Oswego 08/19

[muskybob]

Picked up everyone at 3AM & on the water by 5AM with my nephew and 2 great-nephews for their first trip to Lake O. A lot of chatter on the radio of guys saying they were nailing the kings & many had a box full, but were not giving out any info. Trolled 120-250 fow with no results & blank screen. Talked to Ray K. around 9AM who was out of Catfish Creek who said they were banging the Coho on spinnies & at what depth, so we headed in that direction.

After about 2 hrs & almost in front of the nuke plant we were unable to spot Ray we heard a fella on the radio who gave a complete report on what they were catching the kings on (blue spinnies/blue fly) 525 fow, 375 back on dipsies, 119 down on riggers. He said he had a box full and wanted to share the info. I didn't catch his name, but he was a great sportsman to share that on the radio. We headed out to 550 & set up again & the dipsies were no more than set out & my nephew nailed a nice king about 20 lbs. It was his first king on the big water so I pulled lines and let him play it out and took a while to bring it in. We spun the boat around and went thru the same waypoint & FISH ON again. My great-nephew was handed the rod & BANG a second rod goes off, DOUBLES. I handed the rod off to my other great-nephew. What a Chinese fire drill that was. 2 kids who had never caught fish that big. We landed a Coho on the first rig and settled down for the second. After much grunting and groaning we finally landed the 2nd fish, a nice 24 lb king. That took about a half hour to bring the fish in & I had a ball watching them. I had a smile ear to ear and they were as proud as peacocks. We spun the boat around again and I landed a nice teenager going through the same area. I spoke on the radio to a couple of other members of LOU who were also nailing the kings. Good job guys.

The boys were getting tired and also wanted to get back home to show my niece their catch so we headed back home for the 1 1/2 hour drive. When they got back home you couldn't shut them up they were so excited. We had a great day on the water that I'll remember for a long time and the kids will never forget.

I'll post a few pics in the "Fishing Pictures" thread as soon as I can log onto the PhotoBucket site. For some reason I'm unable to get it right now. I'll try again later.

[waterlogged]

Musky Bob,

Heard you on the radio and we began to talk but then were over run by what I call radio hogs. Sorry we didn't get a chance to talk. Nice report and glad the guys got to boat some fish. We were deep too on Saturday and had many monstous marks.

Hope to talk or meet again some time. I think you are doing the Fair Haven Challenge, right? Maybe we can connect there.

Clarke

[muskybob]

Hey Clarke, sorry we didn't get a chance to meet. I'm out of Oswego quite a bit so I hope we can meet on the radio or at the dock the next time. I've got a Starcraft Islander, no top yet. Keep an eye out for a short fat guy with a sunburned bald spot. :shock:

[unkeljim]

Great to hear the boy's got their first kings. It's great to see kids having a good time. Our boys still get excited everytime a pole pops.

[stoneyxc]

IS THAT A BLUE ISLANDER? I THINK THAT WAS YOU POSSIBLY COMING IN THE SAME TIME AS ME, I HAVE A BLUE ANGLER CENTER CONSOLE, I THINK I WAS DOCKED NEXT TO YOU IN THE AFTERNOON AT WRIGHTS?

[muskybob]

Hey stoney, mine is mostly white & I didn't come back to Wright's till around 4:30. If you see me out there, give a holler & I'll tell you if I'm hitten them or not. Good luck on the LOC.

[jason]

i was in mexico in 200' i stayed away from the pack and i went 8 for 10 with the blue e chip and blue dolphin fly from big weenie my best producer that rig we took 5 coho before i lost it on a king at the back of the boat the other best rig was white e chip and glow hammer fly.

[muskybob]

I saw a bunch of boats east of the nuke plant and a bigger bunch west of it. That was the most I've seen all year. A lot of guys were reporting the best catch all year.

[stoneyxc]

will do, i was there around 4, 4:30 and almost got taken out by a pleasure boater, they werent too handy, they banged off my dock and another dock. I will be there this weekend, i fished saturday afternoon in the monster waves, ended up 3 for 3 kings out in 500 feet, sunday went back out to 600 feet and took 2, just couldnt get it going for most of the day and then my only mirage fly got bitten off. my boats name is permission slip, channel 5, i will be out there friday afternoon, saturday and sunday (weather permitting).

[danjr]

Bob

Good to talk to you out there! Sounds like you had a good day. We had our best in a while as well. SD's and Hammers were definately the ticket. Glad to hear your party had a good time. We had my brother in law on the boat as well. He has not been exposed to salmon fishing like this before. Just about wore him out. :shock: Hope to chat again before the season ends.

Dan