Fish Hunter

You want the 'eyes, get on Oneida now. That lake is warm top to bottom now. Pulling fish out of 38 fow, and warm to the touch. Jigs, sticks, harnesses, had folks with their limits this morning. The bass guys were congregated around 113 from what we could tell.

Caught 'em today as well in 34-38 fow about 1 mile west of half-a-house. They were tied to the bottom. Chartruese/firetiger blades were what we had working. A couple of drops of Smelly Jelly Liquid was also seemed to help.

Probably grab some up in Sandy Pond.

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We use 10' Shakespear Ugly Stick Dipsy Rods/Okuma reels with Power Pro braid. The have no problem handeling those fish.

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The 221 is what we have. Wouldn't want any smaller vessel, for what we use it for. On/off the trailer real easy, and tows good also.

I made mine from 1.500" 6061-T6 aluminum tubing. 8 rodholders across the top of the canvas, 2 bird trees on each side, w/foward facing net holders, and f/r lights. Complete with black end caps, and the wiring, I think I have $450.00 in the whole thing. I just couldn't afford the $1500.00-1800.00 tag on the commercially made set-up, but once I saw good pics of them, it wasn't long before I had 'em whipped up. I suppose it helps when you have a machine shop though.

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You have to rip the sonars, as I believe they feel the pluse, see the flash, and they grab it on the way back down. One thing about that blade bait is, you'll foul hook them in the side of the head,(eye damage occurs) and under the lower jaw.

We see the big rooster tails of the bass-rockets flying around, and have had them burn though groups of walleye fisherman, but to tell you if/what they are catching, I do not know.

Sure looks like Canadargo to me.

"Bass is for guys that can't catch Walleyes". I like that!

Oneida has seemed to turn on lately. Jigged for a bit Sunday morning, and boated 1, 20"er and rolled 2 others. Gave up on that program by 8:00 am, and went to plan B. Trolling crawler harnesses w/ bottom bouncers. Worked over a good spot, but it already had jig fisherman hammering it, so pulled the rods and moved to another location that I've had great luck at, over the years. Tried a silent drift first pass and the wind from the notheast was only pushing me at .4-.5 mph, and I knew that was not fast enough to be effective. Fired the kicker, and got my groove on. 1.0, 1.2 mph, and bang, bang, bang. Had my limit in no time, and fiddled around with blade colors to see what I could grab them on, but those finicky buggers wanted nothing but purple blades that day. Steadily picked fish off this spot. Grabbed a few Oneida Lake jack-perch as well. Never touched a white bass, which did not bother me. Water surface temp is now 65 degrees, and historically crawler rigs seem to steadily boat fish for me from now until we start pulling stick baits for them.

When we launched out of Mexico Pt. on both Saturday, and Monday of the holiday weekend, 4-5 truck/trailers was it. As a matter of fact, there was 1 truck only on Saturday, when we went out.

Ain't that the truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In/around the Salmon River area. Got 10 days set aside just for that.

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): Time on Water: Weather/Temp: Wind Speed/Direction: Waves: Surface Temp: Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: Total Boated: Species Breakdown: Hot Lure: Trolling Speed: Down Speed: Boat Depth: Lure Depth: ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== We fished on Saturday, and today, from Mexico Pt. to beyond Catfish. Saturday we had steady 6-7 lb'ers, and today no where near that size. Caught our share of fish, but not like it was a few weeks ago. We've had a lot of fun with these browns this spring. Probably going to concentrate on Oneida now, as those Walleyes are starting to turn on pretty good now, from what we've heard.

Speaking of fog, 2 Septembers ago, there were some foggy days, and we were coming out of the Big Salmon, lights on, and these freakin' flogs, were pulling across the mouth, maybe 10 yds off/behind the rocks!!!!!!!!!!! I yanked the wheel to the right, and ended up right next to them. They looked as if they were surprised that someone would be coming out. Couldn't believe they'd be trolling there, blocking vessels from leaving/entering?? I guess that some cannot be refered to as "thinking men".

A charter pushing others in or out?? I've NEVER seen that happen. Have heard folks in the past, mention the word "paintball guns." I would not condone that action, but sure would laugh my a$$ off if I saw it happen, even though it would be wrong.

Hey Jim, You make knives, you say?? Do you sell them as well?? Scott

Good goin' Mark! Had to work this morning and took care of a couple chores around the house so I can play tommorrow. We are heading to Oneida Lake tomorrow to see if we can get the Walleyes to come around to our way of thinking. Nothing like a good day on the water, after a long work week!!

After having great luck with the browns on the big lake this spring, we sucked, with the Walleyes, Sunday on Oneida. Only thing that is going to do, is for me to work harder, to connect with those fish, this weekend.