I decided to take a little bit of a break from chasing walleyes all over the state. The girlfriend and I decided to head to Oswego for my first King attempt of the year. Trolled around looking for fish and put a couple little coho in the boat. Then I happen to look at one of the rods and it looked like it picked up a log. No bounce just a steady dead weight. I popped the rod free and gave a tug. Felt like a log. All the sudden the log started pulling back. :shock: After a short battle I boated my first King of the year. Smartfish Dodger and an A-tom-mik flie. Now for the good part.
I didnt enter the summer loc because I never (except today) fish it during the summer session. Today was more of a boat ride for the g/f. I just wanted to get a lil pumped for the pro-am. Well that King I boated weighed (on my scale) 28lb 5 oz. Needless to say I was a lil dissapointed in myself. I took it over to Larrys about 5-6 hrs later and got it weighed in. Officially 27lb 4 oz. Here are the pics and feel free to kick me.
there are fish to be had. try all over. watch for other boaters since its drunk weekend. just run the lines stright out of the back of the boat and maybe keep one in your hand and give it a lil pumpin' motion.
68 is the popular channel on Oneida. You will find more guys chatting walleye on there than any other channel. The fishing is still very good. My biggest suggestion is get on the water way b4 the sun does. Get off the water by 11 or so. The best fishing will be over with. Maybe the biggest boating weekend of the year. That = spooked walleye. On the water by 4 off by 11.
Fished fri, sat and sunday 6am til noonish. Had a partner friday and sunday. Boated 46 eyes. 7 of which were short and most in the 17-19inch range. A few just over 20 and a 23 1/2 and 26 incher. Lost a hawg that I estimated around 7 lbs today 20ft behind the boat . Weather was good for all 3 days. Looked like most guys were jig fishing. I never dropped a jig. 3day weekend ahead and im trying to decide where to go and what to fish for. Might go back to Henderson
I just think that you might not want to report the outlaws until you are legal yourself. I agree that " the other guys" hurt the fishery more. Walleye however , are a delicate fish and time in the livewell can kill them even if they appear to swim away fine. To your defense alot of people do not know that the culling of walleye is against the law. By all means call if you know someone is abusing the law. They should be ticketed.
Im trying to find it on the dec site but here is how i found it stated.
The fish an angler catches and immediately releases uninjured will not be counted as part of the daily limit for that species.
A person may continue to fish for a species while in possession of a daily limit for that species provided all fish of that species subsequently caught are immediately returned to the water. Special provisions are made for largemouth and smallmouth bass.
Can anyone tell me about the Shangri-La Campground & Marina in The Chaumont area. Myself and 5 others (2 boats) are heading up the weekend of the 21st and 22nd to chase some wallys. She said they have an efficency that sleeps 6 for 75 a night. Is anyone familiar with this place before I set this in stone? The fishing should be decent right?
Thanks Fellas
I only run them in the spring. Once the walleye are in their summer period, I just work the deep water with diving sticks. It produces the most fish for me and typically the better size fish as well. I use a different bait than you though. What area do you fish