Rich D

I will be out of Mexico tomorrow. It was very very good today, from the plant to the pond. Limits taken by most, 95-150' 95' down was temp. Good Luck tomorrow. Capt Rich Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Sweet!!! Great way to end the season!!!! Capt Rich Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Plant side, but there is fish either place. Boats are taking fish from The plant all the way to the pond. It has been a very early morning bite, then it dies for a few hours and picks back up again. Good Luck. Capt Rich Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Mexico was very good today, 85-100'. Good Luck!!!! Capt Rich Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Nice!!!! All sharks go to heaven!!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Also looks like it was put on the harness backwards. Lol. But it was producing, if it is not broke, don't fix it!!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Was able to get one of my 5 trips out this weekend. We went 4-6 on Saturday in 3-5's before the storms of the late afternoon chased us off. All fish came below 125' over 225-325'. 400,450 coppers, 300 mag dippys, riggers 125-155' down. Lots of bait on the screen. We took bright chrome kings and had one dark fish, that was still packed with bait. Had a 2-1/2 year old that was not running this year. The eggs in the female we took were very small, size of steelhead eggs, so about 2-3 weeks behind. The males had very small milt sacs, again 2-3 weeks behind. All fish came on ATOMMIK hammers behind pro trolls and spinnys. Will be back out the rest of the week. Temp was down 125-155' depending where you were. Good Luck. Capt Rich Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Brian, I was saying that poss we are missing the early wilds due to that. In the majority of the mature pics that I have seen they have been clipped. Matures to me being 25lbs plus, those are our 4 year olds. 20lbs and less will be non clipped and no chip unless pen fish, going by the info DEC has given us. The year class we will see a shortage of would be the 2 1/2 year olds, fall of 2012. I agree something is up, doubt we will ever know what actually happened this year. I can not find the numbers for stocked fish for spring of 2012 online, if anyone has them I would like to see what it was. Rich Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

What about the 2010 year??? The hatchery got its fish that year, the only thing possible was the wild fish that spawned early. That was the year the SR had the flood, so any early natural spawning might have washed away those eggs. But after it receded, there was kings everywhere spawning. We are not seeing the wild matures this year, and also very very few of our 2 1/2 year fish. So I am curious to see what you have to say about that year. Capt Rich Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

We Deff will not have a drought for the run this year. Plenty of water in the res, and more on the way!!!! But I can see the state saying they need more $$$ to stock more fish, or some other reason to not stock more. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Fleas were not bad at all today, actually ran my 12 lb bt rods today. Went 6-7 in 3.5 hours, all nice footballs. Stingers and stingrays, 50-60' down in 65-85 FOW. Will be back out tomorrow, one of these days the kings will show!!!! Good Luck Capt Rich Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Tim, I agree about the winds pushing the water around, but the east end does not have the kings yet. We get spurts of fish here and there, but the numbers we normally see are Deff not here. Time will tell if the big dogs show up. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Jack, The $50 is per boat, that will cover everyone in the boat. Capt Rich Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

We are missing a portion of the 2 year old fish, remember this years adults were stocked in spring of 2011. The fall of 2010 we had flood on the SR, so the hatchery got its kings, but the fall of 2011 was just the opposite. So we did not get our full stocking in the spring of 2012, which would be out 2 1/2 year class this year. The kings that are being taken are mostly either 1 1/2 yrs old or 3 1/2 years old. The winds we have had this year has really played havoc on our fishing this year. I agree with Vince about the increased stocking of fish in the near future, whether it be kings, cohos or mix of bts or steelies. Everything seems to be 2-3 weeks behind, if these adults are hiding, they should be showing up on the east end in a week or two, we will see if this happens. If not, then the DEC has come clean about is actually being stocked, because there will not be the fish needed to get our eggs again this. Time will tell, mother nature is Deff playing hard ball with is this year. Good luck, and enjoy your time on the water. Capt Rich. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app