Janderson45 Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 Hey everyone- I'm planning a trip with my father in the coming months and we're looking into fishing Lake Ontario on the New York side, likely out of the Oswego area. I've done some google searches and have come across some charters that do salmon/trout/bass depending on the time of year and client preferences.. But I was kind of assuming someone on here might have some more insider info. Basically looking to make a trip to Lake Ontario for 2 or 3 days and have a few good days of fishing out there. I am quite interested in the trout/salmon fishery in the area but I also like the idea of bass and pike. For a couple of guys with no experience in the area, what is the best way to go about planning this trip? Cost effective? What's the best time of year to go? I realize that's heavily depended on what type of fishing you're looking to do obviously... Initially I was looking into April/May as I figured the cold water fishing would be best shortly after ice-out, but after doing some research it appears that's not necessarily the case.. Ideally id love to do some fishing that wasn't trolling.. But if that really is the best way to land good fish early in the season I'm still open to it.. I just prefer to be more involved in the fish catching process than watching a guide rig up an 8' trolling rod, taking a taxi ride around the lake and then horsing the fish in when a rod goes down.. We wont be bringing a boat, so any fishing we do will have to be off a rented boat or charter boat. Ideally I'd like to have two different days targeting two different species, not sure of the best way to go about this. Interesting in fishing for any of the following: chinook, coho, brown trout, lake trout, northern pike, muskellunge and smallmouth bass. Anyone have any thoughts? What's the best way to fish this beast? I'm open to anything really just looking to have a good time with pops and catch some cool fish. any help is appreciated! Quote
Super User Felix77 Posted January 30, 2016 Super User Posted January 30, 2016 My friend Corey Palmer does charters out of there. His information is on his website. Slam dem smallies. ? http://www.palmerfishingcharters.com/ 1 Quote
OntarioFishingGuy Posted January 31, 2016 Posted January 31, 2016 Smallies are your best bet if you don't want to troll. If you are open to fishing the tributaries as well, you could get a guided steelhead trip. The Niagara river is a really spectacular place to fish, and holds some very nice trout in the spring. The only thing is that you would need to charter a boat, the river is too dangerous to navigate without experience. Chinook and coho are really only caught in spring by trolling. You can jig for them too but I don't know if any guides are doing that. 1 Quote
Janderson45 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Posted February 10, 2016 On January 30, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Felix77 said: My friend Corey Palmer does charters out of there. His information is on his website. Slam dem smallies. ? http://www.palmerfishingcharters.com/ Ended up booking a pike/walleye outting with Corey at the end of May, along with a trout/salmon charter on Ontario for the same weekend. Thanks for pointing me in his direction! Hopefully it'll be a good weekend (memorial day weekend) 1 Quote
Super User Felix77 Posted February 10, 2016 Super User Posted February 10, 2016 4 minutes ago, Janderson45 said: Ended up booking a pike/walleye outting with Corey at the end of May, along with a trout/salmon charter on Ontario for the same weekend. Thanks for pointing me in his direction! Hopefully it'll be a good weekend (memorial day weekend) Don't forget to post pics. Quote
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