Lake Ontario Salmonoids - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Poxy Boggards · 10-15-2012, 02:15 PM

Wow, those are some beauties! Congrats on the epic season! What time of year is the best to fish for the chinooks out there? Another place to fish has just been added to the bucket list.

Those Rainbows look like Steelhead to me. No par marks below the latteral line.

GHOSTHUNTR · 10-15-2012, 03:05 PM

Wonderful fishery you got there, the rehabilitation of the Great Lakes is remarkable. I hear the brown trout fishing is fantastic as well.

BMAC · 10-15-2012, 03:59 PM

The Brown Trout Fishing is OK on the north Side but apparently is unreal in the South end of the Lake near Rochester NY.

Anytime in the summer is a good time to fish for Salmon. A lot of guys fish the river mouths in the fall for staging kings but I find the fresh silver kings you can get from May-August fight way harder.. You need to go further offshore but Its worth it.

Rainbows vs Steelhead... Thats a complex subject and even the experts dont always agree.. In the great lakes they are stocked and may even be a hybrid of rainbow and steelhead.. hard to say... they colour up when they get in the river and look more like rainbows..

The main baitfish in the lake are Alewife and there are tons of them. Last time I was out I trolled through a cloud of them the length of a football field and your downrigger rods shake because the line is bumping into them. Its pretty easy to catch them but its actually illegal to use alewife for live bait.. Makes no sense to me.... Anyway since you can only run a cut bait plug I find its just as effective and easier to troll spoons...

THE DARKHORSE · 10-23-2012, 03:51 PM

All I've got to say is that if this guy tries to get you into a jackpot for money, for biggest fish, most fish, or first fish of the day---run!

Seriously, run as if your life depends on it. If every client was a fish magnet like this gentlemen I'd be rich.
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Nice report my man. It's always cool seeing fish from another world. Especially after hearing so much about them. They're beautiful!
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I'm not going to lie, though, if I ever came out I'd be itching to put a circle hook in one of their noses and toss 'em back in. You know, just to see what happens?

steveooo · 10-23-2012, 09:58 PM

Not sure how I missed this one either

Awesome pics. Looks like I need to add another place to my "bucket list" of fishing destinations. Do you ice fish it when it freezes up?

Keep the reports coming.

kanuk · 10-26-2012, 07:18 AM

Those are definitely some beautiful fish, no doubt!

Hopefully next year I'll have a post like this (obviously, with a bigger king hehe...)

Good job bro - see you soon in the great white north.....

10-23-2012, 03:51 PM	#4
THE DARKHORSE Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Seven minutes from the launch! Posts: 987	How did I miss this!?! All I've got to say is that if this guy tries to get you into a jackpot for money, for biggest fish, most fish, or first fish of the day---run! Seriously, run as if your life depends on it. If every client was a fish magnet like this gentlemen I'd be rich. , , , , , , , Nice report my man. It's always cool seeing fish from another world. Especially after hearing so much about them. They're beautiful! , , , I'm not going to lie, though, if I ever came out I'd be itching to put a circle hook in one of their noses and toss 'em back in. You know, just to see what happens? __________________

10-15-2012, 02:15 PM	#1
Poxy Boggards Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 146	Wow, those are some beauties! Congrats on the epic season! What time of year is the best to fish for the chinooks out there? Another place to fish has just been added to the bucket list. Those Rainbows look like Steelhead to me. No par marks below the latteral line.

10-15-2012, 03:05 PM	#2
GHOSTHUNTR Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poway Posts: 160	Wonderful fishery you got there, the rehabilitation of the Great Lakes is remarkable. I hear the brown trout fishing is fantastic as well.

10-15-2012, 03:59 PM	#3
BMAC Junior Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 6	The Brown Trout Fishing is OK on the north Side but apparently is unreal in the South end of the Lake near Rochester NY. Anytime in the summer is a good time to fish for Salmon. A lot of guys fish the river mouths in the fall for staging kings but I find the fresh silver kings you can get from May-August fight way harder.. You need to go further offshore but Its worth it. Rainbows vs Steelhead... Thats a complex subject and even the experts dont always agree.. In the great lakes they are stocked and may even be a hybrid of rainbow and steelhead.. hard to say... they colour up when they get in the river and look more like rainbows.. The main baitfish in the lake are Alewife and there are tons of them. Last time I was out I trolled through a cloud of them the length of a football field and your downrigger rods shake because the line is bumping into them. Its pretty easy to catch them but its actually illegal to use alewife for live bait.. Makes no sense to me.... Anyway since you can only run a cut bait plug I find its just as effective and easier to troll spoons...

10-23-2012, 09:58 PM	#5
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,922	Not sure how I missed this one either Awesome pics. Looks like I need to add another place to my "bucket list" of fishing destinations. Do you ice fish it when it freezes up? Keep the reports coming.

10-26-2012, 07:18 AM	#6
kanuk Junior Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UTC Posts: 25	Those are definitely some beautiful fish, no doubt! Hopefully next year I'll have a post like this (obviously, with a bigger king hehe...) Good job bro - see you soon in the great white north.....