A-TOM-MIK Daily Reports

Monday May 25, 2009

Fishing is pretty good today, TK headed west to target the short water looking for BT's, they found them and also took a few nice 3 yr olds in the mix of mostly 2 yr old BT's. They also had a nice size Steelhead mixed in with other smaller ones as well. Riggers from 8 to 15 down with Michigan Stinger Alewife and Tuxedo spoons over 15 to 30 fow. They were also running sticks off the boards in Smithwicks silver/black and baits also with gold in them. We heard a rumor there were a few larger BT's being taken this weekend even further west as far as 8 and 9 mile creeks to Nunzies and west, working very shallow water early then moving off to 15 to 40 fow after the first few hours. Not sure if this was true or not but a little birdie was heard talking !!!!!

The King fishing was good today off the Hat Trick, they were working waters from straight out the shute to as far as 5 stacks east, depths ranged from 90 fow early and as deep as 190. The 90 to 115 down range was where the Kings were coming from, 50/50 attractor flies and spoon bites today. Spoons that took bites were mostly DW standard size, Kevin likes them as he feels he can run them faster with success (2.7 to 3.0 DS on the FH) Colors were chartreuse/silver and blue/purple, Kevins white paddle and #132 took fish and also a green/glow attractor with a #23 and #41 fly. He had a couple Kings around 20 and several teenagers and also some smaller, also the daily steelhead still in the mix. Was a good morning but the NE winds were picking up.

Sunday May 24, 2009

BT fishing still very good, Salmon fishing Saturday was great for some anglers, today is starting off slow as of 7 am. Big Fin Gene fished with Jeff off the "More Money Baja" yesterday and boated plenty of Kings working a deep water fly program, Green/Green and White/Blue were his hot fly rigs, deep riggers to 125 down and coppers and wire divers out 500 and 300 all good. Lets hope today picks up !!! Short update, fishing remained slow till early afternoon then picked up for Gene and Jeff along with Captain Dan, they had 5 or 6 Kings on landing 4 of them in the last couple hours of their trip, pretty much the same program targeting deep Kings from 90 to 125 over 125 to 225 fow. All fly bites for these guys except just one spoon bite while fishing deep.

Thursday May 21, 2009

Fishing today was outstanding for BT's early, the bite tapered off fast so some of the boats ventured out after Salmon. Same old trick for the BT's in the tight water was working, as the morning progressed most anglers had Kings in the box as well. I was aboard Hat Trick with Kevin Davis, we targeted Kings for the entire 6 hour charter. We pointed east and set up in 70 fow, we actually went a good 45 minutes before we moved a rod. Action wasn't fast and furious but plenty of fish around, we did a Lake Trout, 3 Atlantics, 4 or 5 Steelhead and several Kings up to 16 lbs. I hate to still admit it but spoons took the majority of fish for us, our biggest however hit a 105 rigger with a green attractor/#41 fly. Other presentations that fired were our 300 copper and 250 wire diver. Our speed all day was 2.6 to 3.1 GPS surface, conditions were less than 1 ft waves with Southeasterly winds and high sun. Spoons that fired were all standard DW or Michigan Stinger Stingray size in Tuxedo, Diehard, yellow Diehard and another spoon with blue/silver in it. We weren't marking a lot of fish, most were tight to bottom and had lock-jaw, the upper fish in the 50 to 85 range were scooting and willing to bite. We had very little bait but heard from others there is ample amounts of bait in shorter water. All in all a good day to be on the water, very comfortable and action to be had, just not hot and heavy, switching items around seemed to be key, several times changing stuff up triggered bites and FISH-On could be heard !!! Kevin took a few images I will get up later, right now I have some irate customers who are in need of some late filled orders, what some consider goofing off I consider field testing, so I guess I need to get to work now !!!!! (: (: BTW (Hello Gene and Dave, I know you guys are watching !!!!! ) He He HE FISH ON .............

