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Subject: It¹s Transition Time! Author: Fish Doctor Charters [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 07:09:05 06/23/01 Sat It¹s Transition Time! Every year, just about now, Lake Ontario becomes a monster for trout and salmon anglers. Gone are the warm water pockets near shore that concentrate baitfish and big browns. Instead, the surface temperature is 60 to 62 degrees shore to shore. The thermocline that forms later on in July concentrating trout and salmon in a narrow, cold water layer has yet to appear. Brown trout, chinooks, steelhead, landlocks, and lakers are feeding agressively, but scatterred hither and yon. Now is the time when we catch some of the largest brown trout we see all year, but it¹s one of the most challenging times of the season to do it. On 6/21/01 we fished two father son teams, and found alewives scattered from the mouth of the Little Salmon River to depths of 175 feet off the Seith Energy plant. It was generally 62 degrees on the surface no matter where we were, and about 54 degrees at 50 feet. Not bad conditions. Fishing was tough, but we did manage to take a couple of lakers up to 12 lbs. 14 oz. suspended at 120 feet over 175 feet of water. Then, at the other extreme, how about a 9 lb. 15 oz. landlock and an 8 lb. brown in 12¹ of water right along shore? Our party from lake George had fished landlocks for many years, and had never seen a trophy landlock that size. If you¹re willing to sort through the smallmouths, you¹ll probably catch some browns inshore this weekend. Don¹t be afraid to fish the larger stickbaits, because the adult alewives from 6-7 inches long are spawning inshore now. With heavy south winds today, a check of the satellite surface temp map showed little or no change in surface water temperature. If you want to see a neat lake weather site, check out This site has cameras located right on the lake, including one at Oswego Harbor. The photos are updated every minute, and give you a birds eye view of the lake surface. Pretty convenient, if you¹re wondering about water conditions. Don¹t forget that Fish Doctor Charters and Captains Ernie and Randy Lantiegne fish 7 days a week, two trips each day. The transition period we¹re in right now is a challenging time to fish, but it¹s one of the best times of the year to catch a real trophy. We still have a few prime dates open, so if you get the itch to go fishing, contact us at or . Check out our web site at See you on the water, Capt. Ernie -- Fish Doctor Charters http://www.fishdoctorcharters.com info@fishdoctorcharters.com [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]