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shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:27 pm
by fishy1
Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:45 pm
by raz
What size/weight krocodile Matt? Got a picture?
Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 3:21 pm
by fishy1
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raz wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:45 pm
What size/weight krocodile Matt? Got a picture?
gerry i like the 2 and 1/4 inch 3/8 ounce for casting on champlain for ontario the 2 and 3/4 inch and 1/2 ounce or 3/4 ounce. the shorter kroc casts better in the wind and stays down a little more than the bigger ones. ill take a pic of one.
Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:30 am
by troutcrazy
Nice! I'm glad to hear you encountered some silvers-- that's some inspiration to keep at it. The wind has been hard.
I've been mostly skunked so far, both from shore and from the kayak. I did lose a couple fish from the kayak but I don't know what they were. I think my hooks were dull so I replaced them. Then a fish broke off my favorite Shad Rap--- either it was a pike or my 8lb fluoro leader had a nick in it because it didn't take much.
I did have an interesting time when I paddled up Keeler Creek. The water temp was about 10 degrees warmer in there than in the bay. The water was so low that my kayak fins and rudder were touching bottom. Maybe 1 or 1.5 feet of water. I spooked a lot of big fish with the kayak. My stick baits kept picking up weeds so they weren't biting. So I switched to the rainbow Kroc. That did the trick. Caught a medium pike and very large bowfin. I'll call it my PB even though I've never measured a bowfin. It was a very impressive fish and thankfully I was able to release it in the water, because big toothy fish can be difficult to handle in the kayak
Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 6:03 pm
by fishy1
3/31/2021 headed North to test some casting Honeybees got there around 7:15 am with 3 footers coming in on me ugh. Casted for 1/2 hour and had one hit had a big bow in my line from the wind saw it straightened out fast then nothing. Was glad to get a hit on that bee it's a new color fishy2 drew up. Wind has been terrible of late storm coming tommorow hope my shore fishing improves
Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:53 pm
by fishy1
Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 2:29 pm
by fishy1
Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 3:52 pm
by TUnamas
Awesome catches, especially from shore! Several of my fondest fishing memories were catching salmon from the beaches in Alaska while on kayak expeditions. Fresh fish on the fire ALWAYS beats freeze dried rations! Yet, I haven't yet caught a salmon or a laker from the beach on Champlain! Kudos! And glad to see you persisting!
Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 4:10 pm
by dry net
Good going Fishy!!!
Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 7:35 pm
by Sawyer
so the lakers are that close to shore this time of year.
Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 4:48 am
by fishy1
Yes the Lakers are still on shore and will be awhile as long as there is forage and this is why
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Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 5:20 pm
by fishy1
5/23/2021 fishy1 and fishy2 headed north for some shore fishing for Lakers. After a slow start around 10 am alayna has a freight train hit and it shakes loose she said it hit so hard it hurt hurt wrist. Them shortly after another hit and fish on alayna lands a beautiful lake trout with no clipped fins. Colors on its fins were awsome. Alayna says pa pa these Lakers battle you right to the end and now I know why you have a hard time netting them from your chair. She had 3 more hits then the wind/ rain storm chased us home. Once again
ng 8 to 15 fow .
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Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 6:29 pm
by fishy1
Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 6:48 pm
by Reelax
Man the pollen is heavy. We saw big patches of it in the inland sea that were about a 1/4 acre...
Thanks for the looks Matt!
Re: shore fishing for lakers and salmon
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 7:30 am
by Wabbler
Fishy1 - you are an inspiration to shore fisherman!