August 26 2007 Same as the last report. Weather permitting the offshore fishing has been great.

August 16 2007 Fishing is offshore now, typical for this time of year. Lots of currents and temperature changes daily. Fish catches consist of steelhead, Coho and Salmon up to 22 LBS. Black and green spooks, divers with spoons back 100 feet and 200 feet, riggers 40 to 70 feet. Coloured lures working to.

August 8 2007 Up to Saturday August 4 the fishing has been great. Good numbers and lots of big fish. Same tackle, some days higher in the water column or lower. East wind blew and size and numbers have dropped. Just like to blow in July. Give it couple of days and all will be fine.

July 31 2007 Fishing was slow mid week. Friday it started to pick up. Monday was a double digit day with doubles and triples. Tuesday was big salmon on diver / flasher fly only topped off with a 27 IB for the Doc. Flashers are still green / green, lures, green and some multi colours. That's what fishing is all about. Have fun and catch fish!!! BTW its time not to take temperature into consideration, Tuesday July 31 fish hit in 65F water.

July 22 2007 By far July 19 was the best day this week. It rained cats and dogs all day long and we still had fun. Thats the name of the game, have fun with what you have, three fish or twenty. The two lads from Slovenia were so wet that at one point the oldest was in his underwear and flip flops bringing in fish. Fun was had by all. Friday, big wind and waves, not to many fish landed and in comes the warm water and current. Saturday fishing was still slow, current and more current. Finally Sunday the current was gone. We landed four nice salmon, largest 20LBS and a few small ones. Fish are a little deeper now. Diver is 150 feet back on a two set. Lures are green.

July 16 2007 Water is staying cold 50F, dress warm. No changes in the tackle. Still fishing in the same area. More salmon are showing up now. Largest this report is 25LBS.

July 9, 2007 Warm water from the east started to show up Monday. Fishing is progressing nicely, still mostly steelhead with some salmon of all sizes. Largest this report low twenties. Two colour cores, three colour cores, five colour cores, single copper, high divers and riggers working. Still lots of blacks and greens.

June 29, 2007 Fishing is good, catching fish every trip. It has become a mixed bag of sizes and species now (steelhead and salmon). Largest salmon this report 18 LBS, largest steelhead 16 LBS. Tackle; lots of greens and yellow. Highlite of the week, a QUAD HEADER, of course we lost the big salmon out of that four rod hit.

June17, 2007 Surface temperature mid 50's. Action the same as the last two seasons.

September 1st, 2006 Up to last Thursday the fishing has still been better than most years, except for a few days. Then came the east wind and its still here now. So much that I cannot go fishing. A few charters left, hoping the wind subsides to finish off the year. Best lures this year, Gibbs Gator spoon, cherry pie and firetiger. For the shore fisherman, yes, the salmon are starting to run in the rivers.

August 16th 2006 August 15th we had a 20 hour high wind blow. The water got a whole lot colder and it was hard to find fish today. Since the last report most days have been great fishing. There is always a day or two with not much action though. Fish have been as deep as 120 feet down, up to 22 feet down. Over 40 double headers now and 20 triples. The largest fish caught is still 29LBS, with the largest steelhead at 17LBS. Fire tiger and black and green consistent spoons.

July 28th 2006 In the last two weeks I have had 25 double headers and 12 triple headers. Fran and his guys has a 20 hit day of steelhead and coho, Carl H and his gang had a 20 hit day of salmon with 8 salmon 14 to 25 IBS. Largest salmon boated so far is 29 IBS. Hot spoons, Gibbs cherry pie, firetiger, green Illusion, and lures with lots of colour. Two, five and ten colour cores are hot!!! And of course I have had a few days of one or two fish, thats fishing. When the fish are on it is definitely the best fishing in some time. There is a few days open left in August.

July 18th 2006 Fishing not as good as the last two weeks although I did have a couple of limit catches. Less steelhead and more salmon. 26IBS is still the largest salmon, 12IBS largest Coho. Started moving deeper now with the same results as last year. Fishing into and crossing the current has had the best results. Surface temp at present is 70'F

July 2nd 2006 Steelhead fishing has been spectacular again this year except for a couple of days. Double digit hits and lots of double headers. Not many Salmon yet. Largest salmon 25IBS, steelhead 16IBS, Brown trout 9IBS. Nothing special in tackle, the usual stuff. During an east wind we had a light bite, did not land many, a south west wind brought in our first load of spiney water flea and although the fish were there they did not hit in numbers.

