Kevin J Legg

Nice post. I'm trying to decide where to fish tomorrow. May try walleyes out of Kingston, Ontario.

I have had doubles on a single rod a couple times but also caught one laker on two rods. It had both spoons in it's mouth off the riggers.

I was camping with family down river by Lisbon Beach and tried to see if I could get any walleyes going. Tied trolling some. (too many floating weeds) and jigging spoons and even casting from 5-45 fow with nothing to show but a pike. Back to home waters later this week and a possible run to Canada for salmon or walleyes on Saturday.

Yesterday I hit a 19', two 23" and a 29' walleyes. This morning I only caught one 25".

Woke up very early this morning so decided to hit the river. I had a limit of walleyes by 5:30 AM. I actually caught four ( culled one) and had a couple others on. Also caught a couple bass and a drum that I thought was a walleye. Fish were pretty shallow and active. They should be available for a while now.

Great fish!

I have an 18' Lund Alaskan also and they are great boats for fishing and ducks! What is yours powered with? I have a 60hp Mercury 4 stroke and a 9.9 kicker for safety. It's fine most of the time but with a heavy load it may be a little underpowered. However, it is great on gas economy, trolls very well and is quiet.

Most were in the 12-15" range.

Either at Pine Grove or Mexico State launch. Pine Grove is about 10 miles north of Mexico and just south of the Salmon River. Selkirk Shores State park is between them but there is no launch there. Both are state owned and Mexico is the better launch and closer to Mexico Bay.

I've been hitting some local lakes and have been very successful using 1" Berkley Gulp off a small jighead on the deep edge of weed beds. I've seen a lot of fry in the lakes and these must mimic them. Generally the larger ones are underneath the smaller fish. Small crappies are also gobbling them up. Natural color seem to work the best for bluegills and the crappies like the chartreuse. The 2' Berkly Powerbaits also are working well and also take some nice bass in the mix. I seldom use bait on panfish anymore.

I fished the river this morning and got skunked on walleyes. Lots of floating weeds made trolling very tough. Friday the 13th must have my number!

Panfisher, I checked the vomerine teeth, the number of spines on the dorsal fin and did DNA analysis and I'm fairly certain it was a walleye, although you never know for certain with the possibility of hybridization. There are a bunch of fleas in the river also.

It's a beautiful area and a great place to fish.

I fished the River solo this morning and although I only caught two fish they were beauties. 29" walleye and 18" smallmouth both hit trolled crankbaits. Had two others on that came unbuttoned. Unfortunately the walleye was bleeding and caught in deep water and I could not release her. Even tried running my aerator in the live well for an extended time but she remained belly up and could not be revived.

Hit Butterfield Lake early this morning trying to catch a surface bite. I caught a few on aHorny Toad and Pop R ( two nice fish) but the bite was slow. I then moved off the deep weed edge and did much better. Ended up catching around 15-20 bass. I also gave the pan fish a try but didn't have much success with them.

Nice to see you're hitting them again, I may have to give the lakes a try. I tend to fish the river for walleyes and smaller lakes for panfish.

Just remember bait in NY has to be certified.

Haven't hit any eyes on deep divers yet, only using very heavy bottom bouncers or jigging spoons. Riggers also work but are tough to fish with changing bottom structure, try fishing near the bottom. Also keep your speed slow trolling into the current. I'm barely moving up river in heavy current I also do most of my fishing at night ior low light t hours.Things should only improve over the next two months. Also the ones I've got have been in 30-65 fow.

Hit the St Lawrence this morning and got 2 walleyes. One 19" and the other 23". We also picked up a few bass. Hit them in about 35 fow.

I agree just pain fun. I just rigged up a copper line and salmon rods but still like to fish panfish.

Mike, Looks like a great day. Lots of family here till Thursday or Friday. Just rigged a copper line and will try to get out when possible. Till then I'll be hitting the river for walleyes or hitting some local lake.

Like your post!

Artificals mostly. Gobies will gobble up live worms

I hit a local Indian River Lake this morning and had a ball. No depth finder, GPS, Down riggers, wire dipsies, copper wire, planing boards ...... Just my Gheenoe,, a 6 hp, a paddle, an anchor, a fly rod and some poppers. Although I enjoy fishing for all species it's good to get back to grass roots low tech fun. Oh and I was hitting bluegills on every cast. A mix of all sizes but I kept enough nice ones for a couple meals.

Yep we use to catch many in water up to 100 feet and caught some eels as well. I haven't hit any eels in a while. So many gobies I never use worms anymore but the bass love them and grow big.