justtracytrolling

I almost called you last 2 nights! Checked cameras yesterday and did some work with wyatt....had 4000 pics of deer from a week and a half....gonna need some serious thinning again this year...farmer wants 50 killed!!!

Loved reading your reports thank you! Way to make the best of less than ideal fishing. Nothing wrong with putting in time for some good fish and glad it seems your boat is ok.

Or take a big time shortcut and hire a charter a few times and learn from a pro.

Ive always felt people wash too many lures....pick a few staples and run them....that way at the end of the day you know whether or not to use those lures next time...if you constantly change when they do turn on you think...oh its the lure....then you run that lure till it has no paint and never works again because it really was a timing thing....you have to eliminate some variables in order to draw any reasonable conclusions. Come up with a plan and then execute it but dont keep changing the plan. As far as the radio goes shut it off and fish unless you have a network of people whose info is really good and they won't mislead you. The secret weapon is lots of time on the water LEARNING.

Its funny how many people expect epic fishing every fall....fish hard, enjoy the water, enjoy the company you keep and good fishing should be a bonus. Yeah we all get frustrated occasionally and always want more fish and bigger fish, but if you cant simply enjoy yourself without catching a world class fish you are missing out on just how special the outdoors is and the freedom we have to enjoy it. Its the not knowing what will happen next the makes it exciting even when its slow. Its not like there isnt any fish to catch..

Anybody out there use braid on riggers for eyes? Gill I have noticed the fish i get off riggers are smaller than the ones off boards. Miss em has had similar results here too....probably the bigger fish avoid the hum....i have caught big fish down the chute WAY back behind my whole spread.

I remember EVERY time i got to fish/ hunt with my uncle as my dad didnt hunt and fish. In fact uncle Homer is on here....thanks uncle...you created a monster lol!

Small finger lakes equals weeds...to be successful you first have to defeat weeds! Terrible here last few days....need a good steady breeze to clean off the lake. Less rods and run em 3 times as often is the only answer once it gets real ugly.

My experience agrees 100 per cent...though i won't be even thinking of shooting anything but a rage...i enjoy watching all my deer drop....i get enough tracking in on deer others shoot. John, Im very sorry to hear your dog won't be tracking any longer. A fine dog will be missed afield.... Jo

Nice report jeff....some of the guys here in the fingers make it seem so easy, but in reality they are really good trollers....i know you'll keep at it and keep learning! Best part is the figuring it out and anyone who will fish all night from a kayak is willing to do the work and thats all it takes!

Times two on the piss em off or take it away approach....fast fast fast....anywhere in the fingers warm water included...

....and they think they're just fishin'....

Nice work! We need more dads out there doing it with the next generation. Congrats to both of them! Its always a major high that takes hours to come down from for me every time i put a youngster on their first "REAL" fish. Pics say it all....

I would use a transom save no matter what on your big motor. My sons bass partner used a block like mentioned above and when his transom started flexing he was told by mercury to brace to trailer NOT to transom. This was a 200 hours motor....

I bought dowrigger and planer braid but haven't tried either....was scared to hang a fishhawk on braid and worried about getting hooks stuck in it....i only bought it because it was nearly free from Cortland line when the factory store closed....guess i have project to do tomorrow

Fishing here has been stellar here for quality tigers all season! 40" + fish are commonplace. I took a father and son out this week... all the boy wanted was to catch a big tiger....only managed 1 bite in 4 hours....fish was the biggest of the year at 43...seems like almost every tiger we catch deep is a 40 or nearly, and if you work shallower numbers are also possible. As far as idiots arguing over fish goes i posted a pic of Tracy's big tiger on another forum i no longer participate on and and i had 100 experts telling me it wasnt a tiger....of course none of the experts could produce pics of real tigers they caught...

Im a finger lakes guy too, but Ontario is the real deal! Good luck bud!!

Dont think i need double digits a day! A couple fish for the smoker and im good! Now walleyes are something different entirely! That's what's so great about new York state fishing....there's something for everyone! Thanks to Jim ill get out once more weather permitting. Im ready for Otisco in the am!

I got out with salty seaman this morning hoping for a decent king...just like monday and just like 2 weeks ago with miss em. My first two trips were uneventful to say the least, but had fun and learned some along the way. Today was no banner day by any means, but we managed 3 bites in 6 hours landing 1 small coho down 75 over 120 on 8" green protroll with a green fly off a riggers at about 8am. We broke off a nice fish mid air 400' behind the boat on a mag spoon off a 10 color core with a clip weight. Then at 1230 95' riggers with flasher fly starts screaming and doesn't stop till we are getting low on line. Took me forever to get the fish to the boat and just when im think she's done she takes off and passes the boat way out on the starboard side. I fought the fish over the bimini for a bit until Jim got back out in front. When jim finally got it netted after a couple blow ups behind the boat i had my first king from the lake, a 25 pounder! Some might say the fishing is off, but im happy to have had to put a little time in! Amazing fishery!

Not so good this morning!!! I decided to fish 8-12 today as the bite picked up yesterday later in the morning, not to mention the fact we smoked a pork loin and drank beer all day yesterday into the night so we all were a bit happy to sleep in! It was all smallmouth bass today and none of em real big. It was slow enough and weed free enough we ran 15 lines without an eye. Tomorrow its back to an early start if we dont night fish tonight.

In my last 9 3-4 hour trips we have gotten at least 1 eye in 8 of them. Not that that is good fishing, but not bad for daylight here. Im running a lot more lines and have a lot of time in trolling Otisco.