HB2

I have caught a few kings on eggs under a float this past week and a few had the hook down its throat . I have learned in the past few years doing this that if you don't have the right eggs cured the right way you will catch little or nothing . The fish may have lost their appetite, but they haven't lost their sense of smell , sight or taste . If they see something that looks and smells good, and tastes good , they might take a bite . How many times have we eaten something when we are not hungry because it smelled and looked good ?

Try longer leads, of 25 to 35 ft Ditto on the to much slack on decent of ball . I keep it in the rod holder and loosen drag tension on line from rod to ball . A lot and of time the flasher will stay on the surface when you first drop the ball and will come back toward the boat . If you have shorter leads and a lot of slack I can see that being the problem . Let it down some and look to see , if so stop the weight and let the flasher catch up . This happens to me a lot . I don't tangle but the flasher kind of surfs .

Got a nice durable set at the Lockport outdoor store . I love that place Right down the street from Niagara produce . My favorite grocery store .

Back at it this morning after the lightning Set up in 50 and worked out . Bait but not a lot of fish on it . Slide diver and moonshine crab face went and got a real nice Laker . A little choppy for my taste and with no fish we called it a Derby . And that was it . My rig let me down today .Bu t nothing works all every time .

Got out first light . Started in 60 ft and worked out to 140 temp was down around 100 ft . A,lot of bait in close . Got 2 knock off right off the bat then searched . Got over some fish and bait and managed 2 kings . One More hit and that was it. Probably the last day with the big boat as tommorow looks to be Nasty . And might pull it tomorrow. Then it will be small boat`n . The 2 fish and most of the hits came on my Gary D rig . It has been my go to this year and I'm very happy with it and has only let me down a few times . Never put a fly out this year . Did not get to tweak it like I wanted to . Can't wait to try it on the " off the mouth " bite . .

My best creek bait has been a j 13 Orange gold rap .

I trib fish for kings a lot as I have a cottage on one . I fish either a j 13 rapala or a mag hot n tot among others lures . The plug bite is usually first light . After that it's Skein. Last year I caught a hand full on plugs , it was mostly skein. I fish a lot of bass and pike and when I come to a spot I fan cast a spinner of some sort , then jig . Sometimes they hit the spinner bait . Or sometimes I can't get a hit on one and it's all jigs . They are either in a chasing mood or they aren't . I feel it's the same with the salmon .

If you are going to cast , spoons are great with maybe a rattle trap or j 13 rapala or diving plug of some sort . If you are going to troll , j plugs or deep divers like a diving long a bomber .If you don't have downriggers . I find the fish like water 12 to 60 ft deep for the most part . Start close and work out . Best time and most consistent will be starting 1 st week of Sept on . First light and Dusk best but it is hit and miss . I troll out of my 16 ft Alumacraft and have a blast . Just watch the weather . Safety first .

HBs Grilled Salmon with sweet pickles , vadalia onion and Hoseradish Sauce on Wegmans 6 seed organic Bread. With a Walnut and dried cranberry tossed spring salad .. It all stars with an expertly caught fillet of King Salmon( Substitute Coho , or Steelhead) from the pristine waters of Lake Ontario . Season it with fresh lime juice and pulp, crushed Garlic , Montreal chicken or lemon pepper Take grilled fillet and place on thick slice of bread , add sweet bread and butter pickles , a generous slice of the sweet onion , and cover with Worbles horseradish sauce . For the salad , some spring mix , chopped walnuts, Wegmans dried cranberries , sliced onion ,sliced tomatoes , optional blue cheese crumbles . Toss with a balsamic vinegar and Splash of extra virgin or Kens lite Northern Italian dressing Whether it's a lunch , light supper or on the boat , one bite of this bold and hearty sandwich will have you longing for the next release and bringing of the silver to net so you can savor the robust concert of flavors once again . Aside from the contaminants in the fish ,this is actually a very health meal . And with all the fish we get , we need to figure out what to do with them . Also I've seen some of you guys . Some of your guts stick out farther than your Johnson .

Go on coastal watch and get the satellite surface temp map if that's what you are looking for I did this morning before I went out because I heard lake flipped and made my decision to go off shore .

I totally agree with this I would run 4 flashers with meat or fly at first . One on each rigger one high one lower like 20 ft apart and one on each dipsey to start . If kings are around and hitting flashers That will be plenty . Find fish and stay on them