June 2006 Due to the length of my leads, as much as 400 feet, my turning radius is very large. Please do not follow me when you see my boat and give me lots of room. Reports will be two weeks behind this year. IE: June 12th to 18th will be posted July 1st.

April 23rd 2006 Drop backs going over the falls back to the lake, total count 5,100 That's it until the Lake charters start.

April 16th 2006 Not much information, ladder count just over 5,000, very few fishing the river.

April 7th 2006 Raining cats and dogs today. Very few fish up at the ladder. The board was wet but it looked like the total fish run as of today is 3700.

April 1st 2006 A shore angler reports fishing slow in Cobourg creek, lake anglers reports some action in no deeper than forty feet of water. Over the ganny fish ladder today 3007.

March 26th 2006 The banks of the Ganaraska River are full with fisherman. I didn't see to much action. Fish ladder numbers approx 500 over so far and fish jumping everywhere.

March 25th 2006 The Ganaraska fish ladder was opened up this week. No reports on the fishing. If you have one email me and I will post a short report.

September12th 2005 Some salmon have headed for the rivers and it's not to busy with shore fisherman yet. Last week a few days of wind, even Saturday was rough with only a few small fish. Sunday on fishing picked up with salmon up to 24IBS. Riggers 22 feet to 60 with free sliders on the deep balls. Sun and sea gator spoon had a couple of hot days.

August 29th 2005 Up to and including Thursday the fishing was great. Next three days big wind and waves, numbers of fish caught low. Monday, salmon only biggest 17IBS. Steelhead this week up to 10LBS, salmon 25LBS. Not much has changed with tackle. I talked to some close to the harbour fisherman today, they said the bite did not happen on the staging salmon Monday. There will be weather problems from the storm in th US mid week.

August 21st 2005 Wind wind and more wind. I sat on shore alot this week drinking coffee. Temp has dropped a bit, 65'F at 60 feet, 50'F at 70 feet. Black Illusions and greens working. Ten colour core with six ounce, 45 to 60 foot riggers. Still a mix of steelhead and salmon. Salmon up to 21IBS entered in the derby.

August 15th 2005 Not to much is changing. Steelhead 6 to 15LBS. Some salmon up to 19 LBS. Still weighing a few in the derby. 20 to 60 on the riggers with free sliders some days is best. A little more colour in the lures and silver greens.

August 7th 2005 Mid week, fishing slow. Big wind Friday. Good fishing Saturday, Sunday great. Three salmon went to the Great Ontario salmon derby today. Pretty well the same depths and tackle. I have neglected to say the 200 foot copper rigged rod is producing. Still in the same spot.

August 2nd 2005 Well my spot is still working. A high east wind slowed the action a little for Freds trip, six fish landed, Ken and Lauras day was superb with ten great steelhead landed for fifteen hits, lots of big over ten Ib fish. Still silver greens and cherry pie has had some hits. Six colour core with six ounce weight, riggers 30 to 60 feet.

July 29th 2005 Wow. The spot I am fishing is just getting better. Ten fish landed today with three trophy steelhead and one salmon 26Ibs. Ten colour cores, 35 foot and 45 foot riggers, lots of Gibbs gator green spoons. 68'f surface, 44'F down 45 feet. Trolling fast.

July 25th 2005 Lately the fishing has been sporatic. The spiney flea has finally subsided and fishing is getting better with catches of steelhead and salmon up to 22Ibs. Silver green is popular. Lots of cores hooking up. Salmon last couple of days in hot water, 65'F. Two more days out fishing, now that the weather is cooler the fish are biting better.

July 13th 2005 A freak SE 30 knot wind came up at seven o'clock and ended this fishing day. Last week, small salmon, up to 10LBS and steelhead on five colour cores and high riggers, silver red, black and green Illusions. Mid week the teen salmon returned in 50 feet of water. A bonus 14LB brown trout came on Wednesday. Aren't you glad I shook the small salmon off Stef to give you a crack at your high teen King!!! We managed to weigh one teen salmon in the Great ontario salmon derby Saturday, since then fishing has been slow. Down temp is good at 50 feet, lots of spiney water flea.

July 3rd 2005 Surface 75'F most of the week. Fishing is good, same plan as last week. Tuesdays afternoon trip turned a 25LB salmon. Friday big south wind. Had to fish a little deeper and further out. Black Illusion hot, teen fish. A heavy north wind Friday night dropped the temp to 55'F. Under teen fish and a beauty 27LB on the weekend. A mix of salmon and steelhead. Five and ten colour cores and Gibbs gator sun and sea starting to work.