Wednesday May 20, 2009

Fishing remains consistent, Brown Trout are plentiful and easily targeted early am, as the sun rises they aren't as easy but still around and being taken. East and West both producing, Smithwicks on the surface and shallow riggers with Stingers and DW's in standard and super slim. Frog patterns, chicken wing and diehard. Cold Steel and Salmon Tracker had a good day to the east as far as 5 stacks working inside 15 fow. Best speed 2.0. Heard a rumor Kevin Mazor (CEO Sgt) is around checking for short Atlantics, plenty of Atlantics in teh daily mix of BT's please be careful, they need to be 25"

Salmon Fishing also remains viable, Hat Trick had a hot rod today set at 67 with a blue holo spoon on a rigger over 90 to 130 fowl. Second best combo was our #133 fly ran behind a white attractor. Kings for Kevin were coming from 67 to 105 ft down, also 225 off wires took a few Kings. I was aboard the TK today with Tommy and Coach, we worked waters straight out front and had action from 120 to 190 fowl, Kings came down from 102 ft riggers to divers out 275 (tapping the bottom in 120 fow at times, 20# wire setting 2) best speeds for us were 2.25 on the Moor, we didn't mark as many fish as we had liked to but we had a few hours worth of Kings on that 100 ft down line and they were scooting around every time we saw them and we hooked up on several occasions after marking them. No bait for us straight out front, not sure if Kevin had bait or not, I have a feeling the bait was inside us and Kings go in a feed at will.

A client aboard Hat Trick and Tommy from TK Charters, 18# and 19# Sharks

Saturday May 16, 2009

Wow, next time you go fishing on your buddies boat and your thinking of pitching in 20 bucks for gas think about this post and hand him 50. I have not been a boat owner since 1994 when I sold my 221 Islander, I'm getting back into the swing of things and readying my new to me Penn Yan. Patrick Thayer of Redline Charters took me up to Boat US to pick up the last few things I needed before my vessel hits the water in a few days. A few bumpers and some dock lines, flares and extinguishers, life jackets, deck chairs and a deck brush and some soap, after my discount card was entered and my discount was applied, I owed just shy of a cool grand................ OUCH, Red warned me it does get better, surely can't wait for that time ....

Fishing was good today early for the Hat Trick who chased the Kings, Kevin said the rods were flying for a few hours till the bite slowed. Today they wanted flies he claimed (: Deepest king came down 75 off a rigger using a green E chip flasher and a #41 Green Glow fly. Highest King came down 45, they worked waters inside 100 a bit to as deep as 190. Its been a mix of flies and a higher percentage of spoons lately but today it was just the opposite, just goes to show you need to keep your arsenal mixed and experiment each day for now. Until the Kings are in that 50 ft and below of the water column Kevin say's spoons will have their time. A few of the anglers targeting BT's today were getting some, not hot and heavy but taking them none the less. Weather today was wet, creeks and rivers are sure to produce lots of dirty water, rains were rather heavy at times. Kevin said the action this am was hot, he compared it to the Wilson fishery we have enjoyed and even said for a short while it seemed better, couple doubles and a triple to start the am off today

Friday May 15, 2009

Fishing remains very good, shallow water BT fishing nothing short of stellar, wind and conditions are dictating placement some days throwing local charters a curve but it isn't taking them long to figure them out over the course of a 6 hour charters. Eastern shorelines from Oswego to the buoys of nine mile point from in tight to 25 fow, west of the shute around the green can area all good most days.

Cold Steel had an awesome day chasing the silvers in 60 to 120 fow, mostly using the upper water columns to no deeper than 60 down. Tom had a 55 rigger with a plain jane green e chip/#23 fly go 5 times all with Kings, another hot set-up was a Michigan Stinger gator spoon out 90 on a wire. Kings and Steelhead have been easily targeted in that 30 to 55 down zone and willing to bite throughout the day. Down speeds of 2.2 to 2.5 have been good, the early morning thing very good one day into a bit later of a bite the next. Average take of silver fish ranging in the 6 to 15 fish per charter. Outstanding to say the least and not a lot of traffic, Tom said on a slow day he will see 4 or 5 boats and on a busier day maybe 8 or 9, certainly different from our tourney activity of around 60 to 80 boats a day. Should be a good weekend, hope you can make it to Oswego !!!

