Hello good people! Was wondering if some folks would be so kind to share their two cents on my question about doing some near shore Lake Ontario late winter/early spring trolling for browns.
My first time heading out there in a couple of weeks. I’m primarily a walleye guy but am REALLY itching to get the boat going again. I’m finding it tougher and tougher each year to keep a boat with a mini mortgage on it for letting it sit in my garage half the year lol. I also live 5 minutes from the shore or Lake Ontario (Rochester) so I sort of owe it to myself to get out there.
I plan on running a 4 rod spread with boards to start. From what I understand most fish will be caught relatively shallow. I was planning on running two lines with stickbaits (husky jerks or rattlin rouges) and then the other two lines with 2 oz. snap weights and spoons as I don’t have downriggers and I really want to try to get by without using dipseys.
Does this sound like a decent setup to mess around for a couple of hours and hopefully boat a couple of Browns? Any advice would be much appreciated.
Chris