Fishstix

I fished Lake Ontario and all I caught was a tin foil hat. I guess next yr Im going to have to start keeping track of fish caught. I had my best yr on LO ever. Some days when the "bite was on" we caught to many fish. Probably should have left them alone on those days. Those 20lb kings fought like the devil. The Cohos were all over . rainbow bloodbaths,and my best brn trout day was 45 fish. Im our area of the lake this fall the kings were in the brn trout water . We would fish for brns but usually ended up with kings. IMO the steady action more than made up for size. It could be a simple answer like "numbers are up and size is down"

How much money? A three way split might not be to bad.

I need a couple of the 8inch reels for my Big Jon electrics. I think the center hole is 1/2 inch if someone has a couple we can get more critical on the measurements.

I have not seen them in Yrs. Ive got a few. You may want to try Abes in Sodus Point. He has a lot of older used stuff bagged up ,sorted and hanging on the wall.

Just got a phone call from postman. He rented a cabin at Toungannock .I said good luck because I dont rhink you can fit under the walking bridge.Does anyone know the height of the bridge? Question 2 There used to be a place about half way up the lake on the west shore where you could dock and go in and get some food and adult bexerage is the place still open?

Splitshot Thats a good question. I was going to launch at Treman,but with Meyers being a weighstation Its probably where we will launch.Not that I plan on catching anything big but IF I did . Ya know actually Im overdue .

YT you should have looked me up at Hughes. My fly bite has been so bad this yr Ive been thinking about putting all my fly [and meat] stuff in a yard sale. I caught some fish on flies this yr but I never had a day when they really rocked.

I will definately be in this derby. Postman from up at Hughes will be in it also. Ill be launching from the S end he will be launching from the N end. We will probably be on channel 68.Still trying to figure out where to fish and what to run.

That would be great if he brought the sighnup forms. Ill talk to seadog ,He's pretty luckey dont know if I want him in the derby.

Been doing Quite well with the Fishlander spoons. The yellow frog has been good also. This one is the shark. Its a glow back. Been good last several weeks. I know I gotta get going on photo stuff. I cant get my camera to download into the computer. LL good to hear from you.

My last boat was a trophy. It was a solid boat for the money. I put a 115 4stroke on it {honda} made it to heavy in the back. Two people in the back to net a fish and the water would run in thru the scuppers.This problem always made me a little nervous. It also had a tendency to Rock and roll when the water was rough.Quality wise for the money probably best buy out there.I like a glass boat. It had strong gunnels to mount downriggers. Not much storage. One man can still handle a trophy boat Mine was a 20ft. trailered nice also.

Split shot thanks for the info on this derby. Im getting ready for a change of scenery.I think wildman will want to get in this one also.Ill spread the word up at camp this weekend.Is Bears bait shop open Fri nites?

Cold water... Nuff said there. Had to ride around Sat till I found a warm pocket. As soon as I did the rods fire . Hits on every thing I had down Fishlander sharks,grapedot watermellon,dalmation hammer fly.I want it back,and good ole wonderbread. Had one over 30 but it was to late to enter, 7thirty when it hit the net. Found the fish in 80 FOW. I didnt get on the water till 2 in the afternoon.I drove over fish to go find fish..... Sunday headed to the same waypoint. Plucked 4 salmon right off the bat then rode around the rest of the day for one more. All and all I just give it a OK. for the weekend. I was tough to put on a hooded sweatshirt Sat afternoon when all the landlubbers were sweating. The cold air felt good for awhile but it got to cold when the wind kicked up.Its amazing all that cold water moved in,more amazing it was gone the next day. First you have to find some fish,then glow seems to work the best. Watermellon seemed to do some damage also.120 on the divers,30 to 50 on the riggers. I got some new prototype dodgers from optimiser to try. Havent caught a fish on them yet . I havent really figured them out. They look good in the water and they have holes in them to make bubbles.I didnt really have the right colors I needed.If I get em going I put up some pictures. They just want some feedback.Ive awalys been a fan of optimiser spoons. Its the same outfit that makes honeybee spoons.A oldtimers favorite.....

Sometime this winter I am going to upgrade my GPS Plotter.I want color. I want a Furuno But garmin is much cheaper and seems to do the same thing. My question is on the G2 garmin charts. The ones that show the underwater detail in 3D. There is a lot of GPS info and im trying to digest it. Are the charts as good as they say? They are around 300 bucks just for the chart. Not so much for LO but they would be great for the fingerlakes. I have been known to fish a few humps and bumps in LO though. If anyone has any good or bad plotter info lets get a discussion going here. I now have a Raychart 425 that wont show track.I also use a Furuno GP37 for track but the screens to small. I fish with a guy that uses a Lowrance 4200c that seems to be a good unit. Another guy I fish with has a northstar. Good unit but he sent it back twice[fixed for free]. I have not ruled out Lowrance,only thing I dont like is the writeing on the screen is so small its hard for me to see. I am not going to spend more than 1k closer to 500 is my price range. Ive been checking Ebay . Lots and lots of GPS stuff there.

Great post. Great Pictures. Looks like you had a great time.

I have been storing my boat there on the trailer for yrs. I have a campsite there . I help pull and set docks. Do what ever needs to be done around there to keep the campground going. I get a season launch and pay by the nite when my boat is in the water. I dont really know what she charges to keep a boat there. You will have to ask Cecil. BTW I talked to a some guys fishing up there this morn. and they had just done a tripple on kings .So their back.

Sat was a blow off day. Sunday was a skunk for most boats including mine. Marked very few fish. Bait was nonexistent. After reading the other posts we should have headed east or west. Your gonna have days like this. A blue screen day.

I heard a guy had a nice rainbow. You didnt miss much by not going up to LO. Slow bite in our area of the lake. Hughes.

Purple ,purple . Then more purple. It must be the water there. Try a black.purple optimiser sometime.If you cant find one look me up. Ill be there weekends. First row of boats on the left. White Arima w/ Yamaha.

http://www.abes-tackle-box.com/ I think we all check out the same sites Abe had a good reports but the server went down and he hasent really got it going again. LOU is definately my favorite I probably check it 3 times a day. I really dont pay much attention to weather predictions. I do keep my eyes open on the big pond though. Ill check out At the Oak a couple times a week , there is some good info to be found there.

Ive got some meat in the freezer. I got it earlier in the year. Ive been saving it for the fall LOC.I figured there would not be any around. I havent run any yet this year but after your report. I guess its time to get out the meat. Twinkie riggs,360 rotators , What did you have going?

Thanks thats a nice little report from my home port.

Not a great weekend but a good weekend. Had the dropsies. Those kings mouths are getting hard and its really hard to get a solid hookset.My flybite is still off I probabky didnt give a dodgerfly an hours worth of running time.Fished spoons both days.Temp was high . 47 down 39ft. Water was clear and cold. Sat was a glow spoon day. Sunday glows would not fire it turned into a grape dot watermellon day.I fished less than 200FOW some went deeper and caught fish 600 FOW was mentioned alot.LOC starts FRI. I had one king probably 25lbs . and a brn around 13. Various other smaller kings. I caught a king on the wire dipsey with 80 feet of wire out . My closest to the boat yet. I also almost got spooled with a tekota 500lc w/30 lb test. Had to turn the boat around to get the fish . They dont hold enough line 20lb test is fine but 30 pushes the limit.

You having one more birthday or one less? Your right Sluggo he does look older in the pictures.

Do they originate in the boat or do they come out of the water?I know when my boat is clean they really chew on you. When my boat is dirty with fish blood and slime around they dont seem to bother as bad. I figure the slime and blood gives em something to do.