Jammer

That's great news. Thanks! JAM

Fastastic job stocking these Atlantics guys! Thanks to you all who have played a role in the return of this awesome fish to our Lake O! JAM

My wife and I motored West thru 3 foot waves this morning from the Genny out just past Braddocks and started setting up at 7AM initially in 50 FOW looking for Browns. Saw some bait, but no hooks to speak of. Turned north and the 50 foot probe rigger fired with a nice little King that hit a regular sized Stinger Glow Gator. Released it and reset to 50 feet. No more than 3 minutes later, it fired again, this time over 130 FOW and my old Daiwa 47S loaded with 20 lb P-line started screaming... We pulled the leadcore, steered back around into the waves and managed to land this 25.14 mama. She also took the same Stinger Glow Gator. Interesting to note that the down temp at 50 feet was 63F! About ten minutes after she was in the box, the 270 wire fired and a nice cookie cutter 5 lb Steelie hit a Stingray Modified Blue Dolphin. So the steelies are down 90 and the kings are down 50???? Huh? Anyway, all the lines were in the boat, so we packed up and headed to the weigh station at Mitchels. Currently 10th place on the Leaderboard. Wow, 3 fish in 45 minutes of fishin'! JAM

My wife and I motored west from the Genny out past Braddocks into 3 footers, set a couple lines at 7AM, and hooked into this 25.14 King within the first 20 minutes. She hit a Stinger Glow Gator on the 50 foot probe rigger over 130 FOW. Temp was 63F! Go figure... Currently 10th place. Good luck to all! JAM

Way to go! NICE BRUTE!!! JAM

OK -- I'll start. Picked up this 15.01 Laker which put us in 5th for the time being... lots of time left. Hit a white glow/green dots spinnie and hammer fly out 325 on the wire in about 125 FOW between Braddocks and Russell. JAM

Nice job guys. Thanks for the comeback on the radio. Our best was the 15 lb King we took early on the 85 rigger over 120 with a Silver Streak Evil Alewife. JAM

Nice Atlantic Shawn! I had some friends here from California last Friday and we picked up a nice 9 lb Atlantic right in front of the Genny in about 70 FOW. It hit a copper cup chicken wing stinger on the free slider over the 60 rigger. They are really awesome. Did two taildances for us. (Did you catch the article in the paper this weekend about the Atlantic comeback?) Good job. JAM

Nice job, Mark. Love that Atlantic! JAM

Sounds like a little King.

I spoke to a friend today who went out and back in to Braddocks ON PLANE in his 24' Rinker. Seems doable. People are saying there is around 2 1/2 feet of water in the markers. JAM

We fished from about 8:30 until just after noon and went 2 for 2, with by far the best two fish of the year! So far, that is! Both were caught in 100 FOW between Durand and Irondequoit Bay. 10 lb. 3 oz. Steelhead hit a magnum Blue Killer Stinger off the wire dipsy out 125. (about 42 feet down) 21 lb. King hit the glow white/green dots Spin Dr. and Hammer fly out 260 on the wire dipsy. (about 85 feet down) This big boy took the wire out from 260 to 535 in two fast and hard runs. The reel was screamin'! Both of these fish were absolutely beautiful with no lamprey marks and were successfully released to fight another day... Can't seem to get the rigger bite going yet... Almost everything has been off the dipsies. What' sup with that? JAM

The wife and I fished out of the river this morning from about 7 til 10 and went 2 for 2. Started by working the mud line east of the Genny from the pier to Durand, and picked up a nice Atlantic right in front of the river on the way back. It hit a small orange 00 dodger and blue/copper cheddar fly about 50 back on the 15 foot rigger over about 25 feet of water. Awesome -- a relatively rare Atlantic Salmon as the first boated fish of the year! We went out deeper to take a look, and saw only a couple marks, but picked up a small Laker on the 150 wire diver with a black glow/green dots Spin Dr. and A-tom-mik Hammer Fly over about 75 FOW. A little slow, but a nice start to the season! JAM

Thanks Tim. Actually, I wasn't even considering hookup ratio. I was more worried about impact to the intended spoon action. Maybe that doesn't matter either... just wondered. thanks again, JAM

I just noticed that the treble hook orientation on many of my DW Super Slims is inconsistent. Most spoons seem to have the trebles oriented with the two tines facing the cup side. Most of my SS are this way, but many (about a third) have the treble on the split ring the other way -- one tine faces the cup. Is this a quality control issue on the SS spoons, or doesn't it matter? (I'm thinking I've had better production with my SS spoons with the hooks oriented in the more usual two tines toward the cup, so I'm planning to switch the direction of the trebles on the others, but wanted to see what you guys think...) thanks, JAM

What is the best way to clean the tarnish off your silver spoons? I wonder about the smell of silver cleaner or rubbing compound being a problem and scaring the fish. I used Meguairs car wax to clean some old silver NK28s and it did a nice job but I can still smell the wax, and that means the fish can too. Ideas? thanks JAM

HOT: Spring: Silver Streak Sister Sludge (Caramel dolphin) and NK28 Double Orange Crush. Summer: DW Glow Froggie, and Stingray NBK. Fall: Stingray Mixed Veggies GO TOs: NK28 Watermelon, Moonshine Carbon-14 Magnum, NK28 O's Alewife (see attheoak.com) NEW top performers: Moonshine Purple Nurple (reg and Mag), Stingray Twister JAM

We managed to land 2 nice ones this year, and dropped another right at the net. Here are the 2 we did get IN the net: Both were a little west of Braddocks in the 120 FOW region. JAM

I think its a male/female thing. The males get way more orange when spawning. This really orange guy was obviously right in the midst of doin' his thang. JAM

I voted no difference, because you didn't have an option for 'Both - sometimes one, sometimes the other'. There is a difference, but it depends on the day/weather, the time of year, the time of day, the water clarity, and the mood of the fish. Both browns and steelies have days where silver backs are too much flash and you do better with a copper or gold back. However, some days the silver backs rock. That's why I keep buying more spoons and more 3700 Plano boxes every year. (Sounds like an excuse...) JAM

The browns were hitting in about 8 feet of water tonight just west of Braddocks. Went 2 for 3 casting a 3/4 oz. glow/orange Cleo, right around sunset. JAM

1. White crush glow/ green dots 2. Black crush glow/ green dots 3. White crush glow 4. White crush glow/ black dots (Dalmation) Chrome versions didn't even come close to these this year. How did the White crush glow/ blue dots work for you all this year? I want to try running that in 2010... JAM

Nice! Thanks for the pics. What is the natural forage for Salmon and Steelies on Shasta? Are they stocked or natrual repro? JAM

There are a ton of good rod/reel combols that will work, but: I like the Okuma Convector CV45L or CV45D reels for lead. They hold 300 yards of powerpro 30# backing and 10-12 colors of 27# lead plus a 30 foot 20 lb mono or fluoro leader nicely. Any 8-8.5 ft M or MH rod is good. I use the Okuma Convector GL-C rods, but I'd try the Okuma new Classic Pro GLT Copper/lead rods which are cheaper and probably just about as good. JAM

NICE BROWN Blueghost! What did it hit? A Glow Cleo? Congrats. JAM