Sodus 5/22/10- a mixed bag

[rdebadts]

Date(s): 5/22/10

Time on Water: 6 am-1 pm

Weather/Temp:warm and sunny, cloudless

Wind Speed/Direction: SE 10

Waves: 1s

Surface Temp: 49-51

Location: East of the chute

LAT/LONG (GPS Cords):

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 11

Total Boated: 10

Species Breakdown: 6 lakers, 2 steels, and 2 pike (in the bay)

Hot Lure: cowbells!

Trolling Speed: slowwwwwwwwww

Boat Depth: 130-175

Lure Depth: toplines, and 140-150 down

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SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS

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I got some reports yesterday that fishing yesterday was TERRIBLE, so I was less than optimistic. After a slow start, the lakers got cranked up at 8:30 in 140-160 about 2 miles east of the channel. The bottom was covered and the fish were active, at least for slime balls. They were a steady pick, and we added 2 decent rainbows on top. No real break out there and nothing consistent for the steelies- just random fish. I had a gas gauge on E so we headed in at 10 to fuel up. Decided to go for some pike, and we did keep one about 8-9 lbs....

The steelhead fishing sucks, but man have the lakers staged a recovery! The fish were all beautiful, and we even did a few dinks that looked great. I did have to kill a smaller one, because he really swallowed the hook....