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No skunking but no patterns except only random hungry fish were high in the water column…. Top 40’ over 150-190fow 3ish for 3 4lb king on dirty white boy on 150 steel 5lb bow on nbk on 150 steel prop wash release of another smaller silver fish on green/silver spoon off rigger 40 over 150ish some deep marks down 110-130 some streakers enough marks to keep us going but slow overall

Look under the “tackle and techniques” section for legacy’s post “for the love of copper”. It lists reel size with copper and backing lengths. Good reference!

Agreed times change! Fished my first ESLO in the late 70s with my dad and his buddies from a 25’ sailboat holding Mitchell 300s with our hands. Caught 2lbs cohos lakers and browns off Charlotte and thought it was awesome!!! the derbies were late April and 4 days only. Used to get to skip school and we would dock our 17’ at shummway during college we almost won the brown division for a Grumman boat out of sandy creek then a year or so later out of Braddocks weighed in a rainbow for the board (almost got in a fight at the weigh in with an obnoxious guy from another boat). My 86 yr old dad still recalls that as the guy was big but I was young and ripped! The memories!!!! I will admit to fishing Wilson the last 2 spring derbies for a long weekend but missed this year (lucky to save my $$$) last year was on fire May to July so this year we pay the price. now those 2lb fish don’t even get netted and the only fish we typically keep are 8-15lb kings for a nice fillet! still love it just Learning to adjust!

Many years ago I may have done a thesis project analyzing the mirex and other contamination levels in salmon as a time point for a study starting in the 70s. While levels were still present they were decreasing with time. This was before the zebra mussel era so I am sure more changes have happened. To do the studies there was a “standard fillet process” for consistency. Either way my take home over the years has been I eat salmon first (lower fat levels and shorter lived) then rainbows if they can’t be revived and I skip browns and lakers again unless they can’t be revived. To add I spent many years in bio tech and food ingredient quality and I will say I am going to die of cancer from many other things our society has done to make things cheaper tastier and less nutritious than the salmon from lake O I eat once or twice a month!

Yep crazy this morning off hamlin Been fishing not all the time catching on the lake for 45 years and I’ve never seen this! dumb stupid crazy insane fishing is fine with me!