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August 12, 2010

Salmon are heading east towards the Salmon River. Trolling flies/spin dr's in 150-160' has been producing some huge king salmon.
We still have dates open for the next month. We are offering 2 day package deals call for details.
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July 7, 2010

Trout & salmon fishing on Lake Ontario has been heating up the last few weeks.
Charters are catching brown trout, steelhead and king salmon off Oswego to the Salmon River over deep water. The bait has been heavy all season that should help keep the big predators in our area. We have plenty of dates open for summer charters. We offer very reasonable rates and our 2 day package deals are the best deal in town. Fall salmon dates are filling in fast- book it now!
Salmon River Guide
Jackie and Shane Thomas

May 7, 2010

Walleye and brown trout fishing has been fantastic! Slow trolling stickbaits along the Lake Ontario shoreline has been producing good catches of brown trout by day and walleye by night. We have open dates for spring and summer charter fishing.
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Jackie & Shane Thomas

All the signs of another fantastic season!
There's been some GIANT salmon being taken off shore as well-
32# 14oz king is leading the Spring LOC derby-
2- 27# Lakers are on top of lake trout division(you'll need a 20#+ just to get into the top 15)
here's the link to the leader boards
http://www.loc.org/derby/leaderboard/currentadult.asp
Pretty impressive!

8/26/10

Salmon fishing on Lake Ontario has drastically improved the last few days. King and coho salmon are showing up in front of the salmon in 60' in much better numbers since mid week. The usual green/white glow attractor fly combos run off dipsies and riggers have been working well. We still have a few dates for morning charters open over the next few weeks along with a lot of afternoons including this Saturday. A few salmon have entered the Salmon River but it's way early. Just a small number of kings have been reported.

8/23/10

Salmon fishing on Lake Ontario has been decent over the last week with the exception of today. We were hitting 5 -7 kings and cohos a trip. The fish were in 60-100' of water and hitting 50-90' down on the usual attractor - fly combos mostly in green and white. Today the off shore wind brought temps way up -25' down temp was in the mid 50s. Only a few salmon were hitting. Water level on the Salmon River will be going up to 1800cfs tonight due 4+ inches of rain over the last few days. Hopefully this will bring more fish to this end of the lake.

8/12/10

Salmon fishing continues to improve on the eastern end of Lake Ontario. More an more king salmon are heading east to stage off the Salmon River. The fall migration is right around the corner and the fish will be stacking up in front of the river. Salmon are being taken in 150-160' of water. Spin drs and flies off the dipsys and down riggers have been work well run out 250-300' on dipsies, 110-130' off riggers. Trout fishing has slowed some but is still OK. We still have a lot of dates left for the next month of charter boat fishing salmon on Lake Ontario.
Salmon River Guide
Jackie and Shane Thomas

8/7/10

Salmon are starting to show up on the eastern end of Lake Ontario off the Salmon River. Most charter boats out of the Salmon River got into some king salmon today. Brown trout are still around in good numbers as well. Each day should show better numbers of salmon moving closer to Salmon River. Most kings were taken from 100-120 feet down over 110-150'. Michigan Stinger spoons and dodger fly combos were taking fish equally well. We still have a lot of dates open this month - email or call for hot salmon action!
Salmon River Guide
Jackie and Shane Thomas

7/30/10

Brown trout fishing on Lake Ontario has been great. Salmon fishing has been sub par. We've been trolling for the trout in 90-120' taking fish on Michigan Stingers. The few salmon that have been around are in 140-160'- fly/spin dr combos are working best. We have plenty of open dates for August and September. Salmon fishing will be heating up very soon.
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Salmon River Guide

7/17/10

Brown trout fishing has been very good on Lake Ontario charters the last few days.
Lots of action for 4-8 pound trout. The trout are hitting Michigan Stingers in 70-100' - 60-70' down off the downriggers. The salmon are hitting but it's not on fire just yet. I would expect the king salmon to show up in better numbers over the next few weeks. Walleye fishing on Oneida Lake has been OK. Slow drifting/trolling worms spinners in 25-35' has been producing decent catches of 16-20 inchers. We have plenty of open dates for the rest of July. August is filling up for salmon charters so get ahold of us soon!
Salmon River Guide

7/7/10

Trout & salmon fishing on Lake Ontario has been heating up the last few weeks.
Charters are catching brown trout, steelhead and king salmon off Oswego to the Salmon River over deep water. The bait has been heavy all season that should help keep the big predators in our area. We have plenty of dates open for summer charters. We offer very reasonable rates and our 2 day package deals are the best deal in town. Fall salmon dates are filling in fast- book it now!
Salmon River Guide
Jackie and Shane Thomas

Early August 2010 Report

For the first ten days of August eastern Lake Ontario charters had a tough time finding king salmon. A lot of wind and thunderstorms created tough conditions. The brown trout were a lot easier to locate and a lot closer to home. With the chance of T-storms and tough salmon fishing the decision was an easy one. The brown trout were fairly cooperative for charters most days. They are still hitting some bid trout the last few days. However the salmon fishing has been picking up quite a bit since the weekend. It's that magic time of year when the kings salmon start to head east to the Salmon River and stage off the river. The mature king salmon stage until mid to later September when they will migrate up to their natal spawning grounds. This is by far the best time of the season to target salmon off the charter boats on the eastern end of Lake Ontario.

Lake Ontario Counties Derby starts this Friday August 15. You need to enter before you fish! The top prize is $20,000 for the biggest king salmon. Clients of charters fishing Lake Ontario have often been the winners. I'd say for $15 for a one day pass it's a good idea to get in. Everyone on the boat needs to be entered by 6am the day you will fish. If you book two days you can pay $25 and that covers the entire 18 days of the LOC derby. The BIG salmon and trout derby runs from August 15 till Labor day September 1. Last season we had a slammer salmon that would of easily won but the crew was not entered:(. You can enter at any of the local tackle shops or on line.
Here's the link to enter -
http://www.loc.org/derby/registration/index.asp

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