Tim Bromund

Fished out of Olcott on the 4th and put the boat back in the slip for the rest of the summer. We haven't fished Ontario since the pro am so it took a bit to get our feet wet again. ended up haveing a pretty good day, going 14/19. Dad is heading out to visit the family in Wisconsin in a couple of days and was looking to get some fish for the smoker to bring with him, so we were in harvest mode. We ended up with 8 fish in the box (the other six landed were undersize steelies and skipper kings), 2 kings to 18 lbs, 3 steelhead to 10 lbs and 3 browns including one 14+ lb slob. We fished in front of the microwave early and had somewhat steady action on the kings and steellies in 120-170 fow. 40-70 down. Had a hard time hanging on to the bigger mature kings today. One of the fish we lost was on the copper and was screaming out drag and broke the 20 lb flouro leader (must have had a nick) another big king was well over 100 yds into his first big run (mountain dew SD and greek crinkle Howie , short lead off the probe rigger, still a hot setup for us) when he came undone. Around 12:30 or so we decided to head inshore to see if we could find some browns and there were huge stacks of bait in 40-50 fow with browns in the mix. we ended up the day with a triple header on browns, only boating 1 which was the 14 pounder off the rigger. Another of the triple was a similar sized brown on the wire diver that dropped off 8 feet behind the boat. The big brown would have been a derby board fish, except we had my brother in law on board today and forgot to get him a derby ticket (stupid, my fault, grrrrrrr) oh well All rigs were working. both riggers, both wire divers, 200' copper 10, 5 and 3 color cores all took hits. (we pulled the copper and 10 color and put out the 5 and 3 color cores when we went inside for browns. spoons were more active than doctors/flies today, mostly green spoons with white backs (R&R Frog and yellowtail stinger were the two best in the water). A gold blade kevorkian took the big brown on the rigger. Here's dad with the big brown: and heres the catch on the Marina Bragging Board: Weather could have been better, but the fishing is just fine out there. Tim

On Thursday June 14th at 7pm the Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA) will be sponsoring a seminar on Walleye fishing from the Buffalo Harbor. Captain Doug Stein will be presenting this Seminar and focus on the techniques he uses to consistently take limit catches of Walleye during the months of June and July from around the Buffalo Harbor area. A round table debrief of the Niagara Pro Am will also be held for those only interested in Trout & Salmon. LOTSA is a group of mainly weekend recreational fishermen who are dedicated to the enhancement of the Lake Ontario Sport-Fishery including the pen rearing project at Olcott. Each meeting also features a sharing of information the current fishing conditions. So come join us and become more successful at fishing Lake Ontario! The seminar will be held at the Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4487 Lake Avenue (Route 78 two miles north of Lockport), Lockport, NY 14094. The seminar is open to the public with a $5 charge for non-members. Call 636-0519 with any questions.

a "mup rig" is matching spoons one standard, one mag (or junior and standard) with the larger spoon on a fixed slider (cheater) just above the main spoon. The typical setup is a standard sized spoon approx 10 feet off the ball, with a mag spoon in the same pattern on a fixed slider 5 feet up on a 5 foot leader, so you have what looks like a smaller baitfish following a larger one, 5 feet below and 5 feet behind tha larger one. The larger one seems to call em in and the fish usually hit the smaller trailer. There is also a description on the attheoak page on their random tips section http://www.attheoak.com/tips.html Tim

Captain Gary's http://www.captgarys.com/catalog/produc ... cts_id/280 Tim

That is us, in case you didn't know. Tim

sticks work well early in the season when the kings are still feeding on smelt, once the alewifes move in, the sticks stop and the spoons take over. The Canadian guys love to run the reef runners longlined off of boards in 20-50 fow in the early season when the fish are in close. Tim

