Conference wahoo::fishing

    
    Went up last weekend. We got 5 Saturday and 9 Sunday. Six keepers
    from 15 to 20 inches. We fished out of Governers Island trolling
    with streamers. We had some ice sat but was all gone by sunday.
    We'll be going up again fri and sat.
    

    I went up to Alton Bay Sunday. We had a few strikes but didn't land
    anything. We did see other people pulling salmon out. The majority
    are being caught on live bait and some are being caught on flies,
    the grey and black ghost. 
    Mike

    I went to Alton Bay Saturday  and  Sunday.   I  caught  a  14.5"
    salmon Saturday and a 17" one on Sunday on a rapala.

    Keith

    Anyone care to offer some tips on trolling for salmon.  I'll be
    heading up to Winni tomorrow to give it a shot, for the first time.
    
    Don Mac

    Paul Kukonen out of Worster Mass. tied the flies for the couple
    that placed 1 and 2 in the Winni Derby last year and also happenned
    to tie the fly and taught the guy how to troll that won the previous
    year. Consider the enormous odds. (If Paul is telling the truth
    of course..)
    Pauls fly...  Tandem grey ghost; a double wire to secure the rear
    hook, three transparent saddle hackles (as oposed to the opaque
    ones) and real (not imitation) polar bear.  It may look more like
    a smelt than a smelt.  That's the secret to their success.  If you
    have confidence in what you are doing one tends to do better.
    
    As for technique, that's for someone else. I have no experience.
    tight lines
    John

    I have good luck trolling with leadcore and about 20' of 6-8lb
    test Stren leader and like a medium copper Mooselook wobbler.
    Troll slow, but not so slow that they lure has no action.  Leadcore
    does not always give you enough weight to get the lure as deep as
    you might like, so I add some split shot weight at the top of the
    leader to get it down.  I troll 2-3 colors in the spring and go
    deep after mid-late June.  Sometime in the spring (May) I just troll
    with my spinning outfit with monofilament only, but I'll have to
    add weight to the line, since the lure will come to the surface
    when trolling.
    
    Make wide sweeping turns to keep the line from slacking and getting
    the lure hung up on the bottom.  You see lots of guy take short
    turns, their pole will bend and jump and they'll think "they got
    a big one" on the line.  All the got is the bottom!  I've also had
    good luck trolling with a medium size Phoebe.
    
    --Chris

    Well, I finally made it out yesterday (4/18).  By the time I arrived
    at around 11:00 am everyone said that "I should have been there
    earlier!"  It seems that the Landlocks were on the surface and hitting
    right after daybreak in the channel between Governor's Island and
    the mainland.  Most boats had fish.  I trolled with two colors of
    leadcore, and also with a flat line off my old flyrod using a #4
    Gray Ghost on the flyrod and a tandem Red Ghost on the leadcore.
    ABSOLUTLEY NO HITS until about 2:00 pm.  
    
    I left the Governor's Island bays and traveled the shoreline towards
    Alton Bay.  Just north of Elacoya Park about one mile I picked up
    a small salmon on my surface rod.  Continuing on, I had no hits
    so turned around back towards the area where I picked up the first
    fish.  BINGO!... fish number two!  I stayed in this small area about
    100 yards off shore and managed to boat six fish all together...
    all on my flyrod with the flat line.  They ran 14-20 inches with
    the largest keeping me busy for quite awhile.
    
    I left the area and continued trolling all the way back to my put-in
    point (about 4 miles) without another hit.  The put-in is a small
    area on the right hand side of the road just before you get to the
    Governor's Island bridge.  It's good for canoes and small trailered
    boats (and no fees!).  Let me know if you try the area, and how
    is your luck.
    
    -Neal
    

    
    We were up Fri and Sat. Stayed until 1:30 on Fri and only took one
    home about 20" the other ones were about 14". Sat was much better.
    Made one pass from Gov. island out to the other island and we were
    going home around 9:45 with 8 under our belt and 4 on the stringer
    from 15 to 20+. The weekend before we boated 14 and kept 5. We'll
    be going up and give it one more shot this weekend.
    

    DOES ANY OF YOU FISHERMEN PLAN ON ENTERING THE WINNI DERBY?
    THE DATE IS MAY 15TH, 16TH, AND 17TH.
    
                                                       GOOD LUCK
                                                         MIKE

    Can anyone tell me the date of this years winni derby ?
    Thanks in advance,
    			Marty
    

Winni Derby is May 13-15.

Pawtuckaway Open is May 15.