Gill-T

Welcome to our lake and thanks for the report. Please bring Capt. Chumura back with you next time as we need someone to show me how to catch those deep winter pattern kings.....I can't catch them for the life of me!!!!

I remember the first WHI and the horrible fishing that day. That all day sinking feeling of not watching rods move and wondering what the rest of the fleet was doing. The stress knowing ONE FRIGGIN' good fish could put you in the money. That is why its called fishing and not catching.

They are finally running the upper river for those who are looking to salt some minnows for Perch season.

Buy a new boat......it will make you feel better. Like losing a dog.....get a puppy!!!

Ray that little icon bears a strong resemblance to you and appears to be to scale.

http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glcfs.php?lake=o&ext=vwt&type=N&hr=00 The switch has been turned on.

2006 was a good early start for Kings off the bar as well. We had fish right in the trench hole at the mouth of the Niagara from heavy east winds and a good smelt run during the last week of April. We are still behind two weeks from the cold 2005-06 season. Looks like the river is ice-free from the local news shot this morning.

Lots of reasons. Your hunting success taking birds. Food patterns......find what they are eating, if you do not have left over mast on the ground, they may have to hunt and peck in fields. Coyotes, foxes, and more importantly egg robbing raccoons and opossum. We have noticed our turkey population increasing with the culling of approx. 30 Raccoons, 5 opossum, and 4 coyotes.

Agreed, I have been blowing thru the cheap Chinese bearing packs within a couple of years of light trailering. Don't go cheap on the bearing packs!!!

Chas, as other fishermen have stated....Renoskys are set up by Lake Erie fishermen by upgrading the size of the rear treble and replacing the front treble with an additional split ring to balance the bait. I know fishermen who swear by this set-up recounting running them side-by-side with stock set-ups with the stock set-ups drawing dead while the modified stickbait gets hits repeatedly. There must be something to the action or the added clicking of the split ring?? Point being is it must be action related. Try different modifications and see what works.

Lake Trout from the power plant to Wilson.....as many as you want. Browns and Coho with an occasional King along the shore.

You don't need fluoro at all. Green mono disappears as good as anything.

Some fantastic fishing occurs during North wind blows between the piers at most ports. Browns and cohos move right into the warmer water that gets shoved inside.

4' boom and a downrigger with a tip up boom feature like a Scotty or a Big Jon.

Concrete King 2 check your messages.

We had similar numbers off Olcott and yes I noticed the empty stomachs on coho and lakers. The browns are just starting to fatten up. Fish are hungry!

Good move. Should pay for itself in gas savings in no time.