Fishing vacation
- Crazy Ivan
- Posts: 884
- Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:22 pm
- Species: All
Fishing vacation
Another great Rotary Derby in the books. Fished down south Friday and Saturday fished mid lake on Sunday each day was great fishing.
Blue moon, Sausage gravy milkshake, mad dog and fat Ivan were our hot spoon. It was a rigger bite for us 20-30 feet on the riggers with fixed cheaters 5’ above the main line. We did not run boards at all and only ran mini disc for the extra 2 rods.
I can’t say enough good things about the quality and abundance of salmon in the lake. We surly didn’t even come close to having a fish to weigh in but I will take a boatload 3-4lb salmon over 1 lucky 8lber any day.
I have been On the water almost everyday since the rotary, moving around to different areas of the lake trying to find spots holding fish and places we can hide from this coming weekend big winds. The fishing has been outstanding from Thompson’s point south. We have even managed some very nice Browns and Steelhead.
Good luck to everyone in the LCI!
Blue moon, Sausage gravy milkshake, mad dog and fat Ivan were our hot spoon. It was a rigger bite for us 20-30 feet on the riggers with fixed cheaters 5’ above the main line. We did not run boards at all and only ran mini disc for the extra 2 rods.
I can’t say enough good things about the quality and abundance of salmon in the lake. We surly didn’t even come close to having a fish to weigh in but I will take a boatload 3-4lb salmon over 1 lucky 8lber any day.
I have been On the water almost everyday since the rotary, moving around to different areas of the lake trying to find spots holding fish and places we can hide from this coming weekend big winds. The fishing has been outstanding from Thompson’s point south. We have even managed some very nice Browns and Steelhead.
Good luck to everyone in the LCI!
Todd
- Bearcat
- Posts: 374
- Joined: Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:31 pm
- Species: cold water!
- Location: RensselaerVILLE, Westport
Re: Fishing vacation
Only had time to fish a lake closer to home Sunday that only holds lakers and walleye. Caught a bunch when they turned on in the afternoon but the only spoons that caught were the Crazy Ivan's - golden shiner and red canoe, and dragged faster than my usual laker speeds, ran about 2.25, and a short burst of throttle consistently triggered strikes. Hope to be chasing silver this week. Paul
Re: Fishing vacation
great report todd. i agree i like catching salmon and if a 8lber hits thats good to but there are plenty of salmon out there to have fun. todd after the lci i plan on going across the big pond again maybe ill look you up dianne told me the days your at the camper. keep on chasing on our home turf doenst get any better than here.
-
- Posts: 270
- Joined: Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:05 am
- Species: all
- Location: NY
Re: Fishing vacation
Todd ENJOY your Vacation and Best of Luck in the LCI I will be passing on the LCI as I have to work this weekend
So many Lures So little Time
-
- Posts: 3687
- Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 12:58 pm
Re: Fishing vacation
Great report Todd! It's been a banner last 10 days! Good luck in the LCI!
Re: Fishing vacation
He's too modest: If Todd catches an 8+ lb salmon I won't be attributing it to luck, especially in high winds! SGM and FI have been hot, and catching is getting better, but I'm skipping LCI to chase saltwater fish in the Keys and to visit my daughter this year. Good luck to all the anglers on the lake this weekend. Stay safe and have fun.
-
- Posts: 470
- Joined: Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:53 pm
- Species: Cold & Warm Water
Re: Fishing vacation
Good stuff Todd,
Time off is the best time especially if you can be fishing!!
The fishing on LC is looking great again!
Time off is the best time especially if you can be fishing!!
The fishing on LC is looking great again!
JEREMY
1987 24' Chaparral
"Plenty of Fish"
1987 24' Chaparral
"Plenty of Fish"
-
- Posts: 181
- Joined: Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:14 am
- Species: all
- Location: Morrisville, VT
Re: Fishing vacation
Thanks for the report and good luck this weekend. Ramel
Quit Wishing Go Fishing
- Reelax
- Site Admin
- Posts: 5784
- Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:27 pm
- Species: Salmon, steelhead, brown trout
- Location: Fletcher, Vt
Re: Fishing vacation
Thanks for the great day on the water yesterday Todd... you proved there are still big salmon on the lake after landing a 23” fish and after I broke off on a much larger 27-28” class fish during battle... good to see mature silvers come to play again.
Funny how you can predict a strike with the new fish finder!!! Almost every time!!
Funny how you can predict a strike with the new fish finder!!! Almost every time!!
- Attachments
-
- A1DC80AD-5B70-4431-AAB7-A984336D0771.jpeg (156.19 KiB) Viewed 3374 times
-
- E03BEFC3-B5C9-4C9D-AAD2-A92254D85AAE.jpeg (161.86 KiB) Viewed 3374 times
Matt B
Re: Fishing vacation
WOW!!! That display is CRAZY
- raz
- Site Admin
- Posts: 4295
- Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:02 am
- Species: Coldwater fishes!!!
- Location: LAKE CHAMPLAIN UNITED!
Re: Fishing vacation
Holy crappola! Is that even legal???Reelax wrote:
Funny how you can predict a strike with the new fish finder!!! Almost every time!!
Catch and serve with lemon.
Gerry
Gerry
Re: Fishing vacation
That is amazing. the detail and clarity are outstanding.
- Crazy Ivan
- Posts: 884
- Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:22 pm
- Species: All
Re: Fishing vacation
Matt, I should make you ride in the back of the boat for a whole day with a dunce cap on. Lol. Two monster fish lost! Great day on the water, and the salmon fishery lives on!
Todd
- Crazy Ivan
- Posts: 884
- Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:22 pm
- Species: All
Re: Fishing vacation
Regarding the fish finder... best wife ever . Dot . For real .dot . Ever. Dot
Todd
- Wallyandre (Andre)
- Posts: 1709
- Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 1:34 pm
- Species: salmon, SM, walleyes
- Location: Montreal, QC & Port Kent NY
- Contact:
Re: Fishing vacation
Todd, when fishing 20ft down what kind of speed are you trolling specially with the water still cold?
How far back?
Fish Reveal on the Lowrance is amazing. It’s a Ti gen2?
How far back?
Fish Reveal on the Lowrance is amazing. It’s a Ti gen2?