Weekly Recap; 4/14/25-4/20/25

This recap will be short and to the point. Focused mainly around one day on the water.

Ryan and I had an outing to Lake Ontario to troll for Lake Trout. Simply put it was one of the best days of fishing of my life. Prior to this day, I had caught a total of five Lake Trout. By the end of the day I caught fourteen!

The photo collage below wraps up my excitement from the day. But first, my fishing journal entry from the day.

Lake Trout Fishing;

Lake Ontario

Fun Fishing w/ Ryan

Air temp: 40°

Water temp: 37°

Wind: W 8MPH

Conditions: Sunny

Depth fished: 70'-90'

Time fished: 9am-1:30pm

Water clarity: 1' +/-Pattern: Early Spring

Total caught: 19

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Trolling Spoons specifically Green and White.

Some super hard fights and just overall an amazing day out on the lake!

Lake Ontario Lake Trout

These fish blow me away and I have developed a deep love for them. This seems to happen each time I make a great connection with a new species, fish, bird or mammal. I guess that happens when something is brought into your awareness you then develop space to be intrigued.

This year I have worked on many art pieces based around Lake Trout. Soon they will be up on my website. Regardless, the more I have caught them the more I appreciate their pattern of life, how long they have been doing this and the colors they take on.

During the spawn they develop this beautiful orange along the belly and a darker back, then in the cold of the winter out deep they take on this pale pattern like the top two in the collage. As an artist, colors have always baffled me. To explain more, I mean identifying colors in Nature or anywhere and then translating it to a piece of art.

If you are trying to represent what you are seeing, it is important to match colors. Unless of course you are going for a more abstract look. Nonetheless, with each Laker we caught I saw more and more details. Certain hues of green and blue on their back, the gold flakes and topographic type lines on their bodies. Immense beauty and detail.

Take a minute to zoom in on the pictures above and be in awe of these creatures who have been living the way they do for thousands of years, and without our interfering, they will be here for thousands of more.

Thanks for reading! Tight lines and have a great week. Catch ya soon!

-Jordan H. DiVirgilio