Hear that Trevor .
Also an FYI :
General angling regulations are now in effect ( outside of zones) April 15 - Aug -15 which meany you CAN use spinners, spoons or lures that have treble hooks.
With the water high(er) ( dropping as I type ) NOW is the time those will shine.

As well come May - 1 NO weight of any form may be used in the zones and LFZ closes on the 15 th

The good thing I guess is, I'm one less angler

I walked a mile of a first class trib tonight after work, saw three dark bucks waiting for hens or moving up through deep water, and one beautiful bright hen that looked at least 15 lbs, had one pull and was late on the set with a black intruder in the water she ran into.  Saw one other fisher in the entire stretch.  There are fish around, and solitude if you get away from the Hollywood spots!
 
But if I lived where HT is, I would think of nothing but linesides at this point, that opened yesterday, didn't it? 

Sorry to get off topic but we took that refab boat out for a shakedown yesterday afternoon. Smallies were active and we caught a pig pushing 4 + lbs.
Lots of other boats were out and catching herring. We didn't really target them because I forgot to renew the stupid free marine license, I will today.
So in short , where there is herring , there are linesiders . We will be prepping the Daisy May tomorrow and hopefully splash her down on Sunday for the start of the 2015 striper season .
Yes L-13, db & Clint, if I lived near you guys, I'd be thinking about nothing but lake run trout myself

Tuna hope conditions are in your favor and hope to climb aboard with you someday soon!

Uglyfish water dropped. Id say Sooner than later at this point.

Just got back from the land of Oz (Oswego).  A tough day, had to grind all day but managed to put some steel & a brown in the boat.  Beads, sacks and back trolling plugs with beads being the best of the three.  A lot of water made the drifts tough.  The fish turned on for a brief period later in the day as we managed six out of one small stretch of water.  I lost three nice steelhead, one at the net, another a long distance release and probably my best fish to a submerged trunk of a tree.  That fish was a dark male that broke water a couple of times before breaking off.  I hope to have a couple of pictures to post, nothing big but........      

Sounds like a good day, Gerry. Tough on the steel, they are brutes sometime. People that say they land the majority they hook, lie through their teeth. Glad you went.

Attachments are not available: Download requirements not met Dime- The wind, water and heavy current were challenging but the fish are there you just have to grind them out.  The east side of the river along the locks gave us a respite from the wind, the open areas were a different story.  When we started the Oswego was running near 20,000 CFS and dropped by perhaps a thousand or two during the day.  You really had to grind the softer seams constantly adjusting the depth of your offering to entice a bite.  A lot of skippers in the mix so fish are still spawning or else the little guys would be long gone.
The photo is the monster that was caught and released on Saturday.   

I used to fish Oswego often with my Jon boat. Launched under bridge by lock, not sure if still can.
That is aTRICKY river and I lost a few anchors in there.

Nice fish indeed and those pics you sent me looked like beautiful healthy ones too .
Congrats !!

I hear ya on that gerry. I drove up the western shore a week ago and it was rolling. Just up a little below the wall.. 20 k is nuts though

Got up to SR country Wed evening to mid 40s temps and very light fishing pressure in very high water on the main river.
Other waters were a bit up but not as bad as the dam controlled SR.
 Thurs AM had about an inch of new snow and temps at bout 31.
Fished away from the river and found a surprising number of fish in what I believed to be a pre spawn condition with some still moving in.
 They were VERY spooky and out on beds but not quite into full spawn mode. Fishing to them was a challenge in clear moderately low waters and only got a few quick half hearted hits.
It was worth the trip though and I was VERY satisfied.
 Friday at 6 AM the yard was clear and green-- by 8 another inch had fallen was bout 31 again _Bugged out.
Very nice trip - even made a pre sales agreement with a neighbor.

Will be a 'townie' ,  in all likelihood, till around the first of the year Andy.
We will be doing the actual final agreement then-but the deal is pretty much done and will be written up.
Nice actually -kinda like it up there and it will be a slower transition to 'short terms' status.

I was way up a trib tonight and there were redds, but not like I used to see in this stretch.  A lot of fish spawned low in this trib, the stretch down low I checked last week had three times the redds I would normally see.  I haven't seen a fish in the last three times out, but I agree, there are always a few that come late.  Lots of walking to find one sometimes, though!

(not worth a new thread)
Hey--- are Browns still inshore and worth some beach casting ???

From what I'm reading on lake reports , the browns on the east shore ( Mexico - Selkirk ) have been pretty dead since ice out.
Most guys are now turning to what they used to call trash fish, lakers, to put fish on the boat.
I will take a laker any day , all day.

Going to give the mighty Hudson one last gas this weekend with grandkids then pull the boat.
Probably fish some ADK lakes for a tune up in June with the riggers then point it to the Great Lake mid June for some deep water trolling