Lake Ontario - Olcott 7-3-11

[Tim Bromund]

hit the lake about 6:00 to find it a bit rougher than I was expecting. Dad and I motored out to about 80 fow and started setting lines on a NW troll. Old School NK28 Black and Purple took a decent king on the 65' rigger before all the rods were set and then didn't move another rod for an hour and a half, come to find we were dragging a tiny skippie on the probe rigger that didn't even bounce the rod even with the long tethered scotty release. it looked like lots of boats were hooking up in that inside water (<150) but we weren't doing much, so I decided to troll north. We found a nice bunch of fish between 250 and 300 fow and ended up 12-17 with one more decent king in the box and releasing a bunch of 7-10 lb teenagers and one nice steelie.

riggers were hot at 75 and 85 feet, 85' rigger with a glow wonderbread protroll and atommik hammer fly and the 75 foot probe rigger with an Atommik Shocker SD and a matching Big Weenie fly. Sorry, don't know what BW it was, I got it at the LOTSA Expo last year and didn't have a name on the baggie, it was green/chart with some rubber/latex in the skirt and matches the Shocker SD perfectly.

Chrome/Green SD with a mirage fly on the 180' diver took several shots late.

Decent Day in fairly rough, close wavelength seas.

1st fish of the day on the NK B/P

And Where have we seen THIS before

Tim

 

[Thudpucker]

We fished for Kings in Puget sound and the straits with just a six foot leader and a Herring. Whole or cut plug didn't make much difference.
Kings were a little deeper than Silvers so we used 5 Oz sinkers out there.
the Silvers like it up on top and active. We'd just 3 Oz and troling that fast you have to use whole Herring with the mouth pinned shut.
Lordy I miss that part of life.

 

[Tim Bromund]

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Originally posted by Thudpucker

We fished for Kings in Puget sound and the straits with just a six foot leader and a Herring. Whole or cut plug didn't make much difference.
Kings were a little deeper than Silvers so we used 5 Oz sinkers out there.
the Silvers like it up on top and active. We'd just 3 Oz and troling that fast you have to use whole Herring with the mouth pinned shut.
Lordy I miss that part of life.

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Thud,

You'd love it up here on Lake Ontario.

Tim

 

[Thudpucker]

I think I would too. I like fishing, and especiall where you can fish for one, then another, and come home with a Cooler full.
Yum, fish for dinner.
There were times when I stayed out in Cook Inlet for a day or so, over night and ate all my meals off Davy Jones Table.
Clams, Crab's, mussels, and the little Rock fish that come with thier own Salt in the flesh.

Are you crowded up there when the fish are in? Sometimes in Puget sound we were. Not so bad out in the straights though.
In AK we had "Combat Fishing" on the rivers but not so bad out in the Salt water.

I fished with a kid who was headed for a Marine BIology degree some times. He taught me there is really nothing you can't eat outta that sea. I took him at his word. Although some of them things are ugly as a nightmare.

I can remember some bad troubles out on the water, but I cannot remember a bad day fishing!