Fair Haven 8-27-13 Forgot the Net

[Iron Duke]

Well arrived at Fair Haven at 5 AM after a two hour drive with my friend Matt and my girlfriend and as soon as we got the boat in the water we realized we had forgotten the net ....  We contemplated waiting for Screwie Louis to open but thought we might  miss primetime fishing so after a vote we decided to go with out ....   We headed out the shoot and headed east a bit setting up shop in about 110 fow...  We ran 4 dipsies and 2 riggers and 2 coppers...   We started out a bit slow only boating a few small kings til about 830 and then it was like someone flipped a switch and it was big king time.....   We get our first decent king on and I give the rod to my girlfriend who is still recovering from shoulder surgery and she does her best for a while but starts hurting and hands the rod back over to me and we have our first decent king at the side of the boat (video below)  and no net so matt decides to put a glove on and try to reach up and grab her under the gil , it works but with one more flop the fish get out of Matts grip and back to the lake she goes....  Oh well this went on for hours we would have been boxed out by ten if we had the net......  Overall it was a great day boating some nice kings a laker and a steal head.. White crush glow spinny with green dots pulling a Big Weenie Seneca Ghost Fly was our hottest setup taking over half our hits... We lost some really big fish today due to no net and a few that straighten out the hooks but we went 12 for 23' got some great videos and pics and couldn't have asked for a better day...  I fish the finger lakes religiously but this king fishing has really gotten a hold of me...   Im thinking a couple weeks vacation and docking the boat up there next year.....  

 

Mike

 

Youtube Video Link

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQkPlfdIa4E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ray]

I fish the finger lakes religiously but this king fishing has really gotten a hold of me...   Im thinking a couple weeks vacation and docking the boat up there next year.....  

 

Awesome day even without the net!  That's what happened to me....the big king itch!  I dock the boat for a week in Oswego every August.

[Concrete king]

Great video!!

[PeltHunter]

Haha you got the Fever. Goodluck getting rid of it! 

[Iron Duke]

Thanks guys.... We had some real screamers on including a dipsy that was set out at 255 and after the first and second run it was out 561 but that fish straightened out the hooks on us.... Battery died on the GoPro before we got into the real action ... Guess I need to get a piggy back battery pack for it....

Mike

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[Chinook1981]

I forgot my net a couple Aprils ago and lost two 12-14 pound browns and my favorite plugs at the back of the boat.