Ruff Rider Sodus Live Report 2014 Aug 8-10

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Doubled!!!

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76 rigger and 600 copper

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Nice steelie for Mack

John is gonna be a while still hahah

[BrokeOff]

full moon... afternoon bite?

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A nice king for John!

Black and white spinny green fly

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That king was super dark

[Sk8man]

Normally when they start to blacken up the numbers are there....maybe not a good sign

Edited August 10, 2014 by Sk8man

[Firechief48]

We fished Mexico last week, went 3-6 sun with 2 Steelhead and a King. Broke one off and dropped two. Had good temp down 80 from 120FOW all the way to 380FOW. Sounds like where you are, some bait 80-90 down but no marks. Thought both finders where broke. Had more releases than I marked fish. Good luck guys.

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The fish are here, lots of marks. My best guess is there is so much bait they dont want our lures.

[BrokeOff]

lol just watched the video

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lol just watched the video

We prefer to listen for drag screamin... no time for those little guys haha

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300 copper goin

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Nice brown.

We are headed in.

[tiogafishaddict]

We lost 2 good fish. Got one laker and one small king. Found some fish but to late in the morning . odd the laker was 80 ft down over 200 fow lol

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Yeah it has been a weird year!

My head is killin me, too much sun I guess. Be careful out there folks!

[tiogafishaddict]

Well tomorrow morning I'll be out much deeper

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There's a new ice cream parlor in Sodus Point, right where Ridge Rd hit Rt14, Centro's Brain Freeze.

Theresa and I hit it up on the way home today. It was pretty good with some different flavors from the Perrys everyone else in the 10 mile radius sells.

It looks like they also have coffees and will soon have some bulk candy.

We got the Fishermans Fly Fudge, which was vanilla ice cream with fudge swirls, m&ms, and cookie dough. I also got a scoop of mint chocolate chip in mine. The chocolate dipped waffle cone was excellent!

[Frogger]

That was a little better of ice cream today than I had Nick. Didn't know. Well have to try it.

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Yeah it's worth a try! Much better than hots point and closer than Mills Farm.

[Sk8man]

You're a sick buckaroo Nick I just drooled all over my keyboard

[Indecisive]

What happen to your diet ???

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What happen to your diet ???

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Ummm.... hmmm... ummm... what was the question again?

I was doing pretty good until a tray full of brownies showed up at my boat!

[Fishtails]

The fish are here, lots of marks. My best guess is there is so much bait they dont want our lures.

 

 

Yup, that's what I'm a thinkin.  Just hanging on the bottom most of the time. Not much need to search long for a snack.

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So as I lay here unable to sleep, a new thought has begun to formulate in my brain...

While my buddy John was reeling the king in today and I was standing on the swim platform waiting to net it, I was amazed by how clear the water was and that I could see the fish nearly twenty feet down. This clear water was reaffirmed when we reeled our dipseys in and I could see there flash much deeper than normal.

So here's my hypothesis...

Every year we get a large outbreak of water fleas. These large populations normally crash after an upwelling. This year they have been worse than I can ever remember and for longer than I remember. My thought is they are filtering the water to an above normal clarity. This is putting an extra spook on the fish both from increased light penetration and boat traffic.

When the fleas start to disappear (seemed they were finally starting to die off this weekend) and the plankton has a few days to recover, fishing will return to normal for August.

[Gill-T]

Fleas are not filter feeders.  They are predators that feed on other zooplankton.