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MFF US Northeast => New York => Topic started by: reeleyz on Mar 28, 2017, 05:26 PM
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I figured it was time to get this started.
I hit the big lake today with my mom for our annual spring trip.
We ended up going 12/15 in the fog. It was a great day!!!
We had this visitor too. That was kind of neat.
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Nice job on the browns reeleyz and mom 👍
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That's incredible... Way to go ..
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very nice was thinking of taking boat somewhere this weekend,thats a good option !!!!
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Nothing like running the big boards in the Spring! Congrats on a nice outing with mom! :thumbup_smilie: :clapping:
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nice browns,from what i have been seeing,looks like a good class of browns out there for this year.some reports coming in now and its looking good.3 guys fishing the lower niagara yesterday caught a 31 lber.we are heading to mexico this weekend,not sure if the weather is going to cooperate though.
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Awesome, Bruce! Way to kick it off.
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Congratulations on such a great outing with your Mom....wishing you many, many more... :clapping: :thumbup_smilie:
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Bruce I see you and your mom had a great day , congrats
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Very nice way to go with the browns..Great job
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Awsome!!!!!!!
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Jeff and I won't be hitting the browns this year.
Wife and I are taking a very long cruise and leave week after next and not getting back until mid May.
So I decided to leave the Lund in storage this year until after we get back.
By then our place on Erie will be able to be opened and I'll simply go right to eye fishing instead.
Next year for the browns.
(Gives them time to grow more)
;D
Nice job Bruce.
Mac
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Nice ! what size LUND? 8)
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Thanks guys!
Not sure if we will make it back up in the next month but we had a blast.
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Nice ! what size LUND? 8)
16' Rebel XL
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Nice looking Browns!
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Chasin' tail is live on facebook now, banging up on the browns. Looks like Bliss is having a blast!
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16' Rebel XL
Still have Red II, the Impact? I think I remember from last years post?
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Still have Red II, the Impact? I think I remember from last years post?
Oh yeah! I still have Red II but it is in storage, so Red I got the dip. Red I stays at camp all summer and Red II gets used on Oneida and Ontario normally.
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I know you guys fish these browns in pretty shallow water. I have a connection out of catfish creek that i can get out with but only if hes available. My buddy and i were curious as to whether or not (on a calm day) we could take his 17ft bass boat and flatline stickbaits for these things? Iv been on the lake a bunch and know things can get wild out there so we would only go when the conditions were just right for us. But Iv got the place to stay just have never done it without riggers and boards.
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You could definitely flat line them in shallow on a calm day. I caught them playing around with a spoon on 1 color of leadcore down the chute last year so even though the boat is supposed to scare them you can still get them without boards.
Like you said though, just watch the weather.
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All the browns we caught out there last year, we didn't take a single one on boards. Almost all of our fish were caught flat lining gold stickbaits 100'-150' back trolled at 2.3-2.6mph at the transition line in 15 feet of water, although we did take a few on the leadcore setup like chowdaire mentioned.
this was our biggest last spring
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We flatlined them for years. 2 rods with rapalas straight back 150' and have had some awesome days.
I have caught them 50' straight back behind the boat in 6' of water, midday on a sunny day with clear water. It doesn't seem like the boat affects them much.
The only reason I like big boards is because it is easier to run more lines and get them spread out.
Nice football BigRed!
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Well you guys made that pretty easy on us. Im going to talk to him today and get in touch with my contact in catfish creek to keep an eye on the weather for me. I dont know enough about the weather out there to make the call so ill leave it to him to tell me when to come. Thanks for the input guys.
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I don't know what other guys use but I always check the site below when I'm fishing the big lake. I have an 18' Lund right now but got into trouble once last spring sitting on a hot bite while a storm rolled in. I was sure thankful to get out of that one.
Just click on the zone you're heading to.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/marine/zone/gtlakes/bufmz.htm (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/marine/zone/gtlakes/bufmz.htm)
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Nice start to the spring. Congrats on those Browns
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I use that one Chow and I also use an app on my phone called Wind Alert. It is nice for hunting too.
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31 lber caught in the Niagara river a couple days ago. GIANT ! Pics are floating around Instagram. I'm sure they will make their way around Facebook soon. Captain Frank Campell was the guide.
