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Took my youngest and dad out of Sandy today. Only had 2 rods in the water when 1st fish hit the dipsey. Boated that king and while I was letting that rod slowly creep back to 210 it fires again. So 2 kings and still only 2 rods in water. Eventually got all 6 rods set. We went 4 for 5 and my son got to fight 3 and my dad 2. Worked 100’ early and eventually out to 240’ then called it quits before the rain came. This was my son’s 1st trip and is now hooked. 4 fish on wire set at 210 Dipsey/SD/fly and 1 on Spoon of rigger. No down temp or speed. Headed west from Sandy. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Yes after 2 years of missing out on fishing it was great to be back out and fighting a fish is better than washing my gear. I just to need to buy a new FF and Fish hawk so I can increase my knowledge. Good luck out there.

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Took my dad out fishing for fathers day. 1st trip with boat in over 2 years so we decided to try Sandy instead of Braddock's. Ran a 6 rod spread with 2 wire dipsey's, and 4 spoons stacked on 2 riggers. 1st fish was on wire. Lost that one. 2nd fish was same rod, and my dad landed that one. Switched my port rigger to SD/Fly after 2 fish on SD/Fly. That port rigger set at 80 with SD/Fly hits and I lose that one. As I am resetting that rod the other rigger set at 96 fires and line starts screaming. After a few runs I get the fish to about 30 yards behind the boat, and the fish surfaces and kind of rolls and hook comes out. We get one more fish around 10:45am on same dipsey set up as before but my dad ended up losing that one. So we went 1 for 5 which is kind of rare. We are not experts but have never had so many fish come unbuttoned. 3 fish on Chrome dispey 2.5 setting, Mt Dew SD, and hammer fly line counter of 150 and all on port side. 1 fish on rigger set at 80 with white crush SD and hammer fly. Biggest fish was on rigger 96 down Die Hard spoon. I don't have down speed or temp probe. All fish in 150-170'. Saving up for a Fish Hawk and newer fish finder.

Yes we launched from Braddocks.

Was a little nervous with the weather reports but lake was better than I thought. I took 2 guys out from the fire department and we launched at 7am. This day would turn out to be costly and painful, but priceless when fishing with your friends. We headed out to 85' and set up on a west troll. Ran 2 wires with Dipsey/SD/Fly and 4 spoons on the riggers. About 15 minutes in the 210 wire fires (clear dipsey 2.5 setting, white double crush glow SD, hammer fly) with a decent fish, lost it after a short battle. Skippy king later on, which ended up being a painful fish. 120fow, 80 rigger, DW Blue Dolphin. This fish ended up tangling with the other line stacked on that rigger. After getting the fish in the boat and trying to remove both lures, we caught a nice wave and fish decided it wanted to thrash at the same time. I ended up with the treble hook embeddd in my hand. I threw that fish back and as we were discussing how to remove the hook the other rigger fires. 76' rigger, white double crush glow SD and hammer fly 135fow. As he was bringing the line in I noticed something was wrong. This line was tangled with the wire. By the time I got the wire untangled it felt like the fish was gone. I had a mess on the rigger line and had to cut it. As he was pulling the line in by hand he tells me "I think the fish is still on". Good thing it didn't fight anymore. We landed that fish and had some laughs all while having a spoon still connected to my hand. I cut the treble part of the hook and removed the hook. His wife wanted dinner so we kept that fish (smaller one in pic). I get all the lines reset and I as I am tieing a new wire line knot the same 76' rigger combo fires again and starts striping line 150fow . Finally it is my turn. I get the fish to the boat and my buddy nets the fish. Instead of pulling it up straight vertically he tried lifting it up horizontaly. Snap goes the net and thankful we were still able to get the fish in the boat. No more hits and we headed in around 11am. So after breaking a net, dealing with a few tangles and embedding a treble hook in my hand, it was still pricless when fishing with friends. We had lots of laughs and I got a text later that night saying how good the salmon was for dinner. Rick

I always enjoy reading your reports and your helpful information. You have helped many of us catch more fish. Thanks!

Nice job Chris.

Great job!

Nice report Chris!

Nice job and thanks for posting. I was out Fri but went out to 225' off Braddocks. 2 kings, 1 steelhead, all on SD/Fly.

Took a friend from the fire department fishing for his 1st salmon trip. We were in the water by 7:30 and we headed out where we saw 2 boats. He caught his 1st fish around 8am (225 FOW, west troll, NBK SD, Sweat Pea Fly, 70' rigger). I would say high teen or maybe low 20 king (bigger than the one in the picture). Released that fish. 2nd fish was at 9:36 (200 FOW, east troll, 210' wire, clear dipsey 2.5 setting, white crush SD, Hammer fly). Kept that fish cause I didn't think he would live (pic below). 1 small rainbow around 11am (150 FOW, south troll, Mtn Dew SD, purple fly, 65 rigger). Released at the boat. I was just happy to be out fishing for the 1st time in 2 years and happy my buddy caught some fish. Thanks to all those that replied on my previous post about where to start today. Thanks, Rick