Temp down 140 in Oswego? Bull or no?

[jeffrwallace]

Been hearing that people are find temp down 140 out of Oswego, not sure of anymore details but im looking for someone to tell me that isn't true haha. Because if so, gunna be impossible getting down to these fish......WHERE ARE YOU FINDING TEMP???

[fishwithmitch]

Temp was down 150_170 further east! Took one major 33lber down 175 on the rigger!

[skipper19]

Well, its entirely possible to get down to 140 with the right equipment, but that doesn't mean necessarily finding feeding salmon there. Fish the bait in the early morning offshore. If ya see bait consistent in higher water column I would fish that. Salmon don't always hang in 46 to 52 degree water and neither does their food. I wouldn't worry what the reports are saying too much about temp and stick with reports on catch. It will all change in a few days anyway.

Mark

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[jeffrwallace]

offshore as in 300 fow and deeper?

[Reel Addiction1]

Getting them down a 100 in 70 degree water

[jeffrwallace]

Reel addiction where are you fishing? east,west,, or right out the front door? and you getting fish as of today?

[skipper19]

Yes..way offshore. 450 and more.

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[flashpoint]

Got another report of catches coming 150 down out 350-400. Riggers & wires will get there...long stretches on the wire.

Unless you have 700 coppers.. you will need to add weight to 500&600's

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[steelfire]

Wow!! thats deep. I'm coming up the week of the 25th. Hope it changes by then. Looks like a nice stretch of calm weather the next 7 days. Hopefully the lake will set back up to normal conditions!!

[jeffrwallace]

when setting riggers that deep, is there anything out of the ordinary I should keep in mind in terms of the actually rigging?

[skipper19]

You have downriggers, you can stack divers or a copper on the cable above the ball and reach depth with your longline. But another report says most bites are coming out of temp right now.

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[Absolut40]

I fished Oswego today with my friend and we had 53 degrees down 142 in 500 fow. Id like to slap the weatherman who said 1 to 2 footers.It was triple that in 500fow.

[rbiz88]

1 to 2 were more like 3 to 5! We started at 150 fow and it was still 70. Moved out o 250-300 found temp down 160 fow. Started to pick up fish all on riggers on that went 34 pounds. Rough day over all!

[Absolut40]

We never moved a rod.Fished from 6:30 til 11.

[steelfire]

what wind direction do we need to bring the temps back??? is it a north east wind??

[dirtyworm]

I went 2/3 today will all of my hits coming 160' on the rigger.  I had 60 degrees down 150 on the rigger.

[bluewater]

what wind direction do we need to bring the temps back??? is it a north east wind??

East, but too much east wind will cause a lake flip and make it cool all the way to the surface.

Edited August 17, 2013 by bluewater

[LC02fish]

1 to 2 were more like 3 to 5! We started at 150 fow and it was still 70. Moved out o 250-300 found temp down 160 fow. Started to pick up fish all on riggers on that went 34 pounds. Rough day over all!

     Weatherman has been wrong several times in the past month. I think he likes to see people stack up like fish and not head out.

[Jbasile]

Fished all day Friday 6am- 3 , NoTHiNG!! Temp 70deg from top to bottom. Couldn't find any good temps. 180-300. Radio talk sounded like every one having same prob. And yes weather jerks called for 5-10 , one foot or less and sure as **** it was 10-20 in the am and 2-4 with some big rollers mixed in all morning. Gonna give a few more weeks and try my luck again.

Edited August 17, 2013 by Jbasile

[Reel Addiction1]

5 for 6 today and 6 for 17 yesterday, bad ratio on Friday, o well it's fun to see them bight , all out between 5 and 600, 500 copper has been the savior!!

[ChocolateLab]

Out here all day, one release. We're in four hundred feet right now. Any tips or colors would be appreciated. Thanks as always.

[fishhard23]

Out here all day, one release. We're in four hundred feet right now. Any tips or colors would be appreciated. Thanks as always.

Out here now, just landed a 20" steelie on 400 dipsey, caught 3 kings earlier on same dipsey. Hammer fly. Very slow for us

[ChocolateLab]

Thanks! Still out here. Marking lots of fish, all around 500 ft. Can't get them to take anything tho. No down temp for me unfortunately.

Edited August 17, 2013 by ChocolateLab

[steelfire]

this coming weekends forcast has a cold front coming thru Thursday night with North winds then  north west,  then east south east till Sunday.  Maybe this will bring back normal down temps.

[reeladdiction2]

Tough weekend! Fish are there they were just real picky. Watched them check out the lures but no takers. 5 for 6 sat morning. 0 for 2 Saturday night and 1 for 2 Sunday afternoon. No FF combo worked twice. Worst part of the weekend was I finally used a copper set up I purchased from fat Nancy's and the reel was messed up. Took it back to fat Nancy's and they told me it was my problem.thats awesome of them. I have only spent thousands of dollars there. Thanks Dave ill never spend another dollar in your store!