I worked as a mate 2 years ago on one of the bigger name boats in Oswego. This how that end of the lake has worked for the last 4 years:

Spring Browns: Silver/black, gold/black, tenn. Shad - early morning/ cloudy days.

Bright sunshine: Sil/Black, blu/silver.

Smithwick Rattlin' Roque SHALLOW RUNNING stick bait 5.5" model

Spoons: Orange Shanster Michigan Stingers with silver or gold backs work awesome.

Spoon fed kings: Before daylight: anything glow green. as the sun comes up and it starts getting lighter, go to your patterns that are referred to as "froggy". When the sun is up, got to your black/silver patters (alewife) and silver/green patterns.

Green has been the dominant color in the Oswego area for some time now.

Hope this helps!

What do you recommend for 1st week in September?
Thanks in advance.
Cal

Cal I use meat rigs with a green e chip flasher with a green glow meat head with and with out a twinkie rig.I also run what they call a golden retreiver meat rig it's a red and clear flasher and same color twinki rig.Plus I run on my dipseys is a green echip/green A-tom-mik crinkle fly,white spin DR.with a A-tom-mik Hammer fly.white e chip/LBB a-tom-mik fly.Spoons I run stinger NBK.Diehard,stinger frogy/glow.Bloody nose # 4 j-plug and green glow ladder back j-plugs.Here is a site that will have a fishing report that he does from spring LOC to the end of september so you will know what is going on when you head up.He is also where I buy all my fly's and meat rigs here.Tom is a first class person.Cal I just checked his site he doesn't have the fishing report link up and running yet but he will sometime this spring.Hope this helps.

Erin

Trolling Fly's

Thanks Erin,
This is almost as complicated as Gray Ghost explaining how to put a picture on the web at the "Gathering".
Cal

Cal It's easier than you think.Once you see how they work it's easy.Catching the fish is the hard part(LOL).If you want I can take pictures and post them for you so you can see what I use I don't mind at all.If you have any questions let me know I can give you my cell # and we can shoot the bull It don't matter to me I just love to fish and shoot the bull about fishing.I know allot of people that fish that area of the lake and also the bar area or any where else on lake ontario.so I can get you info when ever you need it.GOD I love this time of year(LOL).Sorry for Babbling.Have a great day.

Erin

White Cap,

I'm still waiting for you to post a picture, so when are you going to do it????????? and show the world.

With global warming it's going to take even longer for hell to freeze over!
Cal