Jump to content

greenhornet73

Professional
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,132

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by greenhornet73

  1. greenhornet73
    Hey sorry to switch gears but any of you guys that fish the lake late into september I am just wondering how close to shore you move in for staging fish typically? I troll out of my kayak and usually stay around the mouth of the SR until the big runs start but if they are within reach I would love to fish fair haven since I am sure it is much quieter with boat traffic and less of a haul for me. I am comfortable only going out about a mile or less offshore so I can get to shore if bad weather is approaching. Looks like this years run will be a large improvement to the past 2 years unless this draught continues. Thanks for the reports, keep em coming.
  2. greenhornet73
    I'm curious to see how everyone did out there this morning. I marked some fish here and there but couldn't get one to bite but did get a nice muskie to hit trolling a big husky jerk on my way back to the causeway but lost it in a mat of weeds he got himself into. At least I got to feel a couple powerful runs on the trolling rod before I had to pack it in.
  3. greenhornet73
    I used to get at least 1 every winter under tip ups in front of the restaurant but stopped trying for them once they became scarce while spring walleye fishing. Good to know there are still some going in there. Footballs are exactly what they look like. My biggest was 24" about 12 years ago but I released it and never weighed it. I was guessing about 7#?
  4. greenhornet73
    Nice job Justin! Are they still stocking browns? I thought they stopped the program a couple years ago? I'm going to give the West side of Otisco a try Sunday morning for the first time in at least a month, been fishing Skaneateles the past few weeks but ready for larger fish again now that my tennis (kayakers) elbow is finally getting better.
  5. greenhornet73
    Awesome video, thanks for sharing! I haven't jigged for lakers in a couple years but will do it again this fall. One trick I like to do is to occasionally reel up about 20 turns of the reel if the fish are looking but not taking. They tend to like to chase it on the way up and grab the jig when it stops or even while you're reeling up. I really like the flasher idea in front of the jig. I use a large silver swedish pimple above my jig while ice fishing for the same purpose but the flasher has way more drawing potential. Nice work.
  6. greenhornet73
    Hey Steelfire, there is a rental shack in the park that rents canoes and kayaks. I never rented one there so I don't know the details.
  7. greenhornet73
    I only know surface temp over 30' was 71-72 on Monday but I didn't venture out into the deep with my kayak
  8. greenhornet73
    I fish a lake down here that gets tigers stocked every year with a large population of very large fish. Many 40"+ but the bass fishing is incredible with 20"+ largemouths and smallmouths not uncommon. I caught a 20" smallie on opening night of walleye season this year. You would think those in charge of stocking would be more educated and aware of other lakes stocking and success rates.
  9. greenhornet73
    That's awesome. That was 29 years ago so they actually may have been lake records since the stocking I believe only began in the early 80's
  10. greenhornet73
    I used to fish Kayuta lake at my uncles camp as a kid and caught some really nice tigers there. He brought the photos to a tackle shop and the guy said we should have recorded the measurements since 2 of them looked like lake records. 1 was 31" and the other was 33". I think that was back in about 1987 or so haha. Brings back memories.
  11. greenhornet73
    I was catching so many gobies last year on lake ontario that I ran out of worms and started using gobies for bait drifting with a hook and sinker and pounded big smallies with them and had something large bite me off at dusk and wondered if it was a walleye since it was in an area where I have caught a couple 30" eyes. Give it a try on the little "O" since gobies can't swallow large bait.
  12. greenhornet73
    wow that was a nice catch! Yesterday morning was my first time out in 3 weeks. Didn't get any walleyes but landed 7 smallies and missed a few hooksets with a really nice muskie follow right up to the kayak. Looked to be bigger than my 39" from last year but I'll never know. The weeds aren't up as much as I was expecting.
  13. greenhornet73
    I tried casting a little after dark but when I caught the smaller eye trolling in the dark my other line wrapped around the yak and got into the fishfinder transducer in the back so I had braid all over the place and didn't want to hack it up all over the water so I just left it and dealt with it after I came in.
  14. greenhornet73
    Wow, that's a nice fish. Can you upload a photo?
  15. greenhornet73
    I witnessed the biggest largemouth I have ever seen (over 22") while fishing an unstocked pond in the woods behind my house 12 years ago while a little kid was reeling in a sunfish. Not exaggerating I think it was at least an 8lb bass. It engulfed the sunfish just before he lifted it out of the water and actually landed the fish on his Mickey Mouse pole. I have hiked back there with my fly rod a few times over the past 5 years and those large bass seem to have been pulled out but I will never forget that. There were 2 of them swimming side by side all day and I assumed they were carp from a distance. The pond is maybe 2 acres with a max depth of about 5' and loaded with 5" sunnies and 8" bass. Crazy to see such a large fish there that most wouldn't believe, but I was lucky enough to see it with my own eyes.
  16. greenhornet73
    Justin, your lure recommendation from last year finally worked for me. Every fish came on the size 9 except for the smallie on a Flicker Minnow! I love seeing the rod bend all the way back to me while trolling over 40' of water, you know it's ON
  17. greenhornet73
    Otisco was pretty hot for me tonight just before dark even though I forgot that I had left my fishfinder battery at home on the charger. Had a heavy fish on my second pass but came unbuttoned before I caught up to it in the yak. As soon as I reset my line it fired again and landed a nice 26" walleye that went back to swim another day. Just after sunset got another hit on the same rod and ended up being a nice 21" "eater" that I kept for dinner. As always I also had a nice smallmouth visit for a quick photo op. Lots of mooneye activity on the surface tonight once the wind died down. Best day I've had out there since last spring.
  18. greenhornet73
    unfortunately in my kayak I am limited to an area once I decide where to fish then fish the heck out of it, especially at night. I wish I had more confidence in various areas of the lake but have only had consistent success in 2 areas so far so that is where I focus on. I need to hire Justin one of these days to learn the grounds better.
  19. greenhornet73
    no I stayed at the south end near the boat launch
  20. greenhornet73
    Bosco I hear ya. I feel like I got hit by a truck this morning/ afternoon. I used to be able to fish until 2 or 3 in the morning, wake up at 6am and go like he**, but at 42 even a done at midnight trip is beating the snot out of me. I even missed a great morning for turkey hunting today and didn't even care......something's not right
  21. greenhornet73
    I worked the east shoreline pretty good in my kayak last night until about 11 pm with only 1 walleye on I think. It shook the hook after I had it on for about a minute. It hit my lure as soon as it hit the water and I never got much of a hook set on it. Took some drag and pulled me towards it while shaking its head before the line went slack. I did land 3 nice smallmouths while trolling before sunset though. The lake was very calm but did see some alewife action on the surface and didn't hear much action happening from the fishermen on shore. Water was 52- 53 degrees everywhere I fished. A nice but quiet night on Otisco, an all too familiar scene for me here.
  22. greenhornet73
    About to hit my honey hole in a little while in the yak for the night, can't wait!
  23. greenhornet73
    I heard of a guy catch a limit of eyes jigging at the narrows a couple seasons ago next to a crappie fisherman I talked to
  24. greenhornet73
    that's impressive. I have never landed or seen a walleye caught through the ice there but have also only tried maybe a dozen times for eyes since I was usually after browns or tigers.
  25. greenhornet73
    I have caught them casting and jigging them back tipped with a small scented trout rubber worm I typically use for steelhead.
×
×
  • Create New...