Lake Ontario Salmon Fishing
Five pounds isn’t cool anymore. You know whats cool? Twenty five pounds.
I woke up early for some salmon fishing. I had plans to hook up with my now friend Kevin who runs a fishing charter on Lake Ontario. I got to the marina about 6:20am a little late as usual and we got straight to business.
In no time we were trolling lures in 100 feet of water in a fully outfitted rig. It was a slow start, we spent an hour or more “rinsing lures” and we were due for some action.
Bang a strike on one of the rods, Game on! I lifted the rod out of the holder and connected to the fish. Right away I knew this was no small fish. It felt like I was hooked into a Volkswagen compared to the fish I catch on the regular.
I was pumped but I was quiet and focused, I didn’t want to lose this fish. He was on one of the rods with light line and way out there. keeping the pressure on him, we had a good battle and I eventually brought the great chinook salmon to the boat. Wow what a thrill! We didn’t weigh it but my guide was experienced enough to say it was at least twenty pounds.
Trolling along in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere I reeled in a couple smaller chinook salmon and had one decent one get off right at the boat. We were now literally talking about pulling our baits out of the water and heading back when a rod off the side of the boat bent over.
We got up excited for another big one, I pulled the rod from its holder and connected up. This one was bigger then the first and I had it on a rod with roller guides and some serious line. I muscled the fish to the boat more confidant then the first and it was a monster chinook salmon my guide said this one was a good twenty five pounds.