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Got out at the crack of noon Went 9 for 10. 8 lakers and a pretty big smallmouth that hit at 78’ in 130 FOW. Had hits all over the place on cheaters at 45’ and all the way down to 90’ on downrigger ball. Fished 100-180 FOW.

That is likely to be epic!!! Enjoy the trip, Matt.

Is was great to finally see you and your boat on the water, Matt! Looks like we needed to get there 2 hrs earlier… Even 60-80’ we were still catching white perch and even a bass or 2 as well as some yellow perch which is all we caught above 60’. Saw all the salmon there you did and tried all colors ...

Looks like I need to make a trip to the inland sea based on all the reports. I can’t make it under the bridge so I’ll be going the long way around through the gut from Mallets Bay, been a long time since I’ve been up there. Does anyone have any pointers on where I should fish for salmon? Funny that...

Ok Matt. I’ll be up there later then that

Looks like I need to make a trip to the inland sea based on all the reports. I can’t make it under the bridge so I’ll be going the long way around through the gut from Mallets Bay, been a long time since I’ve been up there. Does anyone have any pointers on where I should fish for salmon?

striper192001 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:37 pm Nice work Eric......looks like sweet water !

If you go for a week likely to get 1-2 offshore days. Last year we got 1 day, year before 2 days. This year could have gone a 3rd day but we were tired

Reds and Whiting are excellent eats, I am jealous! I have wanted to bring my boat down for some years but know if I did there would be gale force winds complete with water spouts :lol: Yes we caught a lot of them. They were everywhere, over a dozen keeper red fish and 1 was almost 15” which is huge...

Got a slip at Marstons marina on the Saco river and went 20mi offshore a few days with perfect ocean weather. Caught lots of fish!!!

15 pounds is a lunker ! Funny it was suspended like that, must have been a surprise to feel something that big tugging on the line ! Yes since it hit the slide cheater, I had to reel a bunch to get it to the bottom of the line and then it was still there and I was very excited thinking it had to be...

Had a fun afternoon trolling the reef with down riggers set at 44’ and 54’ in 80-120 FOW with slide cheaters on both. Missed 2 and caught 3 big lake trout, both on the slide cheaters so still trying to figure out why big lakers were so far up in the water column with surface temp 71-72 degrees. One ...

Damn Erik! You got a solid bite;) and a good salmon pushin 4 lbs. I am fishin north of there but if the bite is not good I may slip under the bridge tomorrow and try some old spots…. Thanks for the report. Are you fishing tomorrow? Matt I can’t this weekend which is why I went today. I’ll DM you.

Made an unplanned decision to go fishing early and wow, did it pay off! Went 3 for 9. Tough being solo. Between the south wind, keeping 2 riggers and cheaters from getting tangled and trying to reel, net and drive the boat, well you get it. Had 2 that I missed at the boat, 1 that jumped and decided ...

HIT MAN wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:46 am I fished Wednesday out of Westport , and north to Whallons ,and Converse Bay area. The fleas were pretty bad already. No fish to report , but alot of fleas ! Time to put on the heavy line.

They are off colchester reef as well…

Nice! Trolled from 7am -1pm today and caught 1 Laker in outer bay. It was 10lbs which is pretty darn big for there. 1 more hit that we missed and then nada. We saw TONS of fish, scattered all over the place off the cut to sunset in 60-90 FOW. Could not get one to bite. I was even running that same s...