March madness on the salmon grounds
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:19 am
Was looking to fish Friday as the 1st fishable day after the recent ice thaw. Joe and I jumped on with Fathead after deciding on his boat, as it is brand new and so pretty;)
Hit converse at 630. Bloodline launched in front of us and we both motored across to NY in the skim ice. The morning started slow. We started with riggers and lead core out over deeper water where there was bait. Not much action for a period, then we got a strong hit that pulled line. That was a good fish as it snapped line pretty quickly:(
Lake went from flat clam at 1st light to 3-4 rollers outta the north by 330pm. As the chop increased so did the bite.
We switched to big boards and long lines in the skinny water and found em. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 all
Salmon. No lakers. 8,9,10,11 some nice fish mixed in and a set of quadruples! 12,13,14,15,16 all still salmon!!!
17,18,19- Joe and Jeremey are having a ball trying to keep 6 rods in the water. And they are failing badly;)
20,21,22,23… how long can we do this??. No one is left on the lake and the bite won’t stop. Finally at 330 we decided to pack up the set and head for the barn. The ride back did a fine job cleaning the salt off the whole boat;)
We saw NO lake trout at all during whole trip! 100% salmon;)
All in all the sticks ruled the day and the company was so enjoyable the 9 hrs on the water seemed like 20min…
Thanks for the ride Jeremy.
Fish on!
Hit converse at 630. Bloodline launched in front of us and we both motored across to NY in the skim ice. The morning started slow. We started with riggers and lead core out over deeper water where there was bait. Not much action for a period, then we got a strong hit that pulled line. That was a good fish as it snapped line pretty quickly:(
Lake went from flat clam at 1st light to 3-4 rollers outta the north by 330pm. As the chop increased so did the bite.
We switched to big boards and long lines in the skinny water and found em. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 all
Salmon. No lakers. 8,9,10,11 some nice fish mixed in and a set of quadruples! 12,13,14,15,16 all still salmon!!!
17,18,19- Joe and Jeremey are having a ball trying to keep 6 rods in the water. And they are failing badly;)
20,21,22,23… how long can we do this??. No one is left on the lake and the bite won’t stop. Finally at 330 we decided to pack up the set and head for the barn. The ride back did a fine job cleaning the salt off the whole boat;)
We saw NO lake trout at all during whole trip! 100% salmon;)
All in all the sticks ruled the day and the company was so enjoyable the 9 hrs on the water seemed like 20min…
Thanks for the ride Jeremy.
Fish on!