Rigged Sportfishing Charters

05/10/2026

🔥 First trip of the year was a success! 🔥
Lake Ontario showed up today and the fish were READY. We found our best action in 80–100 FOW and they were crushing everything we put in front of them — spoons, stickbaits, and of course Rigged Cut Bait. 🎣
20 fish in a quick trip and we slid back to the dock just before the weather moved in. Doesn’t get much better than that for an early season shake down!
The season is officially underway. Let’s go catch some kings! 👊

04/04/2026

The boat is in the water and we’re getting dialed in for the season.

Still plenty to do before we’re running full tilt—but the calendar is officially OPEN.

If you’ve been thinking about getting out on Lake Ontario this year, now’s the time to lock it in. Prime dates won’t sit long once the bite turns on.

Shoot us a message or reach out to book your trip. Let’s go put some fish in the net. 🎣
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02/05/2026

Check out the post and give a guess to have a chance at some free swag at the Rigged Cut Bait page!

Every herring strip we send out gets hand-filleted with a 6” BUBBA Ultra Flex blade.
That bottom knife? Yeah… it’s earned its retirement.
Take a guess — how many fish do you think went across that blade?

First to guess to the closest thousand gets a t shirt or hat on us!

That’s just how we like our knives:
• Holds an edge way longer than cheap fillet knives- and easy to touch up for sharpening
• Ultra flex rides the backbone clean — better strips, less waste
• Thin blade cuts easy, not hacky
• Grip stays solid even when everything’s slimy and cold
• Proven knives — beat on daily, not babied

What kind of knives are you self-cutters using? Or do you let us handle the heavy lifting so you can just fish and not have to deal with the smell, slime, and sore hands?

08/23/2025

Lines get beat up quick — teeth, net rub, tangles, you name it. Don’t wait for a break-off to find out your spool’s shot. When it’s time to strip it down, I always go back with Vicious Fishing Pro Elite Fluorocarbon. Tough, invisible, and flat-out reliable when it counts.
Respools aren’t cheap, but losing that fish you’ve been grinding for? Way more expensive.

07/27/2025

🏆 Sandy Creek Shootout Recap – 2nd Place for Team Rigged! 🏆

An awesome day on Lake Ontario for the 2025 Sandy Creek Shootout! Team Rigged proudly took home 2nd place in a field full of talented teams. Huge congratulations to Team Legacy on their well-earned win — you guys fished a great tournament!

We found consistent action fishing 100–200 feet off Devil’s Nose, with a few key setups doing the heavy lifting. The 300 weighted steel with a chrome flasher was hot on big fish.

Our downrigger program stayed busy too:
🎯 81’ rigger with a Gold DW Greasy Chicken (standard size)
🎯 65’ rigger with a Gold Seasick Waddler (standard spoon)

Later in the day, we marked a tight group of deep fish and dropped a rigger to 155 feet with a Dragon Slayer Spin Doctor pulling a meat rig loaded with Rigged Cut Bait — and sure enough, we pulled a few solid bites from the depths. Gotta love when the graph tells a story and the rods follow through!

Big thanks to the tournament organizers and all the teams that make this event special. We’ll be back next year ready to roll.

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07/27/2025

🎣 Cara hooked into a mid-20lb King Salmon today — and brought it to the net like a pro! 💪🔥

There’s a little extra luck when there’s girls on the boat, and today proved it once again. 🐟💥

Fishing has been solid with consistent bites and big fish showing up — now’s the time to get out here!

07/20/2025

2 at a time this morning

07/17/2025

Had the pleasure of fishing with longtime clients and teaching Andy how to work the back of the boat—he picked up setting lines and rigging poles like a pro! The bite was hot 🔥 with 13 fish landed and 10 more lost during an action-packed 4-hour afternoon trip.
Fishing was best in 70-100 ft of water, and the fish were eating just about everything—Rigged Cut Bait, Route 18 Tackle spoons, and flasher flies all did the trick. From the downriggers to the 300 and 450 weighted steel on the boards, every rod was in play.

How long will the dynamite fishing last??

07/16/2025

Nothing like working a double! Rigged Cut Bait doing work tonight!

07/13/2025

The soon to be groom caught a couple of monsters today!

07/10/2025

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