Updated Fishing Reports - Salmon River, Pulaski Ny

August 17, 2008

BIG KING SALMON have shown up! Charters on Eastern Lake Ontario are seeing more consistent catches of salmon this past weekend. We have not been crushing them but they are here for sure. There's been quite few fish sneaking around the eastern basin of Lake Ontario but weather conditions have been rough for sure. The program has been spin drs and flies off the dispies and pro trolls off the riggers. 100'-130' of water trolling the down riggers off the the bottom 10'-20' and the dipsies have been going at 250'-300'. Green glows early - chrome and white when the suns out. The best down speeds have been 2.4 . We still have plenty of afternoons left and weekdays in September. The LOC derby is on and we took this 29.2#er the 1st day.
Salmon River Guide
Jackie and Shane Thomas

August 13, 2008

BIG SALMON DERBY!!
The LOC derby starts this Friday August 15. You can win $20,000 in cash for the biggest fish. If your chartering on Lake Ontario it might be wise to enter. Two years in a row I had clients that would have been into BIG bucks had they entered. Let's not make it three. PLEASE enter here - http://www.loc.org/derby/registration/index.asp or you can enter at the local Tackle shops. YOU NEED TO BE ENTERED BY 6 am OF THE DAY YOU FISH.

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PAST FISHING REPORTS

August 11, 2008

Well the king salmon finally decided to show up for their party on the east end of Lake Ontario! Of course with T-storms and young passengers I decided to take the easy route and brown trout fish. Which was quite productive with some of the nicest fish of the season coming to the net. Frog ice 20' back down 92' over 110-120 was HOT! We relied on the trout to keep us busy this weekend but that is about to change. Several other charters trolling in 150-200' did very well on salmon and even a few steelheads mixed in. Green pro trolls with crinkle flies & chrome spin drs with mirage worked best run 115-130' down off the riggers- 350' off the dipsy divers- 500' of copper worked as well. The winds had finally settled and the temps improved dramatically over the weekend. Give us a call! We still have a few mornings and plenty of afternoons open. -Night trips will be starting around Sept 10- we run 2 trips a night and can accommodate large or small groups of anglers.
Salmon River Guide
Jackie and Shane Thomas

August 4, 2008

Trout fishing on the eastern basin has been fairly decent. Brown trout have been our best bet as of late due to lack king salmon. Over the weekend we trolled in 80-100' running our rigs 10-15' off bottom. Small stingers run 20-40' back off the riggers and 220-250' off the dipsy divers did the damage. Today we hit the browns early then decided to change up for some king salmon action. It proved to be a good choice. We ended up taking 2 good kings and dropping a few more. Attractors and flies run off the dipsies-300-330' and off the riggers-100-110' down were our producers. Get ready folks the salmon are on there way. The BEST fishing of the season is coming soon. Our dates are filling in for summer charters and fall drift boat trips. DON'T WAIT! Give us a call! Don't forget to sign up for the Fall LOC derby and have a chance at a $20,000 king salmon. It starts August 15 and runs thru Labor day.
Salmon River Guide
Jackie and Shane Thomas

July 29, 2008

Salmon trolling on Eastern Lake Ontario was a lot tougher this weekend. Charters mostly targeted brown trout due to lack of king salmon. Brown trout trolling was fairly productive. Charters fished 70-90' running their riggers 10-15' off bottom. Bright colored Stinger spoons run 20-50' back worked best for our trips. Dipsy divers were productive run 180-220' back. We did manage to tangle with some king salmon Saturday on our morning charter but only landed one. The next few weeks the salmon fishing should improve as the kings start to move east towards the Salmon River. As long as brown trout continue to bite our charters will have plenty of action until the king salmon show up big time.
Salmon River Guide
Jackie and Shane Thomas

July 21, 2008

Lake Ontario continues to produce decent action for king salmon and brown trout. Salmon are staying fairly deep, 180-240' of water. The break has been down @ 100' and most bite have been off the down riggers @ 90-110' down. Pro chip and spin dr flashers with hammer and green glow hypnotist Siggs rigs flies are working best for king salmon. The brown trout have been in 80-100' right tight to the bottom. The best spoons have been die hard and alewife stingers. We have plenty of dates open for the rest of summer. Our rates are the most competitive on Lake Ontario.
Chartering with us is a bargain!
Salmon River Guide
Jackie and Shane Thomas

July 15, 2008

Salmon trolling for charter boats on Lake Ontario has been up and down lately. The king salmon have had a bit of an attitude lately. One day good one day bad. Thank heavens for brown trout. They've been much more reliable. Most days we've had trouble with the king salmon the brown trout were happy to help us out. The brown trout have been in 90-100' and hitting just off the bottom on spoons run 20-30' off the riggers. The king salmon have been much deeper 170-350' and hitting spin dr's with flies down 90-120' run 10-30' behind the ball. A lot of good fishing left this summer. Give us a call or email for more info on how to get in on the action. We have plenty of dates left.
Thanks for checking us out.
Jackie and Shane Thomas

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July 6, 2008

Salmon fishing on Lake Ontario is picking up steam. Today we trolled the deeper water off the Salmon River finding a decent bite. Dodger/fly combos run off down riggers, dipsy divers and copper rods all produced kings. Every day there seems to be more and more salmon showing up in the Eastern basin of lake Ontario. We still have plenty of opening for the next 2 months.
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June 28, 2008

Fishing on Lake Ontario continues to be productive. Today we trolled 50-60' of water for brown trout off the Salmon River. It was slow early but picked up nicely later in the trip. Natural color stingers run 40-60' back and 40-50' down did the trick. Reports from the deeper trollers were very encouraging. King salmon were being taken in 150-200' down 80-100'. Fly combos and spoons were working for the persistent anglers.
Oneida has been productive for night walleye fishing. Slow trolling worms and stick baits in shallow water is still working well.
We have plenty of summer dates open-give us a call and get in on some fun!
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Our rates are the most competitive in the area. Ask about our 2 day package deals and SAVE $$.

June 23, 2008

Salmon fishing on Eastern Lake Ontario is starting! Saturday afternoon we boated 5 king salmon and broke two more off. The brown trout, steelhead and lake trout were biting as well. Early in the morning we trolled for brown trout in 40-60 foot of water. Small stingers run off the down riggers and lead core worked great. The trout were down anywhere from 10-30 feet. In the afternoon we ran out deep for our first try at salmon of the season. We didn't get all the rods set and we were into our first king! In less then 4 hours fishing we took 10 hits! Salmon, steelheads and even a lake trout made for a fun afternoon. Our best depths were 160-200 feet fishing the riggers down 70-90 feet.
Spoons and fly rigs both took fish but the BIG king hit a fly rig fished off the copper run 500' back!
Oneida has been productive for night walleye fishing. Slow trolling worms and stick baits in shallow water is still working well.
We have plenty of summer dates open-give us a call and get in on some fun!
Check out our charter site- www.fishingcharterslakeontario.com
Our rates are the most competitive in the area. Ask about our 2 day package deals and SAVE $$.

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