derby days report

[Empty Hook]

fished the LOC derby for 2 weeks with ups and downs between the waves and the water temps. started out slow then it picked way up then to crashed at the end with bitter cold water temps of 45 deg on the surface. we fished mainly echips and flies with chrome/mirage and green/ green getting the most fish. white with white or mirage flies took some along with the trusty ol` j plug. the biggest we could muster was a 28# king. we picked at them the first week then the gates opened up for 3 days of fishing. fishing in front of the salmon river with my wife and son on a 2.5 hr fishing trip, the first pass saw triples on with just 2 of us reeling, got all 3 in. manage 2 more that night.next pm went out with fishing fever boat for 2,5 hrs and went 5-9 in front of 9 mile nuke plant in 50 fow 25- 35 feet down. went there the next am it it started to happen, the water was flipping and the cold water was coming in. 46 deg on surface where we were the night before, so we move out to find temp. in 190 - 200 fow we found it and we proceeded to put the hurt on them , 10 - 15 with kings and 2 cohos. 20 - 35 feet down in 200 fow wow. i love it when they are not to deep the rod bounces and then slams down and starts to scream. next day the bay was full of ice water and the rains came. the estuary filled up and the fish scattered. we picked away some in front of the river with spoons and j plugs from 20 - 60 fow. oh well thats fishing. good luck the rest of the season to all, 2 more trips and the boat goes in for the winter and the fly rod comes out for them in the river. heres a pic of the 28# king. caught on a green echip green fly.

[Billy V]

Nice report Empty...thanks for sharing! Word has it that the ice cold water has already left and the lake has begun to set up again! Should be another good weekend!

[GLF]

You guys from Lake Ontario love to taunt us with those pictures of those big kings. Keep up the good work.

[DIRTY DOG]

very nice looking fish keep it up