June 26th 2005 Another week of great fishing. With bright sunshine and 90'F temp, the lake is warming slowly. Still fishing inside from 8 feet on the riggers to 40. Silver red Gibbs gator on five colour cores and the 8 foot rigger, same diver info as last week, riggers in the top 40 fow. Flashers and more flashers, working great. Steelhead from 6 to 16LBS. Salmon from 3 to 18 LBS. Surface in the high 50's now, down temp good.

June 19th 2005: Early in the week the surface was 65F, very pleasant. A cold front showed up Thursday, surface dropped to 41F, rain and cold. Lots of flasher fly action. Big fish came on a number 1 diver, 3 set, back 90 feet with a Gibbs flasher and Magna dyne horse fly, 25 LB plus salmon. Right now the barometer is high, I don't like that.

April 24th 2005: The Rainbow Trout run at the Ganaraska River Port Hope fish ladder is over 4,300 plus the small ones that don't get counted. The run appears to almost over so shore fisherman will be fishing drop backs. No reports of any boat traffic yet.

August 23th 2004: Well I'm ending the season early this year, moving a big power boat to Florida by water. Rough water almost everyday. Inshore fishing, your are rolling the dice. Off shore if you can generate lots of hits, good fishing. Steelhead and salmon up to 22LBS. Offshore 22 to 70 on the riggers, ten colour cores with 4 to 6oz weight in 160 to 240 feet of water. No doubt about it the Gibbs Gators in black Illusion and green sparkler, green, white, small highliner flashers with Magnadyne horse flies were the hot baits this year. Some salmon are going up the rivers now. Just as a note this year I averaged 7.14 fish per charter landed by customers.

August 12th 2004: Fishing is still good in 50 to 70 feet of water. Mostly salmon with the odd lake trout, steelhead and brown trout. Surface 60'F , down below it's easy to find 50'F. Black Gibbs Illusion, Highliner flashers, small size in white and green with Horse flies, sage and black silver. Had a couple of 20 hit days but we don't land em all. Biggest salmon this week is 24LBS with small ones and teens. Quite a few double headers.

August 4th 2004: The steady east wind finally warmed up the water down below to high 60'F. Had to go off shore fishing for strays for a couple of days. Saturday it rained for 26 hrs. No fishing but the cool water came back. In 60 to 100 feet no problem finding 50'F and fish. Hits from 45 to 75 on the ball. Still black and green Illusion spoons with some on flashers and dodgers, green sparkler. Not as many fish landed but still some good days with small, teen and 20LB salmon. Biggest this week 27LB.

July 26th 2004: The rough water is here, but the fishing is good. Green and white Highliner flashers with green Horses flies was early in the week. 55 feet over 120, big salmon and small guys. The US boys fished Friday and Saturday 55 to 75 over 85 to 120: Mostly Gibbs black Illusion spooks and some green. They landed 172LBS of salmon in two days topped off with a double header, 22LBS and a big 28.5 LBS salmon. Fish are hitting in the warm water, lots of bait around. Big big waves on Sunday, 8 fish landed, two big ones. Spooks. silver green and a little black Illusion dodger fly. 50 to 80 over 90 to 100 feet. 45 fish landed since the last report.

July 21 2004: Two days unfishable, 29 hours of rain. Friday, 26 and 25LB salmon and a wack of small fish, 65 over 80 feet. Black Illusion and green sparkler. Saturday 45 and 50 foot riggers took 11 fish three big boys. Sunday 19 hits we only landed Three!!! Fish are staying inside 90 feet. Tuesday another banner day, three big salmon and loads of small fish. Still 45 to 60 feet on the riggers. Warm water is moving in, 70 up and 55 on the bottom in 80 feet. The 65/45 and 55 riggers along with 10 colour core 6oz weight today, small guys. Salmon are in the teens most of the week.

July 14th 2004: Fishing has been dynamite, except for Sunday afternoon. Double digit days. Saturday in 60 feet, 35 foot riggers and 10 colour core, lots of small fish and one big salmon. Sunday the group from the Russian embassy had a ball. Five big salmon and small salmon landed. Bait was 60 over 80, 35 and 45 riggers took the hits. These are all temp fish days. Monday and Tuesdays group got a taste of high east winds. With big waves happening, they had a positive attitude we picked away at the fish with mid teens being the biggest caught by Bob, what a character. Down temp was warming up but the fish still hit 30 to 45 on two cores on the riggers and 10 colour clean. Tuesday calm, ah. I checked temp and lowered the gear 20 feet. 50 to 65 riggers, 10 colour core with 6oz working. Another double digit day with five big fish and small ones including a trophy steelhead. Fish hit in 59'F water temp in bait. Biggest salmon this week 27LB, steelhead 14LB. Still spooks with a little bit on the size six gator FOCR(red).

