppy with rollers out of the northeast. Trolled back and forth to the flagpole a few times without a touch. Slipped out to 60' to take a look but didn't see anything so came back shallow. When the lake settled down the fish started biting. Ended the day 4 for 7. 2 Browns and 2 Kings (15# and 18#). Every hit came on a Michigan Stinger NBK. 4 were 10-11 feet down on the rigger and 3 were on a Dipsey out 35 on a 3 1/2 setting. Not one hit on a stick bait. Also all hits came in 20' to 25' of water. Off the water by 2:00

Thanks!

I'm looking for input for a good net to use when fishing with stick baits. The two I have now are a real PITA with the treble hooks, so I'm in need of something that the lures don't get so wrapped up in.