Tougher fishing the last few days.

: Herbie with an early morning Lake Ontario Brown Trout.

: Herbie Jr. with another nice trout.

: It was cold and windy most of the morning but Jim stuck it out and landed this trout.

: Tucker with one of the 9 brown’s that he and the boy’s landed on Saturday.

Well…we are still catching fish, but we are really having to work for them. The best action has been from the Salmon River south to Snake Creek. The small spoons, Needlefish and Alpina’s fished off riggers or run with weight off a board have been better than the stickbaits. We have heard reports of some good catches north of Sandy Pond also.

High winds, cold weather, decent fishing

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: The Bard crew with half of their catch of 8 nice Browns.

: This chunky 6lb. fish had a belly full of baitfish.

: The day was cold and windy. But it was worth it!

: Today The Ice Frog and Glow Purple Halo Michigan Stingers were responsible for catching a lot of the fish like this one.

: These things are well fed. Look at that belly!

How it can be in the 80’s in April and in the 50’s and 60’s in late May we will never understand. The wind has blown all week long and really chopped up the lake. We did get our trips in today and the fishing was ok. Between our two boats, we covered all the water between the Salmon River and the high rocks just East of Nine Mile Point. If any of you don’t know where these areas are… that is a lot of water. About 8 miles worth of shoreline. We found our best action to be between the State Park and Sage Creek. The water temp is 50 - 52 degrees and has good color. Smithwicks off the boards and Michigan Stingers as well as needlefish on the riggers worked well. The wind is supposed to back off tonight for the weekend. That will be a nice change.

Changing weather and full moon = tougher fishing.

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: A nice fat spring brown

: Doug and Adam with a nice pair of trout

: One of 10 Browns that Adam and his dad cought on Friday

: Anybody can cathe trout. Try catching Lamprey Eel’s!

We have been fishing for Browns this past week with mixed results. We have caught fish each day, but even on the good days, landing 8 to 10 trout has taken the full trip. I guess we shouldn’t complain…we are still catching fish. We have been spending our time on the east shore of the lake. Fishing 5 - 10 ft. of water anywhere between Grindstone Creek to the south and Sandy Pond to the north, has been productive. Small spoons, Needlefish and Alpina’s off the riggers, Smithwicks off the boards.

The end of a great spring season.

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This spring will be one to remember. High water, large numbers of fish and good weather all helped to create lots of lasting memories for us and our clients. Now we get the charter boats ready to go for the summer. We will get busy fishing for Brown Trout next week. Till then, we will do some Turkey hunting and the grass might even get cut.

: A beautiful May dropback.

: May steelie fishing is awesome. Great weather and hot fish.

: Thanx Doc. We had another great spring season.

Spring steelie season winding down

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We are almost to the end of our 2008 spring Steelhead season. It has been one to remember. The last few years our steelie fishery has been incredible. We simply have a lot of fish. The reason we don’t know. A combination of the one fish limit and a major increase in the number of wild fish are probably the biggest reasons.

: What a great way to start the day!

: Joe did a great job on his first steelie trip.

: A trophy fish on a beautiful day. It doesn’t get any better.

: Great job Richard. Thanks to you and Joe for the great Italian food.

: Another great day on the river. A little slower than it has been, but Richard and Joe still managed to land 7 Steelhead.

: Neil with a nice dropback steelie.

: You’ve got to love it when you have good weather and good fishing at the same time.

Strange weather. Great fishing.

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The last couple of days have been very up and down with the weather. The Steelhead fishing has been very good even with the changing weather patterns. Hard south and east winds have hurt the lake fishing recently. We need a good west wind to keep the warm, dirty water pressed up against the shoreline. This concentrates the bait fish and the Brown Trout.

: Another happy Salmon River Steelhead fisherwoman.

: I don’t care if she caught more than me…mine is bigger…NOT!

: One of 9 trout landed on Sunday.

: Being cold and wet didn’t slow her down!

: It wasn’t very nice out, but they did catch some nice fish.

: Another nice spring steelie.

: Oh my gosh!!! Is that the sun?

: Catching fish like this makes the weather not seem quite so bad.

: Driftboat fishing. The only way to go!

Two days…two men…33 Steelhead landed!

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Wow is it good right now. The water dropped last night to 750cfs. The fishing was good before but the drop in water level seemed to concentrate them even more. Fish the fast water. They need to be in the heat in order to get the oxygen they need in the warming water. As long as the water stays up to a reasonable level, the steelies should stay in the river for another couple of weeks at least.

: Lots and lots of male steelies today. It has been mostly females lately.

: I don’t think Frank believed me when I told him that catching steelies at will is not common. First time Steelhead fisherman. They have been spoiled.

: This fish was nasty! After a dozen jumps and a smoking reel…we got her.

More high water and more steelies!

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The water was back up to 1800cfs on Monday and Tuesday. With water temps in the low 50 degree range and all the moving water, the steelie action is red hot. It’s been a little tough to hang on to them some days, but we are still landing a bunch of em. The fish are everywhere. Every section of river from the upper fly zone to Douglaston has fish.