July 5 – The weather is super today. A nice not humid 87 peaking this afternoon and the fish are biting. Most are doing really well. I have some great pictures to share later today. We have seen some nice kings over 20 the last couple of days. Steelhead are biting oranges and kings are enjoying whites and greens. Watermelon pink colors are doing well and meat rigs are the big ticket. Cohos are there but not as plentiful as the last two months. There are a lot of fish just hanging out on the bottom of the lake. Guys are saying due to so many alewives, they are eating all night long, resting during the day and waking up late in the day. At the same time some swear by that early morning bite. This morning I was told the fish didn't start biting until 9:30 am yesterday. Boy, that would be great for me if the fish decided to bite at 9:30 every day. I could sleep in. Ha, just dreaming again. We have seen a few that say they aren’t having luck with just not getting them in the boat. We have been told the ranges are 200 to 500 – so that kind of floats you all over the place. Who really cares as long as you are out there fishing, boating enjoying life. Just have a great time.
I’m not sure what is biting in the harbor today. We will update as soon as we know for sure. Have a great time today!
Wednesday, July 2, What a fantastic day it looks like today. The good part of having a tackle shop is getting to see the amazing Lake Ontario sunrises each day. Fireworks are in Olcott tomorrow night July 3rd. There are some new places to stay if you roll into town. I’ll be listing them all on the lodging link here. The Summer LOC is on until the end of July. Zippy caught his 27 plus king in Canadian water. That is rule number one on the LOC rules. You can fish American and Canadian waters of Lake Ontario. It has always been that way. I think seeing Jack Ozyp with his fish and Toronto in the background is awesome. Those fish on a typical June would normally head over to Canada . They would then head back here and fishing would pick up dramatically in July and August. Let’s hope that is the case.
Fishing has been very strange with some having great days and some not so great. Most everyone has their token orange flasher and coho fly to nab a few cohos. Things seem to be happening mostly in 300 to 450 here, but it is not a heavy duty bite. The bite seems to be later in the day for kings and steelhead. The meal ticket right now is flies. Flies are the hot item and the people catching the bigger kings and steelhead are using them. A few guys say they are catching their fish only on flies. Some on meat.
Olcott harbor is ok for some crappie, bluegill, rock bass, sunfish and whatever wants to bite. The perch are hanging out in the rocks off the piers and most are a decent size. Twelve mile has some decent fishing lately. Plenty of bluegill and some perch. Small rubber baits or crawlers seem to be the hot thing. The line for Byes popcorn last weekend was like Disneyland. Some people waited over 2 hours for their popcorn! Olcott also has a new place. The Olcott lobster company. Have a great day.
