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Wednesday, 31 July 2013

July 30 Bluffers

Got out for a couple hours. Fished from 6:30pm till 8:30.
First and only fish hit at 7:00, in 190 FOW, 57 down on a cheater.
A light breeze coming from the west. Sadly didn't hit much.
The down temperature was 50degrees at 57 down. Surface temp was mid 60s.
With the rain that occurred today, fish should be going up the rivers shortly. only 2 1/2 weeks left in the derby!

mon 22 tues 23

mon 22 1 - 2 super windy day trolled westward to spits from 7 till 10 ish, the waves and swells were real bad
tues 23 0 - 1 only fished from 6:30 ttill 8:30, east wind. slow day

Friday, 19 July 2013

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

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Gosd hunt - July 15 2013

Out on the water again today. Started the troll at about 6 am. The action wasn't the best for me but I heard decent reports. One knock and two small kings to show for today's efforts. One king hit on a spoon set 60 down. Other king hit on a cheater on a rigger that was set 150 down..

The weather was great, flat calm. Almost glass. Too bad action wasn't better.
Packed it in at 12:40, WAY too hot. 32 degrees plus humidity!

Bluffers Sunday July 14

The day started late this time since I had work in the evening and I didn't want to be too tired for that.
Started trolling at about 9:30am. From what I heard on the VHF radio, it was a rather slow morning. At about 10 I got my first hook up. It was a rainbow on a spoon 60 down, 100 back on a swr. I torpedoed the fish back and it looks like it swam off but floated 20 ft away. I swung around to net the fish back but I didnt want to tangle so I reeled in the other rod. I set the rod to release it from the clip and started fiercely reeling in. I had reeled in 50 ft of line or more before I noticed something weird. There was weight! A fish must've hit while I was reeling in?? It turned out to a respectable 25lb king.

Other than that action, I had one knock on the line and that was it.

The conditions out there was great. Minimal east winds. I don't have any pictures at all of this trip but I do have video footage..

The hunt continues...

7 - 11 - 2013 lake o banner day

Eugene came back today to do wedding things but I managed to sneak him out for a few hours of lake o trolling- his first time out!

Well the weather wasn't the best at the start but the winds did die down a tiny bit as the morning progressed. We fished from 6 till 9:20am. He had to go back in for an appointment. In those few hours we managed 3 for 7. It was a pretty good morning. He got his first fish on a spoon set down 57ft in about 120 ish FOW, I don't recall exactly. After two lost fish and a shaker, I got into a fish. It was about 20lbs, coming off the dipsy diver, at about 200 back on a 3 setting. It was on a spin doctor and fly combo.

After retuning to dock and dropping Eugene off, I decided to head back out since I still had time to kill before work. Boy am I ever glad I did. From 10-11;45, I didn't manage a sniff. But as I trolled back to end the day. A rod went off while I was fixing my go pro camera. It was a good fish, pulling lots of line. 6 mins into the fight, my other rod goes off!! A double header and I'm all alone!!! See the video for the craziness. It was fun! And after setting back up again, I hooked into another 3 fish in 30 mins. My first double header ever. The double hit my mc rocket and fly on spin doctors. Mc was set 60 down, 50 bak. Fly was 110 down and 100 back.

Weather: strong north winds which barely made it tolerable. Thankfully it died down as the day went on...

An early start to the day.