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Spring Near Shore Small Boat Fishery

As soon as the ice goes out in the spring the warmest water in Lake Ontario is found close to shore and the Football browns will be in the warmest water that they can find which is also close to the shore.

Small Boat fishing

During the spring this near shore fishery is especially suited to the small boat angler. Who armed with a couple of rods and reels can troll stick baits and spoons for browns from the shore line out to the 20 foot depths. Fishing very early or late in the day or on overcast days will greatly increase his chances for success.

The Oswego county proportion of the lake Ontario shore line has a number of good locations in which to start your search.

You can launch in the Salmon River at one of the Marinas or you can launch your boat at Pine Grove in the Selkirk Shores State Park. From there you can fish along the shore line North or South. To the North you can fish along the sandy shore of Deer Creek Marsh or go to the South and you can fish along the rock rubble of the state park and the mouth of the Grindstone Creek.

Another good launching site is the Mexico Point State Boat Launch and from there you can troll in front of the Little Salmon river. If you troll Northeast from Mexico Point you can work the mouths of Sage and Snake creeks and if you troll to the West you can fish the Butterfly and Catfish Creek Areas. If the weather permits and you keep an eye out for bad weather you can troll Westerly all the way to the High Rocks and Nine Mile Point. There are white buoys around the restricted areas at the Nine Mile Point power plants and you must stay outside of those buoys. These areas are all in Mexico Bay

If you would like to fish west of Nine Mile Point you can Launch in Oswego at Wrights Landing and from Oswego you have lots of options. You can troll west to Nine Mile Point past Whine Creek, Four Mile Point and Bay Shore or you can stay close to the river and troll in and around the harbor. Which is really nice when it is rough on the lake you can save your trip by being able to fish in side the Oswego harbor.

Early Spring Baits

My number one choice for early spring fishing is to troll stick baits one hundred feet back behind the boat. I like to use lures such as #11 rapalas in black/silver, silver/blue, rainbow, Gold/orange with white bellies,

Smithwick’s in black/silver with white or red bellies, silver /blue, Firetiger, and Thunder Stick Jrs, which are a little smaller than Rapalas and Smithwicks, in the same color combinations.

Spring time is the best time of year for someone with a small boat and limited equipment to safely venture out onto Lake Ontario and that is when they have the best chance of catching fish.

For Information on Charter Fishing Lake Ontario Contact us at

Lucky Dutchman Charters/ Feeder Creek Lodge 390 Valley Rd. Pulaski, NY 13142

(800)368-4467 0r (315)298-4467 or cell phone (315)402-9556

e-mail luckydutch@earthlink.net

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