Spring LOC

[whaler1]

Any guesses as to top weights of divisions?  

[Gill-T]

26 king, 28 Laker, 16 brown

[whaler1]

I agree on the king and the brown. I think the laker will be 23. Be fun to see how it ends, weather is always a big factor. 

[rolmops]

3 minutes ago, whaler1 said:

I agree on the king and the brown. I think the laker will be 23. Be fun to see how it ends, weather is always a big factor. 

Gambler might want to challenge your laker prediction. I think he is aiming for 33

Edited May 2 by rolmops

[Frogger]

I’m in for 28 (Gambler)

[rolmops]

I remember the last time time that the winter was this gentle. The Pro-Am was won with a fish in the high twenties. Most of the boats  had their box full before 8 in the morning.

Edited May 2 by rolmops

[Gill-T]

Tons of three year old king mouths to feed. Expect lots of entries but all within ounces. 

[whaler1]

Someone hung a 19lb brown out of the river today. Wow

[ifishy]

Only one we got all day

[ifishy]

Frog colored bay rat before the wind chased us off

[whaler1]

Congratulations, that’s fantastic!  

[Gill-T]

Looks like I am not targeting Browns lol 😂 congrats on what should be the winning fish!  

[rolmops]

I'll be in Olcot for a week and I'm fully planning on catching the big one, come hell or high weather!

[Gill-T]

Just rolled into town myself 

[GAMBLER]

We put a laker in the board today but we were not targeting them!  95’ down over 210’.  Insane king bite.  We had a coho commit suicide too!  I threw it over the port funnel and it swam under the boat right into the prop on the kicker cutting it in half….

Edited May 5 by GAMBLER

[Luke510]

Can’t stop thinking about this one…. Fished Sandy Creek yesterday and picked this laker over 140 ft.   We didn’t have a scale and we’re not in the derby so we sent her back down.  Almost don’t want to ask but any guesses on weight?

 

[whaler1]

Tough to say from a pic. My guess is 16lbs ish?

Edited May 5 by whaler1

[GAMBLER]

1 hour ago, Luke510 said:

Can’t stop thinking about this one…. Fished Sandy Creek yesterday and picked this laker over 140 ft.   We didn’t have a scale and we’re not in the derby so we sent her back down.  Almost don’t want to ask but any guesses on weight?

 

Did you get a length?  Tough to tell by the pic.  Looks 18-20lbs to me. 

[Luke510]

Sounds about right.   I was guessing close to 20#.  He was all of 36” and round.  

[GAMBLER]

Good king out of Sandy this morning.  Another insane king bite offshore!  

[Gill-T]

I left fish to find the derby winner offshore today. Trollled all the way out to 350’ and back. It was a futile attempt that didn’t bear fruit but I couldn’t believe how green the water was out there already. The water looks like it does in August. 

[GAMBLER]

42 minutes ago, Gill-T said:

I left fish to find the derby winner offshore today. Trollled all the way out to 350’ and back. It was a futile attempt that didn’t bear fruit but I couldn’t believe how green the water was out there already. The water looks like it does in August. 

The last two days, we have had ice water inside.  Saturday, 180-225, Yesterday 225-250, today 275-325.  

[whaler1]

Calm seas next two days. Other than the brown trout division I think there will be some major changes in the other divisions. 

[rolmops]

On 5/3/2024 at 9:57 PM, rolmops said:

I'll be in Olcot for a week and I'm fully planning on catching the big one, come hell or high weather!

There was hell and high weather, but no big one for me this week.

[Gill-T]

Yep, I am done. Eight straight days of fishing for the big one. One clunker of a day yesterday and a grind bite today, otherwise, it was a king bonanza. Damn you NE winds for ruining a great bite off Olcott!  I was out in 488’ catching kings today and we fished as tight as 62’. Green water is everywhere. When a pod of bait comes ashore, kings are with them. Every day was slightly different where we would level off and find a line. Congrats to the LOC leaders!

Edited May 11 by Gill-T