greenhornet73
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nice football! I tried once for browns this spring at fair haven while there was still ice on most of the bays and had no luck but have been doing great since walleye season opened. Can't wait for september to try for salmon but will keep having fun with walleyes, smallmouths and muskies until that time comes! I would love to upgrade to a Hobie in the coming years to free my hands up, been finding it hard to manage 2 lines if there is any wind while catching decent fish. -
Yeah I wonder how much that thing weighed. My 20" felt close to 5 lbs. unofficially, it had shoulders on it. A 23" out of here has to be 7 plus? -
On opening night, there wasn't an area we fished that wasn't saturated with alewives on the surface and numerous ones floating on their sides. Everyone fishing from the rocks on shore were asking us what all the splashing was out there. We have assumed every year that this is spawning activity and that all the dead ones floating were a result. Anyways, we found the fish and have been doing well out there. Eventually they will reach the area where the others have not been catching them? The 27"er weighed 8.5 lbs., the other that night was 6 even.
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I assumed they were talking about when they swim around in circles splashing water up into the air like rooster tails. That has been happening since opening night and have seen it the other nights I have been out as well. what activity are they talking about?
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I was on Otisco in my kayak when that storm hit on Sunday. Fortunately I was about 100 yards from shore when the wind and rain hit, along with some impressive lightning. I was hoping to troll for tigers but only managed about 15 minutes of working the point before I saw this cloud and decided to begin my trek back across the lake to my car. I was working a drop off but since I have never trolled for tigers I didn't know what depths to work. I set up my kayak for trolling with 2 rod mounts and a fish finder but could use any tips you guys might have for trolling tigers. I have only casted for them with spinner baits and stick baits on the surface in the summer. Thanks guys, you will probably see my kayak out there quite a bit this year. -
Otisco has been my primary lake for 20 years now since I live only 20 minutes away and after thinking about it some of you may be surprised what I'm going to say. As already mentioned, the lake has very limited public access, from shore fishing access to boat launches. Fishing pressure for walleyes is not that impressive unless you like to fish the causeway, which is occupied just about every night during the spring and fall. The winter walleye fishery is nearly non- existent and in the summertime, only the die hards are fishing for them. The quality of the fish is so good that I am not concerned about the quantity. One otisco walleye has as much meat as 3 oneida 16"ers like the one I got last week. With this being said, as of now I do not think an every other year stocking program will hurt but that remains to be seen. Very few people that fish here expect to get a limit of 'eyes when they come out. I have always called this lake the "lake of 1,000 casts" because that is sometimes how many it takes for a fish. If you shine a flashlight at night along the shore to about 50 yds. out this time of year you will see why it takes so many casts to attract a fish to your lure. It does surprise me that they are cutting back on walleye stocking even after they have decided to eliminate brown trout stocking in the lake as well, due to labeling it a warm water fishery. The DEC is aware of fish populations since I see them shocking it just about every year and if they feel the numbers are healthy then so be it. If the reason is simply politics, then that is BS and I will surely jump on the bandwagon and send my share of letters. Oneida gets constant fishing pressure but also has ample resources for natural reproduction so I do not support additional stocking at Otisco's expense. If they want to do something to help that fishery, get more officers patrolling the water and checking legal fish limits. The harvesting that takes place out there by certain individuals would make any sportsman cringe. I am not trying to start an argument, but offering a different perspective from what I have been hearing on the topic.
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The alewives are in full force since opening day swimming in circles and schooled up like they are every spring. Hard to compete with them, especially when there are plenty of them half dead floating on the surface like sitting ducks. We finally have some wind which should pick things up but even when it was dead calm I was still having luck late at night.
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Been getting large eyes this spring so far on large suspenders as well. Biggest so far is a 27" 8.5 lber with the others being 24- 26" including a 20" smallmouth one night that torpedoed like a marlin. Launched from the park in Amber yesterday and had to beach early due to the storm but lost my kayak flag on the way back in the wind. It is a red "diver down" flag mounted to a driveway stake if anyone happens to come across it. It has an orange swim noodle attached to it so it is floating around out there somewhere.
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I just mounted mine over the weekend and it worked out really well and It is easy to remove too which is nice. The stern of my yak is squared off though but I guess the basic concept could be used on a standard kayak shape as well. Home Depot carries 48" strips of 1/8" x 2" aluminum that is easy to bend. I mounted the transducer to one end, then bent the top end to hang off of the rear handle and secured it on with a zip tie.
