Today were were joined for a late-morning trip by Greg, Dave, Bill, and Charlie.  We ran out to 70 FOW and set up as we trolled North.  We passed through some bait & a hook or two between 120-150 FOW but we kept pushing further out in the hopes that the screen would look better for us.  That "better screen" never materialized out deeper, so just as I was about to turn us around and  head back to 150 FOW don't you know that the 600' copper rig pulling a mag-sized Copper NBK fires.  Fish On!  Bill stepped up to the plate and began cranking....and cranking...and cranking...that set-up sure is a handful!



Unfortunately the fish came un-buttoned before we could boat it. 

As soon as we got that rig back in the water I began making a turn to go back into 150 FOW...just as I began to turn the high diver set out 275' on a #3 pulling a DW Area 51 fires.  It's Charlie's turn on the rod, and he begins bringing it in...and it came un-buttoned too.  Dang it!  The screen is totally blank out over deeper water and I'm reaaalllllly wanting to turn the boat to go back in closer.  No sooner do we start back in (we're out over 300 FOW at this point) when I notice that the probe rigger looks like it's pulling funny.  I pop the rod and find that we've hooked a tiny little king.  OK, so at least we're not skunked.  Once we got that rod set back up we put the hammer down and do a fast troll back into 150FOW.  No sooner do we get there then we see hooks and bait all over the place.  I should've listened to my gut earlier.  I wanted to be in that water all morning, but I let us wander out deeper and get distracted with the few hookups we had.

We started working that water and within a few minutes we're hooked up and we landed a small King that came on another Northern King Copper NBK fished off of our riggers.



After that, we circled that water to no avail before we had to head in for the day.  Even though we didn't do much in that water, the screen sure did look promising.

Today was easily our slowest day of the year and is further proof that Lake Ontario can be a cruel place to fish at times, especially during the dreaded month of June.  At least we didn't wear the collar today and even though the catching was horrible, the fishing and the company was great!  The good news is that there was a nice screen out in that 120-150FOW range with plenty of bait and some marks in it.  It won't be long now and we'll finally be back out chasing big Lake Ontario Kings!

Thanks for a fun day guys.  I  hope we see you again later in the season after the Kings have arrived.

Until Next Time,
Fish On!!

~Capt. Bill