Fresh Wilson Fishing Reports

Had three guys who never experienced Lake Ontario Salmon fishing. I hope you can see where this is going. We set up Northwest of most other boats form Wilson Harbor fleet. Our water depth to start was 305'. Top temp was 44 and down temp was 43. Nice pocket of water to start in. First fish of the day was on a A-Tom-Mik meat rig down 70'. This was our big fish rig of the day. This rod was unstoppable. Tom Allen was right when he said this was the Go to Rig. Flounder Pounder spoon down 35', Yachtsman Spoon on a Chinook Diver set at 90', and a 300' copper again with Spin-doctor /meat were the consistent producers. We ended the day with 12 keepers. Multiple throw backs around 8-10lbs, handful of shakers as well. Big fish were in the 17-18lb class. Shakers are small kings / Coho that resemble big stock trout. They hit very hard , but do not have the weight to pop the releases. If your gear looks like it took a smack, check it, these little guys wont release much. So to save them and keep your spread in the action check lines and check often. Broke a very large king off a 300' copper right at leader / copper. Best part if any of this was about an hour later, I was up in the tower and saw the same fish swim across the back of the boat....meat rig and Spin-doctor in tow. Shopping event forth coming Saturday nite, early Sunday morning thunder boomers went thru. West -Nw wind 10-15 waves were 1-2. Very comfortable. Cool and overcast on the water. On shore was warm and nice. Wind let down as day progressed.

The LOC was still going on so we decided to try and catch a good brown trout this Saturday. Well the weather man had different plans. Friday was a BIG blow form the NE and pushed in ice water on the beach. We still tried to make the best of it. NO good. Big scratch Zero. Plan B We slid off shore to the **hidden content** feet of water, immediately hooked up three kings in no time. Tried to weigh our best one, the digital scale decided it was on strike. Pick up rods and ran back into the harbor to get it weighed. Was a great fish but only 18lbs. Time for lunch !!

This fishery out of Wilson Harbor is like the Energizer Bunny....keeps on going. Again numerous kings boated. We had a couple severe Thunderstorms with Fire in the Sky blow thru until we dropped lines at 7:30. Set-up was 3 miles west of the Harbor in 140 FOW. Kings on riggers 70 down, 45 down and 110' down. #5 Chinook divers # 2 setting back 125 and 180. Yachtsman spoon and Blue Glow Paddle with Stud Fly. Flounder pounder and Dreamweaver Gold back Martel were hot. 200' copper with a 8" spindoctor and meat did well. Fished until about 1. We were on the search for the adult Bronze Back kings. A lot of 8-15lb fish again. They are full of fire !! Worked 140 to 230 FOW best consistent bite was 160 Wind blew hard NW for about an hour about 8 ish, then laid down to light variable and FOGGY

Well Lake Ontario is nothing short of spectacular right now !! The fishing is about as good as it gets. We had over 30 King Bites a plus an additional dozen or so Coho’s. Spoon’s on the riggers, 14’ , 24’ and 32’ were are best depths. Green was primary color. Dolphin Bones ( Fishusa custom Mag) , Dreamweaver Hot Glo Dolphin was probably second best spoon. #5 Chinook Divers set on a 2 setting one with spoon, one with a Spinny Atommik Fly combo set at 90’ and 120’ out. Bay Rat Lures LXD’s in Cant afford it and Purple Wish were also great. Inlines with clean mono to start until about 9 am, then we re- rigged them with 5 Color leadcore. Fish got deeper as the morning went on. Weather was sunny with light and variable winds. Water color was green and temp ran about 44* to 46* on the Fishhawk. 2.6 mph was best speed. Here is some links to videos on our Garmin 7610 xsv Panoptix…watch the salmon go thru the spread !! **hidden content** Niagara county NY has great fishing and some other great attractions, The Old Fort Niagara , war of 1812, Niagara falls, numerous wineries, and yes Ladies….Outlet malls !!