Questions Fishing Lake Ontario

[tltorrice]

After reading all of the fish porn last summer coming from Lake Ontario, my crew and I are planning a trip this summer. We would like to fish Lake Ontario the first week of August. We were thinking the Salmon River area but would be open to any advice we could get. We would like to have a chance to catch one of those Big, Fat, Lake Ontario Salmon. We have never fished this lake. We are familiar with fishing Lake Michigan. Thanks.

Tom Torrice

Tangle Factor

[LongLine]

East end of Big-O is generally warmer than western end during summer. Then the cold water moves basically toward the southern shore in early August. Right after that the salmon key in on their home water. Up till that time the west end of the Lake is still the hot spot. Pt Breeze, Wilson, Olcott & of course the Niagara.

Salmon River probably has the biggest run as the hatchery is there with all the DEC support. It really lights up in Sept. as it’s the most habitat favorable river on Big-O for the Salmon. I don’t fish the East end but I know most of the guys go deep to find them until the fish start staging.

Good Luck

[tltorrice]

Tom,

Thanks for this info. This changes our plans so that we can be more effective. This is a much shorter drive for us as well. We are in the process of making reservations at a campground and are looking forward to fishing the Big O.

[2UNREEL]

Tom, Don't forget to beef up the handles on the cooler for those Monsters! Good Luck!