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Subject: Re: Lake Ontario King Salmon


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Jim
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Date Posted: 07:15:56 02/06/02 Wed
In reply to: King Davy 's message, "Lake Ontario King Salmon" on 05:51:40 02/05/02 Tue
 Great post man. I have to agree that most people don't have a clue how to fish for kings. That includes most of the guides that I've seen. Why anybody would go out and fish for a 30lb fish that has stuffed itself on baitfish it's entire life, and then tie on a size 12 estaz fly is beyond me. Don't get me wrong, I have seen a few fish bite them, but your wasting your time with those trash flies if it is true biters your looking for. I fished Oak Orchard this fall in mid November(targeting browns). There were probably 30 or so spawned out kings in most of the holes. You should have seen them chasing down wooly buggers and streamers and BITING them. I'm not talking about the "salmon river DSR,line'em up, he's hooked right in the outside corner" type of bites either. I was stripping the fly slowly with no weight about 3 inches below the surface(water was LOW and clear) and watched them all chase it 3 to 8 feet before opening up and grabbing it. These fish were nasty too, all they had left to do was die. After hooking a few of them I started letting them spit the fly because I didn't want to have to deal with taking them off.Probably had 30 moldy kings and several moldy cohos bite that week(caught lots of fresh coho at burt dam).With all those bites stripping the fly, only one took it on a dead drift. My conclusion is that they prefer something swimming like the baitfish that grew them that big, rather than something drifted. Although I have had lots of luck drifting skein too, but not so much luck with the artificial egg patterns. I think that has something to do with scent. As for the salmon river and the leader laws, it doesn't really matter too me. After going there several years I have found it to be the most over rated river in the world. There are just too many lead chuckers there to get any fish to bite. They can make all the laws they want, but the worst thing going on in that river is chuck N duck. Without a doubt the most effective snagging tool ever invented, because the goofs actually think they are fishing. I guess it's all ok though, there going to die anyway.
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