justtracytrolling

Nice fish! Really a special day with your brother and a great bow like that. If we really want to be careful with fish we should take the hooks off! I like careful handling with wet hands way better than nets and bogos.

I've been fishing for tigers more and have gotten nothing but hassles every time i post pics....my website is all but finished and ill have a regular fishing report there....anyone wanting info for Otisco just pm me, im just not gonna have any open posted info. Numbers are off here, but Im getting quality fish every time out last couple weeks. Picked up another big tiger this morning solo.

I haven't been posting much mostly because the walleye bite has been just about nil. It has definitely picked up on deep divers and we are getting a couple each time out. Last night we got a 24 a 21 and a 39" tiger on a stinger on spin tackle right at dusk. Ill try to get a few pics up later. Speed seems the key...2.5- 2.8.

Went out with my son yesterday for the first time on skaneatles for bass and what a beautiful lake. We ran the length of it in his boat hitting just a couple spots as we didnt have much time. We found hungry bass and perch literally every where we stopped! Ill be back to troll it very soon.....no weeds and no boats at least on a monday. Temp was 72-74.

No fleas!

I haven't been up this summer, but I've done very well trolling deep divers this time of year. Its actually good fishing and not that tough if you are a troller. I never had much trouble if weather cooperated getting a nice mixed bag of smallies, perch, and eyes working along the buoy line near the south shore launch.

RD9 couldnt agree more about the taste of the bigger fish!

More importantly nice job!!!!

Not easy getting them on bait! Devo is right about different water....just because the eyes are feeding the same bait the same way doesn't mean the same exact lures will work. Otisco and Owasco are very much alike but the best lure for my buddy kevin on Owasco doesnt work on Otisco when he comes to fish with me and vise versa. The technique is the same but finding the magic lure that works is another matter. If it makes you feel any better neither Kevin nor I did as well as last year fishing the bait. Fish were there but it was very tough too get them to go. We all want to think we have it figured out but its tough to get success to follow year after year fishing the exact same spots the exact same way and then if you are on different water too....takes a lot of fishing to get anything figured out! Harnesses work everywhere and so do sticks/deep divers and so do spoons. Believe me there is someone out there doing it each way successfully on almost every walleye lake out there...and by the same token there are 10 guys doing it each way unsuccessfully also.

Try catching one where there is unlimited bait!!! They are elusive anywhere where they are well fed and bursting at the seams with fat!

I agree with Kevin in that I just dont get guests that want to release any legal walleye. It's certainly easy enough to throw some back for those of us who fish eyes hard all season, but for the average angler who doesnt catch a freezer full it isnt likely he or she is going to release any. All I can say is its a good thing they are challenging to catch for the most part because if they weren't the species would be in trouble!!

The problem is walleye dont make a very good sportfish but are very tasty. It adds up to the fact that most walleye anglers aren't out there to release fish. I'm not saying its right just the way it is. I fish a put, grow, take fishery so I take what I know Ill eat. Tough topic...