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  1. Gill-T
    Thank god.......you found my trousertrout! Please return as I am not feeling as confident in public with my Jordache jeans.
  2. Gill-T
    Lucky, perhaps if you left the rock strewn stream banks and actually went out onto the lake, you might see the results of all the runoff. If you don't own a boat, grab your floattube, a bag of cheetos, a secchi disk and have at it. My downrigger ball disappears at 7'. Right now at Olcott pier it looks a lot like the old times with bait around the piers, and seagulls everywhere.
  3. Gill-T
    True. Winter temps are the key. That's why we should wait til spring to determine.
  4. Gill-T
    Sorry cues not cures. Lol. Typo
  5. Gill-T
    Staging kings are finicky. Certain cures will turn them on. An East wind is almost always a turn off- I stay home. West winds with approaching systems usually get them snapping. This time of year you have to really pick your days.
  6. Gill-T
    The thread title is Olcott. No worries.
  7. Gill-T
    Hey boys please post the water temp at the piers when you come in. I might want to go chucking tonight. Thanks. PS: it's getting pretty late at the dance, you may want to head west of Wilson.
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    Doc, the return on investment for Atlantics are HORRIBLE. They are extremely fragile and not as tolerant of the conditions found in Lake Ontario. That is why so few are stocked. As for table fare.....give me Coho over Atlantics any day. Coho availability is better as more of a year-round fish than Atlantics which usually are only caught in spring. Pink salmon are present in the St Mary's flow into Huron so runs are possible. I don't think salmon would eat them but Lake Trout definitely would.
  9. Gill-T
    Ah, Lucky.......you are showing your true colors again. If you want Kings gone, then why in the world would you start this thread?
  10. Gill-T
    The whiting effect, as seen on Modis, does not happen in an oligotrophic lake (clear infertile). With all the rain, Lady O is set to explode with all the nutrient-rich run-off. The OMNR and DEC last year described the needed cuts to King stocking numbers because of the hole in alewife population from the bad winters of '13 and '14. As the rationale for the cuts were laid out, it was argued that because alewives no longer live past 5 years of age on Lake Ontario, the hole in the population would severely hamper future stocks because the two lost future breeding classes. Thankfully, they decided to listen to us fishermen and survey more areas of the lake. The fruits from this years more intensive trawler search is that the population of alewife classes does in fact contain robust age 5,6, and 7 year olds that can cover the shortfall. The fish I saw on the Kaho were huge-fat alewives that often had food in their stomach despite being at the end of the winter cycle. The common sense approach would be to collect and raise the bi-national agreed upon numbers of kings and wait to set the final stocking numbers for spring after we see what this winter holds for us. Bad winter= make your cuts. Another mild winter or "normal" winter= give us the full allotment. https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.php?region=o&page=1&template=sub&image=t1.17242.1555.LakeOntario.143.250m.jpg
  11. Gill-T
    Two large boobs on a flasher......two large kings.
  12. Gill-T
    And the fish looks skinny! Has a 45lb frame.
  13. Gill-T
    A lot more nipping instead of swallowing this time of year.
  14. Gill-T
    Looks like king chewing on the end of a bait pod.
  15. Gill-T
    Speaking for all us fisherfolk at work....trying to live vicariously thru you.....yes please sharpen your hooks lol. Try tightening the release on your dipsys and lighten your drags.
  16. Gill-T
    Gents, a battery switch will not stop the subtroll from the slow trickle down on your battery. I have a Perko switch and in the "off"position I still can see the little black dot on the Subtroll display. I unplug the unit after each outing.
  17. Gill-T
    Change your handle to "Salmon Bob" and you will start catching.
  18. Gill-T
    Big anvil head on that fish!
  19. Gill-T
    Late August staging is typically inside of 150'
  20. Gill-T
    The calendar says its time.
  21. Gill-T
    As others have suggested probably Coyote. I would also ask if you have seen any Eagles around lately? I drove down to Ithaca Sunday and saw an Eagle. When rabbits are killed in my yard by hawks, usually only the head is left.
  22. Gill-T
    Tired of catching all those kings by yourself chowda?
  23. Gill-T
    Naw, they got pushed west from the Oak by East wind Thursday then shoved up against the south shore by a strong north to south current yesterday. When those kings get their bearings...,,,they gone. Get them while you can.
  24. Gill-T

    Dunkirk Sunday

    Gill-T replied to Gill-T's topic in Walleye

    Thank you for posting. I know walleye guys are not usually forthcoming with info. After my original posting, I noticed a few postings on LEU that mimicked my program with good results. Keep the info flowing!
  25. Gill-T
    Hmmmm hooks up out of temp... perhaps a little staging action.
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