I couldnt see any ice from shore on Sunday, A few logs but nothing serious. I hooked up with a few steelhead on the bar on April 27th. I ran Rapalas 4 to 10 feet down over the drop off by the red bouy. Most hits were on a Blue/Silver shad body rapala. Speed was 1.7 to 2.2 MPH.
Ive got a 2012 60 Horse Mercury EFI. Went to fire it up Sunday and nothing. It doesnt even turn over. Put the battery on the charger and it went straight to a green light. I checked all the fuses and they are good. My bilge pump, livewell pump, horn, recirculating pump and lights work. My gauges, hydraulic tilt and motor do not work. I've run the boat 7 times already this year without an issue so im pretty confused. Im just looking for any thing to try or anything I missed before I drag it to a mechanic.
I did the Niagara today and brought in 3 at the stella drift, good reports from devils hole. Too rough to hit the bar today, but they are there in big numbers.
Love the wire dipsys, just the way that reel screams when a fish hits gets the adrenaline pumping. I use Okuma 55Ls no line counter so I just marked the wire with a sharpie every 20 feet.
According to my GPS, i'm running around 3.2 to 4 MPH. I don't know my down speed but that speed on the surface seems to work well. It took me a while to get the speed right you just have to mess with it a little.
I think I was the one of the guys you talked to so ill add my report here. 100-110 was hot right off the bottom. Got one good king that hit the scale at 19.3 pounds, and a decent steelhead. Had 7 knock offs. Had a great screen from 630 until dark lots of bait in the 60 to 90 foot range and fish all over the water column. Mag spoons were all they would hit, not one hit on the Spin Doctors. No Derby fish but there's always tomorrow.
Started out after work solo around 630. Headed to 110 FOW and set up 2 rods at 90 and 100. Bait was all over the screen from 110 to 130 FOW right off bottom. Ended up going 2 for 10, both Kings. Pretty good for only putting 2 lines down. Speed was 3 to 4 MPH. All spoons, magnum DW Lemon Ice and Diehard.
Fishing Report
Your Name / Boat Name:
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TRIP OVERVIEW
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Date(s): 8/19
Time on Water: 6am - 130pm
Weather/Temp: 75
Wind Speed/Direction:
Waves: 1 - 2
Surface Temp: 74
Location: Wilson
LAT/LONG (GPS Cords):
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FISHING RESULTS
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Total Hits: 4
Total Boated: 3
Species Breakdown: Steelhead and kings
Hot Lure: Blue Dolphin SD, A-Tom-mik
Trolling Speed: 2.5 - 3.0
Down Speed:
Boat Depth: 100 - 300
Lure Depth: 65 - 100, 200 and 225 dipsys on a 1.5
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SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS
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Started out in 100 feet marked fish and bait all the way to 220 down. Turned back when I hit 300 feet and took a small steelhead on the 225 dipsy. Back in 130 feet of water took a small king and at 110 took a high teens king with the 100 foot rigger. Had another hit at 120 feet that took my flasher and spoon before I could even grab the rod.
The Gander Mountain by me was sold out of all the Magnums and had maybe five smaller spoons left in stock. Guy there told me it might be a few weeks before they got more in. Here is their website.
http://www.northernkinglure.com/index.php
Name: Killian
Location: Amherst, NY
Home Port: Wilson
Boat Name/Type: Tracker
I fish for: Salmon, Trout, Bass and Walleye
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New to fishing Lake Ontario and I am excited to pick up some tips from everyone here on the forum!