Sk8man

Nice going and good report. Good to see smiling face on Canandaigua. Nice bow

Adm Byrd and I were one the water about 6 AM in his Penn Yan and fished it hard today until about 6 PM tonight. We mainly worked from100 ft out to 230 or so but only connected in the 120-125 ft. range fro the most part and not all that many fish marked throughout vast areas but intermittent bait pods were there off and on mainly without any fish near them. We used a little bit of everything today (flasher/fly, Spinney/fly, wires leadcore, 200 copper, downriggers/spoons, and with dodger/spoon combos). Initially we caught about a 6 lb brown on spoon downrigger 90 over 125, then a lull for a few hours and then a bout a 6- 7 lb king 100 ft down over120 ft on downrigger with spoon, followed by about an 8-10 lb laker an hour or so later on the 200 copper with dipsey and flasher/fly out 300, this was followed by many hours seeing few if any fish but bait present without any hits. This afternoon we trolled for hours without seeing many fish just bait scattered about the "marine desert". Then a 5 lb brown took an orange spoon 95 over 128 ft (downrigger) and later followed by a 15-16 lb king on that same orange spoon 115 ft over 130 ft. We again trolled for hours and around 4 PM another king (about8-10 lbs took a flasher/fly combo. All fish released but the two largest kings didn't make it so they were boxed. All in all a fun day of fishing but very long periods between fish and a lot of disappointing fishless screens...but quite a lot of bait out there. The ball busting saved the day for us butwe were rocking back and forth when we came off the boat from the crazy wave action today for so many hours. The fleas were there and moderately problematic in spots but not as bad as a week ago. The largest salmon had large lamprey marking on its side.

Nice healthy looking fish WTG!

Those 88's work great on Owasco by the way...run 5 at a time and cranked until they spin and the rod tip vibrates noticibly...the big lakers nail them.

Larry I think the SS limit disappears as soon as you reach full retirement age (e.g. 66) Used to be age 70.

Gambler has the right attitude....and my sentiments exactly too. We have gotten pretty spoiled ans we need a reminder to "smell the roses" once in awhile.

Not trying to be a smart azz but if these mature kings are out there someplace in numbers WHERE are they.in the lake? The guys on the north shore don't seem to be banging them and not on the south shore either or in the east or west basin (in the numbers in the past anyway the bar etc. I think it unlikely that they are all piled up out in the middle....regardless of temps etc. I will be very surprised if the streams see big runs of matures this year.....but as has been noted the immature fish seem strong so far anyway offering hope for the near future. P.S. I honestly hope I'm wrong on this one.

Just another take on this but I'm wondering if something major happened to a couple of the previous year classes whether weather wise or other stuff such that they are showing up in very poor numbers now. There have been reports all over the place that few if any fish are being marked as in years past. I know this won't be a popular comment but I also wonder about the cumulative effects of fishing pressure all around the lake now that many more folks on both sides of the pond have "dialed in" and are much more effective than in years past because of better understanding of the areas fished, improvements in equipment and technology, and increased effectiveness of the harvesting methods. Although Ontario is a big lake and there are a lot of fish in it....kings are very heavily targeted by many people and this is not an infinite resource folks despite what we all might wish to believe. This is also not meant to be "accusatory" in any way of us sports fishermen, charters etc. just something to think about as a possibility when trying to figure out what is going on out there.....the picture is very different that it was a couple years ago.

Welcome! and best of luck to you guys out there. The folks on this website are second to none as far as generosity of information and fishing knowledge. You'll be a "happy camper" Have a great season. Les

I guess my talk on it after a few times out this season is that the kings of the past just aren't out there period now. I think DEC better get going on increasing the stocking or the next few years will be dismal because whatever happened to the year classes that didn't show in numbers may happen to these juveniles as well..

Great photo Sean I too was unaware that they could have that many cubs at a time....usually a couple. Very cool and Carey did a great job with the photo. Best regards bud.

Using Fish ID is usually less accurate on most finders and often identifies irrelevant objects debris or anything with a detectable signal as fish. On the Lowrance it should be displaying fish as "arches" or if fish are moving "lines". If the fish are at the outer edges of the cone angle they may appear as partial "arches" or lines. When jigging and boat is relatively stationary arches may change to diagonal lines going after your jig. In the pic below there was a significant chop on the water at the extreme top of it shown as turbulence, the massive blob is bait, the "arches at bottom and in top portion are fish. The dark lines going through are downriggers.

Nice report and results Nautitroller! Good luck with the trip and the rebuild Nick!

If it is light weight it is probably not the one I suggested....probably a stinger as they are usually lighter.