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Here's a video... It's running smooth, a bit of color to the smoke. http://static.photobucket.com/player.sw ... 52_842.mp4 [ Post made via Android ]

Ok so my 4 stroke 9.8hp kicker has smoke coming out, almost like it's running rich, should I be concerned? First time we've run it this year. [ Post made via Android ]

Beautiful day out here. Bite has died though. Still havent marked a fish, very weird... [ Post made via Android ]

80' glow frog, there for a second then gone. 280 fow. [ Post made via Android ]

I had about 300' of copper earlier, couldnt move it. Dropped it to 400' still cant move it. It has a spinny fly on it though and every bite has been a spoon so far... [ Post made via Android ]

Theresa welcomed aboard our first king of the season!! [ Post made via Android ]

70' rigger screaming!!!! [ Post made via Android ]

Another nice coho free sliding green/orange on 70' rigger over 250fow. [ Post made via Android ]

Took a shot on orange free slider 85' rigger, gone before I could get to the rod. 200fow. [ Post made via Android ]

Lots of slimy green algae out here, lines are getting covered in it. Havent marked a fish all morning either.. Gonna slide out deeper. [ Post made via Android ]

Had one rip a free slider and gone... [ Post made via Android ]

Green free slider on 50' rigger, green dolphin in 65 rigger. Got one in the boat, skunk is gone! [ Post made via Android ]

Doubled! [ Post made via Android ]

and gone! It was a decent fish, pulled the hook. I couldnt find my sharpener last night, lets hope it doesnt bite me in the butt too bad today! [ Post made via Android ]

Fish on! 68' seasick waddler. 120fow... [ Post made via Android ]

Good morning everyone, it's a beautiful day, let's go fishin! [ Post made via Android ]

we'll see you out there, probably be on Ch68. Nick

Had dinner at the Wilson House restaruant at the Wilson Boatyard tonight. The chowder is amazing! The garlic parmesan fries weren't my fav. A great restaraunt although a bit expensive it has a beautiful view of the harbor and excellent food with a bit of "upclass" touch that's hard to find in small towns. Wanted to share something a friend gave me as well... remember those bouncy balls with a handle you used to sit on and bounce around with? Well they also make really great fenders! Just finished rigging up tomorrow's hot setup as well... mt dew spinny with a king seeker big weenie fly... Also, in case anyone was interested, here's a shot of the downstairs of our home away from home! It also converts in my office away from office... Well East winds tonight, hopefully that won't shut the fish down in the morning. Weather should be nice tomorrow so I'll be out there. Tight lines to all tomorrow! Nick

Thanks for the well wishes everyone! We got the boat in and headed to our slip. Unfortunately I'm a bit of a sissy docking in tight places and the slip really made me nervous, last thing I want to do is hit someone elses boat! Bob and Kevin are awesome though and found us a different slip, so we're all tucked in and tied up. [ Post made via Android ]

Ok we made it! [ Post made via Android ]

Just passed Batavia, not far now! [ Post made via Android ]

Oh Baby, Oh Baby! It's a new fishing season! Time to bring back the live reports. I hope everyone had a good off season and it sounds like fishing has been great at the lake, time to get my butt out of hibernation and get in on the action! I started a new position at work, so my fishing time will be a little bit more limited this year, but I'm still going to get out as much as I can. We picked up Ruff Rider last night from my parent's house in Poughkeepsie (where I store it during the winter). We left Poughkeepsie at about 5:30am and started the long drive up to the Niagara Bar. I had a business meeting that I needed to attend today, but luckily I'm able to attend from the road. So please excuse a bit of non fishing information, but it may help some of you fellow work slaves out there... Fox Fi is a free tethering app on the droid market place. It is free, legal, and doesn't require any root changes to your phone. It lets me utilize my unlimited data package on my phone as a wireless ethernet router, which I can connect to from my laptop. Hence how I'm typing this report on my laptop right now! It's pretty sweet and also lets me use my kindle fire or laptop from the boat. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxfi&hl=en So today's business meeting was held from a rest stop off of I90 just past Albany. The rest area had a trucker's lounge, which I was leary of at first, but it was actually nicer than my normal office! Meeting is done and it's time to get back on the road! The wife and I will be up at Wilson for an entire week and hopefully I'll continue live reports through that time. I wonder if I might be able to get a live webcam working from the lake while fishing? If so, that would be pretty cool... For anyone who missed the action last year, here is a link to the 2011 Live Report: http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishing/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=24685&hilit=wilson+live Nick

we drive 5 1/2 hrs each way to the lake on the weekends... your drive isn't bad! Nick

I find that each setup, boat, day is different. Deploy your setup in 50fow and let line out 20ft at a time pausing for a few mins in between until it begins bouncing on bottom. Then do the same in 100fow. That will give you a good starting point. That being said, direction, current, wind speed can all play a huge roll in shifting your depths even though you have the same amount of line out. Carl hit the nail on the head, try different depths until one works, which is much easier if you run multiple dipseys. Some days its been slow and just letting a dipsey out another 10-20 ft made the fish start biting. Nick [ Post made via Android ]

We'll be staying on the boat in Wilson Boatyard.