matt05star

Fair Haven 7/26 & 7/27 We're camping at the state park this week, but it's been difficult to get out with all the rain and wind. Wednesday we got out both morning and evening. We took mostly small kings, including a few skippys, working from 150 fow to 500. Plenty of other boats in the morning, but it seemed many were searching. We couldn't find any good marks. My cousin from Seattle was out for the second consecutive year, and so we were hoping to get him a nice king like last year, but it wasn't to be. We did get one 8 or 9 lbs. Thursday afternoon we went out after the rains and the wind died some, but there were still 3 foot rollers from the nw to start. We set up in 60 fow, and trolled north, thinking maybe we'd see some browns. Other boats started to motor out, heading deeper. We marked a waypoint with a nice screen of marks in 75 fow, but no takers. So we headed north with the rest. We trolled all the way to 250, with a baby brown and a skippy king to show for it. Turned and began the slow troll back to port, to our previous waypoint, and the fish were still there, and it included kings! We made 5 or 6 passes, and had a fish almost every time. We would have worked it more, but no time. My niece did a great job reeling in her first mature king ( with the assistance of my brother). We took two 20 lbers and one at 10. We took fish on a wire dipsy with a dark green spin doctor with fluorescent green dots and fly, out 190; a magnum carbon 14; a magnum pro king spoon in green and white; and a stingray in blue and yellow was a break off at the leader. We only had one meat rig out over the couple days, but we think it got hit just once ( no hookup).

Hughes 6/10 afternoon My brother and I launched at 11 and set down in the vicinity of a half dozen boats in the 130-150 fow range. Deployed spin doctors and flies off wire dipsies, spoons on riggers, and a stickbait and spoon on inline planers. Marked fish and bait in the top 60 feet, but couldn't get them interested, except one chunky laker around noon on a dalmatian spin doctor and fly out 190. Pulled them at 3:30, since there was no action, and only the flies were biting.

I'll take the lot, will pm you.

Went out with my brother for our last LO fishing of the season Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Saturday we fished just east of port in 110-125 fow. We went 2 for 4, with a 12 and a 21. We lost two fish on a wire dipsy out 290 with a blue dolphin sd and blue atommik fly. One shook and one broke us off. Both felt like in the mid teens range. The break off of the fly was due to a small piece of wire on a swivel. The 21 lber came on cut bait, out 285 on a wire dipsy with a golf flasher. The 12 took a magnum 42nd spoon down 90. Worked a couple waypoints, and had some action. Returned this morning to the same general vicinity and had a good fish hit our wire dipsy out 260 with a mtn dew sd and atommik fly at 7:30. It's nice to have a wire fish take good line to start-you know it's a pretty good one. It was 24 lbs and is dark with some red on the belly. That was our only hit for our 4.5 hr trip. Again, marked good bait and some marks in 100-120, but they didn't seem too interested. Sounded slow on the radio. A decent couple trips for us, good luck to all. Here's a pic of the 24.

Thanks for the opportunity to post this -I saw this guy on my fencepost when I was walking my beagle about a month ago (NJ). When we finished, I went back and was able to get a decent picture on my phone. If it rotates, the shell is pointing skyward. I have never seen one at quite this stage before.

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The picture is taken from the east beach at the state park, looking west. The north end of the bay would be just left of the crashing wave against the pier. Still breezy here.

Picture taken 15 minutes ago.

It is windy at Fair Haven, NE winds close to 15 mph. I would say probably 4 footers out there. Wave forecast calls for them to come down around 5 p.m., but we'll have to see. You know how the camera doesn't seem to capture wave heights. This is pointing at the pier from the beach, essentially pointing west. Will add picture in next reply, didn't click "full version" on my phone before typing this, so I think I have to come back to attach pic.

Launched out of the state park with my brother at 5:30 to hopefully get some fishing in before the rain. We headed nnw and set down in 175 fow. First hit was at 7 on a green and silver spin doctor and fly off a dipsy out 275 on a wire rod. Unfortunately, the swivel was inadequate for a decent fish, and it pulled the ring on the swivel -hate it when my poor decisions lead to lost fish. We worked the 165 - 180 range and hit three fish in another hour and a half. Two kings, at 11 and 14, and a small brown. Two hit on an nbk at 90 off the rigger, and one king hit a meat rig down 80 off a rigger. A good day for us, and hit the pier heads at 8:30, just beating most of the rain. We are camping at the park, so hopefully we'll be out a few more days.

I'll take them if ckawaki hasn't already.

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Well, we're one of the ones that didn't do as well as you. We caught one small king on a blue and yellow stingray spoon on a free slider on the 65 ft rigger. That was in 200, fished primarily that 200 foot range. Marked just a half dozen or so marks in our few hours of fishing, although there were some lakers on bottom in 200 fow, didn't go after them.

Thanks, jk1. My brother and I fished out of branchport this morning. We set up about a mile south of the launch, but couldn't get anything to go. Pulled lines and motored down to the bluff. We hit a couple small lakers and a nice pickerel on spoons in short order, but that was it. Marked plenty of fish 60-100 feet down, but they apparently didn't want what we were offering. A beautiful day on the lake. Winterizing the boat now.

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Has anyone been out on Keuka? I fished it last October for the first and only time and did well on the lakers. It will be my last trip for season, and it's a ways for me, so just looking for confirmation they're biting. Planning on launching from the park in Branchport. Thanks.

Nice fish, WWIV.met you at the launch a couple years ago. I will be out a couple times on the weekend.