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john1947

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    Perch at Sodus?

    Caught some nice perch out of hughes this summer should be some decent perch this fall
  2. Awhile ago someone mentioned problems with pen raising salmon due to waste buildup around pens.maybe we could somehow install cisculator pumps to keep the water in the pens fresh and cut down on disease and raise servival..As far as lakers i wonder howmany released lakers make it ,its a long way down for them.I think it s better to keep what you catch and call it a early day when limited
  3. Nice hunt you had.Can't wait for the opener here.I know what you mean how it gets tougher when we get older.Keep up the hunting,it keeps us young.
  4. Ive killed many a duck who landed very close to my old style wonder duck,Single high sped motors on eaxh wing seem to work better than mojos
  5. bluebills respond the best for calling.I dont hunt divers tilll late early or second half .We will have over 200 divers this year to use half redheads and half bluebills
  6. That king is nice we got a 38 20 years agoim going to post it when i find it,lol
  7. Got to get out early or fish late,last 2 hours always the best for spawners.I always look around for bait first as that is where I usally find them till the water dipps below 60.Had good luck using wiggle worts,deep crank baits trolled behind or planers.Old timers used copper sutton 38off riggers.next week im using leacore as the fish are higher now The lakers are still hitting well but deep 90 down on carbon 14 450 copper.
  8. 23 lb laker, largest in my career Im having it mounted ,first fsh for mount
  9. It was a cracked fitting on the wash down pump thankfully,you couldnt see it as the pump was off when we checked the hatch, ,all we could think a bellows blew .I was so strange as i had just turned on the bilge shortly before we ran back.The laker was 23 ilbs 38 innches a pre spawn femal,it's in the shopCould be worse as if we hadnt shut off the pump earlier.Somehow the auto,matic bilge didnt turn on as it usually. does.
  10. Went out yesterday with a friend.Couldnt touch the few fish i saw inside so i went out to 120.Copper 450 was hot with two nice lakers carbon 14 mag..One is in the mid 20"s taking it to the taxidermist today I also had a revolting development on the way back My motor stalled and then i found I was taking on water,why the motor stalled.I got the water down and restarted the motor.Took it to bear creek as i still dont know why it happened.The CG and firedept. were on there way but I told them I was safe and they went backTook the boat home for a cleaning . This boat has never given me in trouble in 6 years and is always kept up Its a 26 searay with a 260 merc ,good bellows solid boat. Read online maybe exhaust clamps sometimes will losen and do this Boat will not go back till I get the alarm and seperate high output bildge installed and of course find the cause of the leak fixed Thanks to the CG and pultneyville fire dept.for being there
  11. last friday night i went out alone and saw the best screen of fish in many years.The fish are still around yet to come in till the water cools.I wouldn't give up yet as we wait all year for the fall kings.Im busy the next few days but i plan on getting out friday and next week looks good weather.The NE wind blew some cooler water in to boot.Tonight i made my first batch of honey dipped smoked salmon,can;t get better than that.Keep fishing and don't believe its a bad year,the fish are here and it's going to be a suprise for many.
  12. Fished tonight for a couple of hours.Ran into alot of large fish north of portMost were 90 down and had to be kings by the hooks.I had two on and boated a 12 lb laker on green and white spinny and mirage fly.There were a few other boats out along with me.Looks like a early start should be productive tomorrow morning
  13. A good way to trigger the spawners in shallow is to pack up some JPlugs.I use to use three riggers with two rods on each rigger stacked about 10 to 15 apart vary distance behind the ball and make alot of turns especialy if bait is around.I especially worked dropoffs.Took many late kings this wayJpugs or silver hordes with the rattles worked best..Sometimes i would run spoons like diamond kings on the lower rod.s/ Good luck
  14. a bill norman c rank bait as shown in pic
  15. Years ago my two young sons use to take Dad"s boat out to fish the big lake.One day while bass fishing they hooked up with a monster It was about 28 lbs..As the story goes the fish took them for quite a ride They had gone over a mile east before they landed the fish,all on 6 lb mono.My sons were in there teens then, they still fish but mostly bass and walleye. This is just one adventure we have had over the years fishing our wonderful fishery on lake Ontario.
  16. We hunt lake ontario and seneca,sometimes other fl.The wonderduck old style motion decoy works well on puddleducks,;We have 20 doxen divers but hardly ever have to put out over a hundred for good shooting.We also have a big water duck boat blind that is also a plus in getting a easy hunting spot.The flag idea is good,use to flag geese all the time
  17. Nice tripi.keep it simple and stress free and they wil keep going. took my young sons who still hunt many years .Keeps the family together.. Wonderful effort you have made with them
  18. Wonder how a new walleye hatchery for lake ontario would go over,kings are great but nothing better eating than walleye
  19. hI Rich. I know whay you mean about catching stream fish,I watch guys fishing steelhead throwing them on the bank then throwing them back,repeating this over and over.many do die as i have seen hundreds of dead trout on our salmon creek. I ;ile your attitude in taking one fish and calling it I take a few fish lake fishing especialy the salmon and steel head,lakers to are pretty good
  20. Great report.hope the kings stick around
  21. Whew that storm came out of no where.It was bright sun and in a flash the storm moved in.It was a good thing i turned on the weather and they had the warning.Wel It actualy blew by me before i got back as it was 8 miles out from port,never saw any lightning.The fishing was great for lakers but no luck on kings,did mark alot of fish high either coho or steelhed 40 over100 .Temp was 45 degrees 70 down over 90
  22. One thing i use to do when salmon fishing especially with J plugs was to resharpen the hooks after every fish.If i didnt the chances of losing them rose considerably.I troll with copper and divers now but to big of a spread might hurt especially with a big fish,better to pull some rods and turn back then to try and bring a big fish in.I hardly ever lost a king by turning back.There are alot of salmon around still a good month left for good fishing in the lake,hopefully.lol
  23. fished yesterday late and stayed in shallow where the thermocline hit the bottom in 70 ft.Got a real nice bass on the 300 copper.Almost got it in had to be over 6 pounds.I did mark some fish in 90 ft 60 down but no hits.Itwas a beautful sunset .My fish held up on the leaders board.First win for me in over 30 years of LOC.
  24. Outside the derbys I rarely see a boat down where i fish Years ago the harbor had over a dozen boat and they used them.Today everyone is on the computer little time for real fishing.Same goes for sailboats. What realy bothers me the most is parents allowing their kids to spend endless hours on the net,sort of a cheap babysitter.No time for fishing or family. Some day they will regret the choice
  25. Fishing wa fair this afternoon.5 lakers ,2 skippers and a nice coho.Again the silver bullet red nose took three fish including a nice laker.Coho came on a red flasher bait rig .Tomorrow should be good fishing.We ended up 8 miles from port Good luck tomorrow
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