Lake Ontario Browns

[The_Real_TCIII]

I'm going out tomorrow afternoon to try and catch some Browns and or cohoes. I went with a guide a couple years ago, there really isn't much to it this time of year. Just dragging stickbaits in shallow water. Having said that I welcome any and all tips!

[Uptown Redneck]

Not much of a trout fisherman myself, I chase bass, but last week I was catching Brookies on a Mepps in-line spinner. Good Luck! 

[turkeyfeathers]

Only tip I have is throw them mercury ridden things back. Unless you like glowing in the dark that is

[Matthewsshooter]

Keep a few for the grill, lake browns are fantastic!  You headed to Olcott or Oak?  10-30 ft of water keep sticks back at least 100'. Checkout lakeontariounited.com for recent tips.  

[The_Real_TCIII]

Olcott

[Lawdwaz]

Luck to you!

 

I'm heading to Honeoye.

[greg54]

I have been out twice this week to try casting from the Olcott pier and the mud line has been heavy. It was a few hundred yards out with a strong breeze from the northeast to boot. Get on the clear side of that mud line and you might see the rods bending. Good luck!

[Lawdwaz]

Olcott

 

Don't forget to wear your PFD while underway!

[The_Real_TCIII]

Yup, I'll keep it on we will be trolling.

[wolc123]

I always had the best luck off the mouths of the creeks (Keg & 18 mi at Olcott or 4 mi out of Wilson).    Trolling bright orange jointed Rapalas in about 10 ft depths worked well.  Look for warmer water off the creeks.   We usually ended up with a mixture of browns, rainbows, and cohos.   Sometimes, when the action was slower, we would run planer boards.  Trout and salmon are way more fun on those than Walleyes, always fighting good after the release, not just dragging in like a log.   Just long-line trolling in a zig-zag pattern, off the creeks, allows you to stay on the fish easier with a smaller boat turning radius than when you have boards out.   Good luck, the weather looks good over the weekend.   Hopefully you get a SW wind and not that darn North one that seems to come up whenever I get up on Lake O.  

[The_Real_TCIII]

Solid tip, thanks Wolc

[BizCT]

Estuary

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[Four Season Whitetail's]

We go out at the cut in Henderson and head for the lighthouse.  Have not been out as we have the motor getting rebuilt to be ready to rock for for those 13lbs eye's on the horizon.  Good Luck.

[chrisw]

A few from yesterday out of Oswego. Ended the morning with 12 browns and 6 lakers

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[The_Real_TCIII]

Fishing fail. We got there and the lake was 4', couldn't even launch. Maybe try again early tomorrow.

I might have put in if the kids weren't with me. East wind is no Bueno

[Pygmy]

Tough break, Real...The lake only allows you to fish when it WANTS you to fish..

[The_Real_TCIII]

Gordon Lightfoot was right

[Pygmy]

Thanks ALOT !! Now I'll be listening to " The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald" playing in my HEAD all night long....<<smirk>>...

[mlammerhirt]

Should have hit the perch up on Erie today.....guys were pounding them off Sturgeon PT....60+ trailers in the lot this morning!

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[The_Real_TCIII]

Should have hit the perch up on Erie today.....guys were pounding them off Sturgeon PT....60+ trailers in the lot this morning!

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My friends dad was out there, he had a double 14" and 13"

[turkeyfeathers]

Great day out this way today. Hope you're out there and hooking up on some fish.