Dark Salmon

The Commander took me out Sunday for an afternoon of salmon fishing on Ontario. Tom launched and we only made out to 200 feet depths when he decided to turn around and wait out storm that was on its way over from the Niagara Penninsula.

We waited out the storm for an hour and then made our second attempt to find fish. Tom set up his program up in 420 ft of water and pointed the boat toward Toronto in the distance.

We hooked up with 1 steelhead, 1 immature salmon , and 1 dark mature salmon about 20 pounds or so.

It was a good day on the water as always with tom. He gets so much joy puting people on fish as much as i do realing them in.

We are getting the itch for some stream fishing over the next month.

Greetings........................

It has been a slow summer as far as fishing is concerned. I have been out 0nly a few times bass fishing on lousy east wind days with now luck with the Commander. The commander also took Turk and I out two weeks ago Chinny fishing in Lake Ontario. We got into a few fishing and enjoyed the afternoon.

I just picked up new waders Orvis Pro guide III's on sale plus I had a gift card I received from my friend for standing up in his wedding. I am still hunting for a wading shoes.

I hope every one has had a safe and happy summer and it wont be long before we see some fish in the streams

A kick at the can...................

I had both the energy and motivation to get on the water this morning after talking to a few people last night. Bill Shearer with his always great reel and rod discussions; Big Ed lamenting about his constant diaper changing and lack of fishing; and the Commander lamenting on my lack of blog posts lately.

Well I did get on the water this morning for about three and a half hours. It felt like it has been six months since I last waded into the emerald green. I used strictly jigs today and ended up with 20 bass and 1 steelhead on the Catt.

I was dressed for spring weather as it was cold this morning but by 11:330 AM it was 64 degrees and I got out of there. The steelhead was a great surprise and made me happy that there were a few still around. I will put a picture up later if I get time. she was about 3lbs.

Down and out................

I haven't fished since last Monday as I was infected with a chill inducing,bile heaving strain of some sort of bubonic plague early Tuesday morning. I honestly thought for the first time this could be it. Uncontrollable chills,gut wrenching dry heaving, and delirium raged through my body. So needless to say I have been camped out on the couch dead to the world and self quarantined as I am a bad sick person. I don't like babying. I just like to curl up in a corner under some rock to be left alone until my health improves. Today I am at 70% with a touch of energy and I decided to go out for some supplies.

There are still fish being caught per reports I have been receiving. I gassed up on the reservation today and took a drive over the Catt. She is a murky green not unfishable at all but we are calling for a cold front this afternoon accompanied with rain and 50 mph winds so that may change quick.

Congratulations to those of you have been out last week still catching them.

Thank god for the NHL playoffs to get me through every night. By the way this has been by far the best playoffs I can remember in my history. Every series is fast skating and hard played.

A few more errands and then back to the couch for a little HNIC.

Just when I think I'm out. They pull me back in.

I thought today would be be the end of the season. The day I would go out, catch only bass and put a period on this long but extremely gratifying season.

But no, no, no! There were a few steelhead to be had. Also thrown in were about 30 bass and two specimens of North America's most elusive species, the freshwater drum.

The Bass were banging jigs in various colors so I switched over to the magical pink worm on a 1/32 ounce jig head and BINGO.

The Steelhead were a mix of dropbacks and chromer jacks. The dropbacks were leapers and they were fun while the jacks were a little spunky too.

During the day I ran into Bill Shearer and his ace fishing partner Frank. They were on a mission and had various spots to hit during the day. I also ran into Willie. Willie is a fixture on one of Chautauqua County's more famous streams but today he was sharing a run with me on the Catt.

He was a very nice guy as was his partner who constantly busted his balls was a laugh. There seems to be a pattern here in the fishing world with the treatment of partners ha ha ha ha .

Both Willie and his partner got into some steelhead too and a ton of bass.

On a final note check out River Monsters on the Animal Planet channel. My friends and I love the show. There are also a bunch of clips on You Tube.

Until next time..................