Today we found the browns that have been missing all season long and also played with a few nice Kings. We worked 30-45 FOW first thing in the morning and played with 6 or 7 browns, the highlight of which was this brown that currently sits in 4th place at 12.09lbs:
Every one of the browns took a Dreamweaver Super Slim Area 51 spoon fished off of our riggers behind a chrome Shark. We ran riggers and short cores for the browns, and we couldn't buy a bite on the cores, but they sure did seem to like that Area 51 behind a Shark. Best down speed was 2.4mph, and the best riggers were set at 15 and 16ft.
After the brown action dried up, we headed out to deeper water and started targeting Kings. We hooked up with several nice kings, and wouldn't you know it, the Kings also took an Area 51 spoon fished off of the riggers. 110'ft down over 120-135FOW seemed to be the best rigger for us, but we also hooked up off of our 95' and 50' riggers. We tried like mad to get a flasher/fly to fire, but we couldn't make one go today. The Area 51 was the only thing to get bit on our boat today. One of the other charter boats was at the gas dock right after we came in and had several Kings that he took off of a flasher/fly combo. He didn't have a single spoon fire. Go figure! 2.5 - 2.7 mph down speed was our best speed for the silvers and we found 56 degree water down 110' out over 130FOW with a surface temp of 60 degrees.
The highlight of the King action was this 20.09 lb King that was sitting in 15th place after we weighed in at Screwy Louies.
The screen was a LOT better looking than last weekend.
h2ohazard wrote: Billy V wrote: The highlight of the King action was this 20.09 lb King that was sitting in 15th place
The largest king I have ever caught was 20 lbs, what a fight. Any idea what size king took first?
Mike, any room on the LD for me? I would love to fish Lake O for large kings. I would be up for at least a 4 day weekend, maybe a week. Have to tie in with the Admiral's vacation schedule. Most likely an '09 trip, because '08 is filling up fast. Much planning to do for this: big ramp for LD, trailer parking, slip, lodging, freezer, routes, logistics, eateries, watering holes... Should be a riot though.
Billy, what port(s) and time of year would give us the best chances of taking decent numbers of good sized kings? I know my area pretty well and can pretty much assure folks that late May thru early July will give them the best opportunity to box large numbers of walleyez off Monroe, MI.
Hmmmmm, Lake "O" Salmon Challenge '09. Any interest?
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Lake Ontario King fishing is best on the West End in May & early June, and on the East End from July 1 through September. The bigger fish are generally found on the East end in Aug. & Sept. My port of Fair Haven is a great place to find Kings at that time of year, plus we don't have as much boat traffic as places like Oswego or Mexico do. Here's a pic froma couple of years ago in August:
I fished with Popeye out of Fairport a couple years ago at the end of July...and it was tough fishing. Two weeks later he's emailing me pics of 20#+ kings...
We were a bit early..but BillyV is right in saying that Fairport is a very nice place. We stayed at a Bed and Breakfast recommended by Werner and it was great.
BFG
Official Ohio Delegate to Team Heavy Super-Sized Fishing Specialists bfg@educatedangler.com
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Yeah, the bar was sagging! LOL!!! The Kings typically show up around July 1st, but sometimes the wind & weather make things tough. Last year the King fishing in July was incredible.
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