I was up to Redfield last Thursday, there was about 25-30 feet of exposed rock all around the shore, looked to be down 5-6 feet from full pool at the County Route 17 bridge.  My fingers are crossed for the release this weekend, I would like to get up there Tuesday or Wednesday if they don't cancel it. 

It is that time of year, and the drum are highly susceptible as they feed on the gobies and the mussels.
 
It has been raining nicely here in Rochester for an hour and a half. As I am now hearing T boomers, it is time to turn the confuser off!

Finally got some rain locally,a line of thunder boomers came thru this afternoon and it rained for about a hour,it's better than nothing but what we need is a tropical depression with a two ,three day soaker!So far there is no sign of that but it's getting that time when they should start.
Just today the weather.com is talking about the FIRST tropical depression coming off the coast of Africa.Also the forecast locally is for heavy rain tonight into tomorrow.

Boy I Miss the Great Lake everyday .. While we don't catch squat , it's always an enjoyable adventure .
Kinda like everyone always says , it's not the catching that brings them to the SR , it's about just being out there . Well for me these past years it's the same only different .
I enjoy the long days of summer , tooling around in my boat in search of a king , spending time along the shores , spectacular sunsets , peaceful solitude of only my tunes playing on the water , jumping into 100 + fow, the kind folks that call that place home .
Did I say I miss the Great Lake already ..

bigbear2012
We have spent more time up in altmar this summer than ever before, truely enjoying the time up there.

Did you fish while there?

Yes we've hit alot of smallmouth.
We've had alot of fun exploring the low water of the tribs too.
That would be great lucky, I'm always up for putting a face with the names :)

Week 6
Before I forget , I got some more feedback from the tourney at my marina.
These numbers are not precise but fairly accurate.
aprox 20 plus boats fished outta there sat .. We seen charters and privateers like myself alike going out at 5am..
I talked with the dec later in eve at my dock after all the festivities were done. Aprox. 100 lbs of fish were weighed by the dec.. The breakdown I don't know .,  Any thing in that range would or could have put the salmon take very low figuring angler numbers per fish..  To my understanding , many folks did not catch a fish..
What this means ? , Lots of folks that fished the tourney had a good time regardless and many will do it again..
Sadly I'm always on the outside looking in ..
 
Now for our weekend adventure:
A guide I know in a tackle shop directed us to head north from SR to Sandy pond.. Honestly that was our plan anyway as Oswego hasn't produced squat for us.  Awoke we were at 5 am sat .. Off the dock after coffee and grub by 6am.. 2-3 foot rollers awaited us at the breakwall and we made the 5 mile trek to 100 fow infront of the SR and headed north.. The tackle/guide musta told everyone the same as that area had the most boats..  At first we just figured that was where the fish were, lol..  Troll troll and troll without a sniff but a building sea..  By 10 am it was 3-4 footers and whitecaps.. We hit 160 fow without any marks, sign or chatter on radio then started trolling the now 8 miles back.. Finally about 1pm we started to pick up for lunch and low behold a skippy coho was drowned on the line.. Oh well, it didn't go to waste for the seagulls .
After a dock reprieve, my 1 friend had enough and left for home.. We decided to head back out around 4pm.. At the breakwall we decided it was just still to bumpy so we played, swam and fished for dink perch on the little SR.. It was fun..
6 pm she lyed down and out we went until dark without moving a rod , marking fish or hearing radio chatter... It was quiet..
 
Sunday ,
up at 4:30 am off the dock at 5;30 .. Made another plan to head back west and try.. BUMPY solid 3-4 footers greeted us but we grinned and bared things..  Hit the point of Chernobyl and started a troll back .. Rode some rollers and never moved a rod into the east wind waves..
I think we made a mistake by staying deep as other boats seemed to target browns along the protection of the harbor shore .. Also understand the east winds blew all warm water outta the bay, hence the brown trout targeting..
 
All that said again, Great Trip, Great Adventure and Thankful for the Opportunity ..
Here are just some Lame pics :

 

 

 

 
If I recall correctly out West and possibly even in Canada they may have had 'issues' but nothing like the East end- for whatever reason.
 
 
 
 
 
 

I really hope you have some better reports in the next few weeks Rich,there has to be fish out there ......somewhere

Salmon is becoming as hard a chore as chasing bluefin. As long as your enjoying yourself, it's all good, bro. Thanks for some real info.   

I talked to the owner of the place I'm staying at this year and he says his source of info on the lake says there are lots of fish out there and the lower lake is full.

I have to throw out a public apologies to db and Clint . After lasts week azz whopping from the lake and fish , I sadly will cancel this weekends adventure .
3-5 foot waves sat and 1-3 on sun predicted , I'm feeling like it might be tough going .
Personally , I have only spent 1 weekend at my house since striper season , I'm gonna have to pull the plug and do house chores .
That said , family booked a few campsites next thurs - Sunday up there so I will be at the Mae then .
As well , I'm hoping the best fishing is yet to come ( can't get worse ) and plenty of opportunities as well .
Sorry guys and see you soon

I love this thread and thanks for all the info from everyone. 
 
what I've heard...... Fishing was good for salmon until past week.  Weather and wind changed and fished disappeared. Reports from west and Canada are still optimistic though.  This person said he thought fishing should be much better than last two years but not back to "normal".   What's "normal"? I guess it's differs for everyone fishing the resource. 
 
Anyway, thanks again for this thred.
 
B  

Full report sometime when I return .
Last night it was FLAT , we went swimming , we went fishing . Caught zilch as usual but had my best marks of the season .
Staging salmon ? I don't know about that quite yet .
Today was a solo trip . A bit bumpy and no signs of life , fish or fishers out there ( 8 miles from port ) .
Like I said , fishing is secondary

Who wants to fish with the chartist?  We'll start it right with trip through McDonald's drive through...Then, hit the church hole, north side of course...At lunch, we'll dine at the Altmar Hotel with a sumptuous meal washed down with Genny Cream Ale.  Then, back to the church hole.  We'll close it out with happy hour at, you guessed it, the Altmar Hotel for some pot luck.