Starting in early April the action begins along the shoreline and in the confines of the Oswego Harbor. Using light line, light rods and warm clothing makes for some of the best fishing experiences one can find. Once hooked, the unpredictable browns can provide plenty of surprise filled action. Will the fish jump for the sky or swim to the depths, you never know till it happens? Will it prefer a shallow running lure or one down rigged to deeper depths, or will both presentations work? You just never know.

     Brown trout fishing is usually characterized by fast action where multiple hookups are quite common. A wide range of presentation techniques are used and this makes for some interesting situations. Catch one fish on one rod reel set up and the next fish on a totally different configuration and then on to still another type of presentation. Sounds interesting, doesn't it?

     Brown trout are wary, crafty creatures that do not wander too far from where they began their lives in the lake. They usually hang out together which affords the angler the multiple hookup probability. They will gobble up stick baits, spoons, spinners, tinsel flies worms and minnows just to name a few types of hook candy. This reminds me, about a time when I caught a brown on a young angler's Gummy Bear candy worm. True story, and if I remember correctly the color was green with a few white sprinkle "do dads". After catching that fish we would have used more gummies, but by that time we had eaten the entire bag. 

      If I seem excited about brown trout fishing it is because I really am. I feel it is a fishing scenario where the puzzle must be solved many, many times during a fishing outing making the experience really intense and thus magnificently rewarding.

     One final thought, the last three NYS record brown trout were caught in Eastern Basin waters within four to five miles of one another. Hundreds of huge browns have been taken since the current record fish was landed and I might add that the current record fish was caught aboard the Dixie Dandy, and in case you are not aware, thatsa my boat. The next potential record brown is cursing out there getting bigger and bigger. If you want to catch it, well then you have got to go fishing

      So if you want a trophy brown I think you know where you should fish. Perhaps that guy should have said "go east young man".  In any event it is still great to be a Lake Ontario troller, as long as it is somewhere on Eastern Lake Ontario.