July 9th 2004: Water was rough this week, but the days I could go fishing safely I can only say, holy mother of pearl. Fishing was spectacular this week. Surface temp 60's, 50 down 50'F. I am fishing in close 60 to 80 FOW. The two colour cores on the riggers, wire and divers working. Two colour cores set at 40 to 50 feet, wire dodger 10 to 15 passes, number one fireline diver on a two set 150 feet out. Black and green Illusions with a glow ladder and the same dodger as last week. Today three double headers, all big salmon. I hope it doesn't get sunny.

July 3rd 2004: What a great week of fishing. Surface temp low to mid 40'sF. I have been fishing inside, 50 to 70 feet. You don't see what you mark and what you see you can't catch. Salmon are either small or 20LBS, biggest this week 24LBS. Rigger mono rod action is slim but the cores, 10 colour clean, the fireline dipsey and wire rod are working. Diver - 3 set, 90 to 130 out. Wire - 3 to 5 passes on a charter special, 16oz ball. Cores- 10 colour's no weight. Fish are hitting 25 to 40 feet. Best lures- silver Gator with orange on the belly. Silver blue Gibbs size 0 dodger with a silver blue Magna Dyne horsefly, black illusion Gator size 5 and 6 with a glow ladder(spook) There has been lots of current, I still keep the speed high, 2.9 at the ball, up to 3.0 GPS speed. The odd lake trout and steelhead each day, mostly salmon.

September 2 2003: Well here it is again, the season has ended for boats. Fish are starting to show up in the rivers,casting and row bags. I had several groups get sea sick in the last couple of weeks as well as weather cancellations. The inside fishing was great as long as the day was cloudy. Off shore 25 to 75 on the ball. Gibbs dodgers, white and black worked as well as spoons inside. Silver green, black Illusion still getting the action. Most fish landed this season is a tie between Steff and Richards group both banner days. Largest Salmon 28LBS on a Gibbs silver green, steelhead 16LBS on a Gibbs fire tiger off the outriggers(Fran's fish). Someday's we landed lots, other days a few, that's fishing. Someday's I am a hero, other days I'm not. As far as fishing line goes, pick up the new Rapala 25LB tough green line, it rocks.

August 18 2003: The east wind finally scattered the fish. Spent about a week off shore, if I hit the right spot 15 plus hits, if not ho hum fishing. North wind cooled the water about the 12th. Inside the 100 is still hit and miss. Same thing, on the right days 15 plus hits. Still black and silver and greens are catching. Fish 3 to 26LBS. Salmon ,steelhead, some browns and even sheephead.The good days we landed 10 fish.

August 5 2003: Up to and including Saturday fishing has been good to GREAT. Still inside 100 fow 50 to 90 on the riggers. Small fish to 19LBS. An east wind brought in warm water down below then fishing started to slow . I will be offshore if things do not change. Still green spoons, any green, cheery pie, gibbs dodgers. Surface is now 72F, 60F down 90 feet.

July 27 2003: It's Sunday and a big squall is happening, I had to send today's group home. Monday for sure the fish were moving out, seven colour core and riggers to 70 feet worked. One teen fish and some small ones landed. As for for Tuesday to Thursday a bonanza of fish to 28IBS. Wire is off duty for now and the cores produced 16 fish on those days. A couple of 14 fish days .Friday and Saturday 30 hits, sounds good, not many landed though. We did manage a great 16IB steelhead off the core. Depth at present 80 to 100 fow, riggers 46 to 90, cores ten colour's 6 and 8 OZ weights.Lures- Gibbs gator silver green on the cores, black Illusion, witch, brass. Surface temp 65F, fish hitting 51 to 55F. So far the cores have landed 23 fish, wire rig 15.

July 20 2003: Most of the week the fish were under 12IBS. Lures and depth has not changed yet, see July 12 report. Saturday and Sunday a new group of fish showed up. Teen fish on Saturday, five of them and some small ones, 14 hits. Sunday a very pleasant blonde gal landed a 27LB salmon. Total today 27LB, 24LB two teens and a couple a small fish. No doubt about it the wire, diver and cores are out fishing the riggers at present. Silver green is starting to put fish in the net. I did see the water starting to warm today, this may mean a new plan probably to deeper water.

