I was also thinking that the fish are feeding easily on plentiful bait. Saw massive bait clouds. Spent most of the time fishing 40-50 fow, which seemed where we marked the most fish and bait. All 4 fish came on cowbell setups for us. Kept 3 fish for the table: one had 21 sculpin in his gut!, one had 7 sawbellies, and the third was empty and hungry. At least no lamprey!
Thanks for the reports. Putting the boat in at Sampson this weekend, maybe I'll see ya out there. What size of the gambler rigs do you normally run? I've been tying up my own spin n glo rigs to run behind cowbells. End up with 90% of my fish on those. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app
I've been doing great with cowbells or dodgers with spin n glo rigs. Green and chartreuse in color just off the bottom. Two man limit of lakers today in just under 4 hours. Quit running all my other rods because only the deep riggers produced. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app
It was on fire this morning! Boated 11 lakers. Hammerhead and spin n glo on deep rigger was the hot ticket. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app
Now I don't feel so bad for my poor results. Ran a lot of different set ups and managed only one laker in about 12 hours of running 6 rods. Everything from flat lining off boards, cores, dipsys, and riggers everywhere in between. 1 laker came on mini cowbell and spin n glo. Didn't mark a lot of fish, those wet did seemed glued to bottom. Fished 80 to 120 fow mostly. Couldn't go Monday but my father said found a lot of marks shallow 50 ft but no takers. We fished from Sampson to Geneva both shores.
Washed some gear for 2.5 hours with no takers. Did mark a few bait pods, mostly clung to the bottom and did mark some good areas with a lot of fish both suspended and on the bottom in around 60 fow. Nothing wanted to bite however.
Have not had the chance to get out to the lake since labor day. Planning to try a last ditch fishing effort Saturday morning before taking the boat out at Sampson. Would appreciate any info on what has worked recently for those who have fished the North end of the lake.
Finally able to get out on the water again after working too much. Pretty solid day on the north end, fishing 80 - 100 fow. Went 7 for 8. Missed one on dipsy where we noticed dipsy wasn't dragging only to find a clean snapped off leader. Hot rig was #1 dipsy out 200 feet with spin doctor and spin n glo taking 4 fish including nice rainbow pictured, which was released unharmed. 3 more lakers on spoon rigger down 50-60 ft. 4 lakers were fileted and released...