Wednesday May 13, 2009

Oswego action remains good, BT fishing was a tad bit slower today than normal but all boats were still moving rods. The Harbor area was popular this am with nicely stained water and surface temps of 58 degrees. Tommy TK and the Dixie Dandy as well as Cold Steel both having action.

Hat Trick ventured off shore to target silvers and were pleasantly rewarded with Kings and Steelhead, this was half way through the trip and they had plenty of silver in the box for their clientele. Kevin Davis gave us the specifics: 65 to 110 fow, working 20 to 50 ft down, inlines w/150' coppers and 4 to 5 color cores, also flat lines off a big board with keel weights in 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4. Wire divers out 60 to 80 setting 3 and riggers from 30 to 50 with free sliders. All accounting for Kings to 19 lbs. and Steelhead to 8 lbs. Spoons mentioned were Stinger Tuxedo and DW standard size Diehard, Salmon Slappers and Purple Thunders. ~~~GAME ON~~~ EAST ENDERS The time we have all hoped and waited for is upon us. It's even almost time for the Crazy Bitch to get her groove on !!! Oh Boy

Monday May 11, 2009

Brown Trout fishing remains very good, nothing but positive reports from everybody we talk to. I just chatted with Captain Gerry Bresadola off the Dixie Dandy. Gerry said there were 2 to 3 ft waves out of Oswego coming from the west and we had very cold water after the windy weekend. There was very dominant dark water from the pounding winds near the shoreline but once you got away from that and into the greener water that was where you needed to be to move rods. Smithwick's in black/silver were good off boards as well as Michigan Stingers ran off very shallow riggers (3 to 5) and stretched back. Gerry, Tommy TK and Dave Wilson who have been working together on charters were very satisfied with targeting BT's as of late.

The King fishing has been on a positive note as well, no consistency to date but plenty of Kings have been taken. Gerry mentioned we have bait one day but it's gone the next making it tough to target them. I heard from a friend that Gerry said the answer to taking fish lies in the wind. If you wish to shoot for Kings you will need to work deeper (50 to 100 fow), spoons have been mentioned more than anything but we did hear a few Kings were taken on flies. I can't stress the fact enough on how good this news is, after last season's lack luster early King fishing we feel blessed with the opportunity to target Salmon early on in our Eastern Basin.

From what little I have heard Walleye fishing out of Oswego has been slow for the timely angler looking to cast a Rapala or walk a river wall at night. I did hear good reports from Tommy Germain about night trolling early last week. Size 18's are most popular but do not be afraid to run some smaller plugs early on in our season. Also there is activity of daily anglers drifting worms on the west side of the river between the bridges.

Our Net Pen fish are looking to be released very soon, water temps. in our marina are working there way into the low 60's, this means they need to go. They are getting weighed by a biologist tomorrow and will be ok'd for release. A tow into the lake and our work is done for the moment.

Congrats to Joe Toomey of Irish Thunder for the 2009 Wilson Scotty win over the weekend, Joe had an impressive box each day including a 26+ lb. King in the mix on day 2. Joe personally thanked me for the flies. (: Team Cold Steel took 2nd place honors by less than 1 lb. OUCH, this team just repeats itself yearly on its success. Great job to many teams who fought hard in rough conditions. These Scotty events are Fuuuuunnnnnnn !!!!!!!!! I'm addicted, I wish there were more, I might just be single by the end of the season....

Wednesday May 6, 2009

Can you say "King Me" Veteran angler Mike Conroy of Proteus Charters took a sweet 20# King off the green can this am. Mike was fishing BT's on the inside off 3 mile creek and figured he would venture out to the can for a bit. He reached 80 fow when a rigger down 35' fired.....................FISH-ON, Mike had just re-spooled with fresh 8 lb. test, a 20 minute fight en-sued before they brought the King to the net. The King was bouncing 19 to 21 on his scales, the King hit a new Legendary spoon red/silver. Nice job Mike keeping the home-town waters active while we are away playing in Wilson !!!!! Also heard more Kings were taken yesterday out of Mexico....

