I fished with my buddies Gump and Eric on their boat today.  We headed East out of the chute in Fair Haven and found the lake to be in near-perfect condition for brown trout.  There was a 1-2 foot chop, it was overcast, the water was that brownish green that we like so much , and the water temps were about 47 degrees...awesome!  We ran a combo of riggers and flat lines off of the big boards and we took a ton of browns, a coho and a steelie today.  There were a couple of red-hot lures for us today.   The first was a new Goby pattern from Rapala that Gump picked up at a local big-box sporting goods store.  That lure was on fire for the first half of the trip....we just couldn't keep it in the water.  I didn't think to take a picture of it, but Gump tells me its called the Rapala Goby.  I'm going to have to see if I can find a few of them.  We fished it in a size 7 and it was sizzlin!  The second star of the day was a new spoon from Dreamweaver that I put on a rigger mid-way through the morning.  It  took 6 or 7 fish today and was by far the hottest lure for the second half of the trip.  Here's a picture of that spoon.  It's called the Super Slim VQ Green Goby and I think it's destined to be an awesome pattern for us:



We never left 9-10 FOW, and the fish seemed to want a faster troll today....2.4-2.8 on Gump's new Fish Hawk.  I lost track of how many fish we boated today, but it was a lot and I was really happy to see the brown trout fishery rebound from last year.  The browns are definitely feeding on the Gobies, and the few that we kept all had 2-3" Gobies in their bellies.  Here's a shot of me with the biggest fish of the day:



Here's a short video of some of the day's action:


What an awesome way to kick off the 2009 season!  Thanks for making room for me today guys.  I had a great time and I can't wait till my boat is ready to go and we can get out on the Niagara Bar together!

If you're looking for some springtime browns, Fair Haven would be a great bet...get on up here and join in the fun!

Until Next Time,
Fish On!!

~Capt. Bill