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Good start to our vacation! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

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Densmore spills into the bay on the west side Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

There is a overflow dam on Densmore Creek @ 590 where sewage overflows into the creek. This happens 1 or 2 times annually during periods of heavy precipitation when Van Lare can't handle the volume. Unfortunately there are still plenty of areas where the storm and sewer systems are connected. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Cabellas had good deals a month or two ago......free shipping as well..... Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Oh yeah.... Absolute blast... We were up with the RV in July but had momma and a baby with us so made a quick tent trip to Burham to get some serious fishing time in, just the boys! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

We found them.. Nothing crazy except this slob my boy got. Lots of little ones though.. Which I take as a good sign Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

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Thanks.....I'm hoping I'll be able to launch at Burnham Point! If the water is about the same then I should be OK.

Heading up to the Cape Friday......any report on smallmouth? Also, looking for any report on the water level......has it gone down much since July?

Thats's good to hear. Think I'm going to try launching out of Bear Creek next go round. This weekend is going to consist of tree stand work and the Flour City Brewfest tomorrow. Hopefully early next week I'll give it a shot farther east.

Oh and for the record....I had to break my 9 year old twins hearts and throw it back, as much as I would have loved a fish fry tonight I didn't have it in me to keep it.

Let me just set the record straight. The south side of the Lake in the rochester area is not "dead" as it relates to smallmouth. As the ecosystem has changed, so have the bass. As a kid, my old man and myself, like so many others used to go to Hedges, without electronics, drifting with bass minnows and worms and crush Smallies one after another. You'd just join the middle of the pack and drift until you found them. Unfortunately the bass do not school up in this area like the used to. Blame the zebra mussels, gobies, global warming, whatever they simple do not school up in any one spot like they once did. They are spread out. I have a special place in my heart for smallmouth bass. Maybe it's the memories of fishing at hedges as a kid with my old man....I don't know....Either way I have landed two beautiful fish in the last two trips....that works out to 1 fish every two hours. You just have to have patience and get lucky. The trolling is probably the best bet but unfortunately I'm not really set up for it, simply because you cover more water. But on a day that has a good drift working it's almost the same. To answer your question Krux, I've been bouncing power baits off the bottom, with a jig head and spinner and tipped with a minnow.

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I'm out here now.... Nothing yet Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Yes..... Tough to find but they are there Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

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Thanks Esox......fishing has been tough the last few years (they would heartbroken if I went out alone)...but now they are allot more self sufficient and we finally got a bow mount trolling motor...making things much easier. It's time to get serious!

We got quite a few shallow Wednesday in the bay (wasn't super serious had my twin 9 year olds out)...... Not much size though....with the temps rising it would make sense they are moving out..... One of my boys managed his first northern though Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Little choppy for the kids.... Not a bad day for bucket mouths and Northerns on Ibay though Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

I'm going to give it a try out of Irondequoit tomorrow morning.....I'll let you all know if I have any luck. Would love to get my kids into some SMB like my Dad did for me when I was there age in the 90's. Unfortunatley no overly optimistic.