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Not on the trailer... Supermarket fish aisle Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Make that south of catfish... Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

We caught a fish!!! We caught a fish!!! Too bad it's an 18" rainbow. It's back in the pond. Just north of catfish in 18' on a rainbow mooselooky thing. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Fishing at 06:00. Headed off the bluffs and fished 80-150. One rod popped at about 7:45 in 120. Picked up the rod and nuthin' was on it. We've been getting a lot of that; nuthin' I mean. Seems that's what we're good for... Real good for nuthin'. Guys fishng the bluffs and down the front of the plant picked up a few this morning. That's what we're doing now. Stay posted, it's about to get exciting. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Hope it sets up by the end of the week; got to back to CT after that... Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

They're killing us. Four days out and not a fish. Saturday we missed two kings and pulled a spoon in with lips on it... Anybody catches a lipless fish send me a pm and I'll mail them to you. We haven't had a rod go off since. Suggestions? Please?? Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Don't really want to focus on lakers... I get them on cow bells and blue flatfish in Lake George... But we're not after lakers. Today we out in at Mexico around 9:30 and trolled 8-20 fow all the way to South Sandy Pond. Switched between watermelon, green, pink and brown spoons and fire tiger, brown and yellow sticks. And other stuff I can't remember. Not a bloody thing. Then we went out to 45 feet off the Salmon and fished sticks off the ball at 20 feet off bottom and 30 feet down, spoons off the boards with 1/8 oz bullets above the leaders... May as well have kept the rods in the boat and taken a long boat ride. Tomorrow we're going to see if dawn is better, earliest we've been out is 8:00. Tough to get out early when you get back and Baka a lasagna... Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Oh joy, no fishes off Salmon either. We'll, we have to go someplace, may as well not catch fish there. We already haven't caught them every ace else. Anybody fish north of Pulaski? Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Fished 60-200 fow, spoons and flatfish. Not a hit. Marked bait and a few fish right on the bottom, mostly around 130-145. Tomorrow we'll try the mouth of the salmon river, see if the returning steelies can be coaxed... Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Yesterday was a wash so today we're dragging spoons across the front of nine mile, fishing since around ten in 85-95 fow, so far nothing but the day is young. We're listening o. Channel 9 Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Left the kings at 10:00 with no action; headed down to little salmon to see if we could pick up any of the fish we were flashing. Went from below lite salmon to catfish in 10-25 fow, one 4 lb 10 oz smallie. At least we saw scales. Trolling sticks back to little salmon now and then it's miller time Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Out off the bluffs not in 70-85 fow, nothing I h happening. Marked a lot of fish coming up from Little Salmon in 15-30, probably browns. If the kings don't pick up we'll head back there. Two hits and misses yesterday on purple and black spoons where we are now, both down low. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

If I have a good day and the mate was helpful I tip 20% of my share of the charter. If the mate was outstanding I'll tip 25%. What I mean by that is if the charter was $800 and we split it between four of us, my share was $200. I tip 20% of that; $40. And I feel that I tip more than most. Regarding the captain not paying the mate and a $40 tip sucks... I pay the captain for the charter. He pays for everything else. The mate gets what I consider a generous tip. The deal he made with the captain regarding payment is not my concern.

I like a good ball bearing swivel about 5-8' above a dulock snap. The ball bearing keeps your line from getting twisted up. I run fluorocarbon line and leaders. I have five reels loaded with 8# fluoro, same line used for the leader. Then another 4 reels loaded with 12# fluoro. Same line again for the leader. I pay attention to my line and leader and trim it if I feel any nicks or abrasions. I use the 8# for browns, then just switch reels to the 12# for kings. I use Berkley Cherrywood downrigger rods (CWGC862DR); cheap but they get the job done nicely. I think that the long bendy rod provides a lot of forgiveness with the light line.

Thanks, guys. We're still coming the week of the May 9th. Too many things to change in order to change the date. We have nailed them that week before, we've been skunked that week before. Good luck everybody.

When do the kings usually show up in the eastern basin?

My brother-in-law and I are scheduled to come up the week of May 9-18th. We missed the last couple years, the year before that we were up a week later and hit bluebird days, t-shirts. A solid week of fishing early morning till supper. Hooked 7, boated 5, kept 3. Years before that we were up there the third week of May and slammed the browns and kings. Anybody have any idea when the kings will be there? We like trolling off the bluffs in 70-150 fow, and picking up kings on... well, spoons on planers have always been best. Found that anything with pink in it worked best. We play with the browns when we want to change things up. They liked brown sticks in dirty water for the most part. We also usually pick up a couple small bows (steelies?) as you make the bend from the plant to the bluffs in 20-25 fow, never anything that we kept though. All too small. I'm reading a lot of great brown reports... but nothing about the kings. I know its early for them, I just don't want to get up there before they make their appearance. We're coming from CT. Anybody got a clue? I know everything has been a tad late this year, and I have the opportunity to move my booking forward a week or two. I guess I'm looking for a crystal ball report. We'll be in the Lund Tyee 1950, two of us during the week, 4 on weekends when the kids come up. If you see two guys trolling around throwing peanuts at each other, that's us not doing so too well with the fishies. Thanks for the opinions.

