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Out of Huges 8/30
Sk8man replied to farmerfreddy's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Geez.....if they get all of them it would take away a main source of fun for me.....making two of every one that comes into the boat
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They are right need to get them away from the other stuff except if running in chute (carefully). Last time out I donated a 275 copper (new wire) to the scrap pile running too close
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Cool reports guys. I'm sitting here at the St. Regis in DC and feeling a strong urge to be fishing and you guys don't help supressing it Hoping to get out someplace tomorrow AM depending on weather there. Glad Seneca offers good option now.
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Sonar Map recommendations please
Sk8man replied to moog5050's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
Whatever you do DON'T get the Lake Insight Pro V 14 or 15. The software is absolutely worthless....garbage No actual lake contours or shoreline info etc. just tells you there is a lake there and that's about it. Go with the Navionics stuff. -
I used to break open a couple of fish oil capsules on a cotton ball and rub it on spoons or fly head.... a little messy but it has seemed to help when things are slow.
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I had a switch go bad on the motor itself.
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You're very welcome Artemas. A PM is a Private Message here which is a way to privately communicate information that is not intended for public display (doesn't appear in a posting). It is found at the upper left hand part of the page where it says "Private Messages"
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Sodus Point 8-25-15 - Kinda rough out there
Sk8man replied to Sk8man's topic in Open Lake Discussion
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If mid to late September there may be salmon right in the bay itself and it can become pretty much like Spring fishing for them and a few browns mixed in but there are also perch bluegills, bass and pike in there. I 'd get a good map of the bay with depth information and scope things out. The south end of the bay toward the middle as it becomes very shallow has a lot of panfish and pike and there are often perch in between Eagle and Newark Island right where it drops off to about 15 to17 ft of so. The bay fishing used to be a lot better when there were many more grass beds and before the zebras and all the other crap. Once the channel traffic dies down the area around the channel buoys at the north end near the inside of the channel can be good for perch. There is often good bass fishing near the Shaker Heights area and along the east shore of Thornton Point and sometimes the deeper water ((e.g. 30-40ft) in the center of the bay has nice smallmouth if you can locate them suspended there. I know some folks may be thinking that this info should have been in a PM but I don't think hoards of folks will be flocking there just to fish in the bay at that time of the year
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pulneyville
Sk8man replied to john1947's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Sodus Point 8-25-15 - Kinda rough out there
Sk8man replied to Sk8man's topic in Open Lake Discussion
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Sodus Point 8-25-15 - Kinda rough out there
Sk8man replied to Sk8man's topic in Open Lake Discussion
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Sodus Point 8-25-15 - Kinda rough out there
Sk8man replied to Sk8man's topic in Open Lake Discussion
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Good news and it pays to fully report the stuff (e.g. to Merc etc.). Lets hope it is more than a slap on the wrist too.
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My friend/neighbor is a skilled bass/walleye/muskie fisherman with years of experience mostly on Lake Erie but had not fished Lake O and had never caught a King salmon despite fishing in Alaska etc. and catching other varieties of salmon. His new to him 20 ft Crestliner boat also had not been tested on "big water" so early this AM we ventured forth at 4:30 AM and headed for Sodus Point. As we were going out of the channel we saw one of the most beautiful sunrises we had either ever seen and no pic can do it justice. The forecast said winds out off the WSW at 5-10 and it was mostly southwest at 10 plus as we entered the lake and then a little later mostly west and building all the while. We trolled northwest out to 300 ft and then angled back as the waves built up to 180 ft of water and wham the 275 wire dipsey with a white spinney and white and chartreuse fly started taking line and the rod bent pretty good I said "there is your king" Dave said "How can you tell" I said "wait a minute and you'll fully realize it too " Sure enough the rod bent over and the drag kept going out even when he tightened it down a bit. There were 4-5 ft waves by then so I was in boat control mode and left Dave to his duties and he looked a little perplexed but did a journey man's job of reeling in the fish in very marginal water conditions. At 9:30 AM he has his roughly 15 lb king in the boat for a pic and then after reviving a bit back into the water. He was happy as a clam and said "Geez I'm going to have sore shoulders after that" So I couldn't help myself I replied "They call them kings for a reason". We trolled along with no other hits for hours with the water building all the time and now 15 -20 or so out of the NW and waves 4-6 ft so we trolled back to the channel as if surfing on the rollers and quit at 1:30PM. I think we now have another convert to the "king game"
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Four wire diver rods on L.O.-is it worth it?
Sk8man replied to Mike M's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
I generally go with the same rigs as Steve's too but often with an additional leadcore or copper off a board to the outside.