July 12 2003: It's Saturday and the second day of big winds, to big to fish. The water is still mid 40F,but on cloudy days fishing is good. Diver rod.80 Feet out,O dipsey on a two setting, riggers down to 40 feet and the best rig still is 70 feet of steel,16oz ball with a Gibbs sliver blue dodger/fly. I am staying in 40 to 80 fow. Lures/spook{black Illusion with a glow ladder}, fire tiger, silver blue at times. Some small salmon showing up, the majority are around 20LBS.

July 5th 2003: First off I would like to say we are not putting lots of fish in the boat yet, You have to spend lots of time in the water right now. Surface temp is not bad, high 50F to 60F, but 10 feet down is 41F. Spoon action is one offs. The white pearl dodger/green fly is working for Lake trout, 70feet of steel-16oz lead, blue dodger blue fly for salmon. Bait is pinned to the surface, hits coming from 15 to 55 feet on the inside water. I'm using size zero Gibbs dodgers, magnadyne fly's and 25LB test Rapala line on the reels. The rapala line is holding up great to the dodger action. My boat speed on the ball-2.8 is fine, over that, dodger spin. Big fish this week 19 and 24LB salmon.

Sept 2nd 2002: Great weather for sailing(windy and bumpy)river fishing is hot at times, the usual cleos, Gibbs Crocs, rattling baits and egg sinkers on bottom. Best bet for boat fishing is off shore for steelhead and next year salmon.It was a good year with the Outrigger/lead core set up, I know this will bring lots of action in the June Steelhead fishing. Outriggers produced 33 fish this year with the biggest steelhead at 15LBS and Salmon at 27LBS. Lures that worked on the cores were. Gibbs Gator Size six Firetiger, size five Black Illusion with green or glow stripes and of coarse cherry pie. If you need info on a core line rig, drop me an e-mail and I will help you out with the technical stuff.

August 25th 2002: The outside water(240) is about the same, fishing a little bit deeper. I spent a couple of days on the staging fish, the shore fishermen are catching more than the boats. A little action on the Gibbs dodger/fly and a buddy is using a Gibbs Clendon Stewart/cut bait. The last couple of days I fished 90 to 115 down in 130 feet of water. Lots of pops with small silvers and fish up to 18LBs. Temp there is 71 surface, 60 down 90/51 down 115.

August 18th 2002: The offshore fishing is about the same. Thursday was a heavy rain day. Inshore temp 70 surface, 55' down 70 feet. Mixed catches of Big and small salmon, one brown and lake trout. The salmon are in the stage mode. Gibbs dodgers and a fly popped on the ten colour core with 4oz on the 40 over 50 rod. Black Illusion for the lake trout.

August 11th 2002: Monday I started off in 40 feet. Thirty down was working, then later 60 over 60 and ten colour cores with six ounces. Fish from seven to 20LBS. Tuesday, too much wind. Next two days awful. Friday to Sunday I went fishing 240 to 270 feet. The 33/45/55 riggers working well, ten colour cores with 4 ounces. Mostly Steelhead, great sizes up to 14ILBS and one salmon landed 25LBS. Sunday we dropped two good salmon but landed the steelhead. 50' down 50 feet, surface 71'F. Best lures- Gibbs size six fire tiger on the cores, cherry pie, glow green, blue Illusion, black Illusion, red Illusion. In three days offshore we hooked up 25 fish, landing 17. Only a couple under ten LBS .There is good fish in close, but the hooked tail flea is too much to deal with. There are some open dates this month, call me on the 800 line.

August 4th 2002: The week started off great, no changes. Monday the twin lead cores fired off six silvers on 6 and 8oz weight full core. the 60 over 80 rigger put in a 20LB salmon. Tuesday we left in big water, it got bigger. Water temp was rolling with the SW wind. All hits came at 45 over 120, hard to land big boys in six foot waves. Next three days 55 down in cold water,46'f, brought in a few fish, not to many. Saturday 30 over 40 early, Sunday 37 foot rigger, and 6oz full core over 90 feet. Looks like the small east wind is bringing back the temp and bait.

