Gill-T

I believe he is asking about copper.

Whether you go right or left out of port is more important than the right/left rotation of the flasher. A circle spun in either direction is still a circle.

I get bigger fish from 10:30-4:00.

PAP your are being punked.

...........my apologies......high school aged kids.

When college aged kids decide to post on LOU.........

It would appear at the time of the charting, warmer water is offshore. With winds calming down, the Niagara flow may take the midwaters back overnight so what silverfox said may hold true. If you want to hunt before you fish, run out to 150', stay in neutral and watch the graph. Put you probe down and find the thermocline. Nothing on the graph?....cruise out to 250' and repeat. Nothing at 250'..... shoot out to 400' and set lines trolling North until you find fish.

Alewives are herring

Wow great layout on that boat! The exterior fiberglass looks new. Can't believe it is a 1977 boat.

Quick stuff at you fingertips go to Olcottfishing.com. Find the surface currents icon near top and click on it. Go to upper left nowcast scroll and find temp transects for Lake Ontario. That page gives you the slice on water stratification and the surface temp in bottom corner

Mike if the lake rolls over, a good bet is to be fishing from the fort and upstream. The bass from the lake don't like cold water and will pile into the river in huge numbers. Often you only have to drift along the coast guard retaining wall to get your fill.

Good news Mike!

Yep, with the roll over you were in the warm water bubble offshore of the Oak. May be the best spot in the whole lake right now if you look at the water temp charts

I have fished Otisco once. Weeds on trolling gear is a problem on that lake. I know from Justin's posts, he catches a lot of fish approx. 28' down or so. It would seem to me torpedo divers may be the easiest way to get you to that depth. Yes, Amherst is perfectly located.....1/2 hour to Lake Erie, 20 minutes to the Niagara, 35 minutes from Lake Ontario, 1hr 20 minutes from Canandaigua, 1 hr and 45 minutes from Lake Chautauqua........so many options.....so little time.

Let me know if you need to borrow any gear bud. I have a pocket fisherman and some banjo minnows you could walleye fish with...........sucks don't it. I have become jaded and now bring all my gear home after each trip. An extra 1/2 hour of loading and loading each time but piece of mind.

If you are looking for walleye, blind trolling is often just that.......trolling blind. You have to research where 90% of the fish are caught in 10% of the water. For example, you can open water troll Lake Erie for walleye using a lot of muscle power and never catch one. If you learn where there are some small humps and depressions are and mark them on a handheld GPS, you can drift over them and catch fish every time out. Also if you want a diver that pulls straight out the back, look at the Deep-Six diver or the Double-Deep Six diver- use with wire or a braid line-counter set-up.

Awesome!!!

No Lakers today. Spent 1.5 hrs jigging Tony's nose. Even ran a three way with jig on bottom and spoon trailing. Put out the eight color and caught another short Atlantic. I have about 12 hours in this week chasing Lakers with a big old goose egg. Tried gang trolls, dodger/fly, dodger/ spin and glow, and jigging. I have yet to see a net come out for anyone else either. Despite the lack of laker success, I have had a great time. Tubing, water skiing, cliff jumping, snorkeling. My daughters were able to get up on water skis and learn how to drive a boat. Great weather with water temps perfect. I have learned a few things.....summer suspended smallmouth, Northport Nailer wild-thing spoons need more play time on Lake Ontario browns. Wnen trolling slow.... you can dump an eight color on deployment into a thumper rig 100' down if you let the leadcore out too fast......what a mess!.....line spun onto itself so tight my A-Tom-Mik stud fly became a pud fly. I learned that without a fishfinder you can come upon an underwater island that goes from 100' to 20' in the middle of the lake......I want my spoon back! I have learned that Lake George smallmouth are delicious dipped in egg whites and rolled in corn meal.

Yes I am staying on Tony's nose. I will be hitting that 200' hole with saltwater heavy jigs.

Going to try to jig them tomorrow. The deepest hole in the lake is right off the point from where I am staying. The tiny spot to the south that the locals are working is the size of a postage stamp. With charters in there I have stayed away.

Les, I have a thumper banging bottom. The eight color is for Atlantics.

Another limit of bass fishing for trout. Eight color with Northport Nailer wild thing spoon today. Lake Trout remain elusive without a fishfinder.