Bass-turd Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Got out in the sun today and was rewarded with my first shore brown, approx 26-28 inches and about 5-6lbs, caught on a 1/4 oz Cleo in chrome/green……the weather is looking favourable the next little while for early trouters, just be careful the rocks on shore can still be ice covered Port_D_Guy, knightfisher, Fish Farmer and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Nice catch 👍 Bass-turd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Beauty brown , I remember when cleos were the lure du jour for browns at Port D. and we had to keep a tad up from the snaggy bottom . We also used the alligator spoons and kwickfish . Bass-turd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyv Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Beauty! Bass-turd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genec Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Never fished either for browns or the L Ont shore before, but, considering my poor luck in Ft. Erie lately, I have to try it. What other lures besides cleos work for browns? How about rapalas, or plastic minnow baits? And what weight line does everyone use? Bass-turd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-turd Posted February 21 Author Report Share Posted February 21 I run 15lb braid with 10lb floro leader, I’ll move to 8lb when it’s clearer. Bass sized square bill crankbaits work, rogues and husky jerks too, as for plastics try a 3 inch paddle tail that’s resembles a goby, I’ve done pretty well on the keitech baits Tyler0420 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 These work to........ smerchly, Tyler0420, Bass-turd and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 On 2/22/2024 at 7:59 AM, Dave said: These work to........ I was reading about the million ways WD40 can be used , some very useless ways in the thread . Using WD was a thing many years ago but I always frowned on using it . Good for shoes though ....... They actually say it's not good to use on lures , bad for the environment ! But they posted it anyway ..... Those streamers would hold a lot of it Dave . Tyler0420 and Fish Farmer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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