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Or is it that they are 2 or 3 year old kings and not many are hanging out till they’re 4?

Late short trip with my wife and daughter. Trolled 80-90 for browns with mag spoons. 60 degree water down 75. Lines in at 1 and pulled at 3. No browns but two for three on kings one pushing 24lbs.

As much aa I enjoy fishing with experienced anglers, taking kids out and getting them on quality fish is priceless. Conversely, slow days are a drag, but slow with kids on board is agonizing. Blessed today, lines in at 6:30 and out by 10:00.

In 225 down 90. Warm water inside

Took a friend and his nine year old son fishing today. Until this morning the son had caught one small fish at camp. 150-220 feet of water. Riggers at 110 and 95, divers out 225 to 250. Meat was on fire, 20 bites in three hours. Father and son did well and had a ball. Had no idea fishing like we enjoy every day existed.

May not have to slide out far.

I would still drop in 80 and slide out from there. Kings are still inside in the warm water and feeding but more stable water will be found deeper.

upstatefreshwarer.org Click on Oak Orchard Middle left shows surface temp at the 60 foot buoy and the temp on the bottom

Older boy came into town mid day. Let lines in 80 foot at 12:30. Was hoping for browns and set up accordingly. 63 down 80 over 100 but had to run high three’s going west to get 2mph ish. Did a Brown, small King and a couple Bows. Lost, dropped, three or four more. One of those days where you struggle to maintain down speed with only a few workable directions. Off the water at three, will revisit in the morning.

Start inside, 80 ish. Slide out gradually covering the bottom half of the water column.

Great report Matt

Not true. My boat has over 6000lbs of swamped capacity. Pull the plugs, fill it with water and park your car on it.

I was told Sea Tow was coming to take care of it. Going to drive by later and check it out.

Was driving along Sandy Creek and saw this sunken boat. Really too bad, sucks.

I was wondering if you got caught in that storm. Spooky stuff!

Funny, There were virtually none. Me and Rick talked about that while we were out. Crazy

Glad you had a good time Devon! It was fun, lots of laughs, even better when it’s at Rick’s expense. In all fairness, Rick was awesome to come along and help this morning with no sleep. Much appreciated.

DSM5578 (Devon) joined Dickey and I on the boat this morning. Devon is relatively new at Lake Ontario and wanted to get things dialed in a little. Good news I did a master class on how to tangle copper rods with diver rods, hopefully he puts this new found knowledge to good use. Worked primarily 120 to 180. Water was quite unstable, warm water flooding in from the west. Had a quick double followed by a handful of drops and tangles. Was a little bit of a grind but by 11:30 we’d had over 20 bites and landed a dozen Kings with four or five over 20lbs. Lots of laughs, had a fun morning.

Great fish

Great job!