Fishing Report #14

05/05/07

 

The Floods, Jim, Mike, Mark, Dave, Joe and friend Rick met me Friday morning, June 1 for an early excursion. We returned to buoy 113 (Messenger Shoals) for another bout with the "eyes".  By quitting time, we boated 14 walleyes to keep 10 and added a half a dozen of jack perch to the catch as well. This was "sonar city" in that same depth of 28 to 32 feet.

You guessed it! Sat. morning, June 2 Rick Fatzinger, PA., Rick Montz, Dallas, Tex. and Vic Kahler, PA. visited buoy 113 with me and boated 16 walleyes with 11 keepers and again some nice jumbo yellow perch. All three of these catches shared one common feature...lack of wind. I have always counted on the blade baits in this situation. The vibration emits a frequency which draws a fish's attention and of course the "ACTIVATE" (pheromone) enhancer maintains that attention.

On Sun., June 3 we shifted gears and headed NW to Oswego Marina where I keep the BANDITO III. This outing was a retirement gift from Obrien & Gere to Tom Machut who brought his son Leonard, and Fred and Doug Brissette. Lake Ontario browns and rainbows would eventually be our target. We spent the better part of our effort in 40 to 60 feet. Where the surface temp. was 64 degree Fahrenheit and 20 feet down it was 52 degrees. No surface strikes during the entire outing. Our lead core with three colors, our dypsys at a three setting with 60 feet of wire and riggers set at 20 to 40 kept us in the fish through out the morning. We boated 9 browns, released 2 rainbows and dropped at least another seven fish on the way to the boat. The R&R monkeypuke and alewife 1/2 stick,  Michigan Stinger alewife, an NK froggie fired regularly through out the morning. Len, graduated ESF in fisheries studies and has worked with the US Geological Survey on the Kayo out of Oswego and enjoyed the morning handling fish with a rod and reel rather than with seine nets.