Trolling lake Ontario morning and then evening!

Morning 6am - noon
Great calm day on the water.

Got on the water right after the sun broke the horizon. About 6 am. Set the lines and got my first fish after 10 mins. A 15 lber king on a fly and spin doctor down 50 in 160 fow. The hook went too deep ad the fish bled. Had to keep it. Next fish came 30 mins after I circled back into the same stretch. This time it was on the deeper rigger. Came on a mc rocket down 130 in 160 FOW. It peeled about feurcley over 100 ft of line but popped out. 

Down 50, it was 48-49degrees.
Ended the morning with 1 for 2 at noon.. 



Evening 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Got to the launch at 6, started trolling by 6:30. At about 7:15 I had my spin doctor and frog mc rocket down 60ft, didn't have a single hit on it for almost an hour, I added a NK super glow clown as a cheater on it. Within 3 mins, I had a hit. It ran hard and took lots of line until something happened. The line broke... I lost everything on it. The line appeared to be frayed?
30 mins later, I hook into a decent rainbow, about 6-7lbs, as I was about to land it in the net, my other rigger rod goes off, DOUBLE HEADER!
Shortly after netting both fish and releasing them I hook into  a small rainbow that I released boat side. Trolled around till almost dark and was about to call it quits but then a rod starts to bounce, nice! a last hurrah! As I'm fighting it, I get ANOTHER DOUBLE HEADER! The sun was pretty much down, not much light left, but the GoPros were still on, recording this. Both turned out to be mature kings in the 20lb range. It was a great night. Much cooler than the day. I'll hopefully have some videos up soon.

Tally
2 rainbows, 3 kings, 1 screamer lost

VIDEO POSTED 2013 3rd Annual Port Credit Pen Salmon Derby VIDEO POSTED

Here is the video of our day out on Lake Ontario for the Port Credit pen derby. Sorry for the delay, busy with work, fishing and just learning how to edit videos..

To see the report, check back further or click this link
http://bigfishsmallcamera.blogspot.ca/2013/06/3rd-annual-port-credit-pen-salmon-derby.html

2013 3rd Annual Port Credit Pen Salmon Derby - VIDEO TO COME

Yesterday we competed in the 3rd annual Port Credit pen salmon derby. It was a tough day out! Not many boats even caught fish from what I heard back at the weigh-in.

We were weary, trying to decide if we wanted to even participate in the derby since the forecast was calling for 30-45knot winds! Boy were they ever wrong. The water was a calm as it could be.

Our day started at 4:00am at my place, to pack the boat and truck to head over to Port Credit. We arrived and launched by 6:00am. 

Shortly after launching and heading out to the pack, blast off happened immediately. We started the troll at 80FOW, saw plenty of bait, not many hooks though.

We trolled from 90-120 FOW in front of Port Credit, with lots of bait and a few hooks. Nothing produced, so we pulled lines and blasted towards the islands. 

First fish occurred at about 10am, a small chinny, just over 5lbs. Caught on a spoon 60 down, over 254ft.

We did hit a small shaker that we did a quick release on and lost one. At about 11am, it started to rain. This didn't bother us, however it was soon time to head back into port for the 12noon weight in. We pulled lines in at 11:40 and headed back, in good time because right at noon, it began to pour.
When we arrived there were only 10 or so coolers lined up to be weighed. We knew instantly that it was  a tough day. Out of 50 boats, only 14 boats weighed in! It was a fun experience, will sure like to participate in more like these.

Coolers of fish, many only 1 fish only..

The bbq lunch, thank you!

The loot bag given.

The final results of the derby, we could have made 15th spot if we weighed in our fish! I am quite happy with that result since we were possibly the greenest team and for sure the smallest boat out there.

6 rod spread, stacked riggers, a dipsey diver and a planer board with leadcore

 Having fun with the GoPro

I'll post up the video once I have some time to do some kind of editing. Stay tuned.

Date: Sat June 22 2013

Location: Lake Ontario, Port Credit

Lures used: Spoons, MC Rockets, Meat
Lures that produced: Spoons
Surface Temps: 61-65
Down Temps: 52-55 down 60-100ft
Depths Trolled: 80 FOW - 250 FOW
Results: 2-3 from 6:00am-12pm

June 18 Lake Ontario troll - with VIDEO

Well this report is a couple days late because I have been busy and tired from work but on the 18th I had to the chance to head out on the big lake. We had planned to meet at 5am at my house but change of plans due to the weather. It was pouring! We didn't fancy the idea of being in the rain, especially with the fact that my boat is not equipped with any kind of top. So after checking the weather radar, we knew the rain was about to stop shortly. After meeting up for breakfast at McDonald's, we were off to the races.

We finally arrived on the water at about 8am. We started in 80 FOW, plenty of bait balls and hooks but no takers. We had two riggers down and two dipseys out.

Our first fish came in at 11am, 75ft down in approx 170FOW.  It hit a MC rocket with spin doctor combo. It was my buddy's first time out trolling for fish on Lake Ontario. So we gave him the honors the first fish. It was a very nice sized rainbow!

Here is a VIDEO of the fish! Enjoy it in HD!!

At 11:30am, the mooching reel goes off. The first fish ever on a mooching reel, ho exciting! it ended to be a small rainbow trout. It was on a northern king, about 50ft down. At noon we got our third hit on the rigger, unfortunately it came off after the line released from the downrigger clip.

Date: Tues June 18 2013

Location: Lake Ontario, Bluffers Park
Lures used: Spoons, Flies, MC Rockets, Meat
Lures that produced: Spoons, MC Rockets
Surface Temps: 57-59
Down Temps: 45-42 down 60-100ft
Depths Trolled: 80 FOW - 250 FOW
Results: 2-3 from 8:30am-12pm

2013's Maiden Voyage on Lake Ontario - In search of Salmon and Trout

Finally! My first real post ever on this blog!

Just a few days ago I did manage to find some time to hit the water. The temps were rising last week during a warm spell, but then over the weekend, a cold front came in. This did not help with lake temperatures. It didn't stop me though..

I have been checking online forums to see how the reports are coming in. It seemed to have been picking up, so I decided to head out on my first trip on the big lake when the winds seemed favorable.
Originally I had planned to head out Monday morning but the winds were forecasted to be in the 20-25km/hr range. The following day seemed to be a better choice at only  10-15. So off I went for Tuesday instead.

I had invited two friends to come along. The plans were to meet up at 5:30 at my place and head down to the launch. Since it was the first trip of the year, alot of the gear was not rigged and some other nick nacks to be done. We did not get to the launch and start fishing until almost 7:30-8am.

The surface temperature was showing only 47-49 degrees F, 40-80ft down was showing 43-45 degrees. It did warm up by a degree or two throughout the morning.

Overall it was a pretty slow morning, we had 1 knockoff and 2 landed. The knockoff came at around 9:00 off a spoon at 25ft down. A 11lb chinook came in at 80ft down on a MC rocket, over approx 220 FOW.
Lastly a shaker rainbow came off a spoon at 25 down over approx 180 FOW.



Well.. hopefully it will pick up sooner than later.

Date: Tues June 4 2013
Location: Lake Ontario, Bluffers Park
Lures used: Spoons, Flies, MC Rockets
Lures that produced: Spoons, MC Rockets
Surface Temps: 46-49
Down Temps: 44-46 down 40-80ft
Depths Trolled: 80 FOW - 300 FOW
Results: 2-3 from 8am-12pm

Stay tuned as I go on more fishing adventures and post pictures and videos to my fishing reports!