Photo courtesy of The Oswego Salmon Shop and Mike Conroy

Tuesday May 5, 2009

Fishing in front of Oswego remains very good, limit catches of Brownt Trout the norm. Kings were taken off Mexico yesterday, these were the first Kings taken from a boat targeting them in our area (from what we have heard anyway). Captain Red from Redline Sportfishing stopped by with a few images and gave us a few specifics, 40 to 60 fow, Kings came down 25 to 40 ft on spoons, 5 bites in total (: (: (: this in minimal time targeting them !!! Northeast winds today are not favorable to our Eastern Basin anglers. We are heading to Wilson for Scotty leg #2, 67 boats registered and Kings being taken daily, should be a good time, will report again Monday when we get back, if you are heading to Oswego this weekend the BT action is good, the markers off Nine Mile east and the green can off 3 mile creek west all good.

Monday May 4, 2009

Brown Trout are abundant in O-Town, just talked to Kevin Davis off the Hat Trick who seemed quite happy with what was going on. Healthy numbers of 2 year old BT's coming from short water out to 40 fow, working anywhere from the surface early to 15 down off the riggers throughout the day. East of the shoot one day and West the next, winds dictating the direction the charters are running at times and maybe a change of scenery as well. Baits are varied, Smithwicks, Jr/ Thundersticks (black/silver, firetiger) and Michigan Stinger standard size and Dreamweaver Super Slims in various patters, chicken wing, black/silver, spoons with green/silver/black into the day working well. Kevin say's these BT's are hard fighting fish that look very healthy with very minimal lamprey scarring if any. Seems like just a matter of getting out and getting lines in the water to catch them, early am as always is best, the bite slows as you get into the later morning and into the day. More Atlantic Salmon than I have heard of in a very long time, Kevin took 3 yesterday alone, be aware these fish need to be 25" to keep, look for x-shaped spots and a forked tail in comparison to the box/square shaped tail of the Brown Trout.

We have heard a few rumors of a couple boats stretching off shore just a bit looking for Salmon, other than incidental smaller non-mature Kings being taken along the shorelines we have not heard of Kings being taken that were targeted (Yet). These incidental Kings bring good news, I remember taking these same incidentals starting back in 2003, and running through 2006, each of which season led into a spring King fishery all our Eastern Basins anglers cashed in on rewardingly. 2007 and 2008 these same incidentals were not common, the 2007 season saw the Kings coming into our Eastern Basin a bit later in the spring, 2008 this spring King fishery did not happen. Soooooooo, we can only hope our 2009 season is starting off like 2003 - 2006........

On a side note concerning King size for 2009, after the 1st leg of the Scotty in Port Dalhousie this past weekend I would come to the conclusion our 09 King season will see bigger Kings than last year, our catches were 2 to 4 lbs. heavier per Salmon. Plenty of Kings taken and a remarkable and very vibrant fishery is a heavy understatement concerning this Canadian based early King season fishery. As good as this sounds the terrible weather has played havoc already, maybe good - maybe bad as when the waters become stable the blood-bath type scenery can happen. This weekend I fished waters with Team Screamer from 20 miles across the Canadian border to a few miles West of Wilson. We took Kings, Lakers and Coho, but again we had to deal with dead flat/high sun conditions (which can slow action) at times to storm-front type conditions with 5 to 7 ft waves and gusty winds (which can slow action). Unstable weather to say the least, sorry no specifics at this time as we are nearing leg 2 of the Scotty's, just a note that unstable conditions and a fishery with awesome potential could be on its way.

