Oak Orchard Sun. 7/9 w/pics

[Billy V]

Today I fished with Ken and Brian from Pa. We went out of the Oak at 6:15am and set up out front. We found lots of bait and marks in anywhere from 90-115 FOW, but couldn't get them to go. Most of the marks were 60-70 ft. down. It was definitely shaping up to be a slow day. We finally boated our first fish at about 8:00am. It was a small skipper that came on a Habanero (I think...I lost track of the spoons today for some reason). After that, it was a steady pick of 5-10 lb Juniors until lunchtime as we trolled eastward. Right around noon, we picked up and headed back towards home and set up nearly 2 miles east of the river. We, along with a couple of other boats found lots of bait being worked by the fish. We had a very steady afternoon over that water and finished our day 9 for 10 with 8 Kings and 1 steelie. Biggest fish of the day was approximately 16 lbs. Lures of the day were a green 8" spin doc in front of a Sigg's Rig Holo Hypnotist fly on the wire out 190 on a #2 setting, a purple/black Apex off the rigger down 60', and a purple thunder mupp rig down 70'.

Here's a couple of pics:

Brian with one of the biggest of the day.

A couple of happy campers at the end of the day.

After we were done putting the boat down, I headed to Narby's to pick up a few supplies, and I ran into Matt Siggeman who owns Sigg's Rigs. Matt & I had never met before and I had no idea that he was in the area fishing on his own boat. Meeting him today was pure coincidence. We talked for a while and I told him of our success today with his flys. It's funny that I ran into him when I did, as today was the first time I've run his flys. Nice product. I gave him a few of my Habanero spoons and wished him well. Matt's a very nice guy, and I look forward to seeing him again at the Sodus Pro-Am next week. I hope you had a great few days on Lake Ontario Matt!

After Narby's it was off to Captain's Cove to shop some more. While I was in the store, I met Jax Prelude II. It must've been my day for bumping into people. I gave Jax a few of my spoons as well, and gave him the lowdown on where we were and how we did today. I hope he hits 'em hard tomorrow. Let me know how the spoons worked for you Jax!

Guess that's about it for now. I won't be back out again until Thursday, when I'll be pre-fishing the Pro-Am. I love to share details about what's been working for me, but it'll have to wait until after the Pro-Am!!

Good luck to all who get out this week!

Bill

[GLF]

Nice job Bill! Looks like Brian's finger is bleeding in the top picture.

[Billy V]

Yeah, it was. He whacked it trying to get the hook out of the fish. Hey, if all we have to do is give a little blood for a day like that one, sign me up for a full blood transfusion! I want all the Kings I can get!!

They were great guys to fish with, and I hope to fish with them both again soon.