AnglingAddict

Fished Saturday 9/14 and Sunday 9/15 out of Oswego Saturday we fished to the East - weather Buoy to 5-stacks. Decent picture but the farther east you got the more things seemed to dry up - heard it got good past the plant down to high rocks but I never crossed the dead water between the 5 stacks past the plant. Had to work for your bites - fish were there but currents weren't the best and temps were coming up all day. We had 3 bites and landed 1 king for the morning. Fished 95 to 120 fow. One last hurrah yesterday as we moved the boat back to our slip in Sodus in preparation to get pulled out on Friday for the season - trolled front door Oswego to just east of front door Fair Haven - never turned around and we picked at a few fish on the one long troll until we picked up and ran the rest of the way to Sodus - probably could have generated more bites if we turned and went back through areas with more fish but we just kept the boat pointed west. Ended up 6 for 9 for the troll. Some areas with fish and other areas void of fish but best areas were the Green Can down to probably close to west 9 mile - then some dead water. Moon beach started picking back up and seeing more fish - never really saw piles of fish but a pretty steady screen from there to front door Fair Haven Same depths as yesterday - inside of 90 feet it got very warm and far fewer marks on the electronics. Still a lot of fish to come from what I saw this weekend so the east end should enjoy a couple more good weeks of fishing. with the warm temps and very little rain in the forecast. All Flasher Fly bites this weekend - never took a bite on a plug. Best flies over the last few weeks (All A-Tom-Mik) Live Lime Hammer, Stud, Shredded Mirage, and K41.

Stager fishing to the east of Oswego is a grind right now - Landing percentages vary day to day but you have to work for your bites - Ran a trip saturday morning then mated for a buddy in the afternoon then another trip this morning. Saturday trips averaged a dozen bites both morning and afternoon, Today we only did 1/2 dozen bites (although I ran a puker back to the dock in the middle of the morning which burned up about an hour of fishing time on a 6 hour trip....still though. Flasher/Flies and plugs taking all of the bites for us - mostly F/F. Definitely not a ton of targets out there right now - winds and fluctuating temps have made it tough. Couple more trips then will be running boat back to get it pulled for the season - fat lady is singing.

I don't know but that Green Goblin flasher that's barely in the photo was one of my best performers this year

Its always worth going - My favorite saying is don't be the guy who chases reports - be the guy who makes the report. By the time people start to hear of a "hot" bite its usually a couple days old at best.

We were out there - mile or two from the border about 17 miles from home - historically the offshore bite really starts to dwindle this time of year for the adult fish - still pockets of them out there but not sure how much longer it will last. Lots of debris on the ride out so we left the slip after we could see. Hit something coming in Saturday but no vibration felt after the fact - never saw it.

We ran trips Saturday and Sunday both 6 hour trips - both days we ran to deeper water as I wasn't willing to bet on the staging adults for consistent action with charter clients in tight quite yet. Some boats did end up getting them but many guys struggled - Offshore we did 26 bites Saturday and 18 bites Sunday in the deeper water to get a full box each day and back to the dock early. Meat program for us mostly. Did have a few spoon bites on Stingray and Mag sized spoons both days. High rigger loaded with a spoon which took a few adult bites each morning and a high copper first hour with a spoon which we then swapped over to meat on a longer copper as the morning wore on and the higher bite seemed to die. Otherwise meat on every rod. Currents were tricky on Saturday but better on Sunday. Still piles of adults offshore - the next few weeks look promising!

My son and I will be running a couple of trips and will be out Saturday and Sunday - good luck out there!

Wind - a lot of wind.

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Honestly - couple things you might consider. Try and make friends - fish on other boats - seems simple but there's value in it. That's a great way to see some different things that might open your eyes. The other thing to consider is to think about maybe taking a charter - round up a few folks to split costs and make sure you pay attention or talk to the captain and ask for an instructional charter. That will probably shorten your learning curve faster than anything else. It's kind of akin to getting some personalized coaching for your kid in a given sport or hiring a consultant in business when you might lack certain expertise but they can guide you through it. Think of a charter as "coaching". There are also some salmon schools around - they have one every year at the Niagara Fishing Expo in February as well as some other schools that have been popping up recently. Couple hundred bucks for a days worth of discussion with guys who have proven their worth on the big lake.