Missdemeanor

Stan the browns are around. I just like to target them in mid summer. Besides those steelies are the best fighters in the Lake. Had some great air shows today. I love catching Browns, but there's nothing better than a big ole buck eye charging out of the water. Chris... Just an FYI I ran some flat lines with spoons off the big boards. They had a small shot on them too....Nothing. The cores were Ok, the divers were good , but the slide cheaters were to ticket....Good luck

Thanks guys. this has been one of the best spring bites ever. All these fish we caught today were released and in good shape. Hopefully this pattern will last a little longer

Started out in 120.ft We had a solid pick all the way 200. Ended the day at 1030 , 19 for 23. Mixed bag of kings, Steelies, Cohos and a chicken for good measure. Almost every rig I threw out took a rip, but the highlights had to go to Hog Wild Spin DR and Crazy**** fly 120 on the wire diver. 10 colors, 5 colors and 3 colors all took shots. Riggers from 60 and up with slide cheaters also too shots. Typical red stuff off the sliders, wonderbread mags,and a newer spoon I taped up took a few. When I get a pic of the spoon I'll post it up. Here is some of the decent fish we took....I love those buck eyes!

Yea until you need one....Like when you wife or daughter gets in an accident or has a flat and some good civil servant changes her tire, or stands by till AAA gets there. The Police have gotten a bad rap lately. Sure there are alot of crappy things going on, and you know what Bad on those guys. Bad on the guys who give good cops a bad name. As far as those BP guys......They probably didn't have any idea what goes into trolling a spread. I'm not making excuses you guys just have to remember not everyone on the lake has a clue what we do. Most BP guys start off in one of the worst crappy areas on the Mexican border. Every day they face the possibility of some national killing them in order to get into the US. I have alot of respect for the job they do and the coast guard for that matter. Its just a sign of the times and we have to adjust to it.

Its always good to kick the skunk out of the boat.

Sponge your exactly right...My apologies....The fly was the crazy Beehatch...Just went to the oak and bought three more yesterday.

Ran all the way out to 450 only to find a gradual temp break all the way. Ice cold water so we headed in to about 180. Wire dipseys 110 and 95. One with a Mountain Dew Spin DR No-see-um Atomik. The other was rigged with my new favorite Crazy Bit$h Spin Dr. and matching Atomik fly. We ended the day with a respectable 6 kings 1 Steelhead. lost 4 other fish. Not a bad morning and we were back at the dock by 11:00. Most of the kings were mid teens, however we had one monster that weighed 27 on the digital scale. Too bad it wasn't last weekend. All the fish were successfully released.

I have an X-4....awesome unit........

Thanks for clarifying that for me guys......Still sucks. If its not the blow boaters causing trouble, its the freakin fast ferry or the air show. Rochester is by far the most underrated port in the lake. It too bad it wasn't a little more sportsmen friendly.

Just so you Rochester fishermen are aware,The coast guard will not allow any boat traffic in or out of the Port during the air show . May 30th and 31st. You could probably go out in the morning, but they will close the port at 0800 for the rest of the day. NOT GOOD! As I get more details I will post them up

The only vessels that fall into the "Fishing vessel" category are Long Liners, or drag neters. Commercial fishing vessels in other words. regular guys who are trolling like we are fall into the "Power Driven Vessels" category. I almost puke in my mouth to say it, but the sailboats have the right of way.

WTG...I use some heavy duty stuff. I have an abu garcia bait caster heavy action 6 1/2 ft rod, spooled with 85 lb power pro. Instead of a steel leader I use 50 lb mono with a beefy snap swivel. My musky fishing has been in the Niagara river jigging big baits off the bottom. You really need the heavier stuff to pull your bait out of snags. For trolling in the Late Late Fall I tend to use my salmon stuff with titanium leaders...Good luck chasing the Essox

Mark...No problem. I think we can have most of the bases covered. Probably not out again till next weekend

Nice morning. 47 degree water and pretty good color. First rod in the water went off almost immediately. Smokin drag and a vicious run to the boat. What a way to start off the 2009 season. 13lb king. Little while later my brother gets a nice surprise, 7 lb walleye. We ended the short morning 5 for 5. Mixed in a few cohos. Its been a long winter. Hopefully this is an omen of this season. Good luck and tight lines .....Matt

Name: Matt French Boat Name Missdemeanor Boat Make : 31 Baha Sportfisherman Home port:Rochester Number of years on L.O: 30

Just installed the Fish hawk x-4. Splashing the boat soon and I'm anxious to check it out.

Yea thats not my usual spring haunt, but I figured it would be nice an easy for the small boat, plus its nice and close to home.....

Fished out of Sandy today. Not much to report other than skim ice on the lake. The lake was dead flat with no wind. the ice was really screwing up the flat lines. Around 10:00 I had a rip on one of the inline boards. Never saw the fish but it made a nice run with a few head shakes. I never did turn him. Might have been a bigger brown or a king. That was my only hit for the morning.

Rick.....Looks like you got that brownie fishing down......Now just brak out the evil eyes and your all set.

Glenn.....Just so you know the only places around us,in NY, for fingerprints is US CG In Buffalo and the USCG in Messina. That was right off the OUPV license application and the Chief in station Rochester. I know of guys who had quite a bit of trouble getting an appt to get their prints done. I went to Buffalo and those guys were great. Its a real pain to go there. Heck I fingerprint people everyday and I still had to go to Buffalo. Good luck....

Gotta love those Squaw mounts.....

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Web its all good my man... The guys on here that are serious musky fishermen know what time it is when you get a big girl to the boat. As much of a "Don't handle a fish like this" video , its still one hell of a muskie.

You know I didn't want to post anything, but I agree with you nitro.....Those fish are real sensitive and need to be handled properly. Its a great trophy no question. As it would make one hell of a replica mount. A big fish like that could get stressed very easily and like nitro said ....belly up time. Some areas of the country are not experiencing the disastrous effects that VHS has had on our muskie population. The Niagara river and Lake Erie fisheries are in big trouble right now. It may take a closed season for many years to protect what muskie population we still have......

Irondequoit bay........Not a very fun place to hunt. TONS of Pressure l(Like said on a previous post) and once the shooting starts the ducks are hell bent for shoe leather. If you hunt divers and don't have a boat, you really limited. Puddle ducks you could get away with hunting Tonowanda or Oak Orchard WMU's. Those areas are pretty much walk in spots. Like Irondequoit, there is a lot of pressure there. I choose to canoe back to small open water pockets. There are dikes that run through the properties, but thats usually where you'll encounter the skybusters. In the late season the Lake Ontario shoreline can be good. You just have to have a nice south wind. Certain areas I hunt on the lake you still need a small boat to put out the decoys. Any wind other that south you are pretty much screwed. My suggestion is getting a boat. It will open up a ton of opportunities. Like posted on the other thread, the open water hunts are great. Check out my previous post viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8835