Hello all my fishtoids, toidettes, toidelescences. et. al. Long overdue for a report! A combination of fierce winds and a fierce bout with the flu have kept me off the water and now, hopefully on the mend. Both Ontario and Oneida have picked up a tempo, (that's chess parlance for gaining time). Conditions on both ponds are now amenable to consistent fishing on a daily basis. The big pond offers brown trout inshore from 8 to 20 feet of water, while the offshore (120 to 150) is home to cooperating lakers and steelhead. On a couple recent outings we picked away at both environments.
John Silvaggio, retired Syracuse firefighter, Don Churchill, Cicero, NY, retired AD Corcoran HS and Billy Denham retired Carrier employee and owner of the B&B Lounge, Syracuse, NY spent a cool morning trolling the shallows for browns. They boated these four browns and two put back rainbows. As you can see by the photo, this year's browns have spent some time at the table. Stickbaits off planer boards along with a black and silver Evil Eye on the downriggers generated the strikes.
Brooke Milot and Todd Seybold, Conshohocken, PA along with Wayne and Michelle Seybold, Marcellus, NY made it a family affair in the depths, chasing lakers and steelies. They boxed out on the lakers and Todd landed a nice eight pound steelhead. Luhr Jensen Fireplugs, affectionately nicknamed the "buddies" handled the lakers and the steelie grabbed a black/silver Smithwick off the boards.
Oneida walleyes are beginning to school in the usual deep holes off Lewis Point, Messenger Reef, Wilson Point and Hogsback. Jigs with nightcrawlers or blade baits are working equally as well. Kudos to Justin Pokines, Director of Department of Parks and Rec. Town of Sullivan for his dogged determination to start and complete the funding for a handicap accessible fishing pier at Chapman Park. It's a beauty! This is going to provide quality open water fishing from April through November. There is 6.5 feet of water at the pier head.
I am now available on a daily basis for either Oneida or Ontario. Remember don't start anything you can't fish!
Let's keep the "pier" pressure,
cap'n tony
