Fair Haven Steelhead 6/17

[Billy V]

Jay and I left Shawns Marina at 5:30am today and ran a bit West and set up in 125FOW. We trolled all the way out to 350FOW without so much as a mark on the screen. Heard from Jenny Too that they had found some marks back in 170FOW, so we trolled back in and a bit further East. We didn't see the marks they were seeing so we kept trolling in. We were just about straight out front in 135FOW when I decided to go to the back of the boat and change a few things. I put a NK M-80 Die Hard down 75 ft. on the starboard rigger just for fun and began to set up the port rigger when Jay says' "First mark of the day! 70 ft. down!!" I look back over my shoulder to see the mark, and as I turn back around to finish setting up, I see this chrome bad boy come flying out of the water:

The fish jumped 7 or 8 times before I was able to land it. We found a few more marks in that area and worked them pretty hard to no avail. We fished until noon before pulling it up and heading in. We found water temps to be very warm. Inside we had 55-58 degree water down 90 ft, and outside of 250FOW we had 51-52 degree water down 100 ft.

[GLF]

Thanks for the report Bill. Is the thermocline setting up on Lake Ontario?

[Billy V]

Not quite yet, although some kings have been taken on evening trips in the past week. I'll be out this weekend and will post a report.