July 28th 2002: The Big fish are back. Monday was thunder and rain, no fishing. The rest of the week was rough!! Surface temp pushing 70', down temp swirling around, 80 down, 50'-56'. Fish are hitting 55 to 100 down. the best 85' down. The ten colour core/outrigger with 8oz weight is really getting a workout. Friday and saturday were great, small ones and big ones, lots. Small silvers to a 27LB salmon have hit the cores. Best lures this week are the Gibbs size six cherry pie and the Black Illusion with a green stripe on the core. Big fish this week-27LB salmon/16LB coho/14LB steelhead. Today was the slowest day this week, we had to come in early because of a thunder storm.

July 21st 2002: The big fish were here at the beginning of the week, not many landed. Mid week, 60 foot of water all the fish landed were under 10lbs. Friday was a 3.3 mph day, fish small but lots of them, biggest 8LBs. Sunday the water is warming, 70 on the surface, 50 down 95. Today I fished the 100 foot contour line. The coreline, outrigger setup, 10 colour's, 8oz weight turned an 11 and 17 LB salmon, 55 rigger was steelhead, lots of pops at 82 and 95 no hook ups. The best lure this week is the black gibbs Illusion. I have taped some with glow, silver, lazer ladders.

July14th 2002: It's Sunday and my group from Ottawa did not show up. To bad, weather is great and the radio chatter was good. If they had called I could of put another group on today. Five salmon over 20LBs this week, biggest 25 and some small ones and lake trout. We are not getting lots of fish. Surface temp 60'F, 50'on the bottom in 60 feet. There is lots of bait in close, each day I give them a try. South wind is blowing 5 knots, that should move the action out and down, we'll see. No trick lures this week, the usual. Salmon hit 35 over 90 to 100 over 120: best 55 to 70:

July 9th 2002: First part of the week, normal temp and action. Then north winds came and the surface dropped to 47'F. Fish hit from 15 to 65 feet, salmon. Monday 60' water just off shore. The morning charter was just pops no fish landed(the fish were playing euchre)By afternoon 65 ' water was the ticket. Hits came from 36 to 85 over 130'. Down at 35' was 44', 42'at 85'. It was a CPR day(catch photo release)Biggest fish an 18LB Salmon. Today fog fog fog.

September 5th 2001. Fishing inside has been spotty. Salmon staged early and are in the rivers. Get your shore fishing gear ready, go get them. Outside fishing, the releases are coming 45 to 80 feet, 200 feet on the steel dipsey. Lot's of fish getting away. Gibbs size six, cherry pie, blue leopard, showgirl working.

August 12th 2001. A good week of fishing, 20 to 30lb plus the usual mixed bag. The water cooled by the 11th, inside was a bonanza. All the sizes and fish species. Double headers, double digit days. Not as many big fish this year, they will be bigger next year.

August 5th 2001. Computer failed, reports behind. Until August 2nd the fish stayed deep. The evening charters, when the bait came off the bottom brought steelhead and browns. A reel gear broke one day on a good fish, once we got him slowed down I tied to another rod and landed the fish. The Gibbs Blue Illusion with orange tape on the belly hooked a 17LB Steelhead on the 28th out deep. Mixed size and species in 80 feet of water last part of the week.

July 24th 2001. The first part of last week I was on shore for repairs. The rec. boats reported fishing was good inside 75 to 85 down. By Saturday the steady east wind put the down temp up, 60'F down 120 feet. The bait and target fish were in the warm water making for a slow troll for hits. The 21st was a good day, hits at 40 feet, steelhead, 110 to 120 for Salmon. West wind is blowing now and yesterday 100 down was 52'. Salmon at 55 feet and Lakers at 100. Salmon in the net 17 to 27LBS. The slow troll has been hard for good hookups, lots of fish long line released, some close enough to see the whites of their eyes. Today the waves were sporty at first, then quickly turned poopy. We left the lake after an hour and cancels the afternoon trip. Assorted spoons, mostly one fish on this, one fish in that. Surface temp a balmy 77'F

July 14th 2001. The inside waters stayed stable today even with a north wind. Surface 52' down temp at 40 feet 46 to 50'. A dozen hits with seven hookups. Salmon, 26LBs, three in the high teens and three small ones including one steelie. I have charters for the next 29 days, reports will come every day or so. The 22/30/40 riggers and a free sliding slider on the 40 ball was the good set. Water depth fished, 40 to 60 feet. Gibbs gators size 5 in orange crush/black illusion strawberry ladder back, size six fire tiger.

July 10th 2001. There was an early bite, I was on shore waiting for my party. I looked inside, then out to mid water. Surface 53'F 49 down 40 feet. Wind west. Three steelhead for six hits, average size. The 22 foot rigger and the 68/100 foot dipseys, blue Illusion hot glow pink/sun and sea.

