justtracytrolling

I have to say im good on eyes in in the freezer! Sk8man if you get down my way I can give you some! In fact walleye is on the menu for our Christmas Eve dinner. I have a venison loin stuffed with spinach, gorgonzola, mushrooms, bacon, dried cherries, and walnuts. Walleye filets stuffed with shrimp we cast netted in sc, with a cream sauce. Bbq bacon wrapped shrimp and walleye appetizers. Main course 15 pounds of angus prime rib! Merry christmas everyone! Be safe<br /> <br /> Sent from my SPH-L710 using Lake Ontario United mobile app<br /> <br />

I almost drove up myself yesterday...went to the susquehanna instead and caught 1 big sucker in the flood stage chocolate milk! Somebody should go get 1 last eye while we have this thaw!<br /> Justin<br /> <br /> Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app<br /> <br />

I havent given up on the buck ive been hunting yet, so this is bonus fishing for me! Tried it for 45 min tonight with my son and took a zero. Might have missed 1. Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Running them with dogs is effective or trapping. Calling will get a few too...just need more guys targetting them from the end of deer season till end of yote season. If anyone wants to see some video of the dogs on em i can pm a few videos. Not the kind of footage to open post. Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I had almost a half hour to kill tonight before i picked tracy up from work so i grabbed a rod and headed to confluence. Caught 2 24+ eyes both released fine, even the one i had to put down in the wet grass because i forgot pliers. Both fish made we wish i had a net, but i didnt get hooked grabbing them. Flow and water level are decent, and the bigger fish seemed active. Needless to say ill try it again tomorrow with a little more effort. Both fish were caught on a pearl xrap. Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Bigger the better for me, but i dont have any room left! I still have to shoot some more deer, but they will have to be donated. justin

Turn the dogs in dont give em back to the owner....after the fines roll in they will keep fido tied up. Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Dogs dont need to be on a leash if they are hunting....period. Dogs cant read posted signs....period. Its illegal to shoot a dog running deer if you arent a CO...period. This is not a complex issue....call a CO and your dog control officer...period. Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

As a houndsman and dog lover there is no reason to shoot someones dog unless he comes after people. If you have problem with a dog call dec/dog control. Keep in mind a rabbit/coyote/coon hunter has a right to be afield just like the deer hunter. I personally wouldnt take a dog out till AFTER deer season, but legally i could. Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Congrats! Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

With the water way down they might be useful...i wore muck knee boots and had to go to the tip tops for a snag. I wanted to work up to goudy with waders but was too chicken in the dark alone. There is a great eddy below the little island, but it can be hairy wading to it in the light let alone in the dark. Thats where ive caught dozens. Anywhere in that huge slow pool behind home depot can be good. You know its a water level thing...gotta find the right little hole for the level its at. I got lucky and hit em in the second spot. I caught all 4 in a ten foot circle and missed at least 1. My f13 was ticking rocks a lot and that river is a spot where hooksets arent free! If i snag and dont set she floats up with the current.Only had 1 lure with me! Casting at otisco i set hard on everything that touches....no snags there. PM sent. Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Thats a sure shooter in my book! Doenst get any easier than hunting the burbs....if you can be legal...im watching 9 doe n fawn as i wrie this...no shooter yet! Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

1 more short...worked upstream nothing...then hit confluence on my way home...way too shallow and called it a night...ill try the spillway next week unless the water comes up...or maybe make the haul up to otisco grocery! Tim, that little boat ready? Maybe laders? Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Dont have to convince me! Nice fish...congrats! Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Inspired by chris im down at hhome depot and they are biting...2 17's and a15 so far on f13's Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Thanks for the report chris...the chenango has the gravel pits and plenty of depth in those areas...water is too low up in binghamton at rock bottom and confluence, but i thought Murphy's might have enough....ill go try home depot...heard it was decent there and campville, but not much size. I have to get off my butt and do some fishing. Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Here's a couple pics tracy took. We have only a few as i lost the phone that had tons. Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Joe, Check out littlesister1.com Captain Jason Colby is a very well respected fisherman on stripersurf.com. He has an amazing number of 50 pound stripers on his resume from shore alone before he was a captain. Ive read a lot on him and he is a fish catching machine. I know i have what it takes to hammer the hudson, but once you have stood in the canal in waders alone and fought a striper in the current its hard to go anywhere else. The canal is only shore fishing so its strictly you and the fish...no electronics. I love trolling and boat fishing, but deep down im a shore guy if its possible. Its just more special casting and using plugs and jigs. I didnt troll all fall, but i certainly could have caught just as many eyes and easier that way. I chose to cast for them. Trolling allows me to catch fish whenever i want, casting you are at the fishes' mercy...if they move in to skinny water its game on...if not its a zero. If i had the money id start my season on the hudson and then move to the fingerlakes, and im sure ill do just that in a couple years. Otisco gives me all i need and for now ill deal with only 1-2 striper trips a year. Let us know how you make out...im jealous btw! Lol Justin Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Tim, The 2 biggest walleyes i caught in oneida were under the north 81 bridge on a nasty day with an east wind, and you know what size lures i was using! Neither was fat, but both were around 24 inches. If its blowing hard out of the east and rainy the bridges are great. The biggest one i trolled was on a live target sized perch bait that was easy 6 inches and it was just a hair shorter... ill find the pics....that eye came between Frenchman's and oneida shores. Sent from my N9500 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Panfisher, My first canal trip I lost so much tackle I had to go back to the bait shop 3 times! There are places where its a sandy bottom, and thats what you want when you are learning to jig, and once the current takes you downstream past 45 degrees you better reel up fast or you will be snagged for sure!!!!!! Timing is everything up there just like a salmon run. If you are there at the right time EVERYBODY catches fish. If you don't hit it right you need to know a bit more and even still its tough. Once you figure out what tides to fish its much more predictable. I joined a forum and it took over a year to get anyone to open up at all! I ended up making a spreadsheet and pouring over every post that was good fishing for the last five years and looked up the tides and bingo the pattern was glaringly obvious. Those guys don't post a report till the fishing goes south so theres no way you can jump in the truck and haul up there to time it right. I wasn't looking for a specific spot I figured I could catch my own fish I just wanted to know when to go as its a 6 hour drive and I cant go every weekend till I figure it out. Those guys are THE REASON why I post and share info! Im not gonna tell anyone every detail Ive learned, but Im happy to give a report so somebody might at least know what to use and when...as far as EXACTLY where goes that's where the fishing comes in! Up there the guys that are good think they are so sneaky...they put down there rods if they see you riding by or just watching as they don't want to catch a fish when someone is watching...the newbies just keep on fishing....so by not letting you see them catch fish they are in a sense telling you they are in a good spot. Id never move in but I make a mental note of the pole number for future reference...yes there are 7 miles of numbered light poles on each side of the canal so you can find the spot again. Its illegal to fish from a boat there too which is kinda cool and access is limited, but there is a real nice bike path down each side. justin

Id be casting too this time of year, but if you have an f13 wouldn't hurt to throw it a few times when you know they are biting. In the Susquehanna we jig with 2.5 inch gulp often, but in the fall even if they are feeding on small minnows the largest of the fish can be caught with bigger bait. I know there are plenty of 3-5 pounders in Oneida because ive caught em. You might be surprised... Justin