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Title: Time to wake this forum up...ice is gone, get the long rods out!
Post by: mudchuck on Apr 23, 2019, 08:53 AM
Wake up everyone, let's get this party started!
Title: Re: Time to wake this forum up...ice is gone, get the long rods out!
Post by: stick eyes on Apr 25, 2019, 07:28 PM
just got the boat out today.  has a 89 suzuki  30 hp but still runs great. want to get out by the mouth of mill river for the next outing .  at this time of year you never know what you may get even a crappie from time to time  ;)
Title: Re: Time to wake this forum up...ice is gone, get the long rods out!
Post by: Theshad on Apr 26, 2019, 03:24 PM
Been out for bull pout a few times. Gearing up for walleye!
Title: Re: Time to wake this forum up...ice is gone, get the long rods out!
Post by: PIKEBAIT on Apr 28, 2019, 05:56 PM
Any salmon at Keeler Bay.  Creek must be warming up and attracting smelt??
Dick
Title: Re: Time to wake this forum up...ice is gone, get the long rods out!
Post by: Fish Farmer on May 01, 2019, 04:12 PM
Any salmon at Keeler Bay.  Creek must be warming up and attracting smelt??
Dick

I heard yes.
Title: Re: Time to wake this forum up...ice is gone, get the long rods out!
Post by: mudchuck on May 03, 2019, 07:29 AM
Been out twice, still working thru boat issues, going out Saturday for walleye...hope the flood stage level, strong river flows and cold temps aren't going to keep the fish from biting.
Plan B will be to troll salmon somewhere.
Just put a troll plate on so no more dragging buckets!
Title: Re: Time to wake this forum up...ice is gone, get the long rods out!
Post by: Theshad on May 03, 2019, 02:58 PM
I’m heading out early tomorrow to catch a Walter or two. Hopefully anyway!
Title: Re: Time to wake this forum up...ice is gone, get the long rods out!
Post by: mudchuck on May 06, 2019, 09:36 AM
Out 8-4 Saturday, Lamoille river troll.
New troll plate works great! No more dragging buckets.

2 smallies, 1st was 24" 5# hit a neon green crawler harness, 2nd was 3-1/2# 19" hit a chartreuse 3/8oz jighead tipped with a hunt minnow.
1 19" wally for the day hammered the crawler harness...empty stomach too.
Title: Re: Time to wake this forum up...ice is gone, get the long rods out!
Post by: Theshad on May 06, 2019, 07:43 PM
Fished Saturday, Sunday and this morning. Between me and my buddy, landed 24 walleye. Kept two each each day. All between 17”-24”.
Title: Re: Time to wake this forum up...ice is gone, get the long rods out!
Post by: vtmopar on May 07, 2019, 03:45 PM
I hit the missiquoi Saturday, mad house.
Good walleye bite and big yellows.
Not sure how long they'll be on there, hoping to go again this weekend.
Title: Re: Time to wake this forum up...ice is gone, get the long rods out!
Post by: crayfish2 on May 21, 2019, 10:56 AM
Nice going, guys!  Haven't made it out for walleye yet.  Went to Lake Ontario (Mexico Bay) chasing browns the last 2 weekends.  Went over with a buddy of mine May 3rd - May 5th and caught 12 browns (largest ~5lbs), 2 lakers and a couple of smallies.  The following weekend Perch bait and I brought our boat over.  Did pretty well the first day, landing 5 browns and missing several other hits.  Jacob caught his first ever Lake Ontario fish ... a nice fat 6lb9oz brown!  Then the rain started and the wind switched.  We lost the nice temperature we were fishing and the fish shut off (or moved, or whatever they do out there!). 

Didn't catch a thing for 2 days but didn't fish much in the pouring rain, then the last day the wind picked up out of the NW again.  We headed for Oswego to see some new water and it was ROUGH.  2-3' waves and the wind was howling.  Made our 19' boat feel awfully small.  We picked up 2 browns on the first pass just outside of the Oswego breakwater and thought we were going to hammer them.  Then that was it.  We fished for a couple more hours, getting pounded around, before we called it quits.  I was hoping we'd get into a couple of king's while we were there, but we never really got a chance to chase them.  Didn't want to stray too far from shore with the weather we were dealing with most of the time!

Now it's time to refocus on our Lake Champlain fishing!  Hoping to chase walleye, pike and salmon in the coming weeks.
Title: Re: Time to wake this forum up...ice is gone, get the long rods out!
Post by: vtmopar on May 23, 2019, 07:38 AM
Thats worth the trip for sure.
Nice write up.
Rivers are starting to look better but more rain headed our way.
Hopefully it doesn't muck them up again.