May 1, 2009

Fishing in Oswego has been good for Brown Trout, plenty of good catches to report from the Oswego Charters. Tommy TK said average size ranges from 2 1/2 to 4 lbs. with the occasional fish to 12 lbs. East and West of the shute are both holding fish he said, working the 10 to 15 ft range has been best. Smithwicks on the surface from boards and spoons stretched back off shallow riggers all in silver/black patterns have been the go-to's. BT's are not the only show either, Tommy has taken Lake Trout, Rainbows and today he took a 28" Atlantic weighing a hefty 8 1/2 lbs. The weather is playing havoc right now with today's winds icing the shoreline, temps. the last few days have ranged from 42 to 44 degrees.

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May 23 - May 25 2009 Big Fin Gene aboard the "Her Money" and "Sea Devil" vessels out of Oswego, NY. Out of over 40 kings landed 8 came on spoons the rest on flies........ Great job guys !!! Brian Castle, Jeff Hunter, Captain Dan and the copper/fly guru himself young Gene Delicati............ Best items over the weekend were green chips and #23 and #41 flies and also a white chip and #132 fly.

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Teams Cold Steel, Screamer and Big Fin after the 2009 Orleans County Pro/Ams, The Oswego Boys.............. some happy guys

Wednesday July 1, 2009

A bit of a rougher bite today out of Oswego, weather wise was gorgeous but working for your fish was a must. Temps were moving around (up) as they always do with a southerly wind, we marked plenty of Kings over the course of our few hours out there but getting them to go was not easy. Lots of debris to deal with, the beginning of flea season and high skittish Kings was the story for today. We had 55 degrees down 60 ft over 150 fow, we took one nice King right there on the standard green/green. For the amount of bait and hooks out there once these temps move down in the water column I think things could be good in the days/weeks ahead. Kevin Davis was aboard the Crazy Bitch today with me and it was a good time hanging out with a buddy, especially a guru !!! Thanks for the time today Kevo-O, and nice LOC fish btw. Kevin landed the first King to make the LOC board aboard the Crazy Bitch, a cool 21 lbs. I was dying to give him some advice while he was fighting his fish but I left him alone and he did just fine, (:~~ the grin never left his face during the fight and when I plopped the fish on the deck of the Crazy Bitch Kev-O say's there ya go, that ones at least 20 lbs. all day long !!!

Tuesday June 30, 2009

Fishing has picked up in O Town, heard many reports from the weekend that consisted of at least a King or 2 in the mix, some big ones as well !! I set out on the Crazy Bitch this am with Steph herself, we were joined by Cold Steel, Hat Trick, TK Charters and Little Whip as well as a couple of other anglers. Amongst the charters were a mix of Kings, Rainbows a few BT's, also a new chat among the VHF and cell phones that spelled one very lucky word for Oswego... K I N G S........... Much of our success this am was pretty much the same items being ran by the charters mentioned. Here goes the important stuff, our first rod fired on a 175 wire diver with a green dot/hammer fly in tow, quickly ran off 50 feet of 20# wire and away, it went away as fast as it started, but it felt good to be turned around in your captains chair by the scream of a Tekota 600 drag. NICE !!! Went about an hour after that and an 84 rigger fired with another screaming 600 drag, green Pro Troll/#41 and the first 17# King hit the deck, Steph said wow that was hard, what a fight (lol), another 1/2 hour and our same 175 wire diver rig takes another shot and we managed to keep this King buttoned up as well (14 lbs.) Ok, we can do this we were thinking and off to an ok bite began. Another little laps and a swing and a miss on a 70 rigger with a green dot spinnie/TG Fly, that one went away. By about 10 oclock another 200' wire diver starts pounding, this was our biggest King, we even ran it in to weigh it in but it was about 14 oz. shy of making the LOC board. We also did several rainbows on 2 of the same rigs and a nice 8 lb Rainbow on a 400 copper. Around 10 bites total was the tally and Steph had enough, Kings were coming out of upper 50 degree water, small pods of bait around from 100 to 290 fow, we marked several fish we caught, not a ton of targets nor a ton of bait but rods were moving and fishing from Oswego is good,,,,, We'll take it !! Best DS on my new FH was a solid 3.0 !!! Leads off the riggers ranged from 15 to 25'. Fleas are starting, had 1/2 gum-ball sized drops when wires sat for about an hour........... Boo Hoooo, we noticed these in Canada as well the last 5 days but were hoping maybe we didnt have them............ Wrong I was, they are here dog gonnit !!!!!!!
Hoss wasn't too impressed with our boat ride today !!!
If you ever need to Macgyver the paddle wheel of your new fish hawk probe due to the lock washer falling off gum will do the job, this was after several hours of trolling.