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I know you guys fish these browns in pretty shallow water. I have a connection out of catfish creek that i can get out with but only if hes available. My buddy and i were curious as to whether or not (on a calm day) we could take his 17ft bass boat and flatline stickbaits for these things? Iv been on the lake a bunch and know things can get wild out there so we would only go when the conditions were just right for us. But Iv got the place to stay just have never done it without riggers and boards.
I also have a bass boat of sorts and this time of year I enjoy casting spoons or stick baits right up into 2 to 6 fow, just like bass fishing only I catch nice browns. They seem to hang around boulders like small mouth bass. Try it you'll like it!
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Now we're talk'in! Awesome Browns, congrats to you and your Mom! Some fine looking browns you caught!
I'm heading up on the 10th and 11th, weather permitting, to give it a shot! Been loading up on the stick baits and spoons and installed a big board mast! Looking forward to this trip!
Great Job! :D
MK
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Might see you out there on the 11th. Trying to head out that day
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Awesome job Bruce!! Glad you got your mom out. She knows how to get it done! Freakin awesome man
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Sweet!!! Got to get up there!! maybe next week end......
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awesome lookin fish and with your MOM , even better. :thumbup_smilie:
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Nice day yesterday ;)
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That is a nice one WW...h2l
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That's a dandy brown for sure , dam lamprey 😡
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WOW, What a tank!! Congratulations!
MK
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Well I was gonna call that a tank but Jaeger beat me to it so, wow! What a pig!!! Beautiful fish. Congrats
I was out for a midday run the last 2 days. Got a few Sunday but didn't move a rod yesterday. Maybe I'll try getting out before 10am next time.
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Well I was gonna call that a tank but Jaeger beat me to it so, wow! What a pig!!! Beautiful fish. Congrats
I was out for a midday run the last 2 days. Got a few Sunday but didn't move a rod yesterday. Maybe I'll try getting out before 10am next time.
I was going to call it a tank, but Jaeger beat me to it
I was going to call it a pig, but Chowdaire beat me to it.
So, what a behemoth!
All kidding aside, great fish, congrats!
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Great fish WW.. Congratulations.....
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Excellent pics, I cant wait to get out there.
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Nice slob?! ;D
That is a really nice brown. :thumbup_smilie:
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Thanks....that was the very first time fishing for browns, so we were pretty happy to hook up with such a nice one !! 28 1/2" 13# returned to fight another day. Had one other one up to the boat but it threw the hook :'( Going to give it a try again tomorrow....guess we're hooked too :laugh: lol
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Nice jumbo :clapping:
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Well WW first time out and get one that size , I think we better keep an eye on you ,looking forward to more pics
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Never made it back out yesterday, some serious wave action when we got to the launch & small craft warnings were posted :-[ Will have to try again another day ;)
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The big news on our end of the lake...
http://buffalonews.com/2017/04/05/outdoors-monster-catch-led-act-generosity-compassion/ (http://buffalonews.com/2017/04/05/outdoors-monster-catch-led-act-generosity-compassion/)
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The big news on our end of the lake...
http://buffalonews.com/2017/04/05/outdoors-monster-catch-led-act-generosity-compassion/ (http://buffalonews.com/2017/04/05/outdoors-monster-catch-led-act-generosity-compassion/)
WHAT A STORY!
AMAZING FISH!!!
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WHAT A STORY!
AMAZING FISH!!!
X2
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Cool story! I have fished with Capt. Frank, real good guy!
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Great story
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Awesome story to go along with an awesome catch :clapping:
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Wow! It is so wide it almost looks photoshop'd. Congrats to the folks that landed it.
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Wow! It is so wide it almost looks photoshop'd. Congrats to the folks that landed it.
Shame it will be too windy this weekend. Next weekend or the following Ill be ready!
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small craft advisory for saturday, but sunday is looking better now!
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I'm hoping to get out for the shakedown Sunday, but it could be a game time decision. Fingers crossed she lays down Saturday night with the winds shifting to out of the south. I have a 16.5ft sea nymph, going out of Oswego, always tricky finding the right day to get out on the big lake with a small boat
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Been there done that rlowery, in my 16 starcraft .
Still fishing out of it and is older than you, she is 38 yr. old.
Runs like she's a year old.
Fished out of it this year March 6 , Fair Haven bay .
My brother and I got 63 nice perch.
In Fl. now hope to be home before Easter.
Good Luck kill them.
hinkydo
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Been there done that rlowery, in my 16 starcraft .
