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Mexico July 19
Kevin J Legg replied to Landshark's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Haven't fished the river in a week. Gone for the weekend but back on Sunday. Still need to get out together. Glad you're still on them and moss is less of an issue. Looking forward to fishing next full moon! -
Went back today and only caught a few and no big ones. That's fishing,
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Gave the walleyes a rest and hit a lake this morning. Tried the top water bite early and never had a hit in the shallows. Picked up a friend and we worked the deèper weed lines and had a nice morning. Caught 4 over 17" that we releases. Kept some smaller ones to eat. Likely caught around 25 total mostly on Senkos An osprey was diving trying to take a baby loon but mommy was protecting it by raising her wings and swimming a the osprey. Great morning.
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There is a dark moss on the bottom in shallower water but this is the first year I've experience a lot floating green moss. As water warms spiny water fleas can become troublesome as in the lake. They glob up on your line. They only started showing up in the river a couple years ago. They can be a big problem in the lake and often require using 30 lb. mono or flea flicker line.
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Lots of moss both floating and on bottom.
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I completely agree. I too would rather jig or cast but personally haven"t found it as productive, perhaps I need to experiment with it more. -
I got skunked this morning. Tried trolling everything but no takers. However, there was a great sunrise! -
Have had many tangles figuring it out. I tried running a stick near the weight and a spoon up a foot this morning but they tangled. Guess I need to move them farther apart. I keep experimenting when I can't get them to hit.
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Nice I fished 4:00- 7:00 this morning and never had a hit!
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Mosquitos have been bad early and late. Bug spray and Therma Cell relieve the problem.
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This was on bottom bouncer. Only one on longline this morning. Lots of current this morning and the bite was slow.
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Mexico
Kevin J Legg replied to zchapman's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
Way to go Landshark -
Rusty decided to get it mounted. It Weighed 11+ and was 31". His second walleye eyer!
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30" and a 20 and 24. A little slow but nice trophy.
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Nice fish.
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I also wanted to tell you my gps trolling speed into the current is usually 0.3 - 0.8 I seldom troll over 1.0 unless north wind pushes me faster. Often I slip troll with very little up river movement. That's why I use my main motor so I can instantly adjust my speed.
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Been freezing up a bunch also. Did you get them all on the bottom? Most of mine have been suspended on deep divers the last two times out.
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. Limit in a half hour. Went 7 for 9 many suspended fish.
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Trolling with kicker/bow mount combo
Kevin J Legg replied to Prof T's topic in Tackle and Techniques
Sound like a good technique, particularly for landling fish alone. Even though I have a kicker and electric I troll with my main engine( only a 60 hp) I've found I often have to adjust my speed with changing current speeds along a trolling run. It defiantly keeps me busy fishing solo when I run 2 long lines, a heavy bottom bouncer and also drive the boat and net the fish. Generally when I hook up. I point the boat to deeper water and keep boat moving slowly into the current. If fish is on a long line I leave them in the rod holder till I get the bottom bouncer in. If it's on the bottom bouncer I leave both long lines in the rod holders and land the fish on the bottom bouncer. If you don't keep moving into the current the long lines can tangle in the prop. It also keeps pressure on the fish if you're moving into the current. -
I was up and dressed at 3:15 but when I stepped outside and there was a strong north wind decided to go back to bed. Likely a good choice. -
7/6 Falmouth Mass
Kevin J Legg replied to whaler1's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
Those are both great eating fish! I didn't get a chance to go to my brothers in the Cape this year but most years I go down and have a blast catching different species. Even catch some strip bass and blues on fly rod. Love catching those big fluke and Black Sea bass. -
I caught some on stingers on the lake but haven't used them much on the river. Need to give them a shot sometime but it's tough to switch up when you have them dialed in. -
Two 24" and one 21" also caught a 17" smallmouth and released two short eyes. Fished 4:00- 5:30 am. There were scattered eyes glowing on all my typical spots. Some as shallow as a couple fow. First good.catch on long lining deep divers this summer. Did catch a couple in 30-35' but most came shallower. Definitely more fun to catch them long lining."
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Nice I did well on long lining deep divers early this morning but did get a couple on bottom bouncers. Lots of eyes glowing every place I looked. Caught fish every where I tried.