Monday June 22, 2009

Fishing remains slow out of Oswego, the King bite has turned non-existent to date except for skippie Kings, we are hopeful this could change very soon. The BT fishing remains spotty with fish being taken every day but still no good numbers, areas being worked daily range from off 5 stacks to east 9 mile, off the green can west of the shute and also further west to 8 and 9 mile creek area. Occasional fish from the harbor as well, the BT's have added some weight with average size ranging from 3 to 5 lbs., this larger than the 2 to 3 lb 2 year olds from this spring. Also some lunker BT's as well mixed in. There seems to be ample bait around but the lack of any temp. break is the problem right now, surface is as warm as upper 50's but from 20 ft under the surface to bottom only varies a few degrees (from in tight to out deep). Maybe the expected warmer weather will start us off later this week. There still seem to be just a few bonus Rainbows, Atlantics and a few "Power Forkies" around during the hunt for BT's and Kings !!! Even some massive Smallies (3 to 4 lbs. along the shoreline) and some lunker sheepers (8 to 14 lbs.) mixed in with the few BT's being taken out of the harbor. As tough as it gets (right now in the dead of June) most anglers are finding a way to get the rods moving daily. Congrats to Steelhead slash Brown Trout fisherman young "Small Fin" Gene Delicati for having his 16.6# BT holding that 1st place spot after day 3 of the 2009 Summer LOC (as of 5:30pm today) (: Big Gene isn't taking to this too well I hear !!!! "Dam kid" he say's.............

Saturday June 20, 2009

Fishing remains tough in O Town, there are some beauties being taken but not a whole lot of them, heard Hat Trick took a 26# King yesterday (Image on its way) and also just got back from taking a few images of the current leading BT. Fish came over 80 fow on a copper rig with a #41 fly. Most boats out today weren't reporting much, there is bait around and there are BT's inside 80 fow but not many Kings at present. We found the best concentrations of bait in 40 to 50 fow and also scattered pods down 30 to 50 over 90 to 210 fow, the BT's can be worked in the tighter waters but there are no hooks at all around the deeper bait.

Big Gene said he is losing faith in his son young Gene-e", "Last week I had to deal with him catching Steelhead and this week he has turned into a Brown Trout fisherman, all my hard work teaching him how to catch Kings down the drain" LMAO --Quote from Gene Senior--