Today stunk as well. 2 kings, one 19 inches, the other off at the boat. One in front of the plant, missed fish off the alum plant in 130 fow. Real slow. [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

You've probably seen my other posts. This is our third year coming up for a week in May. We've always done well with kings and fell back on browns. None of our strategies are working this year; clear water and low lake (although I don't know how the kings know that). Headed out now (kids coming up late tonight and we'll be up late), I'll post tonight. We're hityying outside the plant first, then wbere we picked up the kings off the aluminum plant. [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

No wonder. Read about 2 posts there yesterday, never saw a boat. Was wondering where everybody was hiding. Thanks for clearing that up. Well, Mexico and oswego today... [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):5/16 - 5/19 Time on Water: All day(s) Weather/Temp: Wind Speed/Direction: Waves: Surface Temp: Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 5 Total Boated:4 Species Breakdown:bows, kings Hot Lure: Black Trolling Speed: 1.8 - 2. 4 Down Speed: Boat Depth: Lure Depth: ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAIL From handheld; it will be brief. Came up for annual trip. Monday fishing by 9:30. First small steelie before the rods were set up. Looking good. Second steelie 20 minutes later. Both undersize; Second by 1/2 inch. Then nothing for the rest of the day. Got the steel off the blufs west of Mexico, 80' fow. Tried for browns west of the plant the trolled the shore for the trip home. Nothing. Tuesday fishing by 6:45 off the bluffs again. No hits by 9:30, went into the fleet in front of the plant. Nothing there either. Headed out to 120 feet fishing east to Oswego. Nice king on at noon; black and silver. The line jammed in the spool and that was that. Then one small king; another at 2:00. Weds we went to Sandy; got there at 11. Fished 70 - 100 fow; not a hit. Started whipping up so we. Shot back across to the bluffs at Mexico. Fished the bluffs in 50 - 100 fow; not a hit all day. Tomorrow the kids come up; maybe they will bring luck with them. ==================== [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

We were at sandy from about 11 till 2; not a hit. First time up there. Fished 70 - 100 ft of water; close to bottom and 30' above. When it started whipping up we headed back to Mexico. Very uncomfortable ride. How much water were you in and what colors? We didn' see any other boats; we were off the mouth of Sandy Creek. Good luck. [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

Nine months, eh? Let's see. If I slip off for a couple minutes with the wife now, in nine months she'll be "otherwise distracted" and I won't have to buy her a Christmas present. I can use the money to buy those power planer reels I've been wanting.

We launch in Mexico Bay. I'm not all that familiar with the area; we come up once ayear from Connecticut and stay in Pulaski. But the launch in Mexico is nice and its sheltered; you're about 150 yards up a river so you can put in, fire up and prepare in a calm, sheltered area before getting under way. We catch kings in 70-100' off the blufs in May (just to the west) Take a look on google maps, look for Mexico Point Marine Park. Hope this helps.

Well, we made our annual trip up the second week of May. I prepare for the trip by reading this site, when I get home I try to help out by posting how/what we did. Fished Mexico Bay May 11-15th. Caught fish. Sunday 5/10 - couldn't get out, too much wind. Monday 5/11 - Limit of browns (6) in an hour and a half trolling around Catfish Creek in stained water, 9-12'. Black and silver stingers behinf boards way up on top. Tuesday 5/12 - Fished off the bluffs just east of the power plant in 75-95 fow. 4 kings (30-36 inched) and two steelies 24 and 27 inches. Kings were off the ball at 55' (ball was probably at 45'). Flashed fish down to 65', even some lakers (presumably) on bottom at 110' later in the week. Used a no name spoon, dark metalic green, metallic red and black. Lost it and it's brother on Friday... sad day. Steelies came at 20' (tandem rigs off down rigger) in black and silver stingers. Wednesday 5/13 - 2 kings 34 inches each. Good, I was getting tired of filleting. Same place, same spoons. Weather wonderful, fish weren't hitting like day before though. Trolled entire shoreline from bluffs to east of catfish creek for browns without a hit. Water was fairly clear, even at the creek discharges. Thursday 5/14 - couldn't get out, too much wind. Friday 5/15 - First two hits off the bluffs took our spoons. Just checked the leaders too. Looked like steelies out of the water, then gone. Fished hard with pink and black (only colors that seemed to work) between 85-110 FOW for two kings. Found a break where the water went from 45 to 49 degrees, hooked fish each side of it as well as in it. Didn't seem to make much difference. We noted that the fishing was always better if there were waves and chop. Browns like the stained water coming out of the creeks (duh). So really, blow off days are good because you're going to catch fish the next day. Bring cards for the blowing days though. We also noted that we would frequently pick up fish exactly where we had picked up fish before. So when you hook up, mark a way point and then keep going over it. Most fish came from basically the same places. Different days, different place... but it remained fairly consistent. We ended up playing connect the dots on the gps.