August 29 2009 The fishing season is over. Best lures for 2009 are the Gibbs Halloween (red and yellow), Cherry Pie and any combination of silver green Michigan Stinger spoons. Salmon are in the rivers. This last week was rough and rainy, not many trips were able to go out. The jet steam is low and storms are coming up the US east coast. Still the best place to fish out of my port this time of year is offshore. Anglers ask - When is the best time? As you can see by the fishing reports pictures, you can have good catches all season long. Some anglers come thinking it happens every day, it does not. Some days we only catch few small fish. The chance for a big catch is there, that's why anglers come to Lake Ontario, but not every day.

August 16 2009 Fishing off shore is great. We are getting 10 to 20 hits a trip now and land what you can. Lures; Gibbs Cherry pie and Halloween, any Michigan Stingers in silver green on the divers. Riggers; 30 to 60 feet, divers, 75 to 200 feet on a three set.

August 7 2009 Hows the fishing? Well it is about like the weather this year. We are catching fish, some days only a few. Same lures as in the fishing reports achives, same place. Today we had a triple hit, two steelhead and a big King, next we had a double, a 30 LB salmon and a steelhead.
A great days catch.

July 28 2009 Mid week the fishing was hot in the inside waters. Started to fish offshore July 28. Riggers cores and divers from 20 to 50 foot zone. Gibbs Cherry pie, Fire Tiger and silver green, Michigan Stingers in silver green. Picture beside from July 28.

July 21 2009 Fishing was great from July 11 to 17. It has now slowed down again. Less fish and not many. Picture beside of a big Rainbow Trout July 18.

July 10 2009 We are not setting the world on fire, but I am catching fish. Water is ice cold, riggers 17 to 50 feet, divers 100 feet on a three set. Spoons; Gibbs Cherry pie and green Illusion, black and silver Stingers with a glow stripe.
Picture beside from July 10.

June 26 2009 Fishing is sporatic. Lots of short bites (fish hit and not landed). Silver green Gibbs Gator spoon, black and silver Michigan Stinger, and multi coloured lures. Numbers of fish landed is lower than last year at this time. Three days of east wind has created this problem as it usually does. Wind has now changed west, I expect fishing to get better gradually. Picture beside from June 26.

August 26 2008 The fishing season is over. Best lures for 2008 are the Gibbs Halloween (red and yellow) and a Michigan Stinger called Red Shanster, I put a strip of yellow on the stinger, see image above. I wish to thank Shan Bissel of Shady Grove Charters, Advance Tackle and Gibbs Nortac fishing tackle for their support. Those of you that fished with me will recognize the modified Red Shanster as a go to spoon for most of the season. Salmon are in the rivers. This last week had a lot of short bites making the landed numbers low. Also days with only a few fish. Picture beside from August 18.

August 17 2008 Monday to Saturday the fishing has been top notch, Sunday slow. Steelhead, Coho and Chinook Salmon is the catch. Riggers 35 to 60 feet, divers on a three set 100 to 150 feet. Picture beside from August 12, in six hours of fishing we had 15 hits landing 10 fish. The group kept four fish and released the others.

August 10 2008 A good week of fishing. Seven Salmon landed above 20 LBS, the rest of the catch is steelhead. 20 to 55 feet has been the catch zone. Silver green is starting to produce each day plus bright spoons.

August 3 2008 Trolling offshore now. Fishing has become more stable. Combinations of yellow chartreuse is hot. Mostly steelhead, some salmon 2LBS to 22IBS. Divers 100 to 150 feet on a three set and riggers above 50. Spoons on the divers. George, the 13 year beside Norm, wrestled that big salmon like a pro.

July 27 2008 We are catching fish every day. Diver/flasher fly is productive. Salmon have settled in between 20 to 25LBS. Largest steelhead is still mid teens. It will soon be time to start trolling offshore.

July 20 2008 Started the week off the same as the last couple of weeks, up high, steelhead and some small Salmon. Three days of hot sun changed the water. 200 foot diver on a three set, white Gibbs flasher with a white Howie fly, Michigan Stinger Monkey shine, my new favorite is a yellow chartreuse, works up high and down deep. Riggers 55 to 70 feet.

July12 2008 Fishing is sporadic!! One day you get the mother load, the next a few fish. Tackle; multi coloured lures, black Gibbs Illusion spooks, black and orange, black and purple, five colour cores and riggers above 50 feet producing. Brown trout, steelhead and Salmon up to 25 LBS.

July 6 2008 Fishing is sporadic!! One day you get the mother load, the next a few fish. Tackle; multi coloured lures, black Gibbs Illusion spooks, five colour cores and riggers above 50 feet producing. More Brown trout and steelhead than Salmon.

June 29 2008 Fishing is GREAT!! Had a couple of fog days that I had to cancel fishing, to many boats coming to the harbour for Canada Day. Surface temperature is mid 50's.. Tackle; multi coloured lures, black Gibbs Illusion spooks, five colour cores and riggers above 40 feet producing. Most days double digit hits and land what you can.

June 23 2008 Numbers of fish landed this week dropped. Surface temperature is mid 40's to mid 50's. Tackle; multi coloured lures, black Gibbs Illusion spooks, five colour cores and riggers above 60 feet producing.

June 10 2008 Fishing is the same as previous years. Surface temperature is mid 50's, below mid 40's. Tackle, multi coloured lures, five colour cores and riggers above 50 feet. Largest Salmon, 21 LBS, caught June 10, largest Steelhead, 9 LBS. Red Shanster by Michigan Stinger starting to produce. No divers or flashers yet.