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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => Traveling Angler- Out of State Reports => Topic started by: Duffman on August 18, 2009, 08:13:52 PM
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Headed up Friday for our annual salmon troll weekend with Ray-Rod, MG, myself and Scott. The weather, fish and company did not dissappoint, we had an incredible time all around! We entered the Fairhaven salmon derby for Saturday to see what we could do as a "team"
Got our start Sat by 5 AM heading NE out of Oswego, putting lines in when we hit 220 FOW marking loads of bait and fish before sunrise. Ran 3 riggers, 3 coppers, and 2 dipseys all pulling Atomik flies behind various colored flashers. Slow start gave way to a decent 3 hour bite. We managed 15 knockdowns with 11 landed and 4 that came unbuttoned almost immediately after the strike. At 10:30 we came tight on a fish off the planer that Ray-Rod fought for a few minutes. W/O a doubt our best fish of the day that came loose after straightening 2 of three bends on an owner treble hook! By 11 AM, it was like a switch was turned off! Not another hit until we called it quits by 1:30.
Back at the dock we assess what we had in the box and decide to weigh in for the tourney. Tourney was total weight of 6 fish and we had some bruisers, so decided to go. We weighed in at 24.5, 22.8, 20.5, 20.3, 18.2, and 16.7. Ended up 2nd overall of 60 boats and took 2nd place for $700.
Ran out again Sunday by 5 AM for a short troll. Again setup in 220 FOW and loads of bait readings. We got our biggest of the weekend at 27.98 just missing the 28 lb mark! Added another 23 lber to the box, threw back 1 skippy @ 19" and missed 2 more. Called it quits by 9AM, BBQ some brats and hit the road.
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Nice report and catch.Will be up there soon. t^
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Nice job!! 2nd place is great.
Did you get to fight any of the fish on the copper?
You had some nice hot weather
Two cold fronts are coming thru this week, One Wednesday and one on Friday. That should bring the fish in even closer. Looks like 4 footers on the lake and that and the wind should bring the temps down.
I will be up the next three weekends and the fishing should just keep getting better. From what I hear some big fish are showing up. Word is the LOC derby could pay the big money on a high 30’s fish.
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Nice report and catch.Will be up there soon. t^
whs ;D
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Nice catch and report. Congrats on the second place fishing. t^
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Awesome! Congratulations on the 2nd place finish! t^
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nice job Congrats chrz
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Nice job!! 2nd place is great.
Did you get to fight any of the fish on the copper?
You had some nice hot weather
Two cold fronts are coming thru this week, One Wednesday and one on Friday. That should bring the fish in even closer. Looks like 4 footers on the lake and that and the wind should bring the temps down.
I will be up the next three weekends and the fishing should just keep getting better. From what I hear some big fish are showing up. Word is the LOC derby could pay the big money on a high 30’s fish.
We lost out on first place by 4.2lbs. It was combined weight of 6 fish. The winning team had a fish close to 30 that put them ahead of us.
Your right, the next few weeks should be real good. Where you fishing out of? Word up there was Sodus lost all there fish, they havent had a good bite in almost 2 weeks. Oswego however had schools building off the powerplant.
Green was the HOT ticket all weekend. You run flies, spoons, cut bait or a combo?
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We will be fishing Mexico Bay. From the power plant and work east and north. I put the boat in at the Salmon River, just because it’s about 3 miles from the campground. I run flasher and flies and throw a spoon on a free slider. I will run two down rigger rods, two wire dipseys and a copper if the boat traffic is not too bad. 400 feet of copper out with a lot of boats is a pain, but worth it. I heard bait is working pretty good now, but I like the flasher thing. Green, white is always good and if Coho’s are around, then I will throw on orange.
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Great catches and congrats! Sounds like a good time fishing.
TT^
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