July 7th 2001. Fog, rough weather during the week. Saturday I started off inside, 2 hits. It sounded as everyone had an early bite. I lifted and ran to where I was Monday. Inside water mid 40F. Mid water 51'F. Rods set 25 to 45 feet, down temp ran 44 to 49. Ball speed the usual 2.9 mph. We had 8 hits landing 5. Our best fish a salmon 20LBS. and the steelie 13lb. Lures were Gibbs Gator spoons, modified. Blue Illusion with orange crush on the belly, Blue Illusion with pink glow, Chartreuse Illusion with green lazer glow.

July 2nd 2001. Friday what action there was, 50 to 60 feet down in the inside waters. Surface temp 69' down temp 50'. Saturday afternoon, too rough!! Sunday the surface was 56' fish hitting top 40 feet, and everybody was catching, but, an early morning Gale!!! rolled the lake over. Monday when I left the harbour I was met with 44' surface temp. I tried 30 feet no hits, I lifted and ran out over 200'. Surface 50' 30 feet down 46'. Some fish hit out there. The waves where big big. I did have a flasher/lure take a steelie, I will continue to play with set ups until I find the summer rigging. Steel line soon, when the water warms and the fishing in not too close to other anglers.

June 26th 2001. Spent one day inside, a handful of hits but nobody home. Next two days out deeper. Catches where small. The board setup, dipsey, 20/30 foot riggers worked a little. 61' surface, 46' down 50 feet. Lures, Gibbs Gators, spook. red illusion, showgirl, orange crush.

June 23rd 2001. Well, the wives tales come true again. We hooked up two good Salmon today, but after a short battle they were gone. The Steelhead that hit were landed. Today's setup, five riggers set 25 to 50 feet, O dipsey 120 back on a 3 setting, mini dipsey on the board 100 feet from the clip. Surface temp 57', on the down ball 46' Ball speed 2.4 to 2.9. Lures of bright colours, five of diamonds, orange crush, cherry pie, red Illusion. There was some Salmon caught locally. Water depth 80 to 180 feet.

June 19th 2001. I had to cancel today's charter, 40 knot winds from the west. West wind moves the inshore water of the north shore of Lake Ontario south. On the bright side, the flowers are in bloom and the harbour is full of carp showing themselves. These are good signs of the fishing to come, if you believe in wives tales. I have trips on the weekend, watch for the report on Monday or so, hopefully with the word Salmon mentioned.

JUNE 15th 2001. The season is just starting, little bit of Lake Trout action inside. Outside 200 feet today, the dipsey on a three setting back 100 feet and the 30 foot riggers hit some Steelhead. It was great seeing the high flyer out of the water with the dipsey coming along for the ride. Air temp 90' F, surface 59'F, 47' at 40 feet down. Ball speed 2.9 mph. Gibbs size 5 assorted silver/colour.

July 1st 2000. A late start this year due to a knee injury. Big storms, wind, wild current we have had it all the last few weeks. Finally on July 1st. calm conditions. The water temp rose to 58' F during the day, great temp down below, 50' at 60 feet. I have yet to develop a favorite spoon. Bait was here and there, multiple hits came from 25 to 72 feet down, but not one fish landed. I hope I do not have another day like that!!!

July 7th 2000. Fog early in the week caused charter cancellations. Temperature conditions are stable, 60' surface 50' at 60 feet. Salmon are hitting but Lake Trout are hiding. Saturday had some interesting problems. The day started off with a gentle North East breeze. Lots of fish were marking but no hits. Later the wind started to blow West at 20 knots and things came alive. Fishing structure called the slot, a narrow trough big enough for two boats and half a mile long made the day. It starts at 90 feet and runs right up to 50 at the end. Our first fish hit at 68 feet and tangled Three other rods. Bending over cutting lines, hoping they where the right ones, the fish weighed in at 25 LBS. Three more passes brought two more 20 lb. salmon and a brown trout. Depths are still the same for action, 30, 50, and 70 feet. Gibbs sun and sea size six is starting to work as well as a silver spoon with green and orange tape on it.

July 16th 2000.The big Salmon are still around. Fishing stayed the same as last week until Saturday. Friday a huge cold front rolled in. Saturday and Sunday I started off in close looking for feeding salmon, it paid off both days. Later Saturday I stayed on top of bait for hours waiting for the bite. The water temp at 80' warmed up to 59' F and the fish got active. We did not fill the boat but fun was had by all. Our best fish were 30 LBS 26 and 22, Salmon. Sunday was different. One fish early in close, 31 Lbs and off to 110 feet I went. Warm water forced me to fish just above the bait, 80' and 90' on the cannon balls. We had salmon of various sizes and my 22' rigger turned small rainbow trout, a great day. Still the best lures are Gibbs Sun and Sea, FOCR size 5 and 6.

