Just Fishin'

Sorry ADK, was away from the site for a couple days. Was fishing 20-25' off the ball. Anthony, I wish I had seen you and texted. I did pass one boat with a couple of outboards on back- that was not you though, correct?

Fished 6-10:30 Am Between River And Russell. 9-11 With A 27 Lb King, Several Smaller Kings Some Steelies, A Coho And A brown. Fished In 120-180, temp Was48 Down85. SeSick Waddler AndGreen Gator Took All Accept BiG King On Nuclear Green Paddle Wit Anti Freeze Fly. sorry about capitals but I hate this phone...

I will be out tomorrow AM and feel free to give me a shout on 68 if you want temps. @bondouley: that would help me too, haven't been out in 3 weeks so some starting temps will save me on gas $.

This lake can be very humbling at times. People hooking up all around you and you can't do anything. Been there, many times. Read this site religiously and you will learn a ton. If still not working for you go out on a charter in your area....guarantee you will learn something and it might be the difference. I have never met a charter captain that you can't get talking about what works and why. I know you may not want to do it since you have so much $$$ tied up in your own stuff, but it will be worth it.

Needed to join, should be good to go now! Seriously, welcome to the board.

Great video, thanks. Damn you guys killed em that day!

Great job guys!

A little delayed due to 15 people staying at my house..... Fished 6 am to 11 off of Russell Station. 48 degrees down 60' in 170. worked 150-190 with a 10lb king on a glow frog on the 55 rigger. Steelie on a 10 color with a lemon lime. Also a couple skippies on the sliders. Had 6 relatives from Boston area on board who found unique ways to shake fish! Definitely learning that you need to watch the fisherman, not the fish, when you have new people on board. Flat with some fog but avoided rain. Nice morning but slow fishing.

Way to go John! State is reviewing my fishing license and considering revoking it after such a piss poor showing yesterday. Same waters as you and I stunk. I did manage to break some things though.

Nice job! Any time you put a king in the boat in June is a good night in my books. Thanks for the report.

Started off Russell in 100 and worked out to 390. Did a steelie in 288' on a 10 color core with watermelon. Lost a good one off the boards on a gold with black dots. Worked back in to where we should have stayed and did one on the 70 rigger off the slider in 160'. Couple of other misses and that was it. If harvesting black fies were the sport- we are in the major leagues. Typical mid June day- search for fish and just enough action to remind you how nice it is to be out. Fished yesterday also. 12 lb. king, 2 lakers and 2 steelehead in 160-185 off Braddocks Point. That is why I was dumb and went searching today instead of staying where there was fish. Will I ever learn? Good day to show some new guys how to rig. Also had Reel Intense on board so I could just drive, give orders and smack flies.

I also 2nd J.D., there have been things I couldnt find at West Marine that I have found at Shumways in the past.

I would start at West Marine on Ridge Road in Irondequoit.

It probably is clear, but just to be sure, I only cut and pasted an article from a D and C site. All text is from the article.

After saying the death of countless fish in Irondequoit Bay this spring was due to a natural seasonal phenomenon, New York environmental officials reversed course Tuesday and said an infectious fish disease is to blame. The disease, known as viral hemorrhagic septicemia or VHS, does not pose a threat to humans or other mammals, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. But it has killed a large number of gizzard shad, white perch, yellow perch and drum in the bay, the DEC said in a statement. No mortality numbers were released, but from witness accounts, the number is in the thousands. Walter Burack of Rochester was kayaking in Ellison Creek near Empire Boulevard in early May and saw what he termed a “massive†die-off. “These fish were behaving incredibly bizarrely. Honestly, the number of dead fish and their odd circular swimming at the surface was so striking that I told my son at the time that this might be 'fish plague' " he said. The die-off began in late April, according to the DEC and to residents along Irondequoit Bay and along Ellison Creek, which feeds the bay from the south. The DEC asked anglers to avoid spreading VHS to other bodies of water by not taking fish, including bait, from the bay to other bodies of water; by cleaning the hull, motor, propeller, trailer and other gear of any boat before leaving the bay; and by disinfecting the live well, bilge and bait tanks with a 10 percent solution of bleach. VHS was first documented in the Great Lakes when it caused a large die-off in Lake Ontario in 2005. Since then, it has been blamed for mass deaths of fish in a number of Finger and Great lakes, according to the DEC. The virus cannot make humans sick, but it does affect many different species of fish. When the DEC was asked about the die-off in early March, the agency said it was due to spring water-temperature changes and other environmental stresses. [email protected] http://twitter.com/sorr1