August 25 2008 Best lures for 2008 are the Gibbs Halloween (red and yellow) and a Michigan Stinger called Red Shanster, I put a strip of yellow on the Stinger. I wish to thank Shan Bissel of Shady Grove Charters and Advance Tackle for their support. Those of you that fished with me will recognize the modified Red Shanster as a go to spoon for most of the season. A few more trips later in the week then my season is over. Salmon are in the rivers. This last week had a lot of short bites making the landed numbers low. Also days with only a few fish. Anglers ask - When is the best time? You can have good catches all season long. Some anglers come thinking it happens every day, it does not. Some days we only catch few small fish. The chance for a big catch is there, that's why anglers come to Lake Ontario, but not every day.
August 17 2008 Monday to Saturday the fishing has been top notch, Sunday slow. Steelhead, Coho and Chinook Salmon is the catch. Riggers 35 to 60 feet, divers on a three set 100 to 150 feet. August 12, in six hours of fishing we had 15 hits landing 10 fish. The group kept four fish and released the others.
August 10 2008 A good week of fishing. Seven Salmon landed above 20 LBS, the rest of the catch is steelhead. 20 to 55 feet has been the catch zone. Silver green is starting to produce each day plus bright spoons.
August 3 2008 Trolling offshore now. Fishing has become more stable. Combinations of yellow chartreuse is hot. Mostly steelhead, some salmon 2LBS to 22IBS. Divers 100 to 150 feet on a three set and riggers above 50. Spoons on the divers.
July 27 2008 We are catching fish every day. Diver/flasher fly is productive. Salmon have settled in between 20 to 25LBS. Largest steelhead is still mid teens. It will soon be time to start trolling offshore.
July 20 2008 Started the week off the same as the last couple of weeks, up high, steelhead and some small Salmon. Three days of hot sun changed the water. 200 foot diver on a three set, white Gibbs flasher with a white Howie fly, Michigan Stinger Monkey shine, my new favorite is a yellow chartreuse, works up high and down deep. Riggers 55 to 70 feet.
July12 2008 Fishing is sporatic!! One day you get the mother load, the next a few fish. Tackle; multi coloured lures, black Gibbs Illusion spooks, Michigan Stinger Tuxedo, black and orange, black and purple, five colour cores and riggers above 50 feet producing. Brown trout, steelhead and Salmon up tp 25 LBS.
July 6 2008 Fishing is sporatic!! One day you get the mother load, the next a few fish. Tackle; multi coloured lures, black Gibbs Illusion spooks, five colour cores and riggers above 50 feet producing. More Brown trout and steelhead than Salmon.
June 29 2008 Fishing is GREAT!! Had a couple of fog days that I had to cancell fishing, to many boats coming to the harbour for Canada Day. Surface temperature is mid 50's.. Tackle; multi coloured lures, black Gibbs Illusion spooks, five colour cores and riggers above 40 feet producing. Most days double digit hits and land what you can.
June 23 2008 Numbers of fish landed this week dropped. Surface temperature is mid 40's to mid 50's. Tackle; multi coloured lures, black Gibbs Illusion spooks, five colour cores and riggers above 60 feet producing.
June 10 2008 Fishing is the same as previous years. Surface temperature is mid 50's, below mid 40's. Tackle, multi coloured lures, five colour cores and riggers above 50 feet. Largest Salmon, 21 LBS, caught June 10, largest Steelhead, 9 LBS. Red Shanster by Michigan Stinger starting to produce. No divers or flashers yet.
August 23 2007 Same as the last report. Weather permitting the offshore fishing has been great. The largest Coho Salmon for the 2007 season, August 18. Anglers ask - When is the best time? You can have good catches all season long. Some anglers come thinking it happens every day, it does not. Some days we only catch few small fish. The chance for a big catch is there, thats why anglers come to Lake Ontario, but not every day. I will be taking booking as of January 1 2008. Book early.
August 16 2007 Fishing is offshore now, typical for this time of year. Lots of currents and temperature changes daily. Fish catches consist of steelhead, Coho and Salmon up to 22 LBS. Black and green spooks, divers with spoons back 100 feet and 200 feet, riggers 40 to 70 feet. Coloured lures working to.
August 8 2007 Up to Saturday August 4 the fishing has been great. Good numbers and lots of big fish. Same tackle, some days higher in the water column or lower. East wind blew and size and numbers have dropped. Just like to blow in July. Give it couple of days and all will be fine. Picture beside from July 30.
July 31 2007 Fishing was slow mid week. Friday it started to pick up. Monday was a double digit day with doubles and triples. Tuesday was big salmon on diver / flasher fly only topped off with a 27 IB for the Doc. Flashers are still green / green, lures, green and some multi colours. Thats what fishing is all about. Have fun and catch fish!!! BTW its time not to take temperature into consideration, Tuesday July 31 fish hit in 65F water.
July 22 2007 By far July 19 was the best day this week. It rained cats and dogs all day long and we still had fun. The two lads from Slovenia were so wet that at one point the oldest was in his underwear and flip flops bringing in fish. Fun was had by all. Friday, big wind and waves, not to many fish landed and in comes the warm water and current. Saturday fishing was still slow, current and more current. Finally Sunday the current was gone. We landed four nice salmon, largest 20LBS and a few small ones. Fish are a little deeper now. Diver is 150 feet back on a two set. Lures are green.
July 16 2007 Water is staying cold 50F, dress warm. No changes in the tackle. Still fishing in the same area. More salmon are showing up now. Largest this report is 25LBS.
July 9, 2007 Warm water from the east started to show up Monday. Fishing is progressing nicely, still mostly steelhead with some salmon of all sizes. Largest this report low twenties. Two colour cores, three colour cores, five colour cores, single copper, high divers and riggers working. Still lots of blacks and greens.
June 29, 2007 Fishing is good, catching fish every trip. It has become a mixed bag of sizes and species now (steelhead and salmon). Largest salmon this report 18 LBS, largest steelhead 16 LBS. Tackle; lots of greens and yellow. Highlite of the week, a QUAD HEADER, of course we lost the big salmon out of that four rod hit.
June17, 2007 Surface temperature mid 50's. Action the same as the last two seasons.