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So now that salmon is winding down I always have a couple trips at the end of the year where i like to try different things. Last year we made the decision to try our hand and musky fishing. we ended up in the pouring rain on waneta and didnt do anything. This year we decided to Continue that quest. we took the drive to Ostico to try that lake for the first time. It was an interesting late to fish. we ended up getting a late start and launched at about 7:30 we started trolling with a mix of baits to maybe pick up a walleye for dinner. was a nice morning and we saw a lot of big splashes and I saw one tiger surface right in front of us that was at least 40 inches. The thing was massive. Alas we were not able to connect on any we spent some time casting and finished the day trolling we worked all around the lake in a lot of different depths. only some smallmouth to show for it. We have maybe 1 or 2 trips left this year before the boat gets put away. probably will fish either here or Waneta. we ran a mix from c5 sized spoons up to 8 inch plugs i have lots of plugs for Salmon and trout to cycle through but only a couple large baits to work with. if i'm going to do this only a couple times a year can i get away with that or should i invest in more large lures. given how my sholders feel after all that casting i think next time i want to spend time vertical jigging especially if its windy enough for a fast drift. is a swim bait a decent jigging bait? hopeing to someday post a pic and if i get a big enough one i'll be asking about good replica makers.

was out sunday but thanks to a blown tire on the trailer i didnt get out till 10 and only fished 2 hours. never went offshore didnt have time. started at 50 foot put one rod down and didnt even have the lure attached to the second and fish on. 10 lb bow. started re setting and didnt get to the third rod and the first is hit again but just a skipper sized brown this time. got set finally and poked around from 50 to 90 for a bit best screens in 60-75 water was 63 down 30 had three other shots on a 6 color down the shoot but wouldnt stay buttoned. all spoon bites bloody nose frog and a custom taped glow not a bad two hours. special shout out to featherlys for coming out and fixing my tire on the side of the road. turns out not a lot of places answer the phone on a sunday morning.

HB2 that is a very insightful post. no matter how full i am if a potato chip floats in front of my face i probably am gonna eat it. unless of course i'm dodging chunks of lead flying at me from all directions.

Kast king I am happy so far going on 3 seasons Sent from my XT1080 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I cant speak to sandy but the launch at bald eagle was open on saturday nice launch and has a drop box if you get there early and fishing was fantastic. we fished the sandy creek shootout from there and had steady action all day long ended with an 81lb box and had or threw back 5 other fish over 15 I have a bruise on my stomach from the rod butt. its only about 15 mins from sandy..

clip the dipsey over when there is still one wrap of braid on the spool than pick up the rod and start letting it out under tension that way the wire is never slack.