Fished east & west of Dunkirk today , 40-60 fow, 1 steelie & 2 sheeps that was it. One charter had 8 eyes that was the best we heard. Sounds like we should have done Buffalo end, my S@!t luck again !!
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Fished east & west of Dunkirk today , 40-60 fow, 1 steelie & 2 sheeps that was it. One charter had 8 eyes that was the best we heard. Sounds like we should have done Buffalo end, my S@!t luck again !!
Fished from SP to Myers yesterday. 5 Walleye. Lost one at the boat. A few bass too. Used sticks, worm harnesses, jets, lead core.
PS - I can't tell you who lost the one at the boat. :D
I wasn't involved with that spectacle. I was on the other side of the boat. But as captain I accept all responsibility for the actions of my crew. :rolleyes:
Caught 3 Saturday evening, in two hours off Hamburg, in 35 fow on a pink harness. Dragged a shadrap also, but only caught bass on that. Surface temperature up to 66 degrees yesterday.
fished yesterday late morning early afternoon and got skunked by the wind mills I should stick with night fishing
jeff
Would you agree that this is the time of day that is usually the least productive time to fish for walleye? I've found that dusk and dawn work best for me. My guess is that I'm fishing at the start of, and end of, their daily feeding pattern. I have not fished in darkness for years.
I was out Saturday am, got one of the bat. nice eater 18", was of the windmills then headed west. Harness on 5 color lc, goby colored blade. Water temp on the probe was 65-51, warmest water was off the windmills, coldest the farther west you go.
Question for all you leadcore guys out there...
On average, would a setup with 2-3 colors in combination with torpedo divers catch as many deep fish in summer as a 7-10 color setup?
Short.....
My guess is that the 7 - 10 color would have more vertical travel in the water column as the boat speed varies and your direction changes (turns). So I think a 7 - 10 color lead line would catch more fish..... but it depends on the day and the fish too. If you just so happen to have a high concentration of fish right where your "3 color plus torpedo" is running, it might take more fish than a lead core line.
I've never run torpedos, but do fish leadcores...... so I might be biased. :)
Run the experiment, and let us know!
Thanks Sparrow...
Don't have the room or $$$ to have too many leadcore rods, so i'm trying to minimize the number of dedicated rigs. IMO 2-3 color rigs are much more flexible to use, e.g, SWR off riggers, unweighted/weighted off inline boards, etc.
With our clear water, distance away from the boat is a definite advantage of 7-10 colors vs. 2-3 with a torpedo. And the subtle rise and fall of the lure with 7-10 colors another. In addition to the torpedo rigs running closer to the boat, these rigs are more speed sensitive giving more abrupt lure depth changes vs 7-10 color rigs.
And that is the crux of my question do these differences (distance from boat and leadcore rise fall rates) make a significant difference in catch rate overall.
I've done it both ways. From what I think both could have their advantage on any given day. With the 2-3 color with torpedo you don't have to let out so much line. I've been on my boat and other boats when the crew would complain that they have to reel in the 10 color to check baits or even catch a fish. LOL. But some days that's the way to do it.
I used to think that distance from the boat was a huge factor, but there are days that wire divers do very well...... and the way I run my spread, the wire divers are the closest baits to the boat..... so I'm starting to rethink my position on distance, and will definitely experiment more....... I do think that at this time of year when fish are likely to be "up high", set back distance is pretty important........ and as the water warms, and fish go deeper, it "may" not be quite so important.
I'm hoping to get out this weekend for the 1st trip of the season.
Indeed it is, I was out there just to check things out yesterday. The winds had blown a lot of crap in, but I saw minnows still there in the "L". I took a walk out on the breakwall just past the peace bridge until I started worrying about being blown off the wall like a piece of styrofoam in those high winds, it was loud out there. There were signs saying no swimming, no diving, but no mention about fishing or minnow dipping if anyone was curious. Good to go I think. I'm sure it will only take a day or two before you start seeing broken glass all over the parking lot.
Good luck in the South Towns tournament. And here is hoping someone from the board takes it!
