Iron Duke

Launched out of Deans Cove and headed on a south troll and set up shop in about 150 foot of water.. We ran rigs coppers cores wires and riggers.. The quality fish that had been in this particular area were not there so we quickly decided to go over to another spot that we do really well but hadnt done too hot there this year.. Well its a good thing we did because soon as we moved into 150 fow it was game on boating many lakers until we moved in to the zone and it was like on cue rainbows and landlocks and one king yes I said king. Lol... We had some great board smashes and and even lost a board due to a pretty nice rainbow that jumped at least 10 to 15 times after smashing a Iron Duke FLT spoon on a 200 copper.. We ended up with a pretty decent box of fish and headed to weigh in.. We end up second on the day with a 5 fish 31 lb box of finger lakes gold and retained our points lead... We had one of those days were if it could go wrong it did we lost lots of fish a board, 200 copper , and wadded up a 7 color and 5 color core together but I can't say enough about our crew they keep it together when things are bad and keep on trucking and working together to get everything back together and in the water and fishing again... I cant tell you how big of a thank you i owe Bob Fuller from FINGER LAKES TACKLE for setting me up with his top notch spoons and custom paint paddles and painting stuff i need a week in advance so i have what i need even if hes busy, this season im having wouldnt be happening with out his quality work thanks Bob... Ok back to this king thing.. We caught this fish and when I got it out of the water I was like "what the hell" if this fish is not a young king it looks exactly like one.. We sent pics to Dec to see if they could give us any kind of explanation but haven't heard back yet but when we do I will post results on post already going about it... Cayuga lake definitely has it going on right now some real quality fish being caught after the boxes I have seen come to the scales during our 2 club tournaments there this year... Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Lmfao... Too funny Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Tail was definitely salmon tail big fork but was in a hurry to get it back in.. Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Caught this "Fish" over on Cayuga yesterday. .. No dots below lateral line , forked tail, salmon head with black gums and mouth and the body color was cold steel looking not bright silver ... Let's hear what it is... Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Way to go guys!!! Awesome fish.. Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Oh I assumed since you said flasher fly and you know what happens when you assume something lol that it was on a wire but awesome fish any who and way to get that one for the clients.. Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Way to go.... Nothing like a big Atlantic smash on a wire... Bet ya that thing hit like a ton of bricks? Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Great job and nice report... Your keeping them happy over there. . Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Lol you guys and your Finger Lakes Tackle Alewifes. . They do get the job done tho.. Finger Lakes Tackle spoons have out performed everything else I have try ed this year hands down!! If you don't have some you definitely no questions asked need to get some!! Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Here another good comparison.. Rainbow first pic Landlock second pic Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

The blue and green Alewifes work awesome! ! Always have at least one in the water... I believe Overacker has a whole entire collection of them.. Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Nope you got yourself a Seneca trophy rainbow tho.. Great fish!! Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

That's a pig rainbow!! Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I bet lol... I have no problem sharing the lake whatsoever but when you have close to 40 boats coming at you at 80 to 120 mph and lake is flat and vision is good up to a few miles there is no reason they couldn't have been a bit more cortious to the 6 or 7 boats fishing in that area.. Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Yeah Sean it was a great day and thanks for giving me a heads up on what was going on in your area... Those guys with the big expensive boats not saying ours aren't lol but they would be the first to **** if we did that to them but in their eyes it's ok to do to us.. Definitely uncalled for... Thanks again Sean Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I don't on a regular basis but do try to sneak up there in August as much as I can.. Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Thanks guys it was a great day.. Forgot to mention fleas are definitely getting thicker and nice size weed pods are starting to show themselves. . Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Way too go.. Great job creating a memory that will last forever Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Way to go !! I see you found them too.. Nice.. Got love when the rainbow fishing is hot lb for lb I would say these are the hardest hitting fish in the fingers... Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Planned on leaving the dock at 5 AM but after looking at radar we decide to wait it out and let storm past before launching and man am I glad we did... Nastiest thunderstorm storm I may have ever seen crazy lightning and huge huge thunder... Took two friends and their girlfriends out for a trip while they were home for out 20th class reunion (man am I getting old) lol.. Well we ran north and to the west side and set up shop running riggers cores coppers and dipsys.. We end up picking up a few small lakers but not the quality of fish that had been in that area so decided to do some searching and it payed off big time we ended up finding a great pocket of rainbows and landlocks and they really kept us on our toes smashing FLT spoons on the riggers left and right we must have caught at least 8 rainbows in that particular area.. we ended the day going 17 for 18 ... I have to mention that the power boat association was there running a poker run and had absolutely no respect for any of us fisherman including a good friend who was running a charter and one of those 300,000 dollar boats passed him on starboard side I believe within 50 ft and one passed us on port side probably at 70 to 100 ft and these boat we're running close to 100 mph, that is totally uncalled for and that's the reason we have accidents right there... Other than that great day on the water with some good friends.. Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Nice job Man!! Big Big Laker !! Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Absolute tank !! Way to go !! Mike Sent from my SM-N910V using Lake Ontario United mobile app