This afternoon Chris and his wife Donna brought their son Hunter and Chris's parents Lee and Joe out for a crack at a big Lake Ontario King.  We headed back to the spots out West of port that we had hooked up in earlier in the day and set up our full spread of baits.  Of course, the bait and hooks that we had out there just a few hours earlier weren't there when we got back out there, so we went into search mode again.  Man I hope the fish show up soon!  So we're in search mode and we're having a nice smooth boat ride and we finally find a nice hook on the screen and just a minute or so after it goes off the screen our 500' copper pulling a blue double crush glow spinny/Sigg's Maui fly starts screaming.  This fish took a lot of line off that copper reel and Chris was on it like a pro.  After a 15 minute battle Chris lands a fat 24 lb King.  Looks like the family is having salmon for dinner!



We finally got a good hook set into a fish and this one wasn't coming unbuttoned.  Check out how deep both the treble and the stinger hook were into this guy:



After we boated that fish we set back up and started working the area that we hooked up in, but as we were watching the radar screen we could see a nasty cell of weather coming up behind us and we knew that our time on the water was going to be cut short.  We had another bite just before we had to pull lines on a green double crush glow spinny/Sigg's Green Hypnotist fly set down 90' on our rigger but lost it.  After that fish the storm moved in quickly and we had to go before the lightning & rain got any closer.  I wish we could've stayed out for the last couple of hours of daylight because I had a feeling that the fish were going to cooperate for us, but it wasn't meant to be.

Even though we only got out for a few hours, we really enjoyed having Chris and his family on board.  We look forward to next year when they come back again to give this salmon fishing thing another shot!

It's been a very trying week for us.  Few fish in the area has made for some very tough conditions, but we've given it our all every trip and managed to boat some fish each time out.  Some days we were able to put a limit on the boat; some days it was all we could do just to avoid the skunk.  When we've found fish we've been able to catch our fair share of them, but most days it's been a struggle to find even a few hooks.  There are some fish here, but just not with the consistency that we'd all like. 

The challenging conditions have thoroughly tested my patience this season, and I've written far more reports about tough fishing conditions than I ever hope to in a single season again.  But I'm committed to sharing the straight scoop with you so that you know what's going on out on the lake.  There's no BS or embellishment here....I tell it like it is regardless of the results.  I wish we were having the kind of season that we've had the past several years, I really do.  Limit catches are a lot more fun for us than the days when we have to grind it out for a fish or two.  One thing about fishing though...you never know how it's gonna be unless you go.  So we'll continue to go.  And we'll continue to report how we do.  I hope you'll stay tuned.

Until Next Time,
Fish On!!

~Capt. Bill