Port Dalhousie April 21st

[Aaron Shirley]

I had a friend Glen out on Monday for some spring trolling on Lake Ontario. We caught a lot of fish and had a blast! We couldn't keep the lake trout off our lures, and we also got some great brown trout, coho and chinook salmon. A few double headers had us busy as well. We had an incredible day with a mix of sun and cloud, warm temps and calm water. I absolutely love it!

We launched at Port Dalhousie on the south shore and fished stained water from 20-feet to 40-feet in depth. We thought about going in tight for brown trout, but we were getting browns where we were fishing anyway, so we stayed a bit deeper hoping for kings. We only got 2 chinook in a double header, but the lake trout and browns kept us busy. The best water temps we found were 43F. The colder clearer water was not productive. The stained warmer water was full of fish from top to bottom.

Four-inch Shoehorn spoons did the most bites off divers, although we did get some fish off mono and stickbaits with inline Church planer baords. We let out approximately 120-feet with a deep diving lure such as a Reef Runner and Storm Thunderstick, then clipped on the board and let out another 250-feet. We got most of our fish off the Shoehorn spoons in yellow/green colours. Our best speeds were roughly 2.4mph.

























Good fishing!

Aaron

[SpoonPullers.com]

[meegs]

Nnicely done guys! First lake o salmon ive seen this year! Good job!

[drjoe]

Thanks for great pics and info !

[BillM]

Finally a good report!  Nice job Aaron!!!   

[rau]

Nice to see a good mix...Thx

[fishnsled]

Awesome mixed bag, nicely done!!

[BlueKnight]

Thanks for the info Aaron. I'll see you on the 3rd. Oh! I've got a 100ft of rope that'll attach to the stern of your boat LOL!