Oswego King Blitz In May!

We found quite the treat here in the Port of Oswego the last week or so and that treat was silvery, mean spring kings.

The brown trout fishing had remained excellent along the shoreline, but after picking up a few incidental kings on light line and surface lures, we decided the target salmon specifically aboard the Dixie Dandy.  It sure paid off.

The king bite was furious from start to finish at the beginning of our blitz, but as of late, it's been all about the morning bite.  In true spring king fashion, they have come sporadically in the water column.  Anywhere from 50 feet of water to 130 feet of water, 15 feet below the surface to 60 feet below the surface. 

My most productive lure for the kings has been an A-TOM-MIK Glow Hammer Fly behind Michigan Stinger E-Chips or Dreamweaver Spin Doctor flashers in quite a mixed bag of colors. I've also been taking salmon on Stingray size spoons in patterns like UV Tuxedo, Glow Back Alewife and Natural Born Killer.

Browns are still tucked on the shoreline in 20 feet of water or less as well!  Smithwick rogues in black and silver, blue and silver as well as firetiger off planer boards have been productive, as well as shallow riggers (5 feet down or less) with stinger size spoons in patterns such as Rosemary's Baby (personal favorite BT lure) and Chicken Wing in the muddy water while many of the black and silver spoons like tuxedo and alewife have been productive in the higher visibilty H2O.

I hope that the recent fishing is a foreshadowing of our summer months in Oswego and I am really stoked to find out!  June should be a stellar month for a mixed bag of deep water brown trout as well as our nomadic kings and we still have some killer dates available.  Get out and fish!