Still fishing out of it and is older than you, she is 38 yr. old.
Runs like she's a year old.
Fished out of it this year March 6 , Fair Haven bay .
My brother and I got 63 nice perch.
In Fl. now hope to be home before Easter.
Good Luck kill them.
hinkydo
Me and a friend used to do some epic trips in his 16' starcraft in long island sound. You really learn the weather and how to be safe fishing like that. Easy to take a large boat for granted.
As far as Ontario goes...I did a poor job maintaining my batteries on my boat so they must be replaced. Driving to Jersey next weekend for the 8hp tohatsu...going to be a couple weeks before my boat gets out there.
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I've fished both the sound and Ontario .... I am more weary of Ontario bye far ....read somewhere the great lakes have more ship wreaks then per capita then anywhere else ......after seeing a real north western wind come up I can see why,fish safe and smart get the weather before you go out
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Keep eyes open for debris boys. Shoreline will likely be a minefield of logs and wood after these stream and river blowouts.
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this might sound stupid but it it has caused at least on fatal boating accident in Oswego ... when you launch your boat and hit the chord into your GPS remember there is a BREAK WALL .... as you get to the slot and head out of the harbor hit that spot into your gps ...if fog or it gets dark go to that spot and not to the launch or your going to hit the wall ...sounds stupid but it's happened many times and once it was fatal
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Took a trip to Lake O this morning, water was pretty "silty" , Ill get back out in a couple days it should be cleaned up nice.
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Anyone been out? Looking to hit it tomorrow out of Oswego
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Fished out of Oswego Saturday, bite was slooww. Went west all the way to mouth of Nine mile creek and back, only hit one fish but it was a very fat 10lb brown. Ran 6 lines, mix of sticks and spoon/ boards and riggers. Talked to a few guys that fished east out to the plant, similar reports. Hopefully it picks up
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I was out there on Saturday too. Went East to the plant pulling 2 sticks and a spoon and nothing. Drove around to Mexico side and went 1/2. Both smallish cookie cutter size. Same for everyone I spoke to. Tough bite for sure.
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I used to do a lot of trolling for browns out of Oswego. Looking back at my notes for this time of year, there is a feeder stream that comes into the Ford Shoals area. We used to stop trolling, anchor, and cast, right up tight to that stream. Did very well there. Not sure if it's the same 20 years later, but should be worth a try! If we trolled to much we would spook them out of those shallows.
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Good info, Rugburn. And sounds like a lot of fun. I'll have to throw the casting rods in the boat next trip.
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Yeah I dated myself with the anchor comment. Now you can just hit spotlock...LOL
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Anyone been out of Oswego area? Hows the debris situation? or the bite for that matter? Looking to get out in the morning if the weather permits
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From the reports I have seen lately the bite is really good. Tomorrow might be a little rough though.
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You can go to "Lake Vision" and check out the camera image at Oswego for a real time look at the wave conditions. They also have a near shore forecast you can click on.
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We finally made it out for our maiden voyage. The browns were chewin good. No bigger fish for us but the weather was awesome!
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Nice, thanks for sharing....h2l
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Great day for you and your mom congrats
I got a couple pics sent to me yesterday From Ontario
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Those are some beautiful Fish! Great Catch ;D
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I heard that they did really good yesterday Fred. Those are some nice fish and that one has some nice colors.
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I think everyone that was out yesterday had good luck , and the the sun was out for a change 😉
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You can go to "Lake Vision" and check out the camera image at Oswego for a real time look at the wave conditions. They also have a near shore forecast you can click on.
Cam has been frozen since 10/4 >:(
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https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/index.php?topic=63484.new#new (https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/index.php?topic=63484.new#new)
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Nice catches :thumbup_smilie: congrats to all :clapping:
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Thanks for posting the pics Freddie! Bob and I had a blast. The one I’m holding weighed about 9#. Great job to you and your Mom, Bruce!! You two had a great day!!!😎
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After seeing all those browns got me excited so this morning I grab up the rod and a small box of lures and hit the shoreline for some casting and managed 1 brown which I tossed back after a quick pic
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Thanks KP!
Nicely done Fred. I was surprised that I didn't see anyone shore casting near Oswego.
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(https://i.imgur.com/ke9UyEI.jpg)Here you go Freddie!
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Thanks KP today I couldn’t load to the computer and couldn’t get the image to load from my phone , 😡
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Nice brownie bud!!!