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Ahh them DW ss are killers Awesome brown wow

Solo trips r excitin Nice box on yer own!!!

Thanks for the kind words guys We really want to get the brown thing figured out next couple of trips. I hear it gets better in the fall Hoping to get into a bigger boat by summer 13 , 14 at the latest. Things get a little tight in this boat when you drop fish like we have up there on the deck .I can't get over how fortunate we are to have this class of fishing on our doorstep

SWEEET, good fishing in the north end. were there alot of weeds around? You got some big lakers there!!

There are mornings I set lines and wish I stayed in bed,tangled lines, rough conditions ,forget something, spilled coffee Glad the dunker is ok , hey ya got a couple fish so not all bad

Way to break in a newbie Wish I could go deeper for the steel great pics man

amen let em run

man this is awesome

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:trouthunter9 ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):8/3 Time on Water:7ish to 1030ish Weather/Temp:warm sunny Wind Speed/Direction: Waves: 1-3's early rolling and not fun 1-2's later Surface Temp: 74 all over Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 5 Total Boated:4 Species Breakdown:3 Kings 1 dink bow Hot Lure: spoons, 42nd spoon ,NBK Trolling Speed: 2.5 to 3 Down Speed: Boat Depth: 60-80 Lure Depth: 50-75 ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Finally had a chance to hook up with my son Brian this am. Dad took the day off and was praying for calm enough conditions to sneak the 16 out on the big pond to introduce Brian to salmon fishing out there. We love the finger lake thing for lakers and LL's and have done that for a few years now. Brian has National Guard duty this weekend and a PT test to pass tomorrow am so what better way to pump up those long arms than a trip out with Dad king salmon fishing right Pulled off rt18 and down to the empty launch We started out the narrow channel at around 7am looking calm enough to venture out to the 50-60 depth but encountered some nasty rolling waves 2-4 foot range that really made it tough to troll outta the 16. We decided to pound out west a few miles and troll with the waves so off towards the stack I went. I poked my way out to 70fow and the lake seemed to lay down a little so 4 poles went in. I have a 200copper/8oz torpedo rig, 1 down rigger , 1 size 40 jetdiver and a 12oz torpedo rig I hooked up on the wire dipsey pole(can't seem to get the dipseys to track well, currents not sure) The torpedo rigs have been solid for me this summer up here I think they hold consistant depth much better and track straighter with the narrow presentation. We caught a small rainbow right off on the 200copper and a nasty fighting dink King 5-6lbs range so we stayed hopeful a bigger king may come. At 845 the 200 copper torpedo rig starts screaming and it was on!! My son battled the 23lbs beauty for 20 minutes or so , the rolling 2's made it more exciting . After 2 solid runs we scooped him up and this Private had his first nice King . Did a smaller 6lbs King after that. This king jumped out 4 times like a steelhead and had me baffled , never seen a king jump out like that Marking bait all over from 60-80 hoovering at about 45-50 down and thick Calmer conditions would have been alot more fun!! Afew pics from the morning, not the best condition inside ..a grind for sure by 1030 we were done. quiet launch early sun NW roll sons 23lbser Dads jumper ====================

Man that is goooood eaten boss thanks for the detailed instructions

Great trip Tom Nice king!! and the steelhead flick is Way to Go

Mark, I have a 200copper rig I troll with an 8oz torpedo musky diver clipped in front. I have 150 feet of 7strand dipsey wire between the torpedo and copper. I tied a 2 inch loop in the 7strand to hook the torpedo clip in line just in front of the 200 copper. Allows great control of depth without 10trillion miles of line out. Only had it in the water on 2 trips but its landing fish every trip. I reset the line counter at the 7 strand and roll off 60-70 feet. this gets me down between 90-100 for the kings. 50 feet of flouro to a good snap swivel. really an inexpensive rig and user friendly in a smaller boat. I just picked up a cuda diver I'm rigging on my wire dipsey pole tomorrow I like how these track through the wild currents on lake O better than the dipsey diver and not all that wire out!! -Chris

Chuck, just priceless nice n plump awesome bow can be a tough summer troll

Hope they show up somewhere. This sh&^%$ makes me sick. My GPS remote for my minnkota bow mount terrova came up missing out of a tackle box in the doorway here at my house...the day after we had cable installed Yup reported it all the usual crap...all I get is huh. just sickening. I am watching CL too and will pm you if I see rods like yours any where My wife giggles cause I won't leave the boat unattended in parking lots..too much on the line I tell her. good luck man

Congrats!! Nice job Dad! 20lb king and 8lbs bow If the weather pattern holds I am taking my son out Friday am for his 1st king. The conditions looked good for a smaller boat today

Hey the pink rods are cool Definetly trying lamprey some day heard it was best in strips and deep fried in batter like squid

What a trip Great pics nice kings

Sounds like a good trip Nice catch man great pics too

Thanks man, gonna hang shallower this trip and look for browns 50-70fow wind n waves willing!!!

Hey good luck today!! Do you have a temp from 70-80 down? or are they all over the place probably ?? seeing surface temps on the map from 40's to 70's ouch hoping to go in the am eaaaaarly again west end. Thanks Chris

Thanks for all the feedback guys , I am transferring the info to Dan. He fishes with his wife in the am out of their 14footer and I am setting him up with an old FF I had in the garage, gotta at least know the depth!! He is also new to boating in general so a learning curve to climb. I really need to trailer up there and take him out we just can't get our weekends lined up but we will soon.

Beautiful fish!! way to go small boater

Nice solo project!! 500!! rainbow country

awesome brown!! big male

terrible east of Olcott yesterday evening, crazy currents blank screen most of the time...