I'm fishing the Niagara Pro-Am this year, Im also docked at the Olcott (Town of newfane) Marina. Tim

yes, not a problem. Did you get the larger antenna to let the beads through? Tim

here's a link to the site, click on the lure catalog link on the right side. it is lure series #31 junior flutter devle. color 360 silver/flo green chrt is one of my favorite brown patterns (thanks to Miss Em's dad, Ernie). It is call mongoose by some of the other manufacturers. http://www.dardevle.net/dardevlecgi/index.pl?init=1 you have to tune these spoons to get the best snappy action out of them, put a nice "s bend" in it and watch the spoon come to life in the water. Tim

On Thursday May 10th at 7pm the Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA) will be sponsoring a seminar on Spring Niagara Bar Kings. Captain Bob Songin of Reel Excitement Charters will be presenting this Seminar and focus on the techniques he uses to consistently take limit catches of Spring Kings from the Niagara Bar area. Captain Bob will also cover the current fishing conditions in the Lake which should be extremely helpful as this seminar will take place during the 8 day LOC Spring Derby. LOTSA is a group of mainly weekend recreational fishermen who are dedicated to the enhancement of the Lake Ontario Sport-Fishery including the pen rearing project at Olcott. Each meeting also features a sharing of information the current fishing conditions. So come join us and become more successful at fishing Lake Ontario! The seminar will be held at the Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4487 Lake Avenue (Route 78 two miles north of Lockport), Lockport, NY 14094. The seminar is open to the public with a $5 charge for non-members. Call 636-0519 with any questions.

Actually before they discontinued the pattern, the Smithwidk "log perch" was pretty darn close. Good thing I stocked up while they still made it. Tim

well, there are turkeys ..... and then there are TURKEYS!!!!

BP is it 1 rod in the river in Canadian Waters, once you hit the lake it goes to 2.

i feel the same way about turkey hunting. 59 cents a pound at price chopper billybono No way billy, not only is turkey hunting a whole lot of fun, there is a world of difference between the taste of a wild turkey and a commercially raised one. May is always a tough time for me, trying to decide between the spring king fishing here on the west end and turkey hunting. Turkey hunting is one of my favorites, much rather do that than deer. Tim

Yup, sure looks like a steelie smolt. Tim

http://www.fishusa.com is another good one Tim

I kind of behaved myself this year. other than two new wiper motors, with bigger arms and blades for the boat. the only new toys I got were 4 Accudepth Plus 47 LC's to retire some old GL 47 LC's. Oh, and a new probe for the Dept Raider to replace the one I lost last trip last year Tim

Yes, the Lake Erie ice cover is down to 240 sq miles, so the boom removal is starting the 10th (today). Tim

In addition to those listed above, with a good mudline, Smithwick rattlin' rogues absolutely rock. I've even taken kings on em off the riggers. Tim

Everything I've ever seen about bowfin (dogfish) indicated that they are not edible, so pitch em back. Tim

On Thursday April 12th at 7pm the Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA) will be sponsoring a seminar on Trout & Salmon Fishing from Wilson Harbor. Captain Mike Johannes has many years of experience fishing out of Wilson, which he will share in this seminar. The timing of this seminar is excellent as the area between Wilson and the Niagara Bar without a doubt is the best area in the Great Lakes to catch King Salmon in the spring. LOTSA is a group of mainly weekend recreational fishermen who are dedicated to the enhancement of the Lake Ontario Sport-Fishery including the pen rearing project at Olcott. Each meeting also features a sharing of information the current fishing conditions. So come join us and become more successful at fishing Lake Ontario! The seminar will be held at the Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4487 Lake Avenue (Route 78 two miles north of Lockport), Lockport, NY 14094. The seminar is open to the public with a $5 charge for non-members. Call 636-0519 with any questions.

here's the link to the accessories pages from Lawrance's web site. You can get it there. http://www.lei-extras.com/store/search. ... ion+Cables Tim

here are a couple of pics of my setup Tim

That's what I did for my gps antenna. I'll try and take a pic and put it up. I believe the 3/4" Sch 40 pipe and fittings are what I used. That gived you the 1" thread on the fitting that you screw the reciever onto. Tim

Here's a link to those pics, I put em up on the LOTSA site a wile back. http://www.lotsa.org/Wire%20Line%20Knot.htm Tim