Lake Ontario Fishing Report
Capt. Troy Creasy
June 9, 2008
Salmon River - Freshwater Fishing Report
How about this hot weather we are experiencing! What better time to get outdoors and wet a line. We go from Wintewr to extreme Summer in a matter of a few days.
If you are looking to escape the crowds and catch some nice rainbow trout. Head up to altmar and fish the salmon river right where it dumps into the lower reservoir. I spent a few evenings up there last week and the fishing was excellent. Fish small egg sacs or worms under a float and let the line drift out into the lake. If you prefer flyfishing an olive wooly bugger would be my first choice, but there has been a good caddis hatch coming off right before dark also. A size 16 has been doing the job.
Lake Ontario near Oswego is fishing is slow.The hot spot is from Sandy Pond north to Henderson in 5 to 30 feet of water. Run a mix of stickbaits and spoons. Black & silver sthundersticks off of planerboards and add some weight on the line to get the bait down a few more feet. Dreamweaver and Raider spoons in the alewife pattern, 3 to 20 down on the riggers and off of leadcore have been real good once the sun comes up. The afternoon bite has been challenging as the fish feed hard all morning and then just shut down.
Offshore fishing is spotty with some decent catches of steelhead if you put your time in.
The walleye action is good on Oneida Lake right now, although they are not as schooled as they have been. This means you will work a bit harder taking longer drifts. Fish deep in 35-38 ft. of water and look across the soft bottom. I hear North of Buoy 109 midway to the north shore and in front of Lakeport at the first dropoff are good places to make a drift. Three-quarter ounce jigs, particularly black/purple, tipped with a nightcrawler are working well.
I have been concentrating my efforts on the eastern end between the canal and Messengers reef, as well as the northeast corner. Areas arond bouys 109 to 113 are holding fish. The deep water jigging program has set up nicely and good catches of 18 to 23 inch fish have been the norm on all of our recent outtings. Sonars in perch, silver and gold are working throughout the day. There is no need to torture yourself fishing at night. Early morning or late afternoons are producing plenty of fish.
Sandy Pond fishing has been good for bluegills, perch and walleye, but the Big Northern Pike have been the real story lately. Look for a lot of action with large shiners, large spoons and live bait. Fish the drop offs and weedbeds. I hear reports of numerous fish over ten pounds.
You can log on to our Lake Ontario Outdoors website anytime at www.Lakeontariooutdoors.com There you will find, daily fishing reports, numerous links to great sites and area businesses, as well as lake charters and river guides.
See you out there, Troy
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