Charters

THE BEST SALMON & TROUT FISHING

Captain George A. Metzler is a USCG licensed charter captain. He is a member of the Eastern Lake Ontario Salmon & Trout Association, and the Sandy Pond-Pulaski Charter Boat Association. Captain George has been fishing Lake Ontario from the Salmon River to Oswego for over 20 years and is ready to use his knowledge and expertise to provide an exciting day of fishing on the water. Our 33' 10 Meter Trojan Sportfisherman, is docked right on the Salmon River in Port Ontario, has a roomy 13' beam, and is equipped with the latest state of the art instrumentation including: Color SITEX Video fish/depthfinder SITEX GPS 2 temperature gauges 6 electric downriggers Trolling speed indicator 2 VHF Radios Full stand up marine head Furuno 24 mile Radar Full comfortable cabin Finest rods and reels available All tackle is provided

All you have to bring is a valid NY state fishing license, food and beverages as desired, rain gear and warm clothing for spring and fall fishing, a camera and/or camcorder, soft soled shoes or sneakers, and a large cooler for your catch. For your convenience your catch is filleted and can be stored in our walk in cooler at our tackle shop.

FISH FOR   

Chinook (King) Salmon	Lake Trout	Steelhead
Walleye	Brown Trout	Smallmouth Bass

CAPTAIN'S REPORT

Where else do you have the opportunity to catch huge Chinook (King) Salmon, Lunker Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Steelhead up to and over 20 lbs., huge Walleye, or hook into some of our spectacular Smallmouth Bass? In the fall of 1989 the WORLD RECORD coho salmon was taken. It weighed in at an incredible 33 lbs. 4 oz. and beat the old record set in British Columbia in the 1950's by over 2 lbs.; what a fish! This is what makes this area a destination of anglers everywhere, the chance to hook up with some truly trophy fish. Already this spring a Brown Trout weighing over 28 lbs. has been landed just a short distance from us, a 29+ lb. Brown was landed on 6 lb. test during the week of 4/21 and is a pending world line class record for 6 lb. test, and a 26 lb. 10 oz. Brown Trout was landed in Mexico Bay which won one lucky

angler $20,000 in the first LOC derby which concluded on 5/5/96. Our newest and fastest growing fishery here on the Lake is Walleye. The Walleye fishery has grown tremendously since 1990. This is generally attributed to the drastic improvement in water clarity. Walleye season opens the first Saturday in May, and continues throughout the year.Walleye on the Lake average 6 to 8 lbs. with many fish over 10 lbs. landed. These fish are generally caught on diving plugs and some spoons. Our Lake Trout fishing is considered excellent. In the past few years we have seen a dramatic increase in the average size of our Lakers. The credit for this is given to the slot size limit which went into effect in 1990. This slot protects spewing size fish by releasing them back into the Lake to spawn and grow up. According to the DEC only 5% of Lake Trout landed previous

to 1990 were over 30 inches about 12lbs. and up),but in 1995 we saw this percentage of 30+ inch Lake Trout jump up to over 25% of Lake Trout landed; that makes for some fun trout fishing. Our largest Lake Trout taken last year was about 18 lbs. The largest Lake Trout we landed in Mexico Bay last year was weighed in at 29 lbs., and in 1993 the state record Laker of 39 lbs. was taken. Steelhead in the lake are considered one of the most challenging fish to take. In general Steelhead can be caught where other trout, especially browns, are being caught. If the right conditions exist where a thermal bar (an area which separates cold and warm surface water) sets up we have some great steelhead action. This thermal bar generally sets up at the end of May to mid-June, depending on weather conditions.