Niagara Bar Report May 22-24

[bigwalleye]

My first trip to Lake Ontario on my rig started 730am Fri May 22. Launched at Fort after a 3 hr drive. Had some technical issues/speed issues to start, but once we dialed in the speed it was on! Caught More fish going w the current than against it. 2.7 down, 2.4 back. 10/13 all mature kings minus 1. Best contour was 77feet fishing 44 down on riggers n divers. All spoons. Blacks/Greens early, green/blue spoons late/high soon. Caught from 10am - 2pm steady pick til wife tapped out and we made camp at Niagara Shores Campground just east of Olcott. 
 

Day 2, Sat May 23, early start in the fog out of the Fort. Safely made our way out to the bar same place as Fri. Quite a bit busier as far as boats go and interesting trolling with 1-200 feet visibility. Depths and colors varied more than Fri esp until the fog burned off. Found fish in 65fow, got in line, ran thru that depth, hit a double, then turned out deep to fight em! Landed both. Rinse, repeat, hooked up a big fish that made 5-6  jumps, took 500’ of line on my light rigger rod and almost got run over by the boat following us! We turned 90 degrees to fight him out in deeper water but alas he spit the hook 3-400 feet back. Not much we could do on that one. Wished I coulda seen what he weighed. Finished 13/17 kings, plus 3 lakers and a small coho. 
 

Sun May 24 only had a couple hours to fish so hit the bar further west at daybreak again in search mode. Wasnt long til we hooked up in 140fow. Boated our 6 by 830, hit a double at 845, one was 18lbs, still swimming, then called it a weekend! Went 8/8 which felt great!
 

Spoon colors varied, green/glow worked good to start Sun, then green/chartreuse once sun got up, 28/33 down on riggers in 130-140fow was best for us. Nothing custom or really that special. NK Mags on riggers worked good w high sun on Fri/Sat afternoons. 

 

Three day tally for this NooB amateur was 31 kings, 3 lakers, 1 coho. 
 

Big thanks to this forum for the great info on getting my tackle dialed in. Never had a single break off and cant argue with the results!

[Gill-T]

Well.... you ain’t a nube anymore. 

[Low Baller]

I'll buy that for a dollar!

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[Hachimo]

Very nice work.  Hell of a weekend for anyone. 
If We can get a good west blow for a few days maybe them kings will come my way and I can get one

[Hachimo]

Also may I add.  
great post for nube!

keep em comin

[Hacrwj]

Congrats on a great weekend and thanks for the info.  Heading there Thursday from Detroit.  Hoping they are still there then.  Bringing wife and kids so the pressure is on to put them on fish.  My son and I had a great experience 2 weeks ago out of Wilson...now the wife and other kids want to give it a try