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Well… the last couple of days were interesting. We had great fishing up north which fell apart at the beginning of the week. It was so good for so long up there that, after giving it a rest for a few days, we gave it another shot yesterday. Bad move! We arrived at the destination and found warm crystal clear water and no fish. Only one option… go deep, find bait and fish. It didn’t work. We found some bait in 100 ft. of water but could only manage to catch one Brown Trout. Because we had the same guys today, we decided to cut the trip early and fish longer today. That gave us time to think about things and come up with a new plan. The trip this morning started slow. We went over to the silo on the south shore to fish the point and humps around it. We found plenty of bait, but no fish. A phone call from a friend of ours ( thanx Mark) prompted us to move a little closer to home. It paid off. In the rest of the trip they landed 13 trout and lost quite a few others. 25 - 30 ft. of water between Selkirk and the Salmon River was where it was at. Michigan Stingers off the riggers down 12 - 20 ft. and Smithwicks off the surface did the trick.
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Well, we just came off of the hottest days of this year. We had temperatures in the 90’s for the last four days. It feels nice on the water, but when we hit land later on in the morning…it’s torture. With the exception of today, the fishing has been great. Limit catches, or very close, each day on both boats each trip since last Friday. The best action has been just north of Sandy Pond and north of Lakeview marsh. Small spoons, Alpina 41’s and small needlefish and Smithwicks have all worked well. Things were tougher today. The fish are starting to move off shore and spread out. This is what happens when we get all this hot weather in June. The fish slide out, and spread out, making it harder to locate a concentration of them.
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We are a little bit delayed in getting this photo onto the site, but this is a fish that was caught on one of our charters last week. The young lady who caught the fish, was part of the Judd Kilmer group, but I can’t remember her name. This is truly one of the FOOTBALL BROWNS that Lake Ontario is famous for. The fish was 24″ long. It had a 21″ girth and weighed 15lbs. It is one of the fattest trout we have ever seen.
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Well, the brown’s bit well today for us. They were a little more concentrated than they have been. We were able make short trolls, and catch fish with regularity, once we located them. We found the best action near Sandy Pond and up near Lake View. We picked at fish on the way to these areas, but once we got to the spots…WoW! With nearly 30 Brown Trout landed between our two boats on this mornings trips, We had a great day. Yesterday was equally as good in the same spots. As has been the case the past couple of weeks, our spoons ( needlefish, Alpina’s and Stingers ) worked better than the stickbaits.
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We started out great this morning, landing 4 out of 6 trout on in the first pass down the Lake. Then what wind we had went away and the sun came up. It was all but over. We did end up catching 2 more Brown’s out in 20 ft. of water late in the trip. I think we were lucky to have landed 6. It was a very tough day from the reports we heard about.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Posted on June 14th, 2008 by strikezone
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