Totally Hooked

Took the whole family out today, wife and three boys. I had a hard time keeping my baits in good water temp. 60' down over 250 fow was best for us but blink and we were in 60 degree plus. We managed a few kings, nothing big, 13 lbs was the biggest. We lost a few also but it was slow to say the least. Everybody I talked to had the same results. DEC was at the launch and said there was nobody really coming in with many fish. The fish we did get were on an NBK spinny and fly and a couple came on a FLT glow and black spoon, similar to the king of sting. Had a nice time with the whole family together and the boys got to real in a few fish so all in all it was fun. For the record the 13 pounder came from 100' down over 260'. Cold water moved in near shore as well, 44 degrees down 45' over 80 fow. Good luck this weekend

I'm heading to Olcott in a few minutes, I have been doing very well about a mile or two west in 150' to 200' fow.

Fished east of the harbor today not quite down as far as the plant. We set two riggers with spoons and a cheater. Lead core with a spoon off the board and four dipsey rods three with FF and our slide diver with a clean spoon. Screen looked awesome almost everywhere we went, getting them to take was frustrating. A spinny with a crinkle green fly took the first shot, a fairly decent Coho. Picked up a few skippers along the way and one nice Laker that took a purple glow frog off our Mag 10 right on the bottom in 75 fow. Ended up finishing 5 for 9 when all was said and done. Our slide diver with a Caramel Dolphin set back 120' on a one setting over 75 to 100 fow took the most shots today. Nothing spectacular to report but the boat ran good and it felt great being out. Other people we talked to at the dock had very similar days with 3 to 5 fish being caught. I'm sure some did better and some did worse. Everybody had the same screen, fish all over. There is a lot of bait schools out there to compete with that's for sure. Probably shouldn't have dropped the four we did, I had to give some friendly reminders that not letting the line go slack still applies in 2014! LOL. Looking forward to when things turn on again.

Nice day! Thanks for the Olcott report.

I have the exact same problem. My wife is an awesome fishing partner and loves to go out with us but when I ask her to drive the boat we are usually arguing with each other after a while (like one minute). It's really not worth getting too stressed out over, we're supposed to be having fun. What I see with the rookies is that they try to navigate toward a point out in front of them even if you are not heading toward shore? When I am standing in the back of the boat saying hey your turning pretty hard she says no I'm not! Turn around and look at the lines all pulling to one side I say. Somehow it ends up being my fault LOL. The driver really needs to watch the lines as much as out front IMO. I will say that it doesn't take real rough water to make driving a pain in the butt and people jumping around the back of the boat doesn't help either.

I had good temp out of Olcott this morning down 70 to 80 over 300.

Thanks for the report, I think. LOL!! May have to run off shore tomorrow to find fish and temp that will work. Are you marking anything and they just won't hit?

Currents and speed all play into it but it seems to me that 3 feet of line out sinks 1 foot. I'm sure this is not always the case but it works for me as a starting point.

I run 4 dipsey rods on my boat. Two of them are wire and two are 30 lb PP. Trust me there is a significant difference in the two. Here are a few: 1) Less fleas by far on the wire, braid can almost become unfishable at times 2) I drop more on the PP than I do on wire for some reason 3) I can hit bottom in 70' of water with 220' of wire out on a #1 dipsey on a one setting, 3:1 is a pretty accurate line to depth ratio. Both lines will work well with dipsey divers as far as getting them deep so why not use the one that collects less fleas 4) PP does have a tendency to bite on the spool from time to time, I have not had this problem with wire Just be careful not to kink it and you will be fine. Good luck!

Yeah I sent the motor first because I trusted the guy to send me the money but have not heard a word from him in a couple weeks.