Looking Back On Our June

The fast and furious fishing experienced throughout this year's June sure did make it fly by. Now we are slipping in to our transitional period, where our thermocline will set up and concentrate our fish.  As of late, the inshore brown trout bite has been great in the early AM hours, but teeters as the sun rises.  We have still found lots of lake trout and the occasional steelhead offshore as well.  

The brown trout have been pasted to the bottom 20 feet of the water column in 40-70 feet of water, experiment with your presentation using riggers, divers and leadcore to find where you need to focus your efforts that particular day.  I have been catching most of my browns on Michigan Stinger spoons in the Stingray size in colors such as Rosemary's Baby, UV Tuxedo, Mongoose and Yellow Tuxedo in the high sun.

The key to our offshore fishing is finding a break in surface temperature and working that.  Trolling out of Oswego, this means point the bow north and keep an eye on your graph.  An array of lures in the top 50 feet should serve you well, mix in some brighter reds and oranges for your steelhead while keeping the basics out.  I've also kept an attractor with an A-TOM-MIK fly behind it a little deeper in search of the nomadic king.  Glow Hammer or TG are my go-to selections right now.

As July approaches, we can look forward to Lake Ontario showing us how great her king salmon fishery really is.  The Dixie Dandy has some great dates available this month still, don't just read the reports, make one!