July 23rd 2000. Big waves this week put extra pressure on anglers, The first part of the week fish were down 80 to 90 feet. There was lots of hook ups. Friday morning was perfect. I took of couple of gals out, one was 83 years old. Her fish was 14LBS. of line burning salmon, her daughters 23. We even had a Great! picnic lunch. Thanks Girls. Saturday the fish moved in and hits came from 18 to 85 feet over 90. A fine Coho hit the net. Sunday I had visitors from Sweden. The one young boy Caught a 20LB Salmon, I know they had fun.

July 30th 2000. This week had so many different changes! Monday was all up top hits, 20 to 40 feet over 60 to 100. Lots of slider hook ups. Tuesday to Thursday I spent most of my time in 50 feet of water. The action was wonderful even with 65' degrees on the bottom. Friday the fishing was moving out, 65 feet. Saturday and Sunday 120 feet down deep. Two 30's hit the net this week, biggest 35. To many 20LB Salmon to count. East wind has loaded up lots of warm water. Surface is 70 down 100 feet is high 50's

August 7th 2000. Big waves most of the week, I think there was two calm days. Monday 120 to 135 down, 42'F. By Wednesday 95 down in 100, 52'F. Thursday to Saturday 75 feet down 48 to 55'F. Sunday and Monday 42 to 55 feet in close. That's what wind does. I still cannot find the lure, someday I think I do but tomorrow Something different. Five 27LB salmon, sixteen salmon 12 to 24LBS, some small ones, Lots of Lake Trout and a Brown. A great week of fishing. The best day was Monday. Ten fish, Six salmon all good size, Three Lake Trout and I caught a Small one. The three lads let the captain bring in a salmon!!

August 18th 2000. In shallow one day, out to 100 feet the next has been the plan lately. As long as the near shore water temperature is 54' to 59' the action is good. Several days of double headers, lots of hits and sizes, species of all sorts, and the best fish, a 15LB. Brown trout. Blue Gibbs Illusion with some strawberry tape is working well. A couple of days we had huge I mean Big waves, the catches where small those days and everybody was trying hard. Thursday the 17th was a good day, we boated small salmon, a mid sized salmon and a good number of Lake trout. The best fishing was in 40 Feet with balls at 18 and 31 feet. I believe we are in the staging part of the season now. Saturday if the weather permits I am going out to 300 Feet to check out the Steelhead action.

August 25th 2000. I never made it out of 40 feet Saturday once I saw surface temperature of low 50's. It has been a Lake Trout bonanza with the odd Salmon and Steelhead thrown in for a surprise. Saturday Sunday and Monday, fishing in 30 to 70 feet of water brought 77 fish on, 47 hit the net. Double and triple headers each day. Lots of the Lake Trout where successfully released. Monday was the slowest day as warm water started to drift in. The surface temp rose from late 50's to mid 60's. Sunday was a speed up day, fish hit on turns. Tuesday we fished in the 100 foot area landing seven fish. A nice sized salmon, some smaller ones and a bonus Steelhead. Hits that day came from 22 to 72 feet on the ball. There was lots of active fish around the bait sitting in 50' water. Wednesday a very brisk wind loaded warm water down below, another change. We only had one hit in the first hour and we all agreed the waves were to big for a nice fishing day and went back to the dock. Even I was happy to stand on shore.

September 9th 2000. Well the season is over now, salmon are in the rivers and I am about to put the boat away for the winter. From August 25 until September 1st I went for Steelhead. As the week went on I saw the temp as well as our hits come deeper and deeper. At first 45 over 300, five days later 80 over 320. There was no doubt about a thermocline, east wind kept a steady flow of warmer water rolling in. On average 6 to 11 hookups, 5 hit the net, great size, 11 to 14LBS. Bright color on the lures, Gibbs Tiger Melon, Show girl, Fire tiger and a big silver Clendon spoon did the job. My last few trips I worked the 100ft area as cool water came with great success. This was a year of changing water temp, very important to track the prime temp and current. Once again the big fish of the year, A 35LB Chinook salmon was tempted by a Gibbs Gator spoon called Punk Skunk. Book early next year to have some fun, during late June through early September.