October 1-2, 2009 - Salmon Fishing in Oswego,
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If you recall, a little over a year ago I drove up to Oswego, NY to do
my transition training with Mike Seager at EAA Chapter's 486 Fly-In.
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been impressed by the big Salmon that were in the Oswego river. So
my friend from work, Joe M., who is a big hunter and fisherman, and I
decided to fly up there are catch us some salmon!
So on Thursday, we left work around noon, headed to the airport and
loaded up the RV. |
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The forecast wasn't great but it was doable VFR. I
predicted we would have a solid overcast by the time we crossed the
Susquehanna and I was right on. We had to dive through a hole and
stay under the layer for the rest of the trip. |
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| Hey, where's the RV grin? |
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Ah, there it is. A two-fer. That's a fishing
pole in the middle there. |
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| Passing alongside one of the Finger
Lakes in upstate New York. |
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| Approaching the town of Oswego with
Lake Ontario beyond. That's the Oswego River which runs right
through the town. |
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| Looking back south. We would do
our salmon fishing in the middle of the picture area. |
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The heart of the town of Oswego. |
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| Turning tightly over the dam. |
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Less than two hours after this picture was taken, we would
be wearing waders and fishing where the arrow points. |
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| On Friday, we would fish from the
walkway where the arrow is pointing. |
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| An aerial shot of Fort Ontario, which
was invaded, and taken, by the British in the War of 1812 (although
the battle was in 1814). |
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| Fulton County airport (KFZY) was about 7 miles
south of Oswego. |
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The plane is unloaded and tied down. Let's go
fishing!
The Enterprise rental car people picked us up and took us
to their office in town. We got our car, got our fishing licenses
and some gear, and hit the river. |
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| We put the waders on and fished for a
couple of hours Thursday afternoon. No luck. Friday morning we
were back at it, this time fishing from the walkway. The sun was out
in the morning but the sky gradually clouded up. Here's an action
shot of Joe fishing. |
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Your's truly. Keep in mind I'm a flyer, not a
fisherman. |
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| There were quite a few people
fishing. It was kind of cold here in Oswego. |
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| Joe and I didn't catch any fish.
Joe had a couple on the line, but it was difficult to land the big,
powerful fish. But a couple of people did manage to get some, as
pictured here. |
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You can't say we didn't try.
We stopped around 1PM. Our timing was perfect because it started
raining soon after. The rental car people drove us out to the
airport where we had a good lunch at the airport restaurant Melony's
Landing. We loaded and fued the RV in light rain, then flew
headed for home. |
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Two hours, and some medium turbulence later, we were safe
on deck at Essex Skypark. Despite striking out with the fish, we
still had a good time. |
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