We made the trip yesterday and the Daisy is once again riding Ontario. Weather was stellar and the seas we're calm . The fishing? Well let's just say , it was fishing, not catching. We seen some good bait pods and nice arches under them but no takers. Surface temperature in the bay is 70 and out in the main lake it's 64 .
Took my first swim out in 160 fow .
A little chop today and so far a blank screen out in 130 fow.
Let the good times roll

yea, buddy keep em coming

Heck yea Clint. Gonna be needing some company this season as I have no full time crew .
We made the long run out past Chernobyl into deep water and still not any hits .
Seems today most boats are fishing the break outta the bay , Browns ?
We are making the slow troll in that way and set up a program for that

I'll crew if you agree to spend a little time with me smallie fishing in the river or inshore a bit.  .  Glad you're back out there, now get 'em!

Man am I wishing I was fishing! Spending 8 hours trolling without a nibble wouldn't bother me a bit, good friends good tunes good times, fish or not! Finally have hired a assistant cook so not putting 80+ hours a week in anymore thought I would check in, glad your back on the big O with the Daisy Tuna, look forward to all your reports and pics. Hope ya all are well and look forward to meeting up with some when the fishes return in the fall. Tuna hoping for a trip out there sooner bro! Be well friends

Great to hear from you 3man.. Glad you got some help and hope you get a reprieve to come play on the Mae..I'm BEAT so this is just a quickie.. Plenty more to come    

Ps.
Out of 42 boats entered in the Atomic tournament out of Oswego this weekend,
Only 2, yes TWO salmon were weighed in . A 16# and a 6#

42 boats and two fish- yeeeep- it might be over already.
Sad stuff.

The word from the Central lake captains is that most of the Salmon and alewifes are at the Niagara Bar and west to Hamilton, as well as along the north shore.  More salmon have been caught out of Olcott and Rochester lately.  The west to east movement has been well documented in the past, but seems to be more pronounced this season. 
 
No jigging?

Here is a more detailed report.
The atomic tournament has a 3 division big fish ( salmon- rainbow- brown) then a total box weight . Not sure if lakers count towards the total box . Will say big brown was 14. Something and total box weight was pretty hefty off top of my head , just no salmon.
As lucky said its traditional west bite moving east in another month .
We seen great bait marks , great big fish hooks that would come look at our gear , assuming it was lakers . I'm still learning but gaining info every trip . Seems my lures were to far back and fish were looking at the rigger ball then dropping back down . It was very obvious on the sonar.

Jiggin:
Yes we did try vertically jiggin, it worked well giving the flat low current situation. Issues were .. Zebra Mussels !!! Anytime my lure hit bottom, be it trolling or jigging, the hook points were covered in zebra.. Seeing this was a shakedown trip , I only gave the jigging an hr effort.

Meat :
Running herring is what I was told works well at this time of year. The charter guy for stripers here and fishes outta Oswego, brings brined herring from the Hudson to troll Ontario,, yea , yea VHS ..
I learned, if you find a bait ball to jig for alewives, just like we do here on the Hudson.

Browns :
Guys on Sunday were hitting the bay hard very early in the am , I didn't get to lake until pm on Saturday and went straight deep early Sunday. Might've screwed up as when I said we were moving back in around 11:00 yesterday. Seen a nice brown netted by another boat and then we hit that small , all fins In tacked brown.

Water:
My gosh , that water is getting super clear and zero cover in shallow. Could see clear to bottom in 20-25 fow and barren . Looks great but doubt it helps the fishing.

Next:
We have TONS of bait , pike and lmb swimming around my dock .
I'm bringing a minnow trap and some scum frogs next weekend.

More to come from the next adventure as I start vacation in 4 days :) !!!!

Remember to label that minnow trap.  And stay in the shade!