how is fishing in buffalo

[captainjoe]

Well Friday was a little less rough out there wave wise for sure. A lot less wind, and a LOT more bugs. They were in your ears, nose, eyes, hair, arms etc.
Well fishing was OK we ended up with 7 in the box. We lost one off the stringer. Yes, off the stringer, when we were bleeding him. Who knows how or why. ???And the big story of the day - we hooked a good one. Brought it to the boat. Went to net it. The net got stuck on one of the pop up cleats. The fish was touching the boat on the transom in the backwash of the boat itself, just floating there. The harness flew out of the fishes mouth. The net was still stuck. Fish gone. just as the net was unstuck. All pop up cleats were then checked and put to their down position. Too late. We were on the line west of Pt. Abino. But as a good captain I take all responsibility for my crew and their actions. ALTHOUGH I did not put the fish on the stringer or was the one with the net.

[captainjoe]

Well Friday was a little less rough out there wave wise for sure. A lot less wind, and a LOT more bugs. They were in your ears, nose, eyes, hair, arms etc.
Well fishing was OK we ended up with 7 in the box. We lost one off the stringer. Yes, off the stringer, when we were bleeding him. Who knows how or why. ???And the big story of the day - we hooked a good one. Brought it to the boat. Went to net it. The net got stuck on one of the pop up cleats. The fish was touching the boat on the transom in the backwash of the boat itself, just floating there. The harness flew out of the fishes mouth. The net was still stuck. Fish gone. just as the net was unstuck. All pop up cleats were then checked and put to their down position. Too late. We were on the line west of Pt. Abino. But as a good captain I take all responsibility for my crew and their actions. ALTHOUGH I did not put the fish on the stringer or was the one with the net.

PS do leader touches count like on TV?

[milt]

fish has to be in the boat if it jumps out of the boat it stills count lol
jeff

[jrhsportster]

Went out of the catt 1/2 day Sunday, got 9 walleye and a dozen silvers. All scattered through the column from 5 to 10 colors, 70-85 fow, got a nice 30.5" on a rigger down deep, that was a good fighter!

[Wackyracer]

Went out Solo out of Buffalo today at 9am until 3:30...trolled the same areas as I did Sunday, Marked a lot of Walleye they were all over....I mean a lot....I fished with 8 lines and threw almost everything I had, different spinners, stick baits, speeds, depths, dipseys, side planers, stern planers, Kishel's, and only caught 3 sheepshead, large, extra large and Holy **** they get that big size! (25in)

[Mr. Roboto]

caught 3 sheepshead, large, extra large and Holy **** they get that big size! (25in)

This guy has fished Lake Erie for 60 years. Says this is the biggest Shithead he has seen. Took half an hour to get to the boat.
The NY record is over 29 pounds, 33 inches, from Lake Ontario last year.

World record: 54lbs 8oz Nickajack Lake, TN April 20, 1972

[J. Sparrow]

The record set last year was from Irondequoit Bay...... There were a couple of guys targeting them and catching some real hogs..... They knew that they had a shot at setting the record, and kept fishing for them until they broke it..... Pretty cool if you're into sheep!

[Wackyracer]

This guy has fished Lake Erie for 60 years. Says this is the biggest Shithead he has seen. Took half an hour to get to the boat.
The NY record is over 29 pounds, 33 inches, from Lake Ontario last year.

World record: 54lbs 8oz Nickajack Lake, TN April 20, 1972

The record in NY for Fresh water Drum AKA: Sheepshead is 26lb 9oz caught in lake Ontario (Irondequoit Bay) 6/14/14
http://www.discoverboating.com/resou...le.aspx?id=271

[bailey]

It's about time Joe gives up one of his secrets , I'm guessing by fish numbers in comparison to last year she must've popped over the long winter we had lol . It was cold ya know