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Hey Flyak, I hope to get my yak down to RI one of these years. Usually we rent a cottage on the channel coming out of Potter's Pond in south kingston and have a blast with my fly rod and light spinning gear. Unfortunately, the realtor put all of the real estate in Succatash Park up for sale last fall so It may be harder for me to find a rental next time. I also fish the Charlestown breachway, point Judith and the walls. This year we are going to the Cape in September but was advised not to bring the yak because of the increased Great White population due to the fairly recent protection of seals in the area. After hearing that, and having a 7' blacktip swim up to me in the Outer Banks last summer, I will be happy to use the surf gear from the beach behind the house thank you very much . That is a crazy story about your friend, he is definitely lucky and thank God he made it out alive.
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Thanks for the tips. nice albies, I fish RI every fall for stripers and have yet to hook an albie. heading down to LI this weekend and may have a chance to drop into a salt pond or the sound to try my luck for some bass. Chris
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Thanks for the tips. nice albies, I fish RI every fall for stripers and have yet to hook an albie. heading down to LI this weekend and may have a chance to drop into a salt pond or the sound to try my luck for some bass. Chris
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Thanks for the tips. nice albies, I fish RI every fall for stripers and have yet to hook an albie. heading down to LI this weekend and may have a chance to drop into a salt pond or the sound to try my luck for some bass. Chris
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Nice, yeah I don't think i will be going too far offshore with my yak. I took it out to to Fair Haven Sunday morning and while it was fairly calm it still had taken in a little water just from paddling around. Next time I think I will bring a large sponge along to help keep it within reason in the cold weather. Do glow in the dark spoons work well in the fall? I can't believe with all the great fishing to come from spring through summer I am already looking forward to fall, I'm not right.
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Bullhead
greenhornet73 replied to Lainie01's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
I haven't tried it yet, but heard the salmon river estuary at the pine grove boat launch is an excellent spot. I do know it is shallow and has a muddy bottom there so i see no reason why it wouldn't be good. -
Nice. I could have used a fish finder today just so I could check my trolling speed. My GPS shuts down after about 15 mins so I had to guestimate most of the time which is hard to do coming in and out of the wind.
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Fairhaven ice out
greenhornet73 replied to bobbyg's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
I fished Fair Haven this morning in my kayak. Nice mud lines from the big shute but is being pushed out into the lake quite a bit with the South wind. Lots of ice floating out from the channel and ice still packed in at the little sodus launch but is all broken up. a boat should be able to push through but might be hazardous to the props. I would think it will all be gone by end of monday with all this sun and wind pushing it out. 2 hits and dropped them both but was great to get the yak wet and test out the rig. The pond is entirely ice free and a nice mud line running from that channel as well. -
That finder mount is perfect and will absolutely work. Thanks!
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I figured out how to post pics of my rig, hopefully the next ones will be of fish. Youtube was extremely helpful in building my anchor trolley and light/flag pole from scratch without spending a lot of money. My next investment will be a fish finder once I figure out where to put the transducer since the rear scupper holes are pretty narrow. I'm open to input from those of you with kayak experience.
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Thanks Blue, I plan on getting a lot of use out of the kayak this year for trout, salmon and walleyes especially. I will check out the link for the tournaments. I live in Syracuse and usually stick to the Eastern part of the lake from Fair Haven up to Stony Point since that is the stretch I am most familiar with. I will be making my first voyage tomorrow morning out of Fair Haven, hopefully the wind cooperates.
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Mexico Bay
greenhornet73 replied to Were Locked!'s topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
From the aerial view, is the edge of the ice just below Henderson Harbor in maybe the Stoney point area? Also, that pic was dated April 2nd, how far has that ice pushed away by now? I am hoping to drop my kayak in that area sunday but don't want to drive all that way to find i need my ice sled to get out there. -
Can anyone tell me how to post a pic on here? I have pics of my kayak downloaded on my comp but can't figure out how to transfer them into a post.
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Thanks, I installed a 4" pole at the stern with a large red/white diving flag on top to hopefully make me more visible. If that is too short for the waves that day then I will most likely/hopefully be on shore.
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Great to know. I didn't know night time was good for trolling salmon. I am pretty well stocked with floating rapalas and others including J-9's however do not have any red/gold in jointed, only F7's. Does the extra action really produce significantly better? Also, what is the general feeling towards kayakers from the boaters? A little concerned about throwing off someones's line of travel and getting a set of large waves aimed at me. Thanks for all your advice, it's really helping me out
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Wow excellent information! what is the anchor light? I have a white running light mounted above my safety flag pole and reflective tape on the flag. I can't wait to hook a salmon or striper in the yak. I do a lot of fishing on the coast, in the fall especially, and occasionally hook some bruisers including a 6' blacktip on the OBX last August. Could have used the craft for that trip to drop my bait past the breakers at night. Definitely looking forward to fishing from a different perspective this year!