Got 5 today from 9-noon. Pink and copper harness in 35 FOW, largest 23''. Also found a planner board adrift @ windmills. If you know who lost it let me know.
What are the chances the lake lies down little tonight for a enjoyable fishable Sunday? NOAA forecasting only 1s but that seems unlikely to me
Nevermind, saw more reasonable forecast, sleeping in
I'm trying to learn how to use Torpedo Divers. I have OR16 clips and 12" droppers to the Torpedo. My numbers are just used for examples. Lure would be a Renosky and fish would be Walleye. Using an 8 oz Musky Torpedo. I am running braided line. I was told to put the lure in the water and let out 50' of line and attach clip. Now if you go to the chart and use a trolling speed of 2.0 it says if I want to reach a trolling depth of 50' I need 85 feet of line out. OK is it 85 more feet once the Torpedo goes in the water or would it be 35' more from the point the Torpedo goes in the water to get to 85' total in the water?
Let line out with lure 50' then from torpedo to rod you let out amount of line for depth that is on chart . You'll achieve your depth , the line from torpedo to lure is just a spaced lead for stealth. Fishkiller I'm sure will chime in with a bit better help.
Bailey is right let your 50 feet of line out clip on your torpedo reset your line counter and then go to the additional 85 feet or whatever the depth chart says we had very good success today on torpedo divers 85 feet back off of Center Road we have any questions send me a message or give me a call.
I am heading out Saturday with my Dad for Father's day (our 1st time out this year) and wanted to know if any of you fine gentleman can give some info on where to start (area & depth) and the what colors of harnesses or stick baits?
I also know the Tournament is going on which we are not in, so any info would be great. Thanks and in advance, Happy Father's day to all those Fathers and good luck to all in the Tournament.
Slapshot (Tony)
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Things seem to be changing day to day with conditions and catches varying widely. One day i got 5 in 2 hours, next day only sheepshead and silver bass. Wind direction seems to be having an effect. Fishing North winds at Smokes Creek and Barcelona left 2 boats with empty coolers. Westernly winds had the same boats with solid catches in the same waters. Lime green sticks brought up some bigger fish from 40 over 60, east of Barcelona. Copper, pink, and clown harnesses did well in 35-40 at smokes. Hope that helps. Good luck, let us know how you do.
Well I'm not a fine gentlemen but I'll offer this info. Usually the fish are in 30 to 35 ft of water at this time of year. I think that they are deeper no matter where you go. Personally I've haven't been doing too good in the tourney. But some are catching fish anywhere on any given day. Like Roboto says depends on the wind, water temps. etc. But I think the fish are starting to turn on, It was really bad earlier in the week.
Thanks boys and again good luck. I will either go out of the Catt., and head towards Dunkirk or SBH and fish the windmills and out.
Tony
caught 10 buffalo by wind mills worm harnesses
this is walleye887 im new is any one reading this ijust signed up not shur i did it right let me no thanks
Fished out of Dunkirk this am, got a lot of white bass, lots of boats out. Was in 40-70ft water. Both east and west of the launch. More marks east, temp was a bit warmer east side. Dropped a rod and reel overboard, shimano rod and diawa reel in case anyone catches it, I can describe it.
I lost sight of an Offshore Inline Planer board this morning roughly 2-3 miles east of Dunkirk, possibly a little more east, I couldn't turn quick enough and my fishing partner was trying to help me out, not so much! If anyone on here picked it up please give me a call at 716-352-1860
Thanks a bunch,
Duane
lost my planner board gr with black tape on side clip I'm walleye887 my no is 585 297 8604 thanks dave
There'a a lot of that going on. I was in the area but didn't see any.
Fishkiller how do you prevent this?
I haven't posted in a while because I've only getting 1 z's , 2 z's. Not much to report. Today was the best day in the tourney. We didn't enter any but we got 10. Best day for the year out of Dunkirk. :)
Lock jaw clips!!!!!
Fished out of the CAtt. yesterday and got 5, no real color pattern, copper back with darker color front. Just west of the catt. in 56 - 60 ft. in the top 30- 40 feet. ended up with a 30 incher.
Tony