Lake Ontario Browns!!!
Posted by Capt. Bill Ruth on April 7, 2008, 9:10 am
Message modified by board administrator April 7, 2008, 8:12 pm
Today Rick, Jay and I spent the morning prepping the boat for the season...electronics installed, downriggers mounted, probes repaired, rods, reels and tackle put on the boat, etc. We finally got things ready to go shortly before noon and by 12:30 we had fish slime on the floor for the first time of the year. Jay boated a nice fat brown that came on a firetiger KA-BOOM shiner fished off of a planer board. We found that once the wind began to die down that the color went out of the water and the fishing slowed considerably. We spent a couple of hours running the boat thru her paces and for the most part we're ready to go.
Be careful if you're heading out of Fair Haven as there's a log buried on the west side of the channel just before you get the the chute that you definitely don't want to hit in the dark on your way out. It's sticking up about 6" out of the water.
A couple of pics from today:
I'm SO glad that the season is finally here! LOTS more reports to come this season!
Capt. Bill Ruth operates Billy V Sportfishing out of Fair Haven, NY on Lake Ontario. Capt. Bill specializes in trolling for trophy sized trout and salmon from April-October. Call him today at (607)592-9012 to reserve your date on Lake Ontario.
Billy V Sportfishing
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