Slower for us but kept steady action. Late on the water, my father didn't get back from a trip to NYC until about 1 am so I waited until 3:45 to get him out of bed. First trip for the Kool-Aid out on the big water. All fish off the boards 2 colors to the surface; Coolwater fly, kool-aid guides special, and pink w/ black dots guides special. Had fun but tough working in the wind.
Fish yesterday by myself till 9:30 am and did pretty good with the biggest salmon at 18 inches. The water temps ranged over 4 degrees from where I started fishing. Today only a handful of boats out there. Talk to kool-Aid and seen a few others out in the white caps. The fishing was ok and got better on our last short past when we picked up another four salmon. The biggest salmon today was 19 inches, and all our fish were caught 3 1/2 colors deep and down 25 feet on the rigger. The DB's caught most of our fish today and yesterday. Good luck.
What dock is that Joe? I might stop by and say hello to Scott the salmon killer. By the way are you gonna fish one day or what.I'll let ya be the rear admiral.
He's my buddy from college.Have you seen his place yet? It's a sweet deal. Right on the water. I've been fishing at his place for 28 years. We catch salmon right off his dock before dawn on shiners right up until July believe it or not. His uncle got a salmon over 5 lbs on a worm and bobber in June one year. Good luck
I am looking forward to it, his wife has been very nice. We were gonna leave my boat up there today to make transporting it easier and she said it wasnt a problem at all. We ultimately decided to tow it home and will bring it up on Wednesday.
We had a very good morning fishwise. We caught our share of 1 year old fish but also several really nice 3 year olds along with some lakers. 2 to 3 colors of lead and 9 to 15 feet on the riggers worked. Orange, yellow, and white all caught fish. Best lures were the guide specials in fuzzy orange, orange, and yellow along with topgun glow wonderbread and the Coolwater fly. Thanks again Tim and Kerri you guys did great setting lines netting fish and steering the boat in some pretty tuff condistions.
We had a very good morning fishwise. We caught our share of 1 year old fish but also several really nice 3 year olds along with some lakers. 2 to 3 colors of lead and 9 to 15 feet on the riggers worked. Orange, yellow, and white all caught fish. Best lures were the guide specials in fuzzy orange, orange, and yellow along with topgun glow wonderbread and the Coolwater fly. Thanks again Tim and Kerri you guys did great setting lines netting fish and steering the boat in some pretty tuff condistions.
Glen
Maybe a typo or missprint, but those 1 year ols were actually 2 yr olds, the yearlings will not be put in Winni til after the Derby. Other Lakes, Squam etc. have allready got the 2009 stocking of Salmon, Winni, for obvious reasons, doesn't get the stocking til after the Derby.
Winni is chock full of "short" 2 year olds, they will take a beating during the Derby, I don't find them very easy to calm in the net. Good news is so far have only caught two that were hook wounded as babies and we have caught allot of them.
Indeed they are John, I meant fish that had been in the lake a year but yes they are actuly 2 year old fish. Thanks
And tons of them too. Not positive, but last year Winni did not get it's normal 20,000 or so Salmon, but maybe more like 30,000 plus. They are stocked by weight, not a number and last years yearlings were quite a bit smaller than normal coming out of the hatchery (water too cold or something) so the Lake still recieved it's normal allotment by weight.
That's allot of Salmon by number and it looks like a huge percentage survived and appear to be very healthy.
I am Scott's fishing buddy and taught him everything he knows about fishing....except how to lose fish which he needs no lesson! I also would like to thank Craig and Adrien for a great day !
LOL they never stop!! No one is safe when we start going at each other. We go from mom's, to fat jokes, to age, to the balding, etc....You name it we rag on each other about it, but its always in good fun.