Wednesday June 17, 2009

Windy day today out of O Town, strong southerly blow just a whipping along. My daughter got out of school early today after testing and wanted to go for a ride on the big pond (gotta love it when your 13 year old daughter wants to go fishing), especially trolling where there are no mirrors and curling irons.......... so I just couldn't refuse, only had limited time so I hooked up with my buddy Tommy Germain since my boat is in the shop, and off we went to the current BT land. We set up in 40 fow right off the shute, knew things haven't been fast and furious so I warned Mikayla up front, but as things change daily as we know we weren't out 25 minutes and our first 32 rigger fires while we were headed East. 2.2 DS at the FH probe, 75 ft lead off the ball with a 28 size ice style frog spoon (no idea what brand) Mikayla fought the BT with a smile, 5 lb fish, took an image and dropped it back in the drink and set lines again. Next fish took a 100ft copper section off a big board, Mikayla gets all the copper back on the reel, now just a 60 ft. leader left and the fun starts with this fish jumping and messing around all over the place accept in the water where he belonged, Mikayla said look Dad, make him quit jumping, in the net he gets scooped shortly thereafter, 4 lb. Atlantic, took a quick image back in the drink as well, (standard size stinger alewife) A good 30 minutes went by and Tommy yells FISH FISH, Mikayla gets to the rod, reels down on it and has another fight on her hands (once the BT gets to the back of the boat that is), another BT around 3 to 4 lbs. hits the net. (Same 32 rigger, frog spoon) Mikayla gets her hands slimy and bloody like a trooper and tosses it back, she did mention one small complaint and that was the blood that had squirted on her fresh toe-nail polish.................LMAO .. I fixed that however with a fresh pail of LO water right over her ankles and flip flops, (out of the pee-bucket no less, but she won't kow that until she reads this) He He He.... we pulled rods 15 minutes after that and headed back, not bad for less than 2 hours. Tommy hit depths of 40 to 65 fow, only bait we saw was sitting tight to bottom in 40 to 45 fow and that is also where we hit each of our fish. FYI I recall last season when the King bite got tough we were hitting BT's from 10am to 3pm quite frequently. Today I leadered our rigger rods down to 10 lb test and also used a 10# test leader off my standard 30# copper fluoro leader (30' of 30# and 30' of 10#) this way next time Tommy wants to run an attractor he can just cut the lighter leader off. Not sure if these specifics aided any in our catch today but when targeting any species in our clearer (often pressured) waters it certainly can never hurt !!!!!

Monday June 15, 2009

Sorry for the delay in reports, been out of town 9 of the last 12 days fishing (such a hard life I have, lol), I have had bits and pieces of info coming in constantly though and fishing has been ok but far from great, typical mid June like the old days. One thing for sure though taking our Eastern end big lake fishing in consideration is that things can change in very short order. The right blow or the right conditions can mean a lot over just a day or 2. So as far as what has been going on up until this am is there are Brown Trout in 40 to 60 fow, they are being taken in that 20 ft down and right to the bottom range. Higher in the water column earlier as normal then deeper as it gets brighter, spoons in standard size Michigan Stingers and DW Super Slim in mainly greens, but black and silvers getting bit as well. Water temps are very homogenized ranging from 64 on top to 58 degrees down 40 ft, this inside 60 fow, all of which makes targeting our fish very tough, the fish are "everywhere" and no concentration to specifically target them in tighter areas of the water columns. King fishing has been slower yet, few reports that I have heard of, out deeper we have much in the same temps. as shallower, out over 140 fow we now have 45 degrees down 65 and the same at 110 down, leaves for no concentration at all (Bring on the thermo-clines as the bars will set up in the weeks ahead with warmer weathers to rid us of much homogenized waters) Only a few Kings taken that we are aware of recently, none of which have come on the same lures, presentations or in the same depths. Thanks for much of this info today from Tommy TK of TK Charters.
Congrats to Oswego teams in the 2009 Orleans County Pro/Am this past weekend, again tough waters to target as we worked very hard to bring our fish to the boat each day, some days only taking 10 bites or less. Top Gun from Wrights Landing in Oswego took top honors in the Pro Division with the win, Nice Job Greg !! 2nd Place went to another set of Oswego guys in Team Screamer/A-TOM-MIK, as they shifted gears from their high experienced deep big King experience to target short water Rainbows and Coho's mostly up top, I would elaborate more but Dave hates when I give out his info so I will leave it at that, nice job guys, Dave's team consisted of the Big Fin Boys Gene and Gene and Joe "Naj". Our Oswego based Team Cold Steel/A-TOM-MIK/Fat Nancy's took the 3rd place spot in the Pro's with much of the same program as Screamer, we targeted Rainbows and Coho's as our King program was not happening with the dispersed Kings around. Tom Burke and Andy are shining this year showing our Cold Steel team how they can adjust to different programs and find the top placements tourney after tourney !! To sum it up it was a fun-filled, party like a madman come nighttime, and fish like hell when its light sort of gig!! Congrats to top finishers in am as well 1st) Fish Nuts, 2nd) 5-More Minutes/Siggs and 3rd) Team Liquid Plumber, never count out this Liquid Plumber team because they will be "right there" when the dust settles, thanks Del for that small tip to run a shute 10 color, it took our largest fish and also accounted for several of our tourney limit fish on day 2 !! (:

Wednesday June 3, 2009

Not a lot of fishing info coming in, a few anglers from our area are getting ready to head west for the 2009 Niagara Pro/Am. The BT fishing has been ok with the few charters that are out getting them, no reports on Kings at all. I took my vessel to Mexico Point tonight and saw 1 boat fishing in tight and also saw one research vessel out off 9 mile. I am sure if more anglers were targeting Kings they would be getting a few. No further reports until Tuesday, June 9th as I will be participating in the Niagara Pro/Am, our Cold Steel/A-TOM-MIK Fly team will be up against a lot of stiff competitors as we defend our 2008 title (: Wish us well, meanwhile Good Fishing to all !!

Saturday May 30, 2009

King fishing the last few days in Oswego has been tough, most boats averaging 2 or less Kings a day. BT fishing remains consistent weather permitting. Congrats to Del Casterline and the Liquid Plumber Team for their 48 lb catch of BT's (6 fish) and the 1st place win in "John's Little Salmon Brown Trout Derby" (66 Teams entered). Big Fin Gene was back in town and did good on Kings today straight out front fishing 120 down over 150 fow, mostly flies taking his Kings, biggest today for Gene was 17 lbs. he said.

Final Results 2009 1st Annual "John's Little Salmon Brown Trout Derby"

GREAT JOB JOHN AND CREW

1) Liquid Plumber 6 Fish 48.6
2) Prime Time 6 Fish 34.60
3) Cold Steel 6 Fish 32.48
4) A-TOM-MIK 6 Fish 30.88
5) Home Office 6 Fish 26.44
6) High Adventure 6 Fish 20.44
7) Team Dreams 6 Fish 20.22

The rest of the results are on hold, we heard there was a 3rd board we did not see when crunching the numbers

Big Fish
1) Liquid Plumber 12.04
2) Rick Carson 9.38
3) A-TOM-MIK 8.4

Great job Del but you lost your hat today my friend and I gained a new Lucky Charm

Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate and there were many teams that did not catch fish, or teams that may have taken just a single Brown Trout. Even more who were forced to quit early due to conditions. Congrats to those listed through 21st place for weighing in your catch. GREAT JOB TEAMS !!! PrimeTime Pete who is known for being one of the best BT guys around had his work cut out for him chasing down the Plumber crew, great catch though Pete !! Cold Steel is simply a force to be wrecken with, these guys are tough whether the conditions are adverse or not. Thanks to Captain Red from Redline for leading our A-TOM-MIK team to where the bigger BT's were, we went 6 for 6 in the first 6 hours only dropping one BT late in the day for what would have been a perfect record. My 13 year old daughter Mikayla was a trooper as she never complained for 9 solid hours of fishing horrible waters. My cousin Eric Burger was a great asset as well, thanks Eric for being a part of our team !!! Congrats to the rest of the top 10 for putting on a great showing !!!! A few days off the water till Tuesday for me )>: Time to get some work done....

Eric Burger with one of our 6# pre-fish BT's aboard the Redline

Wednesday May 27, 2009

Fishing today was good for Brown Trout, TK Charters had them going in tight to the east of the shute, was 100% overcast and spoons in green/black/glow's were working as well as sticks off boards. The Crazy Bitch was out with my buddy Captain Red this am for a few hours, it was a slow day for us with the few hours we put in, we did 1 LT and a 1 King about 20 lbs., there was one other boat out we heard on the radio say he didnt move a rod. TK slid out for their last hour and took a few steelhead in the upper water column on high divers and dark colored spoons. Not a lot going on today once you left the shoreline BT waters, a stiff southerly wind was moving water around mixing things up. Our one nice King came down 77 on a green dot chip and #43 fly. Red's King on the Crazy Bitch

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