Missdemeanor

No matter rain or sleet or snow.... Our kings gotta eat! Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

First night feeding session for me... Boy were our little guys active! As soon as the food hit the water, they boiled up on it. Really good to see them so active already. Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

The Genny Salmon pens went in last night.. Good group of lake anglers busted their rear ends to get those pens back in the water this year. We are good to go for the arrival of our Kings the week of April 11. The Genny is an ideal spot for kings to survive predation. Muddy water hides them from aerial threats and the swift river current dumps an out in the lake at a pretty good clip. Have a great season! Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I actually use both throughout the year... Now I love the small Chinooks... It's just cool seeing the rod get smoked real close to the boat... I have a theory why it works well in spring... As the boat goes over them, they swim to the sides and pic up that spoon close ... It doesn't work everyday, but more days than not.. In late spring when I'm fishing the upper column for steel on temp breaks, i'll toss out slide divers.. I won't run the diver back far ( depends on the temp break depth) but I might run the spoon back 50ft.. Whatever my rigger leads are, I run the slide divers back 25ft further. Deeper trolling I'm more used to regular divers... Not that the metal chinooks don't work, they Absolutley work mint... I just haven't put a lot of time in testing depths... I have a hard time experimenting on charters... New techniques give me anxiety lol... Pick a method of deployment and master it... More you run stuff the more confident you get... Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

When I ran slide divers, I ran the regular size on the farthest out setting... Lure was 70-75 ft back... In recent years I've been running the Chinook #1 divers for Browns. Today we did well on browns running the Chinooks.. They were 16to 20 feet out.. Lures were about 8ft behind the diver.. There were times I saw the diver in the water next to the boat. Big browns aren't afraid of hitting next to the boat... Good luck this spring. Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Brian... It's great to see someone who is knowledgeable and passionate about the Lake biomass. Thank you for your work you do and also thank you for taking time to talk to us fisherman. Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

It's funny... That would make the most sense... But we all know how that goes. Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Nope! Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Just picked up a 20 O/U ....American Tactical ... Very light... Choke tubes... Really nice Turkish wood furniture. Gun swings really nice... This weekend will be the first outing with it. All the online reviews of this gun are really good... For $450 it's a pretty good value. Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Crossbow casualty.... Lip squeaked him in to 12 yards Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

If anyone has a savage 10ML... And are not using it... I'm in the market Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

That bear was a tough ole SOB... Some idiot shot him in the shoulder with small caliber round... Possibly a pistol or even .556 round... He also had porcupine quills all over his front legs... He's going to make an awesome full size mount.... And I'm curious to try bear steaks Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

The bear measured 18 7/8.... Thought that was pretty cool. Can't say I would ever shoot another one... Maybe yes, maybe no.. Since the dates and Limits have changed with waterfowling, I've been looking to getting back into whitetail hunting... More stand time in my future. Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

315ish... Taidermist said he's close to 400 walking Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Butcher myself... Probably a trip to Scwans and have some sausage made... His coat is perfect! No rubs.. Claws are huge...now just deciding on a mount Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Where do I begin... I've been hunting all week in Steuben County. Bow hunted for a solid week... Friday, Sat, Sun, Mon I saw many different bucks. My friends and I have a self imposed antler restriction so I let a pile of scrub bucks go... I did shwack a donkey doe mid week. One doe and I'm good ... Now hold off for a mature buck... Opener of gun season... I'm set up at the bottom of a hill... Absolutely zero deer movement.. Out of the corner of my eye I notice a dark object quartering towards me and going up the hill in a thick portion of hardwoods... I can't believe my eyes... It's a bear! I pic a sliver of an opening in front of him... As soon as black fur appears in my scope, I send it! The bear disappears behind a blow down... I don't see him leave the blow down... I keep the scope on the blow down... I notice a black paw twitching.. "He's gotta be down" I keep saying to myself... After a few combat breaths, a few whspered phone calls to my hunting buddies, and I gather up my balls and approach the blow down... I close the 100 yard distance in what seemed like a week... I'm not going to lie.. My knees were knocking with every deliberate step... When I'm about 50 ft from the blow down, I see the bears head... Eye open, pupil blown... He's done. Once I get around the rest of the blow down, I finally get a full view of the bruin... Holy hell he's a giant! I still cannot believe how big he is... He's going on the scales tomorrow! It took four guys, and an ATV with a winch to get him out... A day I'm not going to forget.... Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I knew they were in the Bay... But yes I was shocked to catch one in the high sun of the morning.... Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Fickle fishing continues... Large clouds of bait on the inside waters has the predators very picky on what they want to chew on. One day they chew the transom off... Next day the bite is a grind. Sunday I had a young man and his folks out. This young man is an absolute animal on the stick. With the weird bite and a short trip scheduled, an inside water grind was on the schedule. Tons of marks and bait in 100-120... Suspended, streaking in the rigs... No takers... So down go a couple hammerhead and gambler rigs... Wire diver pulling an echip fly gets crushed and the young man puts a whoopin on a mid 20s shark. After a half dozen or so LTs off the bottom, the big rollers took a toll on our little buddy... Still had a couple hrs left, so we went into the Bay... Nice and Calm... The youngster had a request to catch a Northern... Well, I'm not set up for that, but we will give it a try... Threw out some gawdy colored stick baits in hopes MR toothy would want to chew... After a bit of trolling, one Rigger started acting funny... Released it and it was just weight ... I think it's a weed till the head shakes... Please please please be a Northern... 20ft from boat... Holy Crap it's a walleye!!!! The young man didn't get his Northern , but he scratched off a species on his bucket list... Days like Sunday make ya forget those grind days... Tight lines Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Nice accomplishment John.... That's a great fish.... Congrats to your Buddy Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I'm really glad to see the "Sandy Creek" Shootout was won by a Sandy Creek team. Just proves great things happen to good people Sent from my VS